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Encouraging Hearts & Home, June 18, 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 […]

What to Read Wednesday: Sports Books for Kids

The Best Sports Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. With a houseful of boys, it’s always some type of sports season at my house, whether it’s on TV or in the backyard. Over the years we’ve had fun finding good books that celebrate my sons’ love of sports. […]

High School 4-Year Plan

When your child enters middle school, you can start planning ahead for high school. In many states, eighth grade courses can count towards high school credits, depending on the course. In my home state, these courses must be core subjects like English, math, and science, and they must include high school level work. If you […]

Making Dual Enrollment Work for You

WHAT IS DUAL ENROLLMENT? Do you have a high school student? Do you have some difficult subjects to teach? Is your high school student planning to go to college after graduation? Is your high school student hoping to graduate early and start a job? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then dual […]

A Game Plan for Choosing Curriculum

Here are some critical pre-season preparations! It’s that time of year! Around mid-summer, homeschool moms begin a type of training camp to get ready for fall. You may be inundated with curriculum catalogs in the mail and emails selling digital bundles. You may have attended your first homeschool convention (spring practice) near the end of […]

Summer Reading Fun for Moms and Kids

Snuggle up with a good book and explore new worlds together! To me, summer is all about sweltering humid days, thunderstorms, a beach vacation, exploring creeks and nature trails, camping out, and visiting air-conditioned museums and movie theaters. It’s also about having extra time to snuggle up with a good book and explore new worlds […]

Encouraging Hearts & Home, June 14, 2018

What to Read Wednesday: Father Books for Kids

The Best Father Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Let’s celebrate fathers this week! Since Father’s Day is coming up, we are pulling out all of our favorite father books for kids. These books wonderfully celebrate the special bond between a dad and his kids. We are busy […]

Homeschooling Algebra: A Different Perspective

Tears . . . That is the first word that comes to my mind when I think of the word algebra. My past experience with algebra wasn’t great. I struggled to understand the concepts, spent hours studying, and got help with my homework from friends and family. I just didn’t get it. When we decided to […]

The Homeschool Balancing Act

Living Each Day in the Moment We moms know that life in general can be a balancing act, but when you throw homeschooling in with all the other stuff you have to get done, it can seem like an overwhelming task. On top of that, you might be teaching multiple grades, tackling high school subjects, […]

Encouraging Hearts & Home, June 7, 2018

< Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! This blog uses referral links. Please read my disclosure policy. Are you a blogger? If you are, you don’t want to miss the 2018 Homeschool Moms Conference! Do you want to… learn how to better utilize affiliate monetization? learn the secrets of being an awesome podcaster? learn what it takes […]

What to Read Wednesday: Game Books for Kids

The Best Game Books for Kids This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Ah! Summertime! It’s just around the corner! I don’t know about you, but I don’t want my kids looking at a screen the entire time they are on break! There are many times where I live that it’s just […]

Bringing Literature to Life: Motivating Preteens to Study Literature

6 tips for engaging your reluctant reader in the world of great literature. This blog uses affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy. Soon after college, I taught English in a public middle school where English was a second language to many of my students. After spending several years immersed in literary adventures as an undergrad, […]

Encouraging Hearts & Home, May 31, 2018

Welcome to Encouraging Hearts & Home! This blog uses referral links. Please read my disclosure policy. Attention Homeschool Moms: RUN, don’t walk, and sign up for the 2018 Homeschool Moms Conference NOW! The BEST thing you can do for you homeschool is attend a homeschool conference. The encouragement, practical helps, and advice you receive are […]

What I Wish I’d Known When I Started Homeschooling

Homeschooling Can Be Isolating This blog uses referral links. Please read my disclosure policy. Someone recently asked me this simple question: “What do you wish you would have known when you started homeschooling?” It really got me thinking. You know what? 15 years later, our homeschool looks NOTHING like it did when we first started homeschooling! I […]

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