Homeschooling for His Glory

On our second to last week of the Summer Planning Series, Susan from  Educating Today   is delighted to share with you all how to plan a delight-directed education. Oh, What a Delight   5 Reasons Delight Directed Learning Helps Children to Focus First, let’s start out by defining delight directed learning . (By the way, this is a great study skill to teach your kiddos.) Always know the definition of what you’re talking about, know what your terms mean, and make sure those you are talking to understand your meaning of the terms or ideas. Don’t take it for granted that they think the way you do. Delight directed learning simply means, that as much as possible, your children’s education is built around their interests and delights rather than on generic textbooks, workbooks or a curriculum’s scope and sequence. What delight directed learning is not: Delight directed learning is not choosing a subject for your children and then letting th...

Week 9 is here and we have Aurie Good from Our Good Life sharing  about Her Steps to Planning this year.   August is typically my least favorite month. We always go on vacation in the middle of the month, and when we return it seems that we've lost the end of summer and are trying to play catch up with September and all that comes with jumping back into routine. This year, I decided that I was going to get my planning done in May.  Hah. May turned into June, and then July.....and you can see where this is going, right? It's August and I still didn't have anything concrete planned. Before my Type A persona kicked in and I started hyperventilating like I do every year, I took a breathe and followed these simple steps:   1. I'm planning 4 weeks in advance. I'm not planning 6 months in advance. I always do, and when I don't meet my lofty goals I feel like a failure. Not this year!  2. I'm setting aside dedicated planning time every Saturday...

Yesterday I started listing some resources that I found to be helpful to me in my homechooling. Today I will be continuing my list . 1. CoolMath A site where your kids can lay math games 2. Worksheet Works   A great site to make any worksheets you need. 3.  Make Me Genius   Wonderful science site resource 4. Mr. Donn Pack-full of resource site for every school subjects. 5. Books Should be Free   Audiobooks for free. 6. Brain Pop . A Membership site but well worth the cost, if you can afford it. 7. A Math Dictionary for Kids   A  resource where you can find vocabulary and chart posters 8. Extra Math   Practice for Math facts. 9. Duolingo Site for foreign language learning . 10. Ology   A science site where you can find all sort of wonderful resource to use in your science studies. Hope you enjoy discovering this sites and are able to add them to your school line up. Don't forget to visit the other blog participating. ...

On day two and three of the Back To School Blog Hop I would like to share with you some of my top educational sources and resources. This is our 7th year of homeschooling and I can tell you that I have come across a lot of resources. I also gone back and forth from one resource to another as my kids grew. That said, there are some resources that remain places that I consistently use in my homeschool, and I would like to share them with you. 1. Currclick. Make sure to look for their free stuff and watch out for the sales! 2. Homeschoolshare 3. Enchanted Learning . This is a member site but you can find group buys that can allow you to get a membership for a really good price. 4. Pinterest . I search about everything in there Follow Joelle's board Homeschool links on Pinterest. 5. My Facebook Groups. There are some really great Facebook groups out there, especially the ones for specific curriculum and the free resource ones. Again, use the search button to look ...

It's back to school time in many places at this time of year. Summer is certainly rounding down here in Canada where we live, and many are gearing up for the start of the school year in a couple of weeks. As homeschoolers I dare think that back to school has different meaning according to who you speak to. However, I think that there are some concepts that apply across the board when it comes to homeschooling, and today I would like to look at some tips that can be helpful to us as we prepare to embark in a new year of homeschooling. I have five tips to share with you: 1. Have a Plan. I know this is classic. That said, as classic and basic this is, it is another thing to actually have one. It takes time and thought to come up with a plan on how you are going implement all of these curriculum you purchased or all these dreams you dreamt of for your homeschooling year. Planners abound (I am a very good hoarder of online planners - even though I prefer a printed one), but it tak...

Our family loves road trips. My husband loves traveling and going out of town. He also loves long drives. As a pastor he is not able to do that as often as he would like, so we always make it a point to go at least once a year on one of those road trips. . .   Read the rest of this post over @ Life by Ashley Pichea, where I am guest posting today talking about  Road Trips Tips and Tricks . 

We are at week 8 of my summer  planning series. Today we have Misty from Joy in the Journey sharing with us about how she manages Homeschooling and Housekeeping. I will be the first one to admit that homeschooling is a full time job. With planning for school, teaching our children, and grading large piles of schoolwork homeschooling can easily take up a full workday. After the homeschool day is done, we still have our “other” job to do-being a homemaker and mom. For many homeschool families the housework takes a back burner. At the end of the day we are exhausted, which means dishes pile up, laundry stays in baskets, and our floors may be littered with crumbs. We often ask ourselves “How can I keep up?”  I have found three things help me the most with keeping up with homeschooling and housework. The first is a cleaning schedule I am a planner, and I have a husband who prefers a neat and tidy house. When we first began homeschooling, our home was a disaster many...

Who does not like baked goods for breakfast? These are also perfect for coffee breaks and snacks. Here is a favorites of our ours, which never disappoints, and easy to do. Blueberry Scones Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tablespoons sugar, plus more for sprinkling tops 1 tablespoon ...

Today I am being featured on Lisa's blog The Canadian Homeschooler as part of her Canadian Homeschooler Spotlight series. Go have a look, and learn more about me, as well as read about my experience as a Canadian Homeschooler.

  August 1st marks the first day of the TOS August Back to School Flash Sale! Every day will feature a new sale on a different product. To catch all the big deals you'll need to check in every single day. Sale items include: - 50% off coupons (for digital products) - 75% off coupons (for digital products) - HUGE price reductions on all the 2014-2015 digital planners - TOS gift cards - and many, many other awesome deals and freebies When will these items go on sale?! August 1st - but check in regularly so you don't miss a single price reduction. There will be a new sale every day for the entire month! Take advantage of the TOS Back to School Flash Sale !  Save money! Save time!  Get prepared for this fall's homeschooling adventure!