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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Homemaking Encouragement for Christian Moms
Imitation as Learning Style
Imitation is a natural and powerful learning tool. In classical homeschooling imitation, children copy speech, actions, and thinking patterns.
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Virtue as the Goal of Education
You're more classical than you think if you are educating your children for their moral development so they can live the Good Life.
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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
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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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Teach your kids to do chores!
In this series on cleaning the house, we are seeking the elusive goal of finding satisfaction in housework. I’ve written already about motivation, attitude, and purpose, and now we
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How to get motivated to clean house
Many of us are task-driven. We want to see things done, accomplished, finished. This is what the world tells us is productivity. In this view, homemaking 101 would simply
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Realistic goal setting for moms: use short intervals instead of yearly goals
Moms do not need bigger goals. They need shorter planning intervals, realistic expectations, and a way to work with real life instead of fantasy life.
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When a Week Doesn't Go as Planned
Last week was our break week from school. During break week I try to do extra housekeeping, extra little projects like switching out the kids’ clothes for the season change,
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Jennifer Fulwiler on Pursuing Creativity and Beating Overwhelm
I had the honor of interviewing Jennifer Fulwiler of Conversion Diary this week, and she shared some insights that I think are very helpful to our lives as mothers. It’
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Managing Chaos: When Routines Meet Real Life
I always feel tongue-tied when someone asks what a typical day looks like at our house. Our days follow a general pattern, but no two ever look quite alike.
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Applying GTD at Home
Getting Things Done by David Allen has been a key source in my own attempts to get and stay organized at home. GTD is very applicable to homemakers. I have
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