Strength and Beauty at Home: Helping women thrive at home while trying to manage their "homefront" well.
My friend, Melanie, is sharing with us today about getting our kids ready for college. Melanie helps students prepare for this big step everyday as an academic college advisor. The information she provides is very encouraging no matter where you are in this process. One of my absolute favorite movies is Steel Magnolias and […] Read more…
I don’t want you to be like me and let the fear of goal setting get in the way of moving you forward to reach your desires. I want to walk you through: Why we need to set goals. How to set goals. How to create a battle plan to help you stick to your […] Read more…
There are so many different ways to schedule your homeschool day, and everyone’s needs are different. Our family has tried several different schedules as our family’s needs have changed from year to year. When we had infants, preschoolers, and school aged children, life looked A LOT different than it does now with 3 school aged […] Read more…
There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to get your child to read a book that they just don’t want to read. This can be especially challenging when it is a school book that they must read, regardless of if they want to or not. I have been blessed with one child who can’t read enough, […] Read more…
Papers flying, workbooks getting lost under beds, lists on loose papers finding their way to the trash can, assignments covered in coffee or food, books stacked high and unorganized, lesson plans that don’t seem as productive as I need them to be. Total chaos! I cannot function when there’s massive chaos. It can get pretty […] Read more…
*I am not an affiliate for this company, nor am I receiving any compensation for this post.* Recently, I learned about an educational website called Education.com Our family does not use online education classes as a part of our homeschool curriculum, however, my children do enjoy educational online games and printouts for extra practice. This […] Read more…
Yesterday I shared why I decided on using a large, mega binder for my homeschool command center this year and I shared half of the contents. (Click here to read part 1.) Today I want to finish sharing the content, by telling you about my last two sections of the binder. Just as a recap […] Read more…
How do you organize your homeschool material? Do you have a command center that consists of multiple binders, notebooks, planners, or files? What helps you stay organized and confident to tackle each school day? In years past, my mode of organization was to have multiple binders for each area of our homeschool and family life. […] Read more…
Our weeks are filled with so much activity, sometimes so much, that the week slips through our hands before we can say “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”. When Friday arrives, all the hands go up, everyone breathes a long sigh of relief, and cheerfully welcomes a restful weekend. With our family’s jam-packed weeks, I sometimes forget to stop and […] Read more…
As I started planning our new school year, I decided I am going to start incorporating more audiobooks in our reading routine. Our family loves reading, especially read-a-louds, and I really enjoy the time with my kids and the memories that we create. As much as I love reading to my kids, I sometimes feel […] Read more…