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How to Choose the Best Memory Work for Your Homeschool
Read this post and learn how to choose the best memory work for your homeschool and how to practically implement memory work in your Morning Time and family’s life! How our memory work journey began: My husband and I, both second-generation homeschoolers, always knew we wanted to educate our children at home. As our firstborn grew older, I couldn’t wait to begin our own educational adventure. From the beginning, I was filled with a yearning to memorize beautiful words. I even brainstormed grand and glorious lists. Those were some great plans. The problem was that they never happened. You know how it is: you’ve managed to finish the math and…
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Teaching the Creeds to Our Children
Have you ever considered including the historic creeds of the Christian church in your morning time, personal devotions, or family worship? If you’ve felt ill-equipped to teach them to your children, or have wondered why they even matter, come walk beside me as we explore the reasons to memorize the creeds with our children. What is a creed, and Why do we need them? The word “creed” comes from the Latin word “credo,” meaning “I believe.” Many church traditions even have the pastor ask the congregation, “Christian, what do you believe?” prior to a corporate recitation of one of these confessions of faith. Learning and reciting the historically espoused creeds…
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Morning Time Plans (Fall 2019): adjusting expectations to meet the needs of a wide age range
It gets trickier to plan for morning time when you have a wide range of ages. Wake-up times vary from the pre-dawn energy of the 4-year-old to the sluggish morning brain of the teen. And that doesn’t even consider the differing needs and interests that span the grades. Yet having a time for shared memories and family culture is still important to me. While the logistics of our morning time may look different this year, its central values remain intact. Would you like to peek into my morning time plans for this fall? Scheduling morning time In years past, I’ve asked all the children regardless of age to be in…
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Preschool Picture Book Round-up
Do you want to pursue a #TextbookFreePreschool? Start with this incredible Preschool Picture Book round-up!
- Education, Facebook Live, Humility and Doxology, Morning Time and Memory Work, Motherhood and Parenting
Our Real-Life Morning Time Demo
Our real-life morning time, captured on camera! Join me and my 5 kids (ages 3 to 13) in our simple, custom morning time.
- Book List, Education, Fun, Humility and Doxology, Morning Time and Memory Work, Motherhood and Parenting, Printables
Thanksgiving Morning Time Plans and Resource Pack
Thanksgiving Morning Time Plans and Resource Pack. Over 12 pages of memory work and other resources to make your Thanksgiving-themed morning time a success.
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12 Poems Every Child and Adult Should Memorize and Know By Heart
Want to have your own and your children's hearts filled with poetry, but you're not sure where to start? There are the 12 poems I think everyone - child and adult - should know by heart!
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Morning Time and Memory Work Plans 2018
Want a fun peek into our morningtime and memory work routine? Want to learn about some great resources for your own morning basket? Read the post and watch the video!
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Our Morning Gathering: Memory, Laughter, and Relationship
Morningtime provides the framework for my ultimate goal in education: raising people who believe what is true, honor what is noble, stand uncompromisingly for what is just, keep their desires pure, love things that are lovely and relish those things that are praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8). Our morning gathering lends great joy to this crazy family life. It builds memory, laughter, and relationship into our days.