There are so many different routine and scheduling tricks out there. If you Google “homeschooling routine” you will find myriads of ideas. Whenever I wanted to find a good idea to solve an issue that I struggled with I would head to my favorite blogs. Everything I read presented that particular idea as the sure…
A couple of weeks ago we experienced one beautiful day in the midst of some not so very nice ones. Very little wind, sunshine, and warm temperatures beckoned us outside. Because of this virus, our normal cabin fever is extremely high this year. Also, knowing that this wonderful weather was going to disappear, we all…
A couple of weeks ago I went on my usual biweekly shopping trip and saw something that I never thought that I would ever see: rows of empty shelves at Walmart. Even though I should probably have expected it, I was surprised to see those empty shelves. All of us are used to seeing full…
Is there really power in prayer? Have you ever asked that question? I have often asked that question throughout my life. Sometimes when I pray I hear God answer. Sometimes in prayer He is silent, and other times it seems as if my prayers just bounce off the ceiling back to me. The book of…
With the advent of typewriters, internet, email, and texting, the need for mechanical writing has lessened considerably. A lot of schools have even given up the teaching of cursive handwriting because they deem it no longer needed. The Common Core curriculum does not require it, and a lot of people believe that learning cursive is…
February, even though it is the shortest month of the year, for me it is the longest month of the year. (And this year February even contains an extra day. Why couldn’t we have that extra day in June?) The winter blues hit me hardest in February. We have been in the winter season for…
While my children were young, I knew the importance of continuing to read to them in order to create in them a love for reading. And because I loved to read and loved to cuddle, daily reading time was easy to do. However, now that my kids are older and able to read on their…