Top Books for Homeschooling Moms
There are so many books out there. How do we choose what to read? Should we read only in “our field”? Even in the homeschool category, there are so many
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The Scary Homeschool Mom
You’ve met her. Maybe you’ve been her. Maybe you are her. Some homeschool moms might scare you. Some homeschool moms scare their children. But I think we’ve
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Being Happy: Having an organized attitude
An organized attitude, scholé, and ordo amoris are all tightly connected, at least in my mind. The threads are coming together in the book Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the
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Organize with the end in mind
I think we all want a little more sanity, right? Beginning with the end in mind is essential to not driving ourselves crazy. Unless we know the direction we’re
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Why being organized matters.
Why is being organized important? Organization helps us honor commitments, steward resources, and serve others without chasing perfection.
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Personality and Learning Styles
Before thinking about personality and learning styles, you have to know what MBTI personality typing is. If you need to know the best personality test around, check out my resource
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What is simple? Why is it a good thing?
Finding many small changes you can make to simplify average days at home will add up to significantly more calmness and drastically less stress. I think you’ll be surprised
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Habits: The Secret for Smooth and Easy Days?
Who doesn’t want a life that is smooth and easy? Years ago, when I had only quite small children and I had immersed myself in books on educational theory,
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Morning Time As Lectio Divina
If classical education is the art of becoming free, then we need to build our habits of attention. The British-born turn-of-the-century American journalist, Sydney Harris, once
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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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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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