There are so many homeschooling methods out there. How do you decide which one to follow? Everyone has their own story of how they began homeschooling. Here’s my story of how we came to embrace a Charlotte Mason education.
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Start Your Homeschool Year With These Back-To-School Gifts
How can you make the first day of school special, especially when you homeschool and the “schoolroom” doesn’t look different from the summer? Here are five homeschool gifts for back-to-school to get your school started on the right foot.
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Our Favorite Homeschool Supplies Have One Thing In Common
In reality, you don’t need much to homeschool, but there’s a lot of supplies that can make your homeschool life a little easier and a lot more fun. Here’s a look at a few of our favorite homeschool supplies. They all have one thing in common—a lot of color!
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5 Reasons Why We Homeschool
Having a clear vision of why you homeschool helps you persevere through challenges and simplifies planning your school year. Here’s why we homeschool.
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How To Make An Eclipse Viewer To View A Solar Eclipse Safely
An eclipse is an amazing event to see! To view an eclipse safely though, you need to look through special safety glasses or an eclipse viewer. This video tutorial demonstrates two ways you can make your own eclipse viewer.
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Developing Your Strong-Willed Child’s Ability To Obey
Developing your strong-willed child’s ability to obey is not easy. Learn how to stop battling him and start training his will to obey.
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How Hand Clapping Games Improved Her Ability To Read
We tried so many things to improve her reading ability. Over the course of a few months, her reading ability had definitely improved. Could hand clapping games have made such a noticeable difference?
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Help Your Child Learn Better By Having Him Teach A Sibling
Simply having your child teach a sibling will help him have a better understanding of what he is learning…and build relationships and life skills at the same time!
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Gasp…We Didn’t Finish All The Books
Want in on a little secret? We didn’t finish all the school books this year…and it’s okay! You don’t have to finish all of the books you start. The value is not always in reading everything in the book, but in connecting with the material you do read.
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How Your Learning Style Affects How You Experience God
Everyone has a dominant learning style. This learning style impacts many areas of your life, including how you experience God. Today’s Triumphant Minute provides practical tips to help your children experience God in the unique way He made them.
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Should You Set High Expectations For Your Children?
“Mom! That was fun!” the girls exclaimed after stepping off the subway platform after we visited the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago. There was a time I wouldn’t take both of them at the same time to Chicago. After much time spent on habit training, I finally felt they were ready for this adventure. Today’s episode of the Triumphant Minute is about why setting high expectations for your children is important and what to do when they don’t live up to them.
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Why You Shouldn’t Make Your Child Say He Is Sorry
“I’m sorry.” she said with a voice dripping with attitude and disdain. I could tell she wasn’t really sorry. And my heart broke. I want my children to say they are sorry, but only when they really mean it. In today’s episode of the Triumphant Minute, I’m talking about why you shouldn’t make your child say he is sorry and what you can do instead.
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How To Breathe Life Back Into Your Homeschool
There are just some days you wish you had a reset button for everyone in the house. I’ve found that taking breaks can often be just that button for us. In today’s episode of the Triumphant Minute, I’m talking about the importance of scheduling breaks in your homeschool and how you can make that happen.
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What To Do When You Feel Behind On Lessons
The schedule is not working…again. It feels like we are behind, again, and just cannot catch up. It happens to all of us. The first thing you should do is take a deep breath. (Or several deep breaths some days!) Then follow these three steps when you feel behind on lessons.
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My Secret To Surviving The Winter
Tensions are high. Everyone is grouchy, including mom. “Everyone outside!” I say as calmly as possible Sometimes you just need a change of scenery and some vigorous movement, even if you have to bundle up to make it happen. In today’s episode of the Triumphant Minute, I let you in on my secret for surviving the winter as a homeschool family cooped up inside.
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