I stumbled upon an offer from Melanie at Only a Breath to create a little button with your word of the year. Your One Word. The word that will be your focal point for the coming year. It was a no-brainer for me because this word is something I’ve been gearing up for – it’s […]
Getting Prepared – Focusing on Spirituality
It hit me in Sunday School this week. . . . How important faith is! I thought I had covered every possible aspect of being prepared for the unexpected. But I missed one, perhaps the most important: Living in such a way that God is able to pour blessings down from heaven. For example, medical preparation […]
The Parenting Learning Curve – 5 Tips for New Parents
I’ve been a mom for what feels like forever; first as sort of a stand-in mother for my sisters and now for my own small people for the past nearly ten years. Oh, how things have changed since I held my first little guy to my chest – gone are the days of hushed tones […]
DIY Felt Chore Chart
When our oldest turned five and began learning to take on more responsibilities I wanted to create a fun way for him to keep track of his chores. I didn’t see anything online that I really liked, so we decided to go with a DIY felt chore chart. I didn’t have a pattern or […]
Operation Christmas Child – Journey to 100 Million Shoeboxes
Not long ago, I was able to help celebrate the journey to 100 million shoeboxes with Operation Christmas Child. This number is significant because it represents 100 million chances for underprivileged children around the world to hear about how much God, the creator of the universe, loves them and gave his life up for them. Many of […]
Christmas Traditions Mean Christmas Memories
One thing I just love about Christmas is all the warm memories associated with the season for me. A huge part of those memories involves traditions. Traditions about the tree and decorations, traditions about the ornaments we get each year, and traditions even about who does what. For example, only Mommy gets to put the […]
A Make-It-Yourself #STEMchat December 6!
This is a guest post by the fabulous Kim Moldofsky highlighting the topic of a twitter chat I’ll be participating in tonight – #STEMChat! This month’s #STEMchat is leaning toward our Maker roots and is more STEAM than normal, that is, STEM plus Arts. Thanks to this month’s sponsor, littleBits, we’ll be talking about #MakeTheHoliday- sharing […]
Why Homeschoolers Should Avoid a Cookie-Cutter Education
Sometimes, homeschooling can be a challenge. I recently discovered that my child’s learning style was very different from mine. During this time I had a few homeschooling epiphanies, one being that it is very possible to receive a cookie-cutter education at home. I knew this because that’s what I had been providing. One of the […]
Homeschool How-To: 6 Tips for Kinesthetic Learners
After having a bit of a homeschool struggle, I discovered that my son was a kinesthetic leaner. I made a few simple changes to our regular school routine to better help him understand the concepts I was trying to teach him. Here are a few tricks that I have learned so far. I try to […]
Homeschool How-To: Discover Your Child’s Learning Style
Learning what your child’s learning style is will help cut down on your stress and help them retain everything you are teaching them in school.
Teaching Kids Compassion With Operation Christmas Child #OCCGiving
I think it’s important to help kids learn compassion. Children are sometimes very selfish creatures, and not on purpose. But just because they have a perspective of the world that they assume is world-wide. We recently had some training issues with the kids involving the understand of privileges vs necessities. Gratitude and compassion stem from understanding privilege, […]
Parents – How to Talk to Your Kids About Cell Phones
When we talked about cell phone safety with kids I had a lot of comments offering opinions and feedback. It was interesting to me how many of the suggestions centered around time useage limits and age limits. I watched for this information during the webinar I attend that shared the research AT&T had done on […]
