The Most Important 15 Minutes of My Homeschool Day by Mary Colwell Homeschooling, housekeeping, cooking… It’s hard to keep it all balanced as a home-educating parent, isn’t it? I don’t know about you, but most of the time this homemaking/homeschooling thing is a lot
Read more →Blessing Buddies by Niccole Perrine As we navigated the busy shop, watching for little hands to mind their manners, I was drawn to a colorful display. The Elf on a Shelf trend had recently sparked my interest. I really wanted to do the Elf on a
Read more →The Spiritual Power of a Mother, Part I In these days of female empowerment few authors are brave enough to tell the simple truth about the most profound influence a woman may ever possess; that which is wielded in her own home, as she nurtures and
Read more →Teens! Three Ways to Bless this Christmas Season by Abigail Prigge The pie and turkey have just barely disappeared and my 5-year-old sister has Christmas on her mind full throttle. In spite of her meager budget, she has asked me at least three times what’s
Read more →My 10-Minute Tidy Routine by Mary Colwell We all need routines (at least I hope y’all do, ’cause if you don’t, that means I’m just special that way!). I have several of them myself, but my favorite is what I call The Ten Minute Tidy.
Read more →Thanksgiving Breakfast Rolls by Shauna Webb We have a pull-apart breakfast rolls tradition in our house for Thanksgiving morn. My kids count on them every year. While we watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade everyone wears flannel jammie pants and drinks coffee (or cocoa). We sit,
Read more →How to Make Time for Exercise by Jessi Webb “I don’t have time to exercise” is probably one of the most common excuses for not making exercise a part of our lives. As homeschooling parents, we can really max ourselves out, but we have to find ways to
Read more →Every Second Counts by Elise Hooper My early morning quiet time has been… not so quiet lately. There’s a sweet toddler with a beautiful smile that wakens with me and interrupts my reading and prayer time with piles of books plopped into my lap. And when
Read more →C-A-T spells dog? If you’ve ever taught a little one to read you know how exciting and frustrating it can be. They might sail through, sounding out words with ease and the very next day can barely sound out c-a-t. For the teacher it is a
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