How to Keep the Homeschool Dad in the Loop
Teach Them Diligently began as a homeschool convention and has now created an amazing online collection of resources for dads ...
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Deliver – A Word of the Year for 2021
New Year's Resolutions are for the birds. Dreams, plans, goals, and dreams are useless when they are "piecrust promises" - ...
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A Life Verse to Lead You…
In a post I wrote about a Word of the Year, you read about how I started trying to re-focus and move ...
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How to navigate the post-homeschooling years
We've graduated 4 out of our 5 kiddos already, and so this question is on my mind a LOT these ...
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How to teach life skills in your homeschool
Did you ever have something (a class, a book, a product) that you came across over and over again and ...
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Homeschooling Through Chronic Illness
(This post was written by author, forever-friend and previous blogging partner Candy Reid.) Illness strikes whomever it pleases, whenever it pleases ...
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8 Practical Ways to Encourage Young Mothers
...in the church nursery...in the neighborhood... A few weeks ago I was talking to a friend at church who was ...
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How to become a homeschool guidance counselor
One of the obvious potential limitations to homeschooling high school is the absence of a guidance counselor's office. A good ...
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5 Things You Can do NOW to Prepare for the Teen Years
Fear not - but they'll be here before you know it! Or you may already find yourself in the midst ...
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How To Win Your Reluctant Teen’s Heart
Ahh, the teenage years...traditionally, the time when that once cute and cuddly and sweet child that you birthed turns into ...
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Top 4 FAQs About Homeschooling High-School
The thought of homeschooling high school can seem daunting even to the most passionate homeschooling family.And, truth be told, many ...
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Book Review – The Happy Homeschooler
I have to admit that when I read the title "The Happy Homeschooler: 10 Simple Strategies to Increase Productivity, Foster ...
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5 Areas You Need to Control to Have a Successful Home(school)
Homeschooling is so much more than just teaching the 3 R's... Heads-up to you incidental homeschoolers - today there's a ...
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100 Resources to Craft a Rich Homeschooled High School Experience
This list of "100 Resources to Craft a Rich Homeschooled High School Experience" has been a true labor of love ...
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Exciting Mission Trips for your Teen’s Gap Year
(Note: Someday we'll be able to plan again. This post was initially published 2 years ago, way before the season ...
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Enjoy a fun (and flavorful) Summer Bible Study
Today I have a treat for you... My friend Sue, from WelcomeHeart has a series called "Every Table Tells a ...
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Does your senior have after-high-school plans?
How are teenagers supposed to know what they want to do with the rest of their lives at 16, or ...
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Guiding Your Kids Through Adversity
(Note: This post was written by Laurel Griffith, a blogger, speaker, author and friend of mine. We're republishing it because ...
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More from “A Parent’s Garden…” and teen poetry books
Welcome to week 2 of National Poetry Month! Oh, how fun this series has been to write! It brought me ...
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Celebrate National Poetry Month!
(More than) using poetry in your homeschool All our homeschool life, we encouraged our kids to develop a lifestyle of ...
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Why We Celebrate Jewish Holidays
One of the fondest memories I have of growing up is celebrating Passover at my aunt and uncle’s house. No, ...
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Homeschool Conventions during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
As I write this, our world is in the midst of a pandemic. Coronavirus/COVID-19 fever (literally) is making its way ...
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Why You Should Attend a Homeschool Convention This Year
...our Top 5 Reasons to Get There! So one of the first questions I had as a new homeschooler - ...
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Christian Passover Resources for Your Family
For our family, and for many Christian families, springtime brings thoughts of Easter. And with Easter in view, my family ...
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Easter Activities for Teens
Easter is in a few short weeks, and once again we're celebrating it with a houseful of teenagers. If you're ...
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8 Practical Ways To Bless Your Teen
Ever heard that old one-liner "Everybody complains about the weather...but nobody does anything about it!"? Well, it's often the same with ...
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5 Steps to Teaching Your Teens Discernment
Discernment - Something that we can all agree is sorely needed in this day and age, and also sadly missing ...
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TED Talks For Aspiring Student Leaders
Leadership... ...during this election year, it's becoming more and more apparent that we have a great lack of leadership in ...
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Reviving The Lost Art of Mentoring
Note: In honor of National Mentoring Month, I'm republishing this article that I wrote a few years ago. The message ...
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Concept Study – What Makes a Good Leader?
Every day our lives are influenced by people in positions of authority: people whose role or job enables them to ...
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Human Trafficking – An Action Guide
This Saturday marks a day that has gone by for me, sad to say, largely unnoticed since its inception. Since ...
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The Ultimate Guide to Homeschooling in Georgia
According to recent statistics, homeschooling is on the rise in the Peach State! And with good reason: One of the ...
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What Your Teen Should Know About The Election Process – And Why
*UPDATE for the 2020 Presidential elections: Please scroll down to find some excellent guides to the candidates and issues involved ...
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20 Inspiring Quotes for Your Teenager
There is so much stress and pressure in our culture today. And our teens are not immune from it, either ...
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What do you do when things don’t go as expected
It's easy to tell our kids that things don't always work out. And maybe because our kiddos get so much ...
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Developing a biblical worldview in your homeschool
Many years into our homeschooling years, I received a harsh reminder about just how critical it is to help our ...
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Blessing Your Teen – A timely and significant event
Blessing your teen... ...an event made for times such as these! The concept of blessing our children is not by ...
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5 Things Never to Apologize for to Your Teen
Hi there! Welcome back to Homeschool Freedom Fridays! One thing I've learned over the years is the need to apologize ...
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What’s the best planner for your homeschool?
"Help! I'm so unorganized! What's the best homeschool planner to use?" I get that question more often than you'd think, ...
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Tunes to Get your Back-to-School "Groove" on!
Well it's back-to-school after the holiday season for many families - homeschooling or not - and I don't know about ...
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5 Valuable Concepts To Make Your Homeschool Stress-Free
I interact on a daily basis with homeschooling parents; moms, mostly. These are good people who love their children. Some ...
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Why My Family Says "Yes" to Activities
My family has a somewhat chaotic life. Well, it’s not always like that, but yeah, we're pretty much handling a busy ...
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Homeschool organization tips for Back-to-School
If you’re in the place that organizing or planning is an "issue", it’s most often because something is falling apart ...
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How to Assign High School Credit to Life Learning Opportunities
High school is such a wonderful time for homeschooling! The early years of teaching “the basics” – reading, writing, primary ...
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Outsourcing Homeschool High School – Literature
As I've talked about in other articles on this blog, parents who are teaching high school in their homeschool don't ...
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5 Pursuits to Combat the "No Socialization" Argument
Often time during the summer parents will take a look at the previous school year and start to formulate thoughts ...
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12 Things You Learned if You Were Homeschooled – Part 2
Note: So glad you're here for Part 2 of 12 Things You Learned if You Were Homeschooled! In this post, ...
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Teaching Kids About Money
Among the many responsibilities of adulthood, managing personal finances is one of the most important skills you can learn. Unfortunately, ...
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Thoughts on Teaching Kids Responsbility
I often speak with moms who are overwhelmed and stressed. They find themselves doing everything to run the house – ...
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When you have an empty homeschool nest
I really wasn't ready; wasn't expecting homeschooling to be over for me, for us, just yet. My empty homeschool nest ...
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Why Every Homeschool Mom Should Have a Resume
Many years ago, in the early days of the modern homeschool movement, most homeschool families were single-income households. Over the ...
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Ultimate Field Trip Guide to Albany and SW Georgia
Field trips have always been one of my favorite things to do in our homeschool! I remember even before we'd ...
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Do You Know Your Teen’s Learning Style?
After making the decision to homeschool, one of the most overwhelming choices parents face is choosing a curriculum. Knowing how ...
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How to Plan a Homeschool Graduation
Beyond a doubt, one of the most touching occasions I have ever had the privilege to attend is our local homeschool co-op's ...
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Our Christmas traditions…
Today a few friends and I would like to give you a little peek into our homes and lives. Once ...
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Why My Family Says "No" to a Busy Schedule
Note: This guest post was written by my dear friend Candy, who used to share a blog with me at PatAndCandy.com ...
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CTC Math – a no-more-tears math curriculum
I love my daughter's smile. And while she is generally very sweet-natured, over the years, math studies had become a problem ...
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12 Things You Learned if You Were Homeschooled – Part 1
Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part series of reflections from homeschool graduate, Lauren Meeks. If you enjoy this, ...
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Getting your teen behind the wheel safely
One of the most, um, "exciting" things about raising teens and homeschooling high school has been, hands down, teaching our ...
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From homeschool to public school – Part 2
In a recent post, I described how we're preparing our kiddo #4 for this new educational environment. In today's post, ...
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From homeschool to public school – Part 1
How to Help Your Teen Adjust... Families make the decision to homeschool for a number of reasons. Some make this ...
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Moms: Take Time to Color and Be All the Better For It!
As a child, I loved playing with little Matchbox cars. Our family was really close to neighbors that lived across ...
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Cranberry Lime Salsa "Wows" Your Senses!
(Note: I know I don't often share recipes, but this one has been on my mind since the beginning of ...
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Summer – Homeschool Style
(Please note: This post is being republished for the benefit of the many "all-of-a-sudden homeschoolers" who may find it useful ...
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Free summer learning
from “the Co-op”!
Sponsored Post: This post is sponsored by The Homeschool Buyer's Co-op but the opinions expressed here are my own. For ...
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#breakthrulinkup 35 – Last call!
Greetings and welcome to #breakthrulinkup 35! And a little readjustment on the journey Some of you may be members of ...
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Can you really homeschool for free?
Note: Happy Memorial Day! While I hope you and yours are celebrating the hard-fought freedom we enjoy as US citizens, ...
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Summertime Tech (less) Idea
Summer's right around the corner, friends! No, wait, summer's HERE! (How did that happen?!) Anyway, after a busy, busy school ...
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Girls’ Coding Camp: How to help your daughter build future skills
There is still a serious lack of girls in the computing fields these days, at least that’s what I’m told ...
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#breakthrulinkup 33 – Calling all Homeschool High Schoolers!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 33! I'm just so excited I could almost burst...and I can't wait to tell you about it! ...
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5 Ways to Keep Your Kids Reading This Summer
(This post was written by author, forever-friend and previous blogging partner Candy Reid.) This week I unpacked my collection of children’s ...
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#breakthrulinkup 32 – Build YOUR (homeschool) Bundle!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 32! It's "bundle season" again, friends 🙂 You may have started to see emails from your favorite ...
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The problem with planners…
Today we're talkin' about planners... The two biggest times of the year to get started on planners are around the ...
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Letter from a Homeschool Graduate
Note: Graduation season is once again upon us. A few years ago, I received a copy of an essay my ...
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#breakthrulinkup 31- On the move…
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 31! There are some big changes happenin' in my neck of the woods these days... Kiddo #4 ...
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#breakthrulinkup 30 – Tim Tebow Bible study
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 30! Last year I received a copy of Tim Tebow's (then) new Bible study, Shaken, based on ...
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Teaching Shakespeare to Your Teen
You know what's happening this week? It's Shakespeare's 454th Birthday! (Actually, it was celebrated in England this past weekend - ...
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#breakthrulinkup 29 – Is your teen stressed?
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 29! Would you say that your teen is stressed out? Recent studies have shown that the major ...
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#breakthrulinkup 28 – It’s “Ultimate Bundles” Time Again!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 28! Most moms I know would agree that making a home is harder than it looks. It’s ...
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Teaching “the basics” when you homeschool high school
This is Step Two of my mini-series "Prepare to Homeschool High School in 5 Easy Steps", where we're laying the ...
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Prepare to Homeschool High School in 5 Easy Steps
Enjoy this 5-day "mini-series" to help you prepare for homeschooling high school! Whether it's something that you're just considering, or ...
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9+ Tips to Make Moving go Smoothly: for homeschoolers
Summer is just around the corner, and there's a good chance that you or someone you know will be one ...
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#breakthrulinkup 27 – DEAR Day is coming!
Did you love to read as a child? When I was a little girl, it was all my mother could do ...
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#breakthrulinkup 26 – Have some hula-hooping fun!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 26! Although hula hooping has been popular for decades and history even suggests that it's been around ...
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Parent-Directed Education vs Homeschooling
Welcome to BreakthroughHomeschooling! Before you start to look around, this post will tell you a little bit about how I ...
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#breakthrulinkup 25 – A scary homeschool moment
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 25! Hi there! Besides being thrilled to greet the spring season, we're knee deep in graduation/end-of-the-year mania ...
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#breakthrulinkup 24 – Easter activities for teens
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 24! Easter is in a few short weeks, and once again we're celebrating it with a houseful ...
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#breakthrulinkup 23 – A Women’s History Month resource
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 23! In line with my "keepin' it real" theme from last week... this post is a little ...
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CLEP study guides: a great high school resource
I received access to this product for free and was compensated for my time only. All opinions are mine; I ...
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#breakthrulinkup 22 – Keepin’ it real for you!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 22! Just keepin' it real... Hi there, friends! I was responding to a message today, that, quite frankly, ...
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Try "treasure-hunt learning" Through Geocaching!
Over the years I've always felt the importance of teaching my kids about the world we live in - geography's ...
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International Day Makes Geography Studies Festive and Fun
International Day is my favorite day of the year! (Well, at least it's one of my top 10!) You won’t ...
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#breakthrulinkup 21 – Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 21! It's almost here! You can feel the excitement in the air! We walk around the house ...
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#breakthrulinkup 20 – A conference for parents of tweens and teens
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 20! Do you ever wonder if you're short-changing your high schooled homeschooler? Or if she'll really be ...
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Sweet Family-Friendly Valentine’s Day Ideas
Valentine's Day is this week, and since I became a mom, I've enjoyed celebrating the occasion with my littles, too ...
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Express Random Acts of Kindness…
...all year long! Yes, Virginia, there is an official Random Acts of Kindness Day, falling annually on February 17. And ...
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#breakthrulinkup 19 – Celebrate #familyschooling!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 19! And even tho it's a little late, "Welcome to February!" also... If you're on Instagram - ...
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#breakthrulinkup 18 – It’s not (really) about homeschooling
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 18! I'm by no means what you'd call a news junkie, but nevertheless the images and developing ...
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Homeschool Assessment: How to Accomplish a Mid-Year Fix
To "resolve" or not to" resolve?" Word of the Year – or not? January is the month that most of ...
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MCBD 2018 – #readyourworld !
No matter what method you use to homeschool, I think we can all agree that "reading is fundamental" (as LeVar ...
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#breakthrulinkup 17 – Ultimate Bundle update
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 17! Hi there! I'm so glad you're here today, 'cause what I'm sharing will definitely make your ...
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Get a second chance at Healthy Living!
Hi there! It's a cold but sunny morning where I'm at, and just like at your place, it's a Monday ...
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#breakthrulinkup 16 – Techie Chore Schedulers
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup 16! 'Tis the season, ya' know. Though Christmas may be over, it IS the season for many ...
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Martin Luther King, Jr Day Resources
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr Day, a Federal holiday celebrated annually on the third Monday in January. It was ...
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#breakthrulinkup 15 – Start launching your day
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #15! Do you have trouble "launching" in the morning? I guess, put another way, I could ask ...
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What your teen MUST do to have a successful gap year
My son is working through his Junior year in high school, and one day I noticed that he seemed a ...
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Why Moms Should Celebrate a Sabbath
I recently heard someone speaking on the subject of the Sabbath. If you're not familiar with the term, it's a ...
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The Ultimate Bundles – Here’s to Healthy Meal Planning this year!
Happy New Year! Whether you do New Year's Resolutions or a Word of the Year or even just cross your ...
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#breakthrulinkup 13 – When Mom is Discouraged
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #13! As we prepare for 2018, a Facebook post keeps sticking in my mind. It was from ...
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Christmas Traditions…
Merry, merry Christmas! I hope that you and yours are enjoying a wonderful holiday together with loved ones all around ...
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Book Review – Organize 4U: Practical Tips and Strategies to Getting Organized
BreakthroughHomeschooling has gone through a few permutations... Waaayy back, it started out as Mom's Morning Coffee, and we had a ...
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#breakthrulinkup 12 – Get ready for 2018!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #12! Seasons Greetings to one and all... I know that this is a busy time of year ...
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Winter Skin Care Recipes
OK, tell me whose skin is starting to get dry and itchy already...or is it just me? I was sitting ...
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#breakthrulinkup 11 – last minute gift ideas!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #11! No, I'm not backtracking on my initial desire to take the emphasis this Christmas season off ...
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What’s your Word of the Year for 2018?
Around this time of year, besides getting ready for Christmas and all that that entails, I find myself looking at ...
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Homeschooling Through the Holidays – Headache Free!
And don't forget this week's Giveaway! Details below... If you’ve homeschooled for any length of time, you know that homeschooling ...
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#breakthrulinkup 10 – What your minister’s wife wants for Christmas
...and a Giveaway Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #10 Awhile back I ran a series called "5 Days of Serving Others Through ...
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Dip Mix Ornaments Make A Unique Holiday Gift and Treat
A while ago I was doing some "holiday prep" thinking and realized we'd be doing a fair amount of visiting ...
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3 Ways to Fight Seasonal Emotional Disorder
In my imagination . . . I decorated a full and beautiful tree with sentimental ornaments and glittering lights. I ...
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Travel with your kids – help them discover a career!
I had the privilege of traveling with my daughter recently. We flew to visit my mom, and because of the ...
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#breakthrulinkup 9 – Got a habit?
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #9! A few days ago my husband tipped me off to a segment from NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't ...
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3 Awesome Thoughts on Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving I know that many of you are busy today cooking and cleaning and visiting with friends and family, ...
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#breakthrulinkup 8 – Black Friday Homeschool deals!
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #8! Whoulda thunk that Black Friday/Cyber Monday was a good time to stock up on homeschool curricula? ...
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5 Days of Preparing for Christmas with Your Teen – A special family evening
Yes, Virginia, you CAN spend quality family time together during the holidays... BUT you definitely have to plan for it! ...
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5 Days of Preparing for Christmas with Your Teen – Host a party
Are you planning a Christmas party this year? Many of us do. Around our place, it's almost like a season ...
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#breakthrulinkup 7 – Create a Christmas playlist with your teen
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #7! If you don't know this about me yet, I gotta tell you: I'm an old-school rock ...
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5 Days of Preparing for Christmas with Your Teen – In the Kitchen
Does your teen like to eat? If you have a teen, you may be laughing out loud as you read ...
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5 Days of Preparing for Christmas with Your Teen
Does your teen really care? So many times as parents we view the term "preparing for the holidays" to mean ...
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#breakthrulinkup 6 – Give thanks in all things
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #6! I have fully embraced the November "theme" this year of giving thanks! But I also have ...
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How to Ensure Your Homeschooler
Thrives in High School
If we're honest, as those years approach, even the most confident homeschooling mom must admit to a bit of fear ...
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Developing Leadership Skills in Your Teen
Do you follow politics with your teen? I know, I know, it's certainly has its highs and (mostly) lows, but ...
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#breakthrulinkup 5 – Heartbursting moments
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #5! Over the past few months, a friend of mine has been busy helping her daughter prepare ...
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Creative Electives for Your High School Student
Are you one of the "brave ones" who is facing, and planning on, teaching your child at home through high ...
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Your Easy Guide to Homeschooling High School
Join me as I "hopscotch our way" to homeschooling through high school! As I've made mention before...it's not really that ...
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Great Books for Homeschool Teachers
The best thing we can do for our own children/students is to model a lifestyle of learning of our own ...
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#breakthrulinkup 4 – Faithful love…
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #4! By now you probably know about my little kitty Louie. (And if you don't, just take ...
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Family Audiobooks and the Power of Story
(This post is sponsored by Focus on The Family, who provided me with a copy of this CD for review purposes.) ...
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10 Important Things to Do Tonight to Have a GREAT Tomorrow
Picture this: Monday morning, or any morning for that matter, rolls around and the alarm goes off. You jump out ...
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#breakthrulinkup 3 – Are you *too* busy?
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #3! For awhile now I've been seeing and reading articles telling me how people these days wear ...
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How to survive after you’ve sent your teen off to college
(This post is sponsored by Spartanburg Methodist College, who compensated me for my time. All opinions are my own.) A few ...
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#breakthrulinkup 2 – Are You Up to the Task?
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #2! For the past few years, around this time of the year, there's been a "bundle" going ...
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10 TED Talks Your Teen Needs to Watch Before Graduation
(Please note: This post is being republished for the benefit of the many "all-of-a-sudden homeschoolers" who may find it useful ...
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New Beginnings and #breakthrulinkup
Welcome to #breakthrulinkup #1! Welcome, welcome, welcome to my new "digs!" Hope you make yourself at home as I start ...
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Teaching Homeschool Science…
... out of the box! I have to admit: science has been one of those subjects I've struggled with in ...
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Welcome, friends!
Greetings, friends, new and old! Welcome to BreakthroughHomeschooling - a blog dedicated to encouraging parents of teens and equipping them ...
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Good-For-Your-Health-Smoothies 101
(And scroll down to the bottom for 2 bonus recipes for some quick-energy, easy-to-make snacks that are good for you, too!) ...
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Celebrating Science – TED Talks to Encourage STEM Studies
As I've been discovering over the past few months, there is a growing emphasis on STEM subjects these days - ...
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Preparing for the new school year: Get your planner on!
Can you feel it? The cooler weather (hopefully!), the buzz in the stores about school supplies and back-to-school sales... Can ...
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Sharing the Joy of Reading
(This post was written by author, forever-friend and previous blogging partner Candy Reid.) I started reading out loud to my ...
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Host a Questionable Movie Night!
How can you teach discernment to your teens, help them develop critical thinking skills, and do it in a format ...
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10 Fun Activities You Can do with Your Kids that Double as Exercise
In my ongoing effort to never underestimate and, as often as possible, incorporate the simple, I've learned that exercise doesn't ...
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5 "Old School" Subjects for Today’s Homeschool
There is no doubt that the face of education today is changing. Even considering our own family, the methods and materials ...
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Peer Pressure – Turning Nuggets of Coal to Diamonds
Hi there! Welcome to our very first episode of Homeschool Freedom Fridays! Today I'm talking about how to deal with ...
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20+ Date-With-Your-Teen Ideas
In the hustle and bustle of life, we sometimes forget about our teenagers. Maybe it's because you've gotten so busy ...
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Book Review – The ABCs of How We Learn
The best way to ensure that your homeschooling experience is successful (by whatever standard you measure) is to know how ...
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Coffee and Conversation #134 – Possibilities with Praxis
Do you ever wonder if college is really necessary anymore? I don’t think it’s news to anyone over 30 that ...
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Be Encouraged with This Playlist!
One thing you may not know about me is that in college I studied Music Therapy. I've loved music since ...
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Need an (Instant Pot) Solution?
Does your meal prep need a makeover, too? Welcome to my next installment of Rest and Refreshment for Moms. Yesterday ...
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How to makeover your homeschool day
Yes, I know what it's like: almost the minute your feet hit the floor, and most certainly by the time ...
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Rest and Refreshment for Homeschool moms
There's nothing like a good book, especially to a homeschooler, to get lost in whenever you can. But there's something ...
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How to Teach History Using Fiction
Wait, wait, I'm not talking revisionist history here, not about "taking sides" or rewriting it to suit our purposes...I'm talking ...
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Documenting life experiences in a high school transcript
I’d be a millionaire if I had a dime for everyone who contacted me with fear in their eyes and ...
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Author Highlight: Laura Resau
What a treat I have for you today! While doing some research for Multicultural Children's Book Day (you know me - into anything ...
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5 Days of Serving Others – Reaching the World
Welcome back to the last day of the series "5 Days of Serving Others through the Holidays!" Every day this ...
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5 Days of Serving Others – Impacting Your Community
Welcome back to day 4 of the series "5 Days of Serving Others through the Holidays!" Every day this week I'm ...
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5 Days of Serving Others – Serving Your Church
Welcome back to day 3 of the series "5 Days of Serving Others through the Holidays!" Every day this week ...
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5 Days of Serving Others – Blessing Your Family
Welcome back to day 2 of the series "5 Days of Serving Others through the Holidays!" Every day this week ...
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5 Days of Serving Others During the Holidays
"And now for something entirely different..." Join us every day this week as we explore a different way to celebrate ...
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Why and How to Take a Detox Bath
It's no secret - we're bombarded with toxins on a daily basis. Toxins are in the food we eat, the ...
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Beneficial Plants Used in Essential Oils
Note: Today I am especially proud to share this post with you. First, a bit of background. We have used ...
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Knowing How and When to Outsource Homeschool Subjects
Are you paralyzed by the thought of teaching physics? Does the concept of tutoring high school chemistry cause your palms ...
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Apple Pie: A sweet recipe for homeschool Fun
Note: This post initially appeared over 2 years ago as a simple recipe. While the concept remains sweet and simple, ...
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Enhance the Quality of Your Homeschool This Year
It was "just another" graduation, and once again, I found myself in tears. Happy tears, of course, but tears nonetheless ...
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SAT/ACT Prep for Homeschoolers – Ready, Set, GO!
In both spring and fall every year many homeschoolers are at least marginally thinking about testing of some sort in ...
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3 Reasons NOT to Homeschool Thru High School
To Keep Homeschooling thru High School or Not? Now that is the Question! When we first started home educating, I remember ...
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3D Pens Make For a Fun Summer STEM Craft
A while back I wrote about my 12-year-old daughter's discovery of her love for STEM activities. What began with the ...
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Do You Need a "mommy anger" redo?
I have a confession to make: I know quite a bit about "mommy anger" – because I have it! I’m not ...
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Why and How to Use American Heritage Girls Badges With Your Homeschool
Many years ago 2 of our boys were active Cub Scouts. It was so very cute...but that's not what I'm ...
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10+ “Real life” approaches to Exploring Geography
One of my kids' favorite subjects over the years has been - hands down - geography. Although my kids are ...
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Resources to Help Your Middle Schooler "Rock" STEM!
So...you may have read recently that my 12-year-old daughter dropped a bomb on my and informed me that she loves ...
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Crafts with Maps Can Strengthen Geography Skills
One of the things that I love most about homeschooling is how you can use things that most people would ...
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How to Avoid Raising an Ethnocentric Citizen
Despite how the growth of the Internet has allowed us to communicate with people all around the globe…it’s STILL a ...
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On the AtmosFlare 3D pen, STEM, and Being Thrown for a Loop
My little caboose threw me for a loop a while back, no I mean she REALLY threw me for a loop: ...
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Product Review – Online Homeschool Planner
How to keep your homeschool organized - online Sometimes it takes just the right online planning software... I've homeschooled for ...
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How to Save Even MORE Money at The Grocery Store!
Many years ago I took a look at our family finances in search of ways to trim our food budget ...
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The One Thing You Need to Do BEFORE You Start Homeschooling…
Once upon a time, there was a family of four: a husband, his wife, and 2 small children.After they had ...
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What Does a Christmas Unit Study Look Like?
Many years ago I decided that for a few reasons, school had to “look different” around the holidays. For one, ...
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Letter to My(new mom)self
As a new and young mom, I used to roll my eyes (most of the time to myself) when people ...
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Make Your Own Memory Necklace
Note: This post was written by a sweet friend of mine who had been a regular contributor to MomsMorningCoffee years ...
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