As a 17-year veteran homeschool mom and educator with a master’s degree in early childhood, these are my top picks for preschool homeschool curriculum. They might surprise you! Your preschooler is amazing and these years are a treasure! But if we are being honest, figuring out how to educate your preschooler isn’t always easy. With almost 20 years of homeschool…
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How to Choose the Best Preschool Homeschool Curriculum
55 Fun Summer Activities For Kids (that you can still do in 2020)
Looking for some fun summer activities for kids that you can still do in 2020? Me too! Check out this list! Maybe you’re like me and you keep thinking… “What are my kids going to do all summer?!” Every time another summer camp, activity or event gets canceled, I’m taunted by this question. We had some pretty grand plans for…
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36 Bible Verses About Self Control
These 36 bible verses about self-control will help you and your family refocus on the promises of God regarding self-control in all areas of our lives! I think it was a Tuesday. Maybe it was a Wednesday. That doesn’t really matter except that it was a normal day. The kids were sitting around the table doing their schoolwork. I was…
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14 Must-Read Christian Books for Teens
This list of 14 Christian books for teens contains our favorite must-reads! So many books. So little time. Whether your teen devours books or would rather surf social media, there is no shortage of books out there for teens to read. Which brings us to the important questions: Which ones are the best? Which ones are truly must-reads? Which ones…
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The Ultimate List of High School Electives For Homeschoolers
So you’ve got a high schooler and you find yourself searching the internet for great advice about which high school electives he/she should take. Perfect. There are so many awesome elective courses your student will love! You’re in the right place. But first, I want to ask you a question. Do you remember the elective classes you took in high…
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Fruit of the Spirit Love Notes For Kids
These love notes for kids will guide your kids in speaking kind, life-giving words to their siblings and friends. Sibling relationships naturally come with some friction. Kids are human just like us (but with less experience and fewer relational coping skills). They have their own ideas and agendas, which naturally causes friction. That’s where we as parents come in. We…
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Family Bible Studies that Reach the Hearts of Kids
Looking for family Bible studiesthat will get to thehearts of your kids? Doing a family bible study together will never be time wasted! One day, your kids will thank you for making the investment! Tips for Successful Family Bible Studies Start small andStay simple. Family Bible studies aren’t about trying to create “high” church, but rather cultivate a personal relationship…
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The Ultimate Guide to Memorizing Scripture for Families
You’ll love this ultimate guide to memorizing Scripture covering top tips, how-tos, and our favorites lists of Bible verses to memorize. Two years ago my oldest child came home from youth group and declared that she wanted to stop showing horses so she could join our church’s Bible quiz team. I’ll admit that I thought it was a little drastic….
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14 Easy Memory Verse Games You Can Use At Home
Make scripture memorization fun with these memory verse games you can use at home! Your family will grow in Christ together. One of the tools God gives us to help us walk with Him is Scripture. Memorizing Scripture helps us to KNOW God more and it helps us to follow His commands as we resist temptation. But if we are…
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35 Power-Packed Memory Verses For Kids
Want your children to memorize Scripture? Check out these strategies for memorizing, along with 35 power-packed memory verses for kids! As a mom, I’ve treasured many precious words my little ones have uttered, each having a special place in my heart. But I’ve got to tell you, hearing your child confidently belt out a memory verse tops them all. There’s…
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27 Bible Verses to Memorize as a Family
Have you ever made a list of Bible verses to memorize? I’ve had a list as long as I can remember. When I was in the 4th grade I memorized over 100 verses for a competition. I’ve also memorized verses as a part of VBS, Sunday School, and many other kids’ programs. Although I don’t remember all of those verses,…
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How to Have a Family Prayer Time
Family prayer time is a great way to grow your faith as a family. Check out these prayer acronyms, tips and ideas to make your family prayer time fun and effective! It was a fairly average evening at the dinner table. I mentioned that I couldn’t find a particular family favorite at the grocery store, so we’d have to do…
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Crisis-Schooling: Tips & Tricks To Keep Your Sanity
Whether you homeschooled before COVID-19 or you’ve been thrust into it, we are all facing new challenges. Life as we know it has stopped. School is now in your home, as well as church and pretty much all of life. It’s uncertain exactly how long this will be the new normal, but one thing is sure—-> this is hard… for…
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How to Choose Joy & Help Your Family Grow in the Midst of Crisis
I took my boys (ages 9 and 12) to the grocery store today. We needed eggs. Our family eats about one dozen eggs a day and what we bought two weeks ago was down to a single carton. As we walked through aisle after aisle of bare-white shelving their eyes got bigger and bigger in disbelief. Where is all the…
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How to be #NotConsumed in Times of Crisis & Why Christians Should Care
I was standing in the hallway of GHS children’s hospital Emergency Room scarfing down Chipotle and updating my pastor on Luke’s sudden health crisis when the doctor delivered the news. Your son has a massive tumor in the 3rd ventricle, sitting on top of and intertwined in the hypothalamus. My pastor would later retell the next few moments to look…
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Simple Devotions for Families: FREE printables You’ll Love
These FREE devotions for families will help your family GROW in faith. We’ve made it simple for you to add a Scripture reading to your family time! God’s Word is alive. It has the power to transform hearts from the inside out… even when you think no one is listening! You know this. That’s why you want to have a…
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Sibling Rivalry: The Solutions You Need to Help Kids Get Along
I’ve been a parent long enough to know that you clicked on this post because you feel desperate to STOP SIBLING RIVALRY in your home and cultivate brother and sister love. Maybe the fighting is out of control and honestly, it seems beyond repair. Or perhaps your kids haven’t gotten there yet, but you feel ever so aware of the…
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How to Improve Your Kid’s Attitude: Biblical Solutions That Work
Do you feel desperate to improve your teen’s or kid’s attitude? There are biblical solutions that actually work and it’s not as hard as you might think! She saunters into the kitchen an hour late for family devotions. Again. I smile and say good morning, but she doesn’t even look up. We invite her to join us at the table….
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Free Printable Homeschool Booklist For Every Age Level
Reading. It can be one of those make-or-break homeschool subjects. So many homeschool families feel frustrated with the strategy of teaching reading and the specifics of actually choosing the right books for kids to read. How do you know if it’s the right level? What if the book isn’t hard enough? Are there books that every kid should read? What…
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Easy Family Devotions: What You Need To Know
Easy family devotions? It’s not a myth. Here’s what you need to know. We sat at the table, Bibles open, poised and ready for the picture-perfect family devotion that I had conjured up in my head. Imagine angelic music, neatly groomed and well-mannered children all lovingly engaging in deep biblical conversation with their siblings. Of course, you have to imagine…
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How To Get The Most Out Of Your Homeschool Conference
I remember the first homeschool conference I went to. I was like a wide-eyed child in a humongous candy store – excited but completely overwhelmed. There was so much to see, so many decisions to make, and so many people to glean wisdom from. It almost paralyzed me. I put a weight on myself to do everything perfectly, just like…
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