Homeschooling Encouragement

• How to See God's Kindness in Your Life Step back and take a long look at your circumstances. What gifts has God given to you to prepare you for this moment? Karen Allen Campbell Sep 19, 2014 comments
• Fighting Guilt as a Homeschool Mom: Using Our Gifts While Choosing Our Children It sounds incomprehensible to the world, to think of a mother who would keep her children at home to instruct them at all. Why would any mother put herself through that when she could drop her child off with someone else while she runs errands, goes to the gym, freelances her skills in front of a laptop, or works for a boss to make him richer? Why would she relinquish the quiet in her home for the noisy steps of children in the homeschool? Eréndira Ramírez-Ortega Oct 09, 2018 comments
• 7 Ways to Combat Homeschool Burnout When cloudy weather strikes your homeschool domicile, how do you snap out of the slump? Jessica Parnell Apr 18, 2014 comments
• Hope for When Homeschooling Feels More Like Walking Blindfolded Than by Faith Obediently walking by faith means we trust God even when we don’t see the end result. Homeschooling is just one way in which we walk by faith. Deborah Wuehler Sep 21, 2018 comments
• 5 Reasons Christians Don't Need to Fear Homeschool Take heart that you are doing what God has asked of you, and there’s no better place for your child to be. Kendra Fletcher Sep 21, 2018 comments
• 4 Reasons Why Learning American Folklore is Great for Kids Folklore will always be with us because it is continually evolving, but it is important to continue passing on traditional folklore, as well. Many children today are growing up with little knowledge of it. The good news is that homeschoolers can help revive American folklore. It is valuable for many reasons, such as these: Cheri Blomquist Sep 13, 2018 comments
• 10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Homeschool Semester We get a lot of information and advice at the beginning of the school year, but not much as we hit the mid-year hump. Anita Mellott, From the Mango Tree Mar 11, 2011 comments
• When You Feel Like Giving Up: Simple Steps to Avoiding Burnout Is it taking all you’ve got to just face what’s on your to-do list? Cindi McMenamin Mar 06, 2012 comments
• Noticing the Diversity of Gifts in Children When I was in fourth grade, I was sent to the central office one day for a battery of tests. I remember I had fun playing with some blocks, but that is all I remember. Afterwards, I was sent to a special "gifted" program at a different school, away from my best friend. Apparently, I was gifted, and she was not. Dr. Mary Hood Aug 31, 2018 comments
• Why You Should Lower Your Expectations in Life I'm going to say something here that might not be very popular: I think we all need to lower our expectations. Kendra Fletcher Aug 17, 2018 comments
• 4 Important Tips to Raise Generous Kids in a Greedy World You don’t have to teach a child to say, “Gimme that!” or “I want another one!” Greed comes naturally to all of us. It’s easy to want more than what we have. Arlene Pellicane Mar 11, 2016 comments
• Is Hospitality Really That Important for Christians? “Offer hospitality to one another without grumbling" (1 Peter 4:9 NIV). But what about when I just don't want to? Lori Freeland May 27, 2015 comments