Gain More Hours in Your Homeschool Day by Using Lunchboxes This post is from contributor, Sherry Hayes. We homeschoolers have amazing challenges, especially if we have numerous children at different learning levels. Being the mother of 15 children, I sometimes wish there was a 48-hour day, or that I had eight arms and legs […]
Notebooking Homeschool High School Science
If there is one thing that strikes fear in the heart of homeschool moms, it is high school science! I know, I’ve been there with my eight grown children, too! It just seems so intimidating; science is too, you know, technical, and many young people (I’m talking teens) just aren’t! For instance, in the melange […]
3 Dirt-Cheap Nutrition Boosters Children Can Love
This post is from contributor Sherry Hayes. Keeping children nourished, on a budget, is one of the main challenges mothers face. This can be especially true if your family is like ours, with a lot of children who have to be coaxed to eat! We’re just like that. We don’t mind eating something delicious when […]
The One Textbook Your Kids Will Never Put Down
The problem with most textbooks is that children must be pushed and prodded to use them. However, there is one book that is so full of interesting facts and ideas that it is like a vitamin pill, and yet children crave it like candy: The World Almanac and Book of Facts. (Technically, it’s a reference book, […]
How to Save Your Food Budget from the Feast or Famine Cycle
This post is from contributor Sherry Hayes. Challenging circumstances do happen to good, God-fearing people. They occur to those folks whose hearts are pure before Him. These difficult seasons can be a time of training and blessing, so that God can feed us from His precious promises and clothe us in His abundant grace. But there […]
What Makes a Good Homeschool Notebooking Page (with free printables)
Not all notebooking pages are created equal! Here’s a truth: workbooks/worksheets with pre-selected questions which can have only one answer are to learning what salt is to food–a little dab is welcome, but in larger amounts kills all taste and makes the meal horrible! I was brought up to believe that a good student studied […]
The Cheapest Homeschool Planner You Will Ever Love
This article is by Sherry K. Hayes of Large Family Mothering. Planners should be like fingerprints; no two should be alike. But printed planners, and most printable planners, don’t leave much room for personalization, and they are often very, very expensive, both in money and time spent looking for just the “right” one! Believe it or not, […]