I still get sick to my stomach remembering this event. I was so broken after my divorce and desperately needed inner healing from emotion...

I love that homeschool allows us the opportunity to read and discuss the Bible together. We've made it a habit that I hope will carry thr...

I woke up one morning after my divorce with lyrics to a Kim Walker-Smith song replaying in my mind. Unstoppable love. "Try to stop your l...

Beauty in Darkness Some choices we make really don't make a big difference in our everyday lives. Caramel or hazelnut creamer? Black or w...

Field trips are awesome! Did anyone else love field trip days in school? It felt like a get out of jail free card to me! My kids love the...

I LOVE our schedule!!! The kids get up between 7:30-8 each morning. They eat breakfast, brush teeth, make beds, get dressed and then we s...

In college I took a marketing class my junior year with an intelligent, but difficult and boring professor. I did terrible! I made my onl...

There are about as many options in curriculum as there are flavors of ice cream and depending on your perspective can either be a blessin...

When I first began home schooling I had an image in my mind about what a school day would look like. It resembled what my experience in p...

Since I am the teacher, principal, school administration, and mom, I get to decide when we take a day off! Therefore, I made birthdays of...

Middle Tennessee is a huge hub for home schooling which means there is an abundance of extra curricular activities to participate in. Eve...

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Confession: I do not remember what I l...

Obedience: doing what I am asked to do and when I am told the first time. More character training! Did you know that a colony of bees wil...

Stewardship: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one's care. We are so blessed in America. Sometimes I think...

One of the things I always dreaded in public school was Standardized Testing at the end of each year. They stressed me out, caused extrem...

Patience: waiting without complaining (more character training!!) I've had many people tell me they could never home school because they ...

Yep! That's right! We are all sitting on the couch in our jammies reading History and Science! How cool is that?!?! We don't stay in our ...

Free will. It's one of the most beautiful gifts the Lord gave to us. The freedom to choose Him and all His love. It's truly an amazing gi...

The author of our history curriculum, Mrs. Linda Hobar who wrote The Mystery of History has been at the Teach Them Diligently conference ...