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Best Electives for the Homeschool Transcript
I know you'll enjoy this guest post by my friends at 7SistersHomeschool.com. Be sure to check out their fantastic homeschool electives for high school. ****** Homeschooling high school years are the best years of all! While building a transcript and serious life...
How to Use Time Boxing to Organize Your Homeschool
Do you consistently find yourself with more to-do's than time? If you've tried routines and schedules and planners and you're still not organized, you'll want to try time boxing. I love it! How I've Organized Time in My Homeschool FLYLady wasn't a homeschooler, but in...
The Secret Sauce for Raising Motivated Writers
I've spent the last four days in this series of 5 Easy and Surprising Ways of Raising Writers sharing reasons why your child may not want to write. Now I want to share with you what I consider the secret sauce for motivating young writers. I've taught my own children...
The Fun Way to Teach Even the Youngest Children How to Write
Given what I wrote on day 3 of the series on 5 Easy and Surprising Ways to Raise Writers, it may surprise you to learn who my children's first writing teacher was. I'm a writer. I always have been. I've written a curriculum to teach beginning readers how to write. But...
What You’re Not Doing That May Be Keeping Your Child From Writing
Parents' reading habits are a primary determinant of children's reading habits. Our kids emulate us. That's why it's so important that we not only read to our kids but read for our own enjoyment. Did you know that reading a great book could increase your child's...
A Surprising Reason Your Child Hates to Write (and What to Do About It)
Groans. That is what I heard from my sons when it was time to write anything. At first I thought I just wasn't using the best approach to writing for them. Every year when I attended a homeschool convention, I would look for something I thought would get them excited...
The Best Way to Teach Your Child to Write
As homeschooling parents, teaching our children to write should be one of our top goals. Why? I love this quote from Marquette University: Writing is the primary basis upon which your work, your learning, and your intellect will be judged—in college, in the workplace,...
Better Than Audiobooks for Christian Families
I received this product at no charge and was compensated for my time. All opinions are my own. I do not recommend products I would not use or recommend to friends. I love audiobooks. They are a great way of passing the time whether you are traveling or doing chores....
3 Ways Scripture Memorization Can Bless Your Family
Scripture memorization is an underused and powerful tool for strengthening families. I'm thrilled that Carlie Kercheval is guest posting today on this important topic. I hope you'll take a minute to learn more about the tool she's created to help make Scripture memory...
The Story Behind the Name Psychowith6
People have mixed reactions to my blog name (and social media handle). Some people think I'm a scary person. When I comment on Periscope, people don't want to refer to me as Psycho. That's understandable. Many people laugh. Today I want to tell you the story behind...
The Most Overlooked Way of Teaching Reading
I love this guest post by Amy Michaels. Amy offers a whole course on teaching reading as well as choosing curriculum, teaching gifted kids, and much more as part of her THRIVE Homeschooling Academy. If you are a new homeschooler or need help creating a homeschool that...
The Best 4th of July Idea
It takes a lot of confidence to claim that you have the best 4th of July idea when a quick Pinterest search returns thousands of ideas. But I'm sure. I have the best 4th of July idea and I think when you finish this post, you'll agree with me. Why I Love the 4th of...