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2019 Great Homeschool Convention Shopping Confessions
This year my husband and I took a different approach to the Great Homeschool Convention. Typically, we attend this conference because we love all of the speakers that attend and we love hearing from them because we already use their curriculum at home. My kids were really the driving force of us attending the conference…
Read MoreCultivating Observation Skills – Looking to Rock Formations for Inspiration
We’ve had the opportunity to travel and see incredible rock formations around the United States like the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, and Garden of the Gods. Each time I visit, I look and wonder what stories these rock formations could tell me. Cultivating wonder is like allowing your kids to chase the rabbit down the…
Read MoreDon’t Just Read With Your Kids
School is back in full swing, and it seems like the time disappears faster every day. Homeschooling is very rewarding, but it can be draining. After a long day of reading aloud, listening to reading, and managing reading, sometimes the last thing you want to do is pick up another book. The secret to not…
Read MorePhoenix Stories to Lift Your Thoughts Out of the Ashes
This summer the theme at the writing camp my kids attended was Rising from the Ashes. As I thought through my past two years, I realized that books played a big part in helping me recenter my thoughts on good, true, and beautiful things. When my sister died, it felt like my life turned upside down.…
Read MoreBecoming a Contagious Reader: My Second 25 Books of 2018
I’ve been working on cultivating the quality of the reader that I would like to become. I’ve found that reading is contagious not only for those around me, but for myself. I’ve awakened an appetite for books that has kept me going through the first half of the year. Even though I wasn’t reading for a certain…
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