Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, … [Read more...] about Encouraging Hearts & Home, April 19, 2018
What to Read Wednesday: The Best Earth Day Books for Kids
The Best Earth Day Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Earth Day is April 22nd. Really, though, every day should be Earth Day. Start teaching kids at a young age that we need to protect this glorious planet of ours. These children's books are a good start for giving you and your kids ideas about what … [Read more...] about What to Read Wednesday: The Best Earth Day Books for Kids
God Made the World
Preschool Creation Resource: God Made the World This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. God Made the World by Sarah Jean Collins is a whimsical picture book for preschoolers. It is a wonderful resource for introducing Bible study and the creation story to little ones, and the large board book format is vibrant and … [Read more...] about God Made the World
Encouraging Hearts & Home, April 12, 2018
Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, … [Read more...] about Encouraging Hearts & Home, April 12, 2018
A Memory a Day for Moms
5-Year Inspirational Journal for Moms This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. If you find yourself caught up in a moment with your kids, and you intend to commit to memory, only to find yourself wondering, 'Now, what was it he said?', then a memory journal is just the thing you need. I love to track my kids' cute … [Read more...] about A Memory a Day for Moms
What to Read Wednesday: Ladybug Books for Kids
The Best Ladybug Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. When my oldest son was little, he was fascinated by ladybugs. Anytime he saw one, he would point it out to me and watch it until it flew away. One of his favorite books, Ten Little Ladybugs, was read and re-read continuously! We were on vacation … [Read more...] about What to Read Wednesday: Ladybug Books for Kids
Embracing the Teen Years
First steps, first words, first birthday . . . We celebrate these milestones and look forward to them from the day our children are born. The teen years seem so far away, but they arrive before we know it. Many homeschool parents look upon the teen years with dread. They worry about how they’ll teach more difficult subjects, how hard it will be … [Read more...] about Embracing the Teen Years
Why You Need a Blogging Group
Have you found a blogging group? Blogging is hard work! You are working to grow your blog, spending precious hours to write posts, create images, and promote your content. Yet, you are finding that it is really difficult to market your blog alone. Rather than giving up on your dreams, find out 5 ways being part of a group can save your blog. As … [Read more...] about Why You Need a Blogging Group
STEM Resource: Anna, Kid Engineer
STEM for Kids! This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Do you want to encourage your kids to be innovative, creative, resourceful, and persistent? Then check out the new STEM book Anna, Kid Engineer, written by Dr. Shenek Alston, homeschooling mother of three and math instructor. In Anna, Kid Engineer, it is … [Read more...] about STEM Resource: Anna, Kid Engineer
Encouraging Hearts & Home, April 5, 2018
Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, … [Read more...] about Encouraging Hearts & Home, April 5, 2018
What to Read Wednesday: The Best Rain Books for Kids
The Best Rain Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. My son loves to learn about weather. In fact, we have geared his entire science curriculum around weather this year! He is fascinated by the changes in weather patterns and wants to learn all he can about weather forecasting. I don't know for sure, … [Read more...] about What to Read Wednesday: The Best Rain Books for Kids
How to Survive a Road Trip with Kids
Traveling with Ease My teens are attending a homeschool science lab class at a nearby college, about a 1 1/2 hour drive from where we live. On lab days, we are usually rushing to get ready, get fed, and get out the door on time with all of our necessary supplies. To make these lab days easier, I've found that a little advance planning goes a … [Read more...] about How to Survive a Road Trip with Kids
Stories to Tell: Learning from Oral History
Incorporating Oral History Into Your Curriculum As we move into the high school years in our homeschool, my son has begun to study modern history. Many curriculum companies save the twentieth century for later years due to the often harsh and more disturbing events that have occurred. While this is true, one advantage to studying this time period … [Read more...] about Stories to Tell: Learning from Oral History
Encouraging Hearts & Home, March 29, 2018
Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, … [Read more...] about Encouraging Hearts & Home, March 29, 2018
What to Read Wednesday: Chicken Books for Kids
The Best Chicken Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. We love our backyard chickens! We have two girls who provide eggs for us each day. But even more than that, they are loving pets and an ongoing science project! My boys brought eggs home from a field trip to a farm several years ago. Being the … [Read more...] about What to Read Wednesday: Chicken Books for Kids
Buckle Up!
In the Driver’s Seat When I got my driver’s license, my dad handed his car over to me since he was stationed overseas with the Navy. He was so proud of his Mercury Capri, always keeping it immaculately clean. My dad was a man of few words, but he really showed that he had faith in me by turning over those keys. He taught me how to pump gas by … [Read more...] about Buckle Up!
NIV Journal the Word Reference Bible
Let Scripture Explain Scripture This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Studying the Word of God is even more meaningful when you have a Bible that you enjoy reading and that you feel a sense of connection to in some way. For me, that means that my Bible must be small and lightweight enough to comfortable pick up with … [Read more...] about NIV Journal the Word Reference Bible
Start Them Young: Parenting Teens
As a young expecting mother, I devoured books and parenting magazines in a quest to find “instructions” for taking care of my baby. As soon as I found out I was expecting, my husband and I tried to prepare ourselves for the arrival of our son as much as possible. Our pregnancy was a miracle, and we were awed with the responsibility we had been … [Read more...] about Start Them Young: Parenting Teens
Encouraging Hearts & Home, March 22, 2018
Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! The Encouraging Hearts & Home Bloggers Join your Encouraging Hearts & Home Co-Hosts each week for encouragement and support for your heart & your home. We hope to provide a space that builds each other up and lends a helping hand along the way. With all the negativity in the world, … [Read more...] about Encouraging Hearts & Home, March 22, 2018
What to Read Wednesday: Mythology Books for Kids
The Best Mythology Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. I heard a college professor once say that the three most important things to have knowledge of when studying literature are the Bible, Shakespeare, and mythology. Knowing about these will help readers understand many literary elements of things … [Read more...] about What to Read Wednesday: Mythology Books for Kids
