Homeschooling Encouragement

• 18 Affordable Ways Families Can Celebrate Christmas Check out these low-cost and free ways to commemorate the reason for the season. Sarah Hamaker Dec 01, 2011 comments
• Can I Homeschool as a Single Parent? Divorce, death, and deployment are facts of life, but they shouldn’t mean the end of homeschooling. Jessica Parnell Mar 20, 2014 comments
• 4 Creative Alternatives for Your Kids' Christmas Gifts This Year We’ve always tried to be minimalists when it comes to Christmas, but in the end, we buy more than intended. So, I decided that this year was going to be different. I started researching ways to do Christmas differently. Erica Sirratt Nov 26, 2018 comments
• How to Survive a Homeschool Christmas with Peace and Joy Homeschool parents have to find a way make Christmas work out with a little patience, ingenuity, and superior time management. Jessica Parnell Dec 05, 2014 comments
• How a Busy Mom Can Stay Consistent in the Word It is hard for busy moms to find time to get into the Word. Kids don’t necessarily understand that you need a quiet time. Courtney Reissig Feb 28, 2017 comments
• 3 Benefits of Reading to Your Kids (Even After They've Learned to Read) When our kids are small, it’s a special joy to snuggle up with them on the couch or the bed or the big, comfy chair and read to them. But as the kids grow, our focus shifts to teaching them how to read. But does the family reading time have to end? Roseanna M. White Nov 12, 2018 comments
• 10 Ways the Bible Teaches Us to Love Our Children Well I grew up in a non-Christian home, and attended church with my grandmother. It was there that I learned about who God was and His influence in my life. When I turned eighteen, I gave my life to Christ. If it were not for my grandmother’s influence, I wouldn’t be the Christian I am today. Michelle Lazurek Nov 05, 2018 comments
• 12 Step Program for the Stressed-Out Homeschool Mom Terri Camp Jan 13, 2003 comments
• Learning through the Holidays: 12 Ideas to Engage in a New Way For homeschooling, there is no need to take off days for holidays. Instead of seeing these days as time off from classes, reconfigure your thinking so that you can teach your children the joy of learning in a whole new way. Malia Russell Oct 25, 2018 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