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Featured Articles

Tips for Choosing a College

By Indiana Wesleyan University / March 18, 2019

4 Reasons to Consider an Online Curriculum

By Alpha Omega Publications / March 4, 2019

Training Your Kids for Sleeping Alone

By Diana Yacobi / February 25, 2019

After You Read a Book: 7 Book Report Alternatives

By Sonlight Curriculum / January 21, 2019

Higher Education: An Investment That Lasts A Lifetime

By Newman University / January 18, 2019

Homeschool 101

HOMESCHOOLING 101 SERIES

Discover answers to the most common homeschooling questions.

LEARN ABOUT HOMESCHOOLING

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USING WELL PLANNED DAY PLANNERS

Using the Family Homeschool Planner

Using Your Student Planner

Starting around fourth grade, many children are ready to start maintaining their own planner. That is the thought behind the design of my Student Planners.

Using Your High School Planner

The high school years are a perfect time for teaching personal and time management. With this in mind, I created the High School Planner, a tool especially designed to help high schoolers develop the skills they need before graduating.

Using Your College Planner

The College Planner is a resource small enough to slide into your bag or keep beside you on your desk, yet large enough to help you balance all of the various aspects of college life.

Using Your High School 4-Year Planner

Along with the need for record-keeping, there was also the need for planning four years of credits, semester goals, and daily assignments. With that in mind, I created the High School 4 Year Plan.

Using Your Well Planned Prayer Planner

Well Planned Prayer is a comprehensive planner designed to enrich your prayer life as you manage day-to-day living. I designed each section to aid you in keeping track of daily to-dos, scheduling activities, creating menu plans, organizing grocery shopping lists, and much, much more.

Lesson Planning for Middle School

In these years, when serious subjects replace fun and games, take joy in the ways that your student puts all the pieces together into a puzzle.

HOMESCHOOLING ARTICLES

STAGES OF EDUCATION

Learning naturally processes through a series of stages as children’s brains mature. Although the boundaries of these stages are by no means rigid, distinctions do exist based on how children develop. So, what should you expect in each of these stages? How should the developmental process affect how we teach? Explore the answers to these questions and more as you learn how to confidently walk your children through each stage of the homeschool journey. READ ARTICLE

STARTING OUT

Preschool - 1st Grade

The excitement stage of learning usually begins in kindergarten or first grade and extends through third or fourth grade. This is the time to let our children explore, gather, accumulate, and absorb as much as possible in fun, exciting ways.

Starting Out Articles

GETTING EXCITED

2nd - 4th Grade

Getting Excited Articles

BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND

5th - 8th Grade

This stage usually fits into what we call the middle school years, beginning in fifth or sixth grade and extending through about eighth grade. These years form a bridge between the years of excitement and the deeper thinking required in high school.

Beginning to Understand Articles

LEARNING TO REASON

9th - 12th Grade

This reasoning stage typically fits well into the high school years, starting around age fourteen or fifteen and extending to graduation. During these years, your child will try to establish his own foundation of beliefs and process why he thinks the way he does.

Learning to Reason Articles

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HOMESCHOOL FAMILY

LIFE OF A HOMESCHOOL FAMILY

Help, I’m Married to a Fool

Twenty years. That is a long time to be married. Yet, it feels as if I blinked and my husband and I are celebrating our twentieth anniversary. Others observe a playful couple that seems to be taking incredible joy in the institute of marriage—but that has not always been the case. We have had ups and downs, both in the early and even recent years of marriage. We even separated for a period as we dealt with heavy issues.

Me Time

In order to be effective in our teaching and parenting, moms need to occasionally take some time out to unwind and focus on taking care of themselves. Here are some ideas to make the most of those precious moments.

Expectations

Reality sets in when that precious bundle is finally placed in our arms, and it is often so very different from our expectations. In fact, it may even be harder in many ways. But, as my fellow moms and I have discovered, reality is also much more delightful than we ever dreamed!

Seasons of Change

How do I reconcile contentment with what the Lord is doing in my life and the inevitable changes that I will never be prepared for? There is no simple formula, planner, or convenient pill to swallow.

Practicing Hope

Practice involved a frequency of conceptualizing, trying, failing, and sometimes succeeding. This is not a parallel or linear path traveled once, but more like an octagon I tried to draw as a teen, full of random lines trying to connect, going round and round.

Holding Onto Hope

As I explore this great verse on faith and the impact is has on parenting, homeschooling, and family journey, I am reminded that, through the unknowns of change, hope becomes my solid rock, my known.

Let Them: Nurturing Maturity in Our Children

Would they survive? Would I survive? Would they love or hate me? Would they walk away from what we had taught them or would they follow in the steps of the Christian faith? Would they be foolish or wise? Would they be selfish or caring?

20 Minute Energy Boost

It really doesn’t take much time to take care of ourselves and provide the energy boost we need to truly feel great, even in those stretches of life when our choices are severely limited.

Still in Need of Samaritans

We pondered the truth that Jesus clearly wanted Christians to note, that even the world is willing to get involved with messy situations. We also recognized that many churches are positively responding with recovery programs, and there is a growing trend in the younger generation to tackle these issues head on.

My Prayers

I find that, when I take the time to focus on praying the way Jesus taught, there is an abundance of grace in my day. Prayer is a means of grace that I have the privilege of tapping into anytime and anywhere.

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SCHEDULES THAT WORK

A Well Planned Gal Guide

In this e-book you will learn to create a schedule that works for your family, browse sample schedules from 5 different moms and then choose from over 10 scheduling worksheets!

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