Homeschool eBook Winners and Our Homeschool Plans

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Thought you might want to know the winners of last weeks You Can Do It Too: 25 homeschool families share their stories eBook giveaway: #14- Kelly said: I am a teacher turned stay-at-home mom, and the idea of home schooling has always scared me just a little. I have seen it done well....and not so well. I feel as though God may be calling me in this direction, but I have so many questions, just like everyone else. We live in a small town, far from [...]

53 eBooks to Inspire Your Homeschool for $0.50 Each

Omnibus: a book containing reprints of a number of works French, from Latin, for all, dative plural of omnis, a combining form meaning "all," used in the formation of compound. First known use: 1829 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I am SO excited to offer this package to my readers! Can you believe the new school year is [...]

Beat the “I’m Bored” Blues: A Summer Book List for Young Readers

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What mom hasn't heard, "I'm bored... what is there to do?" on long, hot summer days? Sending my kids to crash on a couch, in the shade of a tree, or out to the backyard fort with a good book in hand is one of my top summer fun suggestions whenever I hear those words. Over the past two years, my oldest daughter has become an increasingly voracious reader. I've struggled at first with knowing how to find books that are suitable for her to [...]

New eBook! The Heart of Simplicity: Foundations for Christian Homemaking

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Today I'm excited to announce the launch of the new eBook, The Heart of Simplicity: Foundations for Christian Homemaking! I'm one of 13 authors in this collaborative project and I'm eager to share with you why I think that this book needs to get into as many hands and homes as possible... Have you ever wondered how other moms hold it all together? They keep up with the cleaning and laundry, making healthy meals from scratch, maintaing a strong marriage, discipling and training their children, [...]

Why Our Family Leans Towards Classical Education

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If you currently homeschool, or have spent any amount of time looking into it, you'll know that there is a veritable smorgasbord of theories and methods out there. For our family, although we still throw in a few eclectic options and have also been influenced by educators like Charlotte Mason, we tend towards a Classical education approach. Classical education places primary importance on the fundamentals of learning, and there is a certain rigor and discipline about it, with a focus on developing character and virtue. It is [...]

Spirit-Led Parenting: How Motherhood Calls Us to Lay Down Our Lives

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I vividly remember those weeks so many years ago, when I began my journey as a brand-new mom. I was clueless. I spent my pregnancy reading all sorts of good books but I somehow skipped over the very important topic of "what to do with your crying/hungry/needy bundle of joy once they are OUT of your womb". My initial weeks and months as a new mom were utterly bewildering to me. I read everything from the strict schedule-and-sleep-training books all the way to books on [...]

Simplify Family Life eBook Sale: A $375 Value for $29!

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Are you on a journey to simplify your own family's life? To eat better, be more organized, live more slowly and simply, enjoy your relationships with your spouse and your children more? And do you (like me) continually find new ebooks that look amazing to you and wish that you could buy them all? I am so excited to announce that the phenomenally popular Simplify Your Family Life ebook sale is BACK! Last year I took part in this sale along with an amazing group [...]

My New eBook- Plan It, Don’t Panic: Everything You Need to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan

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Announcing my newest eBook... Plan It, Don't Panic: How to Successfully Create and Use a Meal Plan! What if you could learn to meal plan in a way that helped you to eat better, while saving you money, time and stress? After the huge success of the Plan It, Don't Panic Meal Planning Challenge that I ran on my blog this past fall, I realized that there was a definite desire for women to learn how to meal plan more effectively and to start doing [...]