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If there is one thing I did not learn growing up was how to mange money. I know my mom did the best she could with what she was taught however not knowing how to mange money was brought into my marriage and was not taught to my children from the start. The closer I get to the Lord the easier it is not to embrace the lies that its too late to learn or teach our children. The … [Read more...] about Teaching Children to Handle Money Gods Way

If you are unfamiliar with Charlotte Mason, you may not understand that this is a method, not a curriculum.  Realizing it is a method and determining if it is right for your homeschooling, you may be wondering how to gently add it to your current curriculum.  I will walk you through some easy ways that you can begin to implement some of these methods, without changing … [Read more...] about How to Implement the Charlotte Mason Method into Your Current Curriculum

  April is National Poetry Month.  Poetry gets a bad wrap sometimes, people see it as boring and hard to understand.  In college I took a poetry class and felt like there was so much analyzing involved, that I really couldn't enjoy the written word.  It doesn't have to be like that in our home.  Here is a great blog post about ways and whys to studying poetry. If … [Read more...] about April :: National Poetry Month

Learning to read is not an easy task and teaching reading can be just as hard, buy cialis especially when it is new for both the student and the teacher. My first child learned how to read in the public school system before we started home schooling, seek and I was able to get a few years of home schooling under my belt before I had to teach my second child to read. That time … [Read more...] about A journey in teaching reading

Over the past four years I've gone from a girl who couldn't keep a plant alive to a girl who (with the help of my family) grows a full bounty of fresh veggies and fruits every summer.  It's exciting and fun to learn right alongside the children as we 'homeschool' in the everyday.  I am by  no means a professional when it comes to gardening but I sure have discovered some … [Read more...] about Growing Seedlings for your Veggie Garden