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Interview with the Fitzpatrick Family

Interview with the Fitzpatrick Family

Dec 13 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

We asked the Fitzpatrick family of Elizabeth, Colorado, to share some wisdom from their decade of home education. Hugh...

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When Tragedy Strikes Your Homeschool

Nov 7 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By Shari Howard McMinn, trag·e·dy /ˈtrajədē/ noun an event causing great suffering, destruction, and distress, such as...

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5 Ways Dads Can Help with Homeschooling

Oct 3 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By guest author Pete Olson Unfortunately, too many dads look at home education as the wife’s hobby. Their role, they...

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Teaching Your Children to Love Jesus

Teaching Your Children to Love Jesus

Sep 1 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Methods, Homeschool Vision, How to Homeschool

By guest authors Taryn and Mirren Martin Contrary to anticipating today’s popular “norm” that one’s children will...

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Home Organization or Laziness

Aug 1 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by guest author Kyndra Steinmann How can we keep up with home organization and homeschooling? Do you have trouble...

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Help and Hope for Exhausted Moms

Help and Hope for Exhausted Moms

Jun 8 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

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Balancing Ear and Eye Reading

Balancing Ear and Eye Reading

May 25 | Blog, Special Needs Labels, Struggling Learners, Unique Learners

by guest authors Jamie Richardson, Amy E. Vanden Boogart, and Denise Douce With the onslaught of new technologies,...

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7 Autobiographies Your Family Will Love

7 Autobiographies Your Family Will Love

May 22 | Blog, Curriculum & Resources, How to Homeschool

By Julianna Dotten Homeschoolers love to read, but it can be tough finding good books. Here’s the place to find...

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Teaching Tip: Daily Lesson Planning

Teaching Tip: Daily Lesson Planning

May 16 | Blog, Homeschool Methods, How to Homeschool

By guest author Carrie Austin After 11 years of writing lesson plans during my public school teaching days, by the...

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Only One Director and One Audience Part 2

Only One Director and One Audience Part 2

May 5 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By guest author Vicki Lewis Read part 1 of Only One Director and One Audience here. We are not infinite; each day has...

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Only One Director and One Audience Part 1

Only One Director and One Audience Part 1

Apr 18 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by guest author Vicki Lewis “God is both our Director and our Audience,” suggests author Jean Fleming in her book,...

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Tips for Teaching Sons

Tips for Teaching Sons

Apr 4 | Blog, Homeschool Methods, How to Homeschool

I'm excited to introduce you to Shalyn Roach, a friend of mine and long-time homeschool mom and now, homeschool...

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Who Has the Hearts of Your Children? Part 2

Who Has the Hearts of Your Children? Part 2

Mar 24 | Blog, Discipling Teens, Discipling Young Children, Family Discipleship

Who has your children's hearts? Norm Wakefield shared about the biblical understanding of the heart in part 1 of this...

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Who Has the Hearts of Your Children?

Who Has the Hearts of Your Children?

Mar 17 | Blog, Discipling Teens, Discipling Young Children, Family Discipleship

By guest author Norm Wakefield In the past months, I have received the troubling news of four young people who have...

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Homeschooling Your Adopted Child

Homeschooling Your Adopted Child

Mar 7 | Blog, Homeschool Methods, How to Homeschool, Unique Learners

By guest author Shari Howard McMinn More and more Christian families are adopting, with many already homeschooling or...

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Keeping Up the Momentum

Keeping Up the Momentum

Feb 3 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

An interview with Jessie Strawser Tell us a little about yourself and your children. How long have you been...

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A Mid-Year Makeover Part 2

A Mid-Year Makeover Part 2

Jan 21 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by guest author Marcia Washburn This post is Part 2 in Marcia Washburn’s A Mid-Year Makeover article. Read Part 1...

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A Mid-Year Makeover

A Mid-Year Makeover

Jan 13 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By guest author Marcia Washburn And so it’s January — that month we face with combined anticipation and dread. We’ve...

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Balancing the 3Rs and Bible

Balancing the 3Rs and Bible

Dec 20 | Blog, Homeschool Methods, How to Homeschool

By guest author Robin Sampson Telling a homeschooling parent to teach with a Bible focus is easy. Accomplishing that...

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Best Foot Forward

Nov 18 | Blog, Co-ops & Community, How to Homeschool

By Shari McMinn As home educators, we can often be isolated from those around us – on our block, in our surrounding...

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