Overview: Personal Bible study can be hard to maintain day after day. Here are doable tips that don’t expect you to spend hours but still give you that injection of the Spirit that you need. It’s 3:00 in the afternoon, and you’re frazzled and grumpy. It’ll be time to start dinner soon, and you wish …
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How fun is this? A new podcast has been born! In this very first episode, I introduce myself and my passion for helping moms realize that homeschooling high school is a doable endeavor. I share the resources that I currently have available to help moms feel confident and successful as they homeschool all the way …
Overview: Go to a Great Homeschool Convention to find out more about homeschooling high school. There will be learning opportunities for both teens AND parents! Note: This post is sponsored by GHC, but all opinions are my own. It was originally written in 2019 but has been updated for the 2021 convention season. Didja ever …
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Overview: Your teen hates homeschooling high school, and no one is happy. In this heartfelt article, a mom who has been there shares insightful ideas for getting you through. “Uuuuuuuugggggggghhhhhh!! WHY do I have to homeschool all the way through high school??? Why can’t I just go to public school like all the normal kids? …
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Overview: Homeschool socialization doesn’t have to be any more of a thing in high school than it is at any other age. Here are 100 ways to make it happen! Someone corrected me about my wording recently. She defined “socialization” as “the process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society.” …
Overview: Taking the time to develop your homeschool mission statement for high school is one of the most important ways to ensure success and avoid unnecessary stress when homeschooling your teen. Question: Why should you homeschool high school? Answer: I don’t know. I mean, I could tell you all the things that are great about …
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Overview: Teaching from Rest by Sarah Mackenzie is a must-read that not only provides powerful insight about successful homeschooling in general but can be adapted to homeschooling high school, too. Homeschooling high school can be overwhelming. Are you feeling harried, anxious, and worried that you’re not doing enough? That your kid will have a horrible …
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Overview: Attending a Great Homeschool Convention will equip, encourage, and energize homeschool moms. Start now to make plans to go to one! Note: this post was sponsored by Great Homeschool Conventions, but I’m telling you what I truly think, anyway. :-) Are you feeling less-than-motivated these days? Has the homeschool thing lost its luster? Do …
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Overview: Homeschool paperwork, especially grading, can easily become overwhelming. Read tips for keeping it under control and recovering when you’re behind. This has got to be one of the most guilt-inducing homeschool tasks ever, am I right? When you don’t keep up with the homeschool paperwork — the lesson plans and grading (and transcript! ack!) …
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I asked a question in my It’s Not that Hard to Homeschool K-8 Facebook group recently: “Do you feel like a success as a homeschool mom? Why or why not?” As you can imagine, there was a wide range of answers — but more “no’s” than I expected. But as I think about it, it makes …
Dear Homeschool Mom who Feels Like a Failure — maybe you’re looking at it wrong. Read More »
Do you worry? LOL, that’s like asking if the sky is blue — we all do worry, to some extent. But some of us worry more than others, even though we know that the Bible discourages any kind of worry. “Be anxious for nothing,” and all that. Right?? But a lot of the time it …
How to Trust More and Worry Less — a devotional plan that you can do every day Read More »
I’m normally a fan of one-stop shopping. But sometimes ya gotta go to a couple stores to get everything you need, am I right? Well, today you’re going to have to go to another “store” to get all the information I have for you. I’ve compiled 14 common questions (and their answers) that are asked …
“Well, just enjoy knowing everything now, because pretty soon you’ll realize you’re just as stupid as we are!!” said one father to his teenager. (No, this didn’t actually originally happen in our family; it was a friend of ours who said it to his daughter — but I may or may not have borrowed it …
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Overview: Classical Conversations Challenge A can be scary and overwhelming. These tips will make it much more doable! Let me guess. You’ve been in Challenge A for two weeks and you’re already wondering if you made the right decision to continue with Classical Conversations. Maybe it would have been a good idea to bring Johnny …
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I really HATE Facebook on days like Mother’s Day. All those pictures of beautiful families showing their moms such gushing appreciation with all the flowers and the pretty church dresses and the meals out or the meals in, cooked while mom sits in her chair and doesn’t lift a finger… Mine was McDonald’s take-out eaten …
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Overview: Wondering whether it will be worth it to homeschool high school? The answer is YES YES YES for these 10 reasons! From a mom who has been there!! My husband and I are always the weird ones. It seems like we are always doing things differently than everyone else. Can you relate? We definitely …
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Dear homeschool mom, are you afraid your homeschooled child is academically behind his/her peers? Or maybe you already “know” he is, and you are thinking you should put him back in a formal schooling situation to catch back up. Well, today I have some encouragement for you! And the fun thing is that the encouragement …
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Do you ever feel like you could spend the rest of your life trying to be organized and on top of things, and yet you’ll never get there? Maybe you’ve enjoyed this series, but even these simple ideas seem like impossibilities in the current circumstances of your life? Or are you the type who organizes …
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Overview: Not just 10 or 20 but ONE HUNDRED ways you can encourage teens by word or deed. Parenting teens can be tricky; these tips and quotes are expert advice! Teenagers. Everything is so apocalyptic. — Kami Garcia Ain’t that the truth? Being a teenager can be pretty traumatic, and parenting one can be even …
I will bet you 20 cents that your high school student is behind their homeschool schedule right now. I don’t mean behind grade level, like what may happen if your child has a learning disability or medical issue. I mean behind in their daily work, like they are supposed to be on lesson 60 of …
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