RebeccaJan 132 minAn Anger CheckI was reading Psalm 106 this morning. Verses 32-33 caught my attention. Here is another insight God is giving us about anger. The two verses really are a rep...
RebeccaOct 24, 20193 minEntering with a bang (essays, part 5)Whew! The main body of the essay is written! Are we done now? Nope. Not yet. So far, we have followed the process of writing an essay using these specific st...
RebeccaOct 16, 20193 minFrom Outlines to Paragraphs (part 4)Step 4 in the writing process is writing the main body of the essay. If you’ve followed Steps 1-3 in writing an essay (see previous Homeschool blogs on writi...
RebeccaSep 26, 20193 minRead it daily...togetherWhen we first started out, we used a printed Bible curriculum, but I wanted to teach my children the whole scope of the Bible and the full counsel of God. Th...
RebeccaSep 24, 20193 minOutlines: essay writing (part 3)The 3rd step in writing an essay is making an outline. Once you have done a "dump page" and organized all the items on the "dump page" on a "lists page," mak...
RebeccaSep 10, 20193 minKeepers at home: Disciplining ourselvesI have to confess that as a child, and even (maybe especially!) in my high school years, I was messy. My bedroom was rarely clean. (Though when I picture in ...
RebeccaSep 9, 20192 minList page: essay writing (step 2)Essay writing can actually become fun and fairly easy! Last week I wrote on Step 1 of writing an essay: choosing a topic and making a "dump page." Dump pages...
RebeccaSep 3, 20192 minDump Pages: take the hard out of writing (part 1)As a new school year begins, let's talk about writing. Most students groan when you even mention writing. Essays?? That's the worst! I wonder if we could tak...
RebeccaAug 30, 20193 minAtmosphere of Peace: MusicI may get in trouble for this one, but I'm going to take the plunge anyway. As "keepers or guardians of our homes" (Titus 2:5), we bear the weighty responsib...
RebeccaAug 27, 20193 min4 Distinctives of a Christian HomeA couple years ago a friend of mine in Alaska told me how she had challenged her church with a question that went something like this, "What makes your home ...
RebeccaMay 6, 20192 minMore Than a Fraction of the World"A mathematician does not study pure mathematics because it is useful; he studies it because he delights in it and he delights in it because it is beautiful....
RebeccaApr 2, 20194 minMath in the BibleWe don't often realize it or think about it, but math is found throughout the Bible. From the very first chapter of Genesis to the very last chapter of Revel...
RebeccaMar 4, 20193 minTricks of the TradeMathematics is full of patterns. This is why math is both beautiful and fascinating. By learning some of these patterns, we can become faster and more profic...
RebeccaFeb 26, 20192 minDrilling math factsOf all the helpful things we can teach our children, learning the simple math facts is right up there near the top. If our children don't learn the addition,...
RebeccaFeb 18, 20192 minMathematics, the language of GodMathematics is one of the core subjects of schooling. "Reading, writing, and 'rithmatic" have always been the top three for a reason. Unfortunately, many chi...
RebeccaJan 15, 20193 minCreating Your Home AtmosphereWhen we make the choice to homeschool, our homes become the center of nearly everything in our lives and our children's lives. Our place of residence is not ...
RebeccaDec 10, 20183 minMaking Holidays Special: DecorationsDecember seems a fitting month to write about making holidays special in our homeschooling routines. As homeschool moms we have a variety of opportunities to...
RebeccaDec 3, 20183 minPunctuation: save a lifeThe fourth pillar of education is punctuation. For most people punctuation is a confusing mystery. Punctuation errors (as well as spelling and grammar errors...
RebeccaNov 26, 20182 minGive the gift of grammarThe third pillar of education is grammar. Many people think grammar is relatively unimportant, one of those distasteful subjects forced upon us during our sc...
RebeccaNov 19, 20184 minSpelling and PhonicsThe second pillar of education is spelling. Unfortunately, this skill is, like handwriting, going by the wayside. Many think that with the cultural takeover ...