
Sweet Family-Friendly Valentine’s Day Ideas
Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and since I became a mom, I've enjoyed celebrating the occasion with my ...
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5+ Ways to Get Through the Winter Blues
...for those struggling through them While Christmas Day is still a happy memory to most, some of us do suffer ...
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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…
Note: This post was previously published in 2014 and is republished as I take some time off to be with ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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