Becoming a lifelong learner.
This started off as an introduction to my talk at the Learning Well retreat, but grew too unwieldily. It got the ax in my presentation, but now finds a home
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Mystie Winckler
Mystie, homeschooling mom of 5, shares the life lessons she's learned and the grace she's received from Christ. She is author of Simplified Organization: Learn to Love What Must Be Done
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How to use personality to make a better homeschool plan
Does your homeschool plan take each child’s personality into account (and yours too)? Build a better homeschool plan when you understand personality typing. When my homeschool plan met multiple
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The Magic of Morning & Evening Routines
Transform your home with simple routines! Discover how 5-minute habits can create lasting order, momentum, and peace in your daily life.
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What hospitality taught me about homemaking
Pull out the glasses, set the table, time to get ready for company. Ever noticed that funny feeling where you turn on a different persona, a different ability to handle
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Cook dinner by formula, not recipe
by Tracy Grossmann I think we tend to view people who develop recipes as sitting in a lab, using beakers and grain-measuring tools, precisely doling out the exact amount needed
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Why We No Longer Use Trello for Homeschool Checklists
I have many posts and YouTube tutorials explaining how we have used Trello to organize our kids’ homeschool checklists. Yes, that’s a past-tense verb because for the second half
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How to find rest as a mom at home
We’ve all felt the exhaustion, the overwhelming sense of vague failure or defeat, the frustration of feeling like our goals are impossible. Maybe some women out there can manage,
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How to have people over for dinner without losing your cool
3 tips to make casual family dinner hospitality simple, easy, and normal.
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How to be more organized: 3 tools you must have
Being organized seems like an elusive goal. When do you know if you’ve reached this state of bliss? For some of us, being organized feels like a moving target.
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What do I do when my kid complains?
It will happen. “I hate this book!” “Do we have to do Morning Time?” “There’s no point in learning algebra!” When it happens, you have not failed. Pick up
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Dear Mom who wants to give her 5-year-old a classical education
A classical education in preschool and kindergarten does not look academic or rigorous, but it's the necessary preparation.
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Secrets That Save the Day When Dad Works from Home
My husband has worked from home for over 5 years now. The novelty has worn off and we’ve established our patterns. We’ve been married for over 17 years
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