Entropy: Why housework feels pointless
Housework feels pointless because it is never done once and for all. Learn to see homemaking as tending, stewardship, and faithful iteration.
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Homemaking Encouragement for Christian Moms
How We Homeschool Grammar
Grammar and diagramming is not something that has always come easily for me. I remember 7th or 8th grade when diagramming was introduced in my Bob Jones Language Arts workbook.
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I had a clean bedroom & I hated it.
If you’ve been around awhile, you know how I struggled for years to learn the habit of making my bed. Well, first I argued for years that it was
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Evernote for Home Routines
There is so much to keep track of at home. Not only does everyone want to eat three times a day, but the house also has a fast trajectory down
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Review Game: Hangman
Like I said last week, review is necessary, but so many methods for review have problems. Some review is just regurgitating the information or going over the same material again.
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Review Quiz: Make it a fun & simple game!
End-of-chapter quizzes. Fill-in-the-blank comprehension questions. Tests. We don’t do them. But the seventh law in The Seven Laws of Teaching states that “no time
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Cleaning House While Homeschooling
Cleaning and I have a complicated relationship. I am naturally a Messie. I can easily cultivate my oblivion to the state of my house as well as my disdain for
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Easy Recipe: Chocolate-Covered Coconut Patties
These are my husband’s request every birthday. It always makes me happy when he does, because I first made them as an inspiration, out of my pantry cupboards &
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Why can't the dishes wait for morning?
Baked chicken. Glazed carrots. Roasted potatoes. I had put dinner on the table. Wasn’t that enough for one day? To get up and then face the collection of plates,
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What's your homeschool personality?
Discover your homeschool personality and build a homeschool that fits your strengths, avoids burnout, and works consistently in real family life
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The secret to sanity for moms: Laugh.
It’s so easy to lose our joy as moms while we rack up a to-do list longer. But joy is more than a nice extra or a good
5 min read
3 Hacks to Get Things Done at Home
Moms at home have a lot to manage and a lot to get done. Though quick tips and tricks often don’t get us far, sometimes there are little hacks
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