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Special Replay: Homeschool Curriculum Buying Guide

Special Replay:  Homeschool Curriculum Buying Guide

Homeschool Curriculum Buying Guide – What to Buy & Where Thanks to our sponsor Media Angels Membership site – where you can find K-12 Science Curriculum, novels, and resources for history and writing. First of all, there is no one perfect curriculum and believe me I’ve made mistakes. When my son was five I purchased a math curriculum and he was struggling so much, I decided to buy another one mid-year at someone’s recommendation. That too turned into a disaster. The best way to buy homeschool curriculum is to know what you are looking for. But before you do this,...

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John Singer Sargent Picture Study for Charlotte Mason Homeschoolers

John Singer Sargent Picture Study for Charlotte Mason Homeschoolers

To read more about Charlotte Mason picture study and see the other Picture Study Aids I have available, click here. Cultivate an ever continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents. Store up in the mind… a continuous stream of observations from which to make selections later. Above all things get abroad, see the sunlight and everything that is to be seen. John Singer Sargent If I had lived in the late 19th or early 20th centuries and had the means to get to Europe, I would want John...

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The Last Week of Summer Break

The Last Week of Summer Break

We start the new school year next week, which makes this week the last week of summer break. This has been an interesting break. We did not accomplish much from the list of goals we put down on paper. However, we have grown closer as a family by going through growing pains and challenges and by having heart-to-heart, honest conversations. My teddybear, Tumble, is admiring the Dutch oven bread I made today It has become clear beyond the shadow of a doubt that my children are not children anymore. One of them is a teenager, the other one is a...

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Celebrate Lit Blog Tour: Restored Grace by Kathleen J. Robison

Celebrate Lit Blog Tour: Restored Grace by Kathleen J. Robison

Book: Restored GraceAuthor: Kathleen J. RobisonGenre: Christian Romantic Suspense Release date: June 21, 2022They promised Jesus would be with her through everything, but is that enough?Free-spirited vintage thrift shop owner, Carol Scape, wallowed in grief after her boyfriend’s murder. However, with newfound faith, she’s finding out what it means to die-to-self and put others first. Even if it could cost her life.Carol is on a mission to save a runaway teen and an at-risk girl from Will Boudreaux, the man just released from jail for running a prostitution ring. The same man who previously terrorized Bay Town residents. Can’t the...

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Mottos as Parenting Powerhouse

Mottos as Parenting Powerhouse

“Make your bed.” “Did you brush your teeth?” “You washed your hands? Did you use soap?” “Stop. No whining.” Do you find yourself repeating yourself daily? Do your admonitions seem never to sink in or make a difference? Have you become the frustrated, nagging mom that you never wanted to be? I don’t have any magic that will make your kids wake up tomorrow and not only remember but follow all your – yes, very basic – requirements. I don’t come as one who is never irritated at the fact that I have to repeat reminders for what ought to...

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