Last week we started talking about how our grandparents were able to pull off the impossible. They taught our parents and helped us learn respect for people and the things around us. The times are changing and now organic gardening, cooking, saving, repairing, reusing, recycling, conserving, and caring for our things and our surroundings is…
Labor Day
Exercising the Art of Persuasion in Your Teaching
Start Your School Year Off Right
Adventureland
Persuasion is Foundational to Teaching
Success Starts with the Basics
Back to School
Gardening in August
Family Devotions
Teach Your Children Hospitality
Waste Not, Want Not Continued…
Thunderstorms
Should You be Worried About Your Child's Reading?
Ways to Eat a Watermelon
Choosing the Best Curriculum
Waste Not, Want Not
Staycation Ideas
Newsletter
Articles
Choosing the Best Curriculum
Choosing the best curriculum has much more to do with you and your child than what the “best book or program” might be. No one loves your child like you do. Furthermore, no one knows your children like you do. What works well for your best friend may not work at all for you. The…
Waste Not, Want Not
We’re the largest, richest, best-educated generation of Americans, the favored children of a strong, confident, and prosperous country. In today’s world it’s difficult to teach our children to respect property and our public resources as well as their parents, grandparents, and teachers. Our grandparents didn’t seem to struggle as much with these things. How did…
Smart Gardener, Smart Water
We’ve all heard that water is crucial to our health, not to mention the health of the planet. But what are the best ways to conserve water in a home garden—ones that will actually make a difference? I mean, we can live without flowers and grass, but our fruits and vegetables need water to thrive…
Staycation Ideas
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV) Last week, I wrote about the fun we had with our family in planning day trips and discovering unique adventures. Here are…
The Joys of a Staycation
When “making do” turns into “that was really fun!” Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” (Hebrews 13:5 NIV) When my husband retired from the military, he decided to teach at a…
New Study about Struggling Readers
The latest study found that 98% of struggling readers have poor eye convergence. This means they can’t focus both eyes on the same letter and don’t ‘track’ across the page. When we read, our eyes track across the page, from word to word. When struggling readers read, their eyes jump around the page, with both…
The History of Our Nation’s Independence
This country, the greatest on earth, enables its citizens to live freely under certain guidelines of law. However, those of us who live in the twenty-first century often forget the lives that those American soldiers gave up in order to pass on that freedom to our generation. As we approach the anniversary of our nation’s…
God Bless America… Land That I Love
Hey Mom, Happy Fourth of July!!! I’m speaking at a Family Camp in Nebraska over the holiday. A few of my kids are a little bummed that we’re missing the Fourth at the Family Lake Cottage where all the cousins willbe, but a few bounces on a giant lake blob should ease their pain. There’s just…
