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While the majority of our learning takes place off-line, we do take advantage of the many good apps available that can enhance my children’s learning experiences. It can be a challenge to ensure they don’t spend too much time in front of a screen though. In this post, I share the five principles we employ to use mobile devices safely. Plus I share the ten apps we use every week in our homeschool and a few tips on getting the most out of the apps.
Managing your children’s screen time can be difficult and time-consuming to enforce. Then I realized they needed to learn how to regulate themselves. Here are the four steps I use to help my children learn how to manage their own screen time.
The average tween through adult uses digital media 6-9 hours a day! Is it possible to establish good technology habits and regain lost hours every day? You bet! In this video, I share with you the three questions I ask myself and teach my children to ask themselves so we can live a balanced life and use technology wisely.
Have you thought about how these five things might be affecting your homeschool?
There are so many resources available to homeschool our children, it can be difficult to keep our focus. In this episode of the podcast, I share the four questions I ask myself to determine my motivation for making a change as well as tips to help you successfully make changes to your homeschool without becoming stressed.
As we strive to help our children assume responsibility for their education, there are six steps we can keep in mind to equip and encourage them on the journey. Join me as we discuss these six steps in this episode of the podcast. You’ll hear about real situations in our homeschool of how I implement each of these steps, sometimes more successfully than others.
It is a challenge in today’s fast-paced world to keep our focus on what is pure, lovely, and admirable. As much as we try to be gatekeepers for our children, it is almost impossible to protect their innocent minds if they use the Internet at all. Here is how I teach my children to be safe online and use technology wisely.
My mother-in-law, Sherry Cantrell, is back on the podcast today sharing her perspective on homeschooling. This episode is a refreshing reminder that you won’t always see the results of your efforts right away, but hang in there because what you are doing is worth it and beneficial.
Sherry Cantrell shares how you can be involved in your grandchild’s homeschool education, even if you live out-of-state, and ways you can support your homeschooling children and grandchildren. This episode will be refreshing for a homeschool mom’s soul as well as an encouragement for homeschool grandparents wanting to be involved in their grandchildren’s education.
Many of our decisions and struggles stem from a response to fear, guilt, or shame. Learn how you can turn the tables and break their stranglehold on your homeschool. Hear how I applied a three-step process to overcome my fears, guilt, and shame with real examples from my homeschool.
