Drawing Books: Hands-On Learning Stations

Drawing is not just about making beautiful works of art. Drawing cultivates observation, precision, fine-motor skills, patience, persistence, and a love for beauty to name a few. Frequently, kids can resist learning to draw because they believe they don’t have any natural talent. Practice doesn’t always make perfect, but it does make progress. That’s what giving…

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Helping Your Teen Son Renovate His Room

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Unless your son naturally has a design opinion, helping your teen son renovate his room can be a challenge. My daughter recently redesigned her room, and she initiated all of the change. In the process of making space in her room, the dresser and bookshelf that didn’t match her design aesthetic got bumped over into…

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A Tour of our Homeschool Home…Where the Magic Happens

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One of the hot debate topics of in homeschool circles is whether to have a dedicated homeschool room or not. Often it can become a knock down, drag out fight between those with and those without—similar to the star-bellied Sneetches of Dr. Seuss. I thought I’d give you a tour of our homeschool home, because…

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5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time to Read

5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time to Read Thanks for joining me today for my 5 Days of Making Time for Mom series. This week we’re looking at different ways to make time for yourself so that you can avoid burnout. Yesterday I talked about how to make time for work. Today we’re talking about…

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5 Days of Making Time for Mom – Time to Work

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Homeschooling is sacrificial work. Let’s face it: there’s no pay, and long hours. Even so, many of us throw ourselves into homeschooling with reckless abandon because we love our kids, and the rewards of well trained minds are enough pay. The challenge is avoiding burnout. It’s easy to drain our tank completely and then scramble…

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