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  • 10 Days of Homeschool Organization Ideas, Homeschool Organization, Homeschooling

    6 Homeschool Curriculum Organization Hacks

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    • by KT Brison
    curriculum organization

    No matter how you homeschool, there are always materials to be kept in order.  So much paper.  So. many. books.  (Well, I mean, if you’re at my house, there are […]

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  • 10 Days of Homeschool Organization Ideas, Homeschool Organization, Homeschooling

    How to Organize Your Homeschool Digital Files

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    • by Amy Michaels
    Homeschool Digital Files

    Oh, homeschool digital files! If you are like most homeschoolers, you have saved, pinned, or downloaded your fair share of homeschool digital files along the way. If you are like some […]

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  • 10 Days of Homeschool Organization Ideas, 10 Days To Organize Your Homeschool, Homeschool Organization, Homeschooling

    How to Make Your Own Homeschool Planner (that Works for You!)

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    • by Rebecca from Hip Homeschooling

    Not happy with your homeschool planner? Homeschool planning, it SHOULD fill us with a sense of peace, knowing that we are going to be organizing lesson plans and goals for […]

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  • 10 Days of Homeschool Organization Ideas, Homeschool Organization, Homeschooling

    Tricks to Organize Your Homeschool Space in Your Living Room

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    • by Ana Willis
    #4 Top Homeschool Posts in 2016: ORGANIZE YOUR HOMESCHOOL space in your living room

    Everyone needs a homeschool space to homeschool, right? And homeschooling in your living room can make your house messy! Very messy! Unless you have really good hiding places for everything. […]

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    7 Tricks to Organize Your Homeschool in Your Dining Room

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    • by Ana Willis
    #2 Top Homeschool Post in 2016 - 7 Tricks To Organize Your Homeschool in Your Dinning Room

    Today I want to show you how to organize your homeschool in your dining room without having your dining room looking like a full classroom! Tomorrow I will show you how […]

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  • Homeschooling, Language Arts, Reviews, Subjects

    Review: Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read App

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    • by Ana Willis
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    Is it time for your kids to learn to read? Hooked on Phonics can help you! I was so insecure when the time came for my kids to learn to […]

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  • Homeschool Curriculum, Homeschooling

    Choosing the Best Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum

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    • by Ana Willis
    Need ideas for the perfect Kindergarten Homeschool Curriculum?

    Kindergarten homeschool curriculum can be tricky to choose. It’s hard to believe we have just picked ours for our youngest! Time flies! Homeschooling a preschooler was so much fun. Ariella is […]

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  • Faith, Holy Moments, Illustrated Faith

    Fall in Love with Bible Journaling & Illustrated Faith Devotional Kits

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    • by Gini Wietecha
    Illustrated Faith Devotional Kits

    Hi, friends. We are so excited about the Illustrated Faith Devotional Kits! I am in love with it and I know you will fall in love with it also! So, […]

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    Best Advice For Camping With Children If Rains!

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    • by Christine Green
    Camping With Children

    I love my readers! I asked my Facebook followers for their best camping with children suggestions in case it rains and my reader Christine Green sent me all these amazing […]

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  • Homeschooling, Math, Reviews, Subjects

    5 Ways CTC Math Changed Our Homeschool

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    • by Ana Willis
    5 Ways CTC Math Changed Our Homeschool

    CTC Math changed our homeschool literally. What a relief! I am so glad we decided to switch our Math curriculum, almost at the end of the year. We did the switch […]

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Ana is a wife and homeschool mom of 3 turned into homeschool blogger. She is a Messianic Jewish biblical scholar-in-training, and a passionate Hebrew and Bible teacher. She loves helping homeschool moms to find joy and fulfillment in their homeschool calling. Her goal is to help moms go from stressed to blessed, nurturing a restful homeschooling through a living education, and living a beyond blessed life. Learn More

 
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Why be indoors when we can be outdoors? 🍂🌲 Charlo Why be indoors when we can be outdoors? 🍂🌲
Charlotte Mason said: “Never be within doors when you can rightly be without.”
As homeschool moms, we spend so much of our days pouring into everyone else. Teaching, cooking, cleaning, planning, answering a hundred questions… and sometimes we’re just plain exhausted!
And you know what? We need fresh air just as much as our children do!
There’s something about being out in nature that helps us slow down, breathe deeply, clear our minds, and release the stress we’ve been carrying. A walk among the trees can do wonders for our mood, energy, and peace of mind.
I’ve learned over the years that some days, the best thing we can do for our homeschool is simply close the books, grab our walking shoes, and head outside.
Our children get to explore, observe, wonder, and delight in God’s creation. And we moms get to enjoy it right alongside them!
Not every beautiful homeschool day happens around the kitchen table. Some of our richest lessons and sweetest memories happen on forest trails, beside waterfalls, and under the open sky.
And sometimes, the mama needs that nature walk more than the children do! ❤️
When was the last time you closed the books and took your kids on a nature walk just because you needed it?
#CharlotteMason #HomeschoolMom #NatureStudy #HomeschoolLife #livingeducation
Something BIG is in the works… big enough that I n Something BIG is in the works… big enough that I needed a little office right here in my bedroom. 🤭 Any guesses?
But first, can we talk about this VIEW?!
Those trees, the fall colors, the light pouring through the windows… Lord, thank You! I sit here with my books and my ideas and can hardly believe I get to call this place home. 🍂🌿
And yes, that’s laundry all over the bed. 😂 Welcome to the real tour! I could have waited until everything was put away, but I was too excited to show you my little corner and what’s outside those windows.
This room has become so much more than a bedroom. It’s my refuge, my study room, my gym, and my sanctuary. A place to open my Bible, pray, move my body, rest, and now… work on something I’m not quite ready to share yet. 🤫
I feel so blessed to be in this house and in this season with my family. There is so much peace here, and I’m deeply thankful for the space to slow down, listen to the Lord, and let some dreams begin to take shape.
Apparently, those dreams needed a desk with a view. The laundry will have to wait. 😉
What do YOU think I’m working on? Leave your guesses below! I’m so curious to see who gets close. 👇❤️
#homeschoolmom #homeschoollife #theycallmeblessed #homeoffice #sahm
We’re selling our RV and truck, and my heart is fu We’re selling our RV and truck, and my heart is full thinking about everything this little home has meant to our family. ❤️
For the past eight years, it has been our home through adventures in some of the most beautiful places in the United States and Canada. National parks, landmarks, and places we once read about in books became part of our children’s memories.
Inside these walls, we read so many books aloud while roadschooling. We prayed, worshipped, laughed, and watched our children grow up. Wherever we parked, we were home. Oh, this RV has been so loved!
Now we feel the Lord leading us into a new season, and we’re ready to pass it on to another family dreaming of making years of memories together.
🚐 2018 Open Range 310BHS four-season RV
• Four slide-outs and tons of storage
• Bunkroom with an IKEA bed plus three bunks, floor-to-ceiling bookshelf, TV, wardrobe, and two large drawers beneath the lower bunk
• Awesome kitchen with an island
• Living room fireplace
• Outdoor kitchen
• Master bedroom with a huge closet
🛻 2012 Ram 3500 with a 6.7L diesel engine
It makes me smile to imagine another family choosing their first destination, children settling into their bunks, and new adventures beginning. We cannot wait to see how God will use this truck and RV to bless another family the way they have blessed ours! ❤️
Have you been dreaming about hitting the road for a new season of adventure—or know someone who has? Message us for details and share this post with them!
There are so many more memories waiting to be made. 🏞️
#Rving #rvlife #rvtravel #rvliving #fulltimervliving #fulltimerv
I think some "homeschool experts" or perhaps the i I think some "homeschool experts" or perhaps the indocrination we suffered from our public school years unintentionally convinced homeschooling mothers that a better education always means doing more.
More subjects.
More curriculum.
More activities.
More planning.
More structure.
More busyness.
But I've spent years teaching mothers that more isn't necessarily better.
Children need time to think, imagine, explore, play, read, wonder, and have meaningful conversations. They need parents who are present, not perpetually exhausted from trying to provide the perfect education.
And most importantly, we must remember that homeschooling is not simply an academic undertaking. It is part of our calling to raise and disciple our children in the knowledge of God.
We don't need to do everything.
We need to faithfully do what matters most.
So here is my advice to every homeschool mom reading this post:
Do less, but do it better.
Busyness and fruitfulness are not the same thing!
Now take a deep breath, relax.
You can do this!
Mama, enjoy learning and playing with your children. Every hour spent together is a blessing, not a burden!
Time with your children is a gift.
#homeschool #homeschooling #homeschoolmom #homeeducation
This is the sound of our home. ❤️ Ryan playing his This is the sound of our home. ❤️ Ryan playing his guitar, singing, and praising the Lord.
From morning to evening, there is almost always a song coming from him. Sometimes he even sings in his sleep! 😂 Worship is so much a part of who he is, and I love getting to live alongside it.
Last Sunday, our pastor’s dad asked me where Hadassah got her gift of singing. I told him, “Ryan sings night and day!” Now Ariella is also leading worship, and it brings me so much joy to watch our daughters use their voices to praise the Lord.
They have grown up hearing their daddy worship through ordinary days, and now I get to hear their own songs rising to the Lord. What a beautiful blessing.
“I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” — Psalm 34:1, KJV
“From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name is to be praised.” — Psalm 113:3, KJV
It is so good to live in a house where worship fills the air. Thank You, Lord, for the music, for this family, and for the joy of praising You together. 🤍
 #Worship #PraiseHim #thankfulgratefulblessed
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