Parenting Tactics for Thinkers
I am more and more of the opinion that learning about personality types is a great way to learn to be a better parent and teacher. Here’s a section
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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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On Driving Your Curriculum
As a homeschool grad myself, my first “real” classroom experience was college. This was interesting, because it meant I was old enough to be aware of what was going on
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Learn to Love What Must Be Done
Repetition in homemaking isn’t a failure of productivity—it is how we reflect God’s sustaining work. Start small with a brain dump to reset your mindset.
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How to stay sane as a stay-at-home mom
Now is the time when we all start organizing our stuff, buying new supplies, and preparing for another fresh start: a new school year. I always get ambitious about how
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5 Ways to Keep a Clean House
I don’t know how many lists I’ve made over the years about cleaning routines. I think I’ve tried all the plans out there. Trying them all (and
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5 Tips on How to Stay Organized
Now is the time when we all start organizing our stuff, buying new supplies, and preparing for another fresh start: a new school year. I always get ambitious about how
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Dread the end of summer?
It’s the Monday of a new month. A fresh week in a fresh month! For many of us, August is a month of either beginning school or getting ready
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Imitation as Learning Style
When, because of our wide or internet-based reading, the concept of classical education grows into this huge, contradictory tangle that is scary and confusing, we need to zoom out and
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Virtue as the Goal of Education
Although the idea of classical homeschooling can be intimidating and appear unreachable, it is far more down-to-earth than we might think. This task is not too lofty for us, homeschooling
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Homeschool Hits & Misses
A record of our 2013-2014 school year. It is tempting, this time of year, to skip right to discussing next year’s plans and leave this year we are wrapping
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Handy Household Help: Cleaning Tips & Tools
So, if the work must be done and we are responsible for it (whether we do it or delegate it), then there are still cleaning tips and tricks we can
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Interval Planning: Don't Skip the Rest Period
Breaking up your year into intervals is a simple way to sharpen your focus and stay engaged with projects and the things that need to be done to keep life
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