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For most children reading fluency develops by itself as they read. The more they read the more fluent they become. After reading a word enough times they are able to read it instantly without thinking or sounding it out. However if you have concerns about your child’s reading fluency there are some things you can…

How are you and your family celebrating love today? How are your children learning to love today – and every day? Love is much more than character education. In the Bible, Jesus commands us to love. Love is the “glue” that helps us build close healthy relationships with others in all areas of their lives,…

Hey Mom and Dad, Valentine’s Day is upon us and it means different things to husbands and wives. To wives it often leaves them feeling uncared for and forgotten. To husbands it means… rushing out picking something up at the convenience store, or from a guy in a van along the road, and then being…

Hey Dad and Mom, As I write this I’m about five days ‘land-side’ of my first cruise. The earth has stopped rocking but I’m still basking in the fun of a quickly fading tan. I was asked to speak on an inaugural homeschool cruise with my wife, and it was awesome. To be honest, a…

Ready to start a vegetable garden, but not sure where to begin? Well then, you’ve come to the right place! Follow along step-by-step as I show you how to begin and maintain a vegetable garden. First on the list of things to do: choose a list of delectable fruits and vegetables you would love to…

“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” Genesis 8:22 I just love the way God set up the seasons, don’t you? He tilted our earth so that differing amounts of daylight and warmth reach us as it rotates around the sun,…

It’s almost February and it may be cold outside, but that’s no excuse to be bored. Use your imagination, and your child’s too! Staying in the house doesn’t mean the kids have to hunker down with video games and TV. Bring the hands-on learning indoors and enjoy creative play. Many card and board games support…

As the new year begins, January is filled with new ideas, hopes and of course, resolutions. Weight loss and better living habits always make the list, but we gardeners harbor different goals. Especially as the seed catalogs begin arriving in our mailboxes, their pages adorned with gorgeous images of leafy lettuce abundance, brilliantly-colored carrots and…

Hey Mom and Dad, We made it through Christmas, the new year and are all cozy at home in this sub-zero weather. I don’t know if you view the new year with excitement and determination or if you feel more like me and are still clinging to the old year afraid to look at all…