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Faith Formation Through Art Appreciation Activities

by Nicole on August 23, 2010

in arts and crafts, faith, games, preschool

I have been doing some reading about the Montessori method of learning.  This began as I was searching for a more hands-on way of teaching Matthew about our faith.  I found a book in our church library entitled The Child in the Church, by Maria Montessori.  I’ve learned a bit about Montessori from some great [...]

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Creating a Culture of Virtue Learning in Your Home

by Kami on July 14, 2010

in faith, family, life skills

Homeschooling parents have a unique advantage because they can tailor design their children’s education. They can choose for it to be about more than just educating their children’s minds, but also about educating their hearts and souls, about teaching them how to be good people in the world. I am sure this is why many [...]

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When the Worst Happens

by Michelle on July 6, 2010

in faith, family, life skills, motherhood

I’m not sure how many of you have noticed my absence but I’ve not written since February. It seems like longer to me but it hasn’t been. We recently went through some really hard times and to be honest it was all I could do to keep my head above water. Our spring homeschooling schedule [...]

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Schooling When Tragedy Strikes

by Angie on May 17, 2010

in faith, family, hands on, life skills, unschooling, why we homeschool

Our schooling very recently hasn’t looked like the schooling that we usually do. Although I got close to scrapping it all and saying that we had missed over a week of school, I realized that I just needed to embrace what we had done, and not what we hadn’t done.
Though we did sit down just [...]

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Have you Encouraged a Friend Today?

by Tonya on April 29, 2010

in faith, motherhood, socialization, support systems

I’ve had some struggles over the past 11 years. Homeschooling is not always the easy path to tread. I don’t know how many times in those moments that I’ve had a conversation with a well meaning friend, and spilled my guts only to walk away not feeling built up, but completely ripped apart from the [...]

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Nurturing the Heart of Your Child

by hopesproutshomeschool on April 12, 2010

in faith, family, how to, motherhood, why we homeschool

Having two children that are so different in personalities has challenged me. In tending their hearts, I have had to treat them very differently.  Everything I thought I had figured out with Bels was thrown out the window with Ava.  We still use our time out spot, the same house rules, etc.  But my methods [...]

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