Help your littlest learners develop a passion for creative writing early with Cut and Arrange Stories. In "Fun at the Circus," your child gets 10 pictures and 25 keywords that they can arrange and rearrange until their story sounds just the way they want it! They can glue the pictures into a book and write their story on notebooking pages (or dictate it to you to write). The goal is to be creative and have fun! Help your little ones surprise themselves - and maybe you - with what they can imagine! Cut and Arrange Creative Writing Stories for Kids – Fun at the Circus Save View Post
Cut and Arrange Creative Writing Stories for Kids – Puppy Trouble
Creative writing can be fun - even for your littlest learners who are just learning to read and write. With Cut and Arrange Stories - Puppy Trouble, your child gets 10 pictures and 25 keywords that they can arrange and rearrange until their story sounds just the way they want it! They can glue the pictures into a book and write their story on notebooking pages (or dictate it to you to write). The goal is to be creative and have fun! Give your kids the tools they need to be creative, and be amazed at what they imagine! Cut and Arrange Creative Writing Stories for Kids - Puppy Trouble SaveSave View Post
Back to School Inspiration – 12 Bible Verses {Free Printable}
It's back to school season! New books, school supplies, and fresh eager minds are ready to conquer the coming year. But it can be a bit stressful to transition from the summer holidays back to a regular school routine. And I don't mean just for the kids! We moms need a bit of encouragement too, as we gear up for another school year. 12 Bible verses to encourage you during back to school season: Wisdom God is the author of wisdom, and when we seek Him, we will be filled with the riches of His knowledge. "For the LORD gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding." View Post
10 Back-to-School Prayers for Your Kids
It's that time of year again – time for us moms to buy our kids fresh new school supplies, time to purchase exciting new curriculum and books for the upcoming school year, and don't forget that amazing new fall wardrobe that will be way too warm to wear for another couple of months. :D These are just a few of the basic essentials that our children need when heading back to school – whether it's homeschool, public school, or private school. But let's not forget the most important essential for our kids: prayer. Nothing can take the place of a mother covering her children View Post
10 Things I’ve Learned As a Homeschool Parent
I never thought I'd be a homeschool parent. Not in a million years. And yet here I am! Next month we begin our 13th year of homeschooling and I often wonder where the time went. It seems like yesterday I was teaching our firstborn how to read and now she is writing her own books. How can this be? Over the last 12+ years of being a homeschool parent I have learned many things, and I am not done learning yet. I absolutely love the challenges each new homeschooling day presents. I love being able to learn and discover new things with our three precious children. I love seeing the sparkle in View Post
The Organized Homeschool Planner™
___TVE_SHORTCODE_RAW__The Organized Homeschool Planner™The Organized Homeschool Planner™ is a labor of love that was created after finishing our family’s 12th year of homeschooling. Because we have used our own planning systems in the past, we decided it was time to compile our favorite, must-have homeschool planning components and organize them in a no-fluff planner that will help other homeschool families get (and stay) organized as well.Do you love organization but are unable to maintain it in your homeschool? Do you plan to get organized in your homeschool but fall short year after View Post
How to Homeschool While Traveling
Have you ever wondered how to homeschool while traveling? This is a common question we have received over the years due to our military lifestyle. Traveling is one of the things that the being an Active Duty Army family afforded us to do and a habit that we will carry long after my husband's last day of wearing the uniform. As a homeschooling family that has lived around the world, the field trips and educational opportunities are endless. Over the past 12 years of homeschooling we’ve had to heavily rely on the 7 things we are about to share with you to ensure success in our homeschool View Post
10 Reasons For Our Relaxed Homeschool
If you told me 12 years ago when we first started our homeschooling journey that I would be running a relaxed homeschool I would not have believed you. As a matter of fact, I probably would have laughed (very, very hard). But here I am, 12+ years later, homeschooling our three precious children using a very relaxed eclectic approach in our homeschool. And I am doing it with my type-A personality to boot! If you are uncertain what I mean by a relaxed homechool, (for our family) this means that we do not stick to a rigid schedule where the same thing occurs at the same time every day. Rather View Post
Smart. Creative. Homeschooled.
Smart. Creative. Homeschooled. Smart. Creative. Homeschooled. This has been our family's slogan over the 12+ years we have been homeschooling. We believe that every child is smart and needs the ability to explore both their intelligence and gifting through creativity. We love the freedom that homeschooling gives us to allow each individual child to explore their creative side through various outlets. Over the years our children have expressed their learning through: painting cooking photography acting directing short films singing dancing athletics graphic View Post
Notebooking for Beginners – Animals of Frozen Lands, Pt. 5
We've reached the end of our Animal Notebooking for Beginners series. This final trip to frozen lands introduces students to the Siberian husky, the rockhopper penguin, and the walrus. Have fun introducing your children to these fascinating creatures with this beginning copywork and notebooking pack. There is easy, beginning copywork in a large, traceable font for each animal as well as an illustration of the animal and a coloring page. It’s 18 pages of prep-free fun! Download your beginning notebooking and copywork pack today! Download Animal Notebooking for Beginners: Animals of Frozen View Post