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Featured Homeschool Blog: 2 Teaching Mommies

2 Teaching Mommies is a collaborative blog written by Madonna and Amber. Their goal is to inspire creativity and a love of homeschooling in moms just like you. With big imaginations and an even bigger hearts these ladies guide you through well thought out lessons at no cost to you. If you are seeking a place to start your journey homeschooling your preschool through Kindergarten child, 2 Teaching Mommies, should be your first stop. The effort used in putting lessons and unit studies together is unmatched. Each themed lesson will contain a letter, number, basic science, social studies, color, and … Continue reading →

Why Should I Have My Devotions In the Morning?

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In our heads, we all know that having personal time alone with God is vital to our Christian life. However, so often life seems to get in the way. Are you having trouble getting your time alone with God and making it count? Consider these reasons for having your devotions earlier in the day. 1. I know how hard it is to get up in the morning. However, the fact remains that for many people, if they don’t get their devotional time in the morning while the kids are still in bed, they won’t get it at all that day. … Continue reading →

The ABC’s of Family Bliss

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Are you looking for some ways to make your home special for your family? Here are several attitudes and ideas to keep in mind if you want a happy home. A Attentive: Learn to listen and be aware of your family’s needs. B Behavior that is approprate: Know what your role needs to be in a given situation, i.e. encourager, cheerleader, or drill sergeant. C Cool, calm and collected: Organize your priorities and have a peaceful spirit. You set the tone in your home. D Discerning: Learn to sense the attitudes and needs of your family. E Even temperment: Your … Continue reading →

5 Tips For Having Devotions With Toddlers

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Having family devotions with children at any age is a challenge. With young children especially, parents must combat the “wiggle worm” and a short attention span. However, family devotions are vital to the healthy spiritual life of a family. Young children are often taught to pray during family devotions. They learn to ask questions about God and talk about Him openly. Everyone in the family benefits from spending time together around God’s Word. For those of you with young children, here are a few tips to help you make family devotions a vital part of your family life. 1. Start … Continue reading →

Devotions of Giving

In my previous entry in the “Devotions” series I wrote about desires that Christians should have such as a desire for God’s Word. One I did not mention in that article, although very important, is that a Christian should have a desire to give. First off, I want to mention a very important point. A devotion on giving would be greatly lacking without the mention of the greatest gift of all: Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. John 3:16 states: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but … Continue reading →

The Value of Devotions

What better way to show love and respect toward our Lord and Savior than to have devotional time with Him? Devoting time to God has more purpose than just worshiping and gaining new insight on Him; it is good for your overall well-being too. There are many ways to devote time to God: Find online devotionals. There are many available daily online in addition to reading them in books. The benefit you get from this is gaining new perspectives on life and ways of seeing situations. Sometimes devotionals can help get us out of a box or give us a … Continue reading →

Family Devotions

If your family is as busy as mine, you know that it is difficult to set aside time to do family devotions. It is, however, vital to a Christian family. As parents, it’s our job to teach our children about God and to help them love His word. During devotion time we do these things. For my family, we have done it differently at different times. Our church used to meet on Saturday evening, so we would use Sunday morning to do family worship. My husband learned to strum a few kids’ worship songs on his guitar and we would … Continue reading →

My Five Favorite Tips to Avoid Burnout

I did not listen to advice telling me to sleep when the baby sleeps. Instead I cleaned. I did not listen to the advice to take time for myself. Instead I planned more lessons and tried to squeeze in some work. I did not listen to advice telling me to not worry about the little messes. Rome wasn’t cleaned in a day. Instead I drove myself to the brink trying to get my overflowing “to-do” list done in one day. Then one day I found myself burned out. I was unable to move. Things that were once a joy were … Continue reading →

The Pocket Bible Doodle Book

Book: The Pocket bible Doodle Book Publisher: Zonderkidz Ages Level: 8 and up Cost: $9.99 Book Synopsis: The story of creation, Noah’s ark, the plagues, and more make this Bible-based collection of doodles fun for everyone. With lots of room to design, every doodler will have endless hours of creating and learning. What I Love: I love the entire Doodle Book series. I think it was a genius idea. I am not much of a doodler but two of my children love to doodle and color. I love the quality of the book from the strong binding to the thick … Continue reading →

Stolen Minutes To Find Yourself Again

The homeschooling mom often neglects herself. She is busy trying to maintain a balance of a clean happy home and well educated children. It can be quite a challenge for her to find the time to sit quietly and read a book or get her hair done in the midst of grading a spelling test, folding laundry, making dinner, and setting up a science lab. She seems to run on a force of unending energy until she finally burns out and falls flat on her face. When she finally regains awareness she realizes her nails are broken, her hair is … Continue reading →