by Kris Cox | Dec 18, 2017 | Character Building Ideas, Discipleship, Elementary age students, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschooling, Homeschooling Benefits, Homeschooling Through High School, Joy of learning, Learning Styles, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Reluctant learner, Struggling Learner, Teaching Tips
Are you approaching the years when your child will enter elementary school and trying to decide how you want to educate them? Or are you frustrated with your child’s current educational situation and considering making a change? Or are you already homeschooling your...
by Kris Cox | Aug 31, 2017 | Character Building Ideas, Curriculum, Discipleship, Elementary age students, Evaluation, Goal setting, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschooling Through High School, Joy of learning, Organizing, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Reluctant learner, Scheduling, Struggling Learner, Teaching Tips
This is such an exciting time of year! All those new school books have arrived in the mail, and you’re thinking through how to use them. (Okay, so it’s also a little overwhelming, I know…) But even the kids are starting to look forward to starting...
by Kris Cox | May 11, 2017 | Curriculum, Discipleship, Homeschooling Through High School, Joy of learning, Language arts, Teaching Tips
“I’m not sure what to do for language arts this year!” or “I don’t know what to cover for language arts in the middle school and high school years.” These are common statements that I hear from homeschool parents! I think that’s because language arts has so many...
by Kris Cox | Jan 25, 2017 | Character Building Ideas, Curriculum, Elementary age students, Evaluation, Goal setting, Great books to read, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschool burnout, Homeschooling Through High School, Joy of learning, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Reluctant learner, Scheduling, Teaching Tips, Toddlers
As we began homeschooling, I remember thinking that I needed to do things right! I wanted our kids to have the best education possible. I bought little metal desks for the two oldest kids (ages 6 & 4) to do their school work in. I bought all the workbooks and the...
by Kris Cox | Dec 7, 2016 | Character Building Ideas, Delight-directed learning, Elementary age students, Great books to read, Great Homeschool Ideas, Holidays, Homeschooling Through High School, Joy of learning, Learning Styles, Love Languages, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Reluctant learner, Struggling Learner, Teaching Tips
(This post contains affiliate links) Last week I shared some fun, educational games that you could get your children for Christmas. Check out the post “Great Educational Gifts: GAMES!” if you missed it. This week I want to give you some suggestions for books that... by Kris Cox | Oct 21, 2016 | Curriculum, Elementary age students, Great Homeschool Ideas, Homeschooling Through High School, Organizing, record-keeping, Scheduling, Teaching Tips
As homeschoolers, we have a lot more “stuff” to organize and store. Books, resources, art and science projects, supplies for various activities and regular school supplies as well. Plus we need to organize our homeschool days and plan for what we’ll be doing...