Rebecca
An Anger Check
I was reading Psalm 106 this morning. Verses 32-33 caught my attention. Here is another insight God is giving us about anger. The two...
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Rebecca
- Oct 23, 2019
- 3 min
Entering 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...
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Rebecca
- Oct 16, 2019
- 3 min
From 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...
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Rebecca
- Sep 25, 2019
- 3 min
Read it daily...together
When 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...
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Rebecca
- Sep 23, 2019
- 3 min
Outlines: 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...
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Rebecca
- Sep 10, 2019
- 3 min
Keepers at home: Disciplining ourselves
I have to confess that as a child, and even (maybe especially!) in my high school years, I was messy. My bedroom was rarely clean....
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Rebecca
- Sep 9, 2019
- 2 min
List 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...
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Rebecca
- Sep 3, 2019
- 2 min
Dump 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...
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Rebecca
- Aug 29, 2019
- 3 min
Atmosphere of Peace: Music
I 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...
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Rebecca
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
4 Distinctives of a Christian Home
A 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,...
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Rebecca
- May 6, 2019
- 2 min
More 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...
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Rebecca
- Apr 1, 2019
- 4 min
Math in the Bible
We 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...
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Rebecca
- Mar 4, 2019
- 3 min
Tricks of the Trade
Mathematics is full of patterns. This is why math is both beautiful and fascinating. By learning some of these patterns, we can become...
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Rebecca
- Feb 25, 2019
- 2 min
Drilling math facts
Of 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...
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Rebecca
- Feb 18, 2019
- 2 min
Mathematics, the language of God
Mathematics is one of the core subjects of schooling. "Reading, writing, and 'rithmatic" have always been the top three for a reason....
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Rebecca
- Jan 14, 2019
- 3 min
Creating Your Home Atmosphere
When we make the choice to homeschool, our homes become the center of nearly everything in our lives and our children's lives. Our place...
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Rebecca
- Dec 10, 2018
- 3 min
Making Holidays Special: Decorations
December seems a fitting month to write about making holidays special in our homeschooling routines. As homeschool moms we have a variety...
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Rebecca
- Dec 3, 2018
- 3 min
Punctuation: save a life
The fourth pillar of education is punctuation. For most people punctuation is a confusing mystery. Punctuation errors (as well as...
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Rebecca
- Nov 26, 2018
- 2 min
Give the gift of grammar
The third pillar of education is grammar. Many people think grammar is relatively unimportant, one of those distasteful subjects forced...
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Rebecca
- Nov 19, 2018
- 4 min
Spelling and Phonics
The second pillar of education is spelling. Unfortunately, this skill is, like handwriting, going by the wayside. Many think that with...
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