Family Gratitude Jars — A Simple Way to Practice Thankfulness This Holiday Season When you practice gratitude, you experience mental, physical, and relational benefits (and your kids do too!). According to Psychology Today, expressing gratitude on a regular basis is scientifically proven to improve mental and physical health, sleep, relationships, self-esteem, and more. There are…
5 Tips for Homeschooling Active Kids Does your child have an ADHD diagnosis? Or maybe you just have a child who happens to be super active? (After all, God created kids to be active and energetic! I just wish we parents had as much energy as our kids tend to have!) If your child has…
These days, when I mention that “we homeschool,” I don’t think it’s my imagination that I’m met with many shiny new looks of respect. And I know it’s not my imagination that I’ve been met with more responses like, “I could never do that,” “I like the idea of homeschooling, but I couldn’t make it…
Parents need encouragement in homeschooling now more than ever before. We are seeing more about homeschooling in the headlines these days, but what I’m noticing is that there are still so many misconceptions about what it’s actually like. It’s not distance learning. It’s not what you’re seeing on Zoom or hearing about from your neighbor…
We all want to be great homeschool parents. Years ago, I scrolled Pinterest and found beautiful pictures of home “classrooms” full of bright colors and posters. Completely organized. Cute little desks with cute little chairs. Color-coded schedules on the wall. Everyone is well-dressed like they’re going to a staff meeting. Hair brushed. Teeth clean and…
There are two things I feel like most homeschool moms absolutely excel at: worrying and feeling guilty. Yep. Most of us are champions at both of these. But why? Why do we feel like we should do these things? Or, maybe the more important question to ask is, Why do we do these things even…
