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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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    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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  • Family

    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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    The #1 Thing Every Homeschool Mom Needs

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    • by Ana Willis

    Have you ever made a list of all the things every homeschool mom needs? Or at least the things you need? I have a big list – A BIG ONE! […]

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  • 30 Ways We Homeschool, Homeschooling

    It’s Only the Beginning of Our Homeschool Journey

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    • by Amanda Stockdale
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      Meet Amanda and learn why this is only the beginning of her homeschool journey! Tell us about you, your family and your homeschool journey. Hey there! I’m Amanda and we […]

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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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Shopping locally is a real thing for us here. We’r Shopping locally is a real thing for us here.
We’re surrounded by farms and love driving around to buy our produce, grass-fed beef, fresh goat milk and cheese, fresh cow’s milk on a glass bottle, not plastic! Shocking, right? By the way, have you watched The Plastic Detox documentary yet? Go watch it later. Now, come drive around with us, meet my new friends, and let’s get some fresh milk together!
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Shabbat Shalom, sweet friends. 🤍 What a beautiful Shabbat Shalom, sweet friends. 🤍
What a beautiful week it has been.
Yesterday we wrapped up our Charlotte Mason Inspired online homeschool conference after an incredible week with 35 amazing speakers. Together we learned, worshipped, prayed, laughed, and encouraged one another. My heart is overflowing with gratitude for every homeschool mom who joined us. What a gift this community is.
Were you there? Or did you miss it?
Today, I am embracing the gift of Shabbat—a sacred invitation to stop striving, rest in God’s presence, and remember that He is the One who sustains us.
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.” — Exodus 20:8
Shabbat is our weekly invitation to “be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10
As the sun sets and our family gathers around the table, I am reminded that God’s goodness is not measured by all we accomplish, but by His faithful presence with us. His mercies are new every morning, His peace is available to every weary heart, and His blessings are abundant beyond what we deserve.
After pouring out this week, I’m choosing to be filled again. To rest. To worship. To simply enjoy the goodness of the Lord.
I hope you too have made time today to “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.” — Psalm 34:8
Wishing you a peaceful and refreshing Shabbat.
✨ How is your Shabbat going? I’d love to hear what you’re grateful for today.
#shabbatshalom #TheyCallMeBlessed #homeschool #charlottemasoninspired #homeschooling
Independent learners, What would your homeschool Independent learners,
What would your homeschool day look like if your child could do math without needing you in the room?
CTCMath is designed for exactly that. Every lesson is self-contained; clear enough that your child can follow it, practice it, and check their own work, independently.
You still see everything. Progress is tracked automatically and reported back to you.
Your child does the work. Your child earns the success. That's how confidence actually gets built.
CTCMath has been our math of choice for the past 9 years and we loved it! I know you will love it too.
Try it free at https://ctcmath.com/trial.
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She spent years preparing the feast and never once She spent years preparing the feast and never once pulled up a chair.
The perfect curriculum. The color-coded schedule. The Pinterest-worthy morning basket. And somehow, still standing with her back to the table.
Preparation can become the most acceptable form of avoidance we know. It looks like faithfulness. It feels like love. But sometimes the planner in our hand is the very thing keeping us from the chair right behind us.
Charlotte Mason called the mother a facilitator and inspirer. Not a performer. Someone who creates the conditions for learning, then steps inside them.
Mama, your children do not need a more perfect table. They need you sitting at it.
The feast was never just for them. 🤍
You don't need a curated shelf, a nature table, or You don't need a curated shelf, a nature table, or a morning basket with 14 items. You need a book, a notebook, and a walk outside.
Somewhere along the way, Charlotte Mason became Pinterest-worthy. And new homeschool moms quietly wondered if they were doing it wrong before they had even started.
Mama, you are not doing it wrong. When Ana began homeschooling, she picked up living books, took her kids outside, and asked them to narrate. Years later she realized she had been walking the Charlotte Mason path the whole time. The simplicity was the point.
Your permission slip:
>> Start with one living book
>> Skip the nature table for now
>> Follow your child's curiosity, not a checklist
>> Call it Charlotte Mason even if it looks simple
Start small. Start today. You are enough. 🤍
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