When our children began to display signs of a language delay, I began to research ways I could help them. My husband and I tried many things, but nothing we did seemed to help very much. The more time went on, the more we began to worry. I spent many nights googling, researching, taking notes, […]
8 Exciting Christmas Studies for Your Kids
During the first few weeks in December, I put away most of our regular school books and resource and focus more on Christmas. I find that doing this helps my children (and me!) prepare their hearts for December 25th. So I bring out some of these fun and exciting Christmas studies for kids. We think […]
6 Things to Know About Homeschooling a Kid With MERLD
Being a homeschool graduate myself, I always knew I’d homeschool my children. However, when I moved to a country where homeschooling is almost entirely unheard of, I relinquished that dream. I feel that a decision to homeschool requires both the mother and father being 100% on board, otherwise it causes a lot of friction and […]
6 Things I Learned Homeschooling a Child with MERLD
I’ll never forget the first time I heard the statement that homeschool shouldn’t look traditional. By it’s very definition it is anti-traditional school. It is homeschool, not school at home. Honestly, it still hasn’t sunk in completely. But what hasn’t yet sunk in all the way, should by the end of the 2019-2020 school year — because […]
10 War Room Prayers for Homeschool Moms – Free Printable!
Thank your for your interest in this post! It has been moved to my companion blog MERLD Homeschool Mom. You can find that post here: 10 Printable Bible Verses for Homeschool Moms
Easy DIY Easter Tree Study For Kids
Teaching our kids about Christmas has always been very memorable. We start decorating December 1, there are tons of cartoons about Jesus’ birth, the tree and lights and all the decorations…then there are the presents, which make Christmas super-memorable…. and then we get to Easter. Just like I don’t teach my children that Santa brings them […]
4 Ways to Cultivate Thankfulness in Your Homeschool
I’ve heard this heartbreaking threat many times over in my journey as a homeschooler…mostly coming from my own mouth. I hated saying it. And I know my kids hated hearing it. My ominous warning in a raised voice would frustrate my husband. You have said it, too, I am sure. Or thought about it at […]
11 Ways to Avoid Homeschool Burn-out
I sat there and stared at the stack of books my kids had yet to work through before the year was over…it was February. How was I going to get this all done? I was overwhelmed and burned-out. If I skipped the 2 weeks of spring break and made the kids work on all of […]
