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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...

Rebecca
Jan 13, 20202 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Oct 23, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Oct 16, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Sep 25, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Sep 23, 20193 min read
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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....

Rebecca
Sep 10, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Sep 9, 20192 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Sep 3, 20192 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Aug 29, 20193 min read
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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,...

Rebecca
Aug 26, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
May 6, 20192 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Apr 1, 20194 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Mar 4, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Feb 25, 20192 min read
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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....

Rebecca
Feb 18, 20192 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Jan 14, 20193 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Dec 10, 20183 min read
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Punctuation: save a life
The fourth pillar of education is punctuation. For most people punctuation is a confusing mystery. Punctuation errors (as well as...

Rebecca
Dec 3, 20183 min read
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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...

Rebecca
Nov 26, 20182 min read
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Spelling and Phonics
The second pillar of education is spelling. Unfortunately, this skill is, like handwriting, going by the wayside. Many think that with...

Rebecca
Nov 19, 20184 min read
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