Informative Reviews for Homeschooling Moms…and a slice of our life as well
Last month, I wrote about Portraits of Integrity, Volume 1 by Marilyn Boyer. You can read that post here to find out more about the Boyers and the Portraits of Integrity series. Now Portraits of Integrity, Volume 2 is on sale for $1.99 from today until Friday at midnight. Because I found out about the [...]
Teens and young adults have some major decisions to make, life-altering and eternally-important decisions about faith, college, career, and marriage. How can we encourage them to make appropriate choices? Obviously we discuss the contents of their decisions with them; that’s part of being a parent. However, now that the book Decisive has been published, young [...]
We are a family of gardeners, and occasionally gardening trumps book learning. Like this morning. Accompanied by our friendly hens, the girls and I planted the early crops: onions, carrots, spinach, lettuce, beets, chard, New Zealand spinach, rutabaga, and chard. First, of course, we cleared away any left-overs from last year and all the weeds [...]
What one thing can your teens do that will earn them some money, teach them a wide variety of skills, allow them to follow their interests, and greatly enhance their resumes? They can set up their own business. Leanne Seel, a homeschooling mom, accountant, and long-time entrepreneur, has prepared an e-course to help them: The [...]
We try to teach our children character by example, by teaching, and by encouragement. Marilyn Boyer, pioneering homeschool mom of 14, has another very good approach: stories. In Portraits of Integrity (Volume 1) Marilyn tells 17 “stories of real people from history who, in the course of their lives, have been placed in situations where [...]
Does your family want a Christian outlook on business? Are your kids budding entrepreneurs? Are you looking for background information for a business course for your teens? Well, here’s a valuable freebie, The Family Business Workshop, from a homeschooling family whose children have excelled in many ways. I’ve just downloaded it and have not yet [...]
When you focus on providing a rigorous education for your children, you are busy. Very busy. And so are your kids. In fact, there seems to be little time and energy left for extras, things like life skills, personal projects, chasing rabbit trails, art, music, nature, reading aloud, volunteering, and competitions. Occasionally homeschoolers are tempted to [...]
Besides basic reading, writing, and arithmetic, one of the most useful skills your children can learn is typing or keyboarding. If they learn this skill well, they will benefit for the rest of their lives. The program we are currently using is better than any other one we’ve used. Type Write Touch Typing covers the [...]
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