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But He giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. ~ James 4:6 When I first began homeschooling, I wanted to tell everyone what we were doing. I was so excited and proud of our decision. I didn’t mean to come across as thinking what I was doing was better than what others had chosen, but that is exactly what happened. Naturally when you share the news with those who are not {Read More}

Book Review: The Way They Learn

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Most have heard and / or read Cynthia Ulrich Tobias’ book, The Way They Learn: How to discover and teach to your child’s strengths. I have been a late comer to the party, allowing this gem of a book to sit on my bookshelf for several years. As a Focus on the Family book published by Tyndale House, I knew it would be good. Timing is everything and the time arrived last fall. Four children, four different learning styles, two {Read More}

Don’t Despise the Small Things

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“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 Reading. Writing. Arithmetic. More Reading. The children sometimes find this work tedious and wonder why we have to do it. But this is the foundation that will enable them to achieve their goals later on. And it is good for them to learn to persevere cheerfully with work that must be done, even though {Read More}

Home School Room Tour

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Are you ready for a tour of homes? A tour of homeschool rooms to be exact! Let’s get going… Joelle at Homeschooling for His Glory shares how she using her dining room as a school room in addition to sharing how she organizes supplies. Robin at Timbo’s Beautiful takes us on a tour of her redesigned school room and shares how to make some cute wall art and decor ideas without spending a fortune. Molly at Counter Cultural School gives {Read More}

The Christian Homeschooler’s Library Podcast

The Christian Homeschooler’s Library Series Molly Evert Counter Cultural School Counter Cultural Mom Every session of The Christian Homeschooler’s Library is on this widget. Just double click on the arrow by “Select a past episode” and then choose your episode and click play. The bottom episode is actually #1, the top episode is #7. Each episode lasts 15 minutes.

Diary of a Homeschool Mom…Math Makes Me Look Like an Idiot

Carla Anne Coroy
Married Single Moms

Complicated concepts sometimes make me look like a real idiot. I’m pretty good at hiding my ignorance in most instances. When my kids ask me hard questions I try to at least look intelligent until I have the chance to look up the real answer.

The other day I was blown out of the water and my lack of brain cells was prominently displayed before every family member.