WONDERFUL! Homeschooling is not only a learning opportunity that will remove stumbling blocks, frustrating environments, and help strengthen your family ties. Homeschooling is a family learning journey.
Children that go to school are bombarded with tons of sensory input. Visually lots of different items on walls from lockers to posters. Smells good and bad permeate the [...]

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Hello moms! Time to get back to homeschooling. Last year I tried out a new system for my homeschooling crew. I separated out each child’s books and workbooks and put them into a small box. I was just thinking it would keep things a bit more tidy. Turns out the kids liked having their own [...]

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*this article was written for the MATCH Missouri Association of Teaching Christian Homes, Inc newsletter*
I have always marveled at the good Lord’s weather. It can make you smile as snowflakes tickle your face or make you tremble as you see the formation of a funnel cloud. Some storms spring up out of nowhere [...]

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There comes a time when the balance of helping or hindering a child shifts against remaining in the school system.  The end of the year IEP meetings are over and parents are left wondering if any help is forth coming . Many experience mixed feelings about leaving behind IEPs and the teacher’s assistance, also there [...]

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Hello all!
I have a had several questions about all year homeschooling and I thought it best to wrap it into a post.
We started our homeschooling journey as a very traditional homeschooling family. I got little desks, we used texts, and we went from the public school’s first day through the end of the public [...]

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Now don’t throw stones dear friends who are more traditional. Hear me out.
When you reach that point you realise you are going to homeschool. Many of us tried (myself included) to reproduce the school atmosphere and teaching methods at home. There really is no need or value in doing that.

First let’s look at the timing [...]

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Have you been told that you cannot homeschool your child? They are WRONG!
I order to effectively counter this argument or nullify the accusations of educational neglect that can be slung at a parent thinking of homeschooling you need information and education! First it is legal to homeschool your child in all the states. Depending on [...]

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Hello and welcome! Are you in midst of making a decision on homeschooling or have you made it and this will be your first year? Congratulations for your thinking outside the box!
I am excited for you! Whether your decision was made through prayer and listening to the Lord calling you to homeschool or you were [...]

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Tough beginning to the school year for my crew. On the second day of official schooling my little Peanut had to go into the hospital. Followed by a brief stay in the hospital and days of back and forth to the dr. That Saturday the kids were so happy to all be back at [...]

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Today the Schoolhouse EXPO started. Many were left out when the convention sold out! Not to fear the folks over at TOS have put together EXPO on the Go! All the perks of being there except you get the sessions on Mp3 instead of hearing it live.
Here is the link to get your EXPO [...]

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