I wrote part 1 of this series on screens back in 2018. I haven’t published it until now because I never felt that it was good enough. And I have learned a lot in the past three years. Determining the best use of screens as a long process Over the past three years I…
As a child, screen time consisted of watching tv. However, my parents did not allow us to watch very much tv. My mom hated it, and I believe that if she had the choice she would just have gotten rid of it. The only tv we really watched
From the time that I was a child, I always wanted to form my own family traditions that I could pass on to my children. My parents created several traditions in our family during my childhood. Going up to the lake for a week in the summer – and my mom would make the best…
To me, prayer has always seemed elusive. I understood it in theory, but its real meaning has consistently escaped me. What does it mean to pray? How do you go about it? Is there a special way that prayer should be done? As a child, prayer was always a long, drawn out monotony of words,…
There are so many different routine and scheduling tricks out there. If you Google “homeschooling routine” you will find myriads of ideas. Whenever I wanted to find a good idea to solve an issue that I struggled with I would head to my favorite blogs. Everything I read presented that particular idea as the sure…
February, even though it is the shortest month of the year, for me it is the longest month of the year. (And this year February even contains an extra day. Why couldn’t we have that extra day in June?) The winter blues hit me hardest in February. We have been in the winter season for…
As homeschooling mamas, we wrestle with multiple questions and problems every day. How do I teach my children everything that they need to know? What is the best curriculum to use? Where can I find all of the resources that I need? How can I manage my homeschool and my life? Each of these questions…