Homeschool

12 Things to Do to Keep Your Summertime Organized

Summertime is here. Time to break out the sun lotion and bug spray.
We’ve been enjoying the pool daily.
I LOVE our pool:

Motivation: Finish your school work and we can swim.
Worn-out, water-logged out children go to bed early.
Multi-Tasking: Mom and Dad have play time with children and heart healthy exercise.

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LeapFrog Didj: Educational Handhelp Game

Have you been in a game store? Thousands of games on a wall with almost no educational value. What are they thinking?
Can you imagine the conversation in game company boardrooms. “I know education is in critical condition in America but the kids want shoot-em up games–and we make billions on them–so lets make more shoot-em [...]

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Tackling Read-Aloud Homeschool Books (& Freebie!)

A big part of our school day is reading aloud. My 7 and 9 year old boys read 2-3 books aloud to me daily, and I read Bible, history, and science aloud to them.

I dumped out all our baskets of books on the family room floor to sort. I sorted the reading books by grade [...]

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Tackling a Stuffed Closet

A stuffed closet is mentally draining. The clutter of clothes that do not look good on you or or don’t fit will only cause frustration.
Getting dressed in the morning sets the tone for the entire day. If your closet is a perpetual state of disorder you start out each day irritated.
I bought these ultra thin [...]

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Organizing Our Homeschool Area

I organized our homeschool area this week. Our “school room” is the dining room table. I used to keep everything in a near by closet to keep the clutter out of sight but its much easier having everything at hand.
We are homeschoolers, this is our lifestyle. My home will never look like a magazine ad.
I [...]

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Random Homeschool Happenings

Here are photos of our boys homeschooling (painting, baking, measuring, mixing, cutting and building.)

“When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.” –Michael Bridge

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Help for Those Making Homeschool Decisions

But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Matthew 6:31-34

What is the Biggest Mistake Made by Homeschoolers?
Everyone Has a World View: Do You Know Yours?
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4H Youth Day at Our County Fair

This has been a super week. We’ve been going to the Agriculture Center every day for the Bedford County Fair.
Tuesday night the Horse Whisperer spoke. We learned a lot about connecting with horses and working with them instead of against them.
Yesterday afternoon was 4H Youth Day. The participants played games, ran relay races, [...]

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Fun Family Game

Several months back Fruit in Season’s blog had a post titled A Day in the Life where Christine mentioned she played Doodle Dice with her children. We are a game family so I looked it up and ordered it.
It has become my boys’ favorite game. Thank you, Christine, for telling us about Doodle [...]

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Homeschooling During Illness

It;s Tackle it Tuesday. My focus is on homeschooling during illness. We are reading in my bed a lot these days and catching up on weekends. I’m glad homeschooling is flexible. I’m so exhausted the trip from my bed to the bathroom takes 10 minutes to recover and I’m going downhill daily. I appreciate [...]

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Menu Plan Monday

Spending a few minutes making a plan organizes the week, helps you save time and money. MPM is hosted by I’m an Organizing Junkie. Visit her site for lots of great organizing ideas. If you would like to blog about your weekly menu go here.
Have you read this? Invest 15 Minutes to Save Three Hours [...]

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Shoe Storage in the Mudroom

“It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out;
it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.”
I’ve been working on our laundry/mud room. We live on a farm and get a lot of use from our mud room. Shoes were thrown in baskets and boots stacked by the door, which is a recipe for lots of [...]

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Check out Heart of the Matter’s Top 100 Homeschool Blogs – lots of links to some special people you don’t want to miss!

You can add your blog to the list! Heart of the Matter is a super new online homeschool magazine that offers articles every day online and has a huge magazine once a [...]

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Woodworking 101 (Yes, I count it as schoolwork)

This morning we put together a toy box for our puppies’ toys. I purchased the kit for $20.00 from Collections Inc. It came partially assembled. The boards are lightweight and easy to put together with just a screwdriver. I allowed them to figure out the steps following the directions. I kept my mouth shut when [...]

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Decorate the Winter Blues Away

Last week, I wrote about decorating cupcakes as a cure to cabin fever. This week we decorated sugar cookies. A few bottles of sprinkles and colored gel can supply hours of indoor fun. Here are a few photos from our official Cookie Day.

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Thinking Like a Child

We’ve been taping (TiVo) episodes of Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth to watch in the evenings. After dinner and the dishes I asked the boys which episode they wanted to watch: Deep Oceans, Great Plains, or Caves. They voted on Great Plains.
The world’s plains are home to massive herds of animals. This episode reveals [...]

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Sowing and Reaping, More Seed More Fruit

One morning after Bible study, my three youngest sons and I planted 200 tulip and daffodil bulbs. It was a special time of learning (We also put up an electric fence and quickly learned about electricity currents–a shock is a lesson not soon forgotten).
We discussed sowing and reaping while planting bulbs. This is one of [...]

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