Don’t Know Much About: Literature
For adults who missed out on a literature education, here’s a guide to your own life long learning! Learn how to read deeply!
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Home Education
7 Steps to an Easy Big-Picture Homeschool Plan: Simplicity, Freedom, Flexibility, and Orderly Structure
What if I told you that there was a way to incorporate freedom into homeschool planning?ย A way to blend flexibility and a well-ordered day? Big-Picture Planning gives me the ability to craft weekly assignment lists for the kids (and myself) without having to type out any lesson plans, write out lists of page numbers, or feel bound by dates on the calendar!
My First Reading Journal: developing the reading journal habit in our elementary students
A reading journal is a wonderful way to develop the habit of careful, engaged reading. Even our elementary-aged children can profit from developing the simple habit of keeping a reading journal!ย They will not be expected to write original thoughts, but they are forming the habit of reading with a pencil and paper nearby.
Sibling Relationships in Fiction: a Book List!
Over 75 books from more than 20 series in which the sibling relationships are a central, essential element to the story. #SiblingFiction
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Poem in your Pocket Day: Free Printables
Free Poetry Printables for Poem in Your Pocket Day and Every Day! Check out these great poetry ideas for your homeschool this year! You know I get excited about poetry, so National Poetry Month is a great excuse to revel in all the scintillating words I can. And carry a Poem in Your Pocket Day?!
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Acts: an Introduction
The point of Acts is not the actions and work of individuals or even the church as a whole; the point of the book is the continuing actions of God Himself as the gospel expands.
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Day in the Life 2018 (with a 12, 10, 7, 5, and 2 year old)
Simple Homeschool Day in the Life series. Each week, we try to faithfully persevere by Godโs grace through our routines with consistency, although strict scheduling does not work well for our daily life.ย Our life is full and wonderful.ย It is an odd mix of the mundane and the crazy.ย While every โday in the lifeโ looks rather different, each day we seek to approach in humility and repentance, looking to Jesus with hearts full of praise.
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Our Morning Gathering: Memory, Laughter, and Relationshipย ย ย ย ย ย
Morningtime provides the framework for my ultimate goal in education: raising people who believe what is true, honor what is noble, stand uncompromisingly for what is just, keep their desires pure, love things that are lovely and relish those things that are praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8). Our morning gathering lends great joy to this crazy family life. It builds memory, laughter, and relationship into our days.
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Dr. Seussโs Birthday Bash: Would you, could you, in your house?
March 2 is Dr. Seuss’s birthday.ย He would be 114 this year.ย We donโt need a further excuse to have a party, right? Roundup of fantastic Dr. Seuss resources, party, and activity ideas right here!
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