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How to Deal with a Dawdling Homeschooler
Do you have a dawdling homeschooler who drags out their work all.day.long? If so, you have a number of options to consider to get your dawdler moving. Listen to the...
Motivational Mistakes Many Parents Make
Are you struggling to motivate your homeschooler? If so, you may be making one of these key motivational mistakes. Correct them and get the motivated student you want. ...
How to Trust God with Your Marriage or Single Parenting
Trusting God with our marriage or with life as a single parent is our project for this month. Trusting God with Kids: Progress Report As...
How to Trust God with Your Kids: The Trust Project
If you have been engaged in the Trust Project with me, you'll love this month's focus: kids. Trusting God with Health & Safety: Review...
CSI Science for Middle and High School Students: A Review
If you are teaching middle or high school students, you know how challenging it can be to engage them in learning. I have written a review of what I think is the best science curriculum for homeschool students of any age. But I wanted an elective science curriculum...
The Trust Project: Health & Safety
I recently finished the audiobook The Miracle Equation by Hal Elrod. In the book, Hal encourages us to choose a big goal that is in line with our values. He also encourages us to choose a goal that will make us better people -- the kind of people who are able to...
Get Dressed for Homeschool Success
When I first became a stay-at-home mom, I lived in sweats and PJs. Until I discovered FLYLady, I didn't realize that my wardrobe was having a major impact on my productivity and self-esteem. With FLYLady's help, getting dressed to shoes became a part of my morning...
9 Strategies for Homeschooling a Child with Sensory Processing Disorder
Thanks to Jackie Nunes of WonderMoms.org for this guest post on homeschooling kids with SPD. Does your child get overwhelmed and upset in noisy,...
How You Can Follow Through with Your Plans and Goals This Year
Last I wrote, I gave three reasons we don't follow through with our plans and goals. You'll want to read that article first if you haven't already. I had a mom tell me she hoped I could help her get past those three obstacles. I hope I can too. I want to share how I...
Why You Aren’t Following Through on Your Plans and Goals
Are you great at making plans for the school year but you never seem to do what you've planned? Or are you great at setting goals for the new year that you struggle to achieve? If that's you, I'm going to put my psychologist hat on and explain why your follow-through...
Habits of the Organized Homeschool Mom
Organizing didn't come naturally to me. I've had to learn it the hard way. But today I feel like I'm organized enough to do everything God has called me to do as a homeschooling mom. If you'd like to take a shorter journey to organization than I took, this article is...
Christmas Gift Ideas for the Disorganized Homeschool Mom
If you're a disorganized homeschool mom, I have Christmas gift ideas you'll love because I know what's helped me become more organized. Even if you're already in the process of getting organized, you'll love these. If you're looking for Christmas gifts for a...