After I miscarried in October, I found myself locked in a tug-of-war with myself: We have four beautiful daughters. Our youngest is (finally!) out of diapers and sleeping through the night. Life is good. Do we really want to try for another baby? But each month, I would feel that familiar longing, and try we…
The following post is from Angie of Many Little Blessings: Learning Activities for the Book If You Give a Pig a Pancake One of my favorite things, when I was teaching was the years that I spent as a school librarian. Not only did I enjoy ordering books and reading to students, but I loved…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: Printable Gift Tags for Every Occasion When it's time to wrap Christmas gifts, we go all out. Cute bows, cute paper, and especially cute gift tags. But what about the rest of the year? Do you put the same thought and effort…
The following post is from Jennifer Burke, a lifelong educator: 12 Ways to Make Social Studies Fun See all of the Homework Helps posts here. History and geography (Social Studies) are a passion for some and a pain for others. Most children are somewhere in-between and need a little boost when learning about the world.…
The following post is from Angie of Many Little Blessings: Planning a Homeschool Calendar with Six-Week Terms I felt stuck in a traditional homeschool calendar mentality when I began homeschooling. While I thought year-round schooling sounded like a good idea, I just couldn't imagine giving up our long summers. However, having taught for two years…
I love birthdays- forget birthdays; we celebrate birth weeks or birth months here! -- but the one challenge we face in creating fun yearly traditions is that three of our daughters have birthdays within three weeks of each other. That's a lot of celebrating! We're slowly creating yearly traditions that are doable on that timetable.…
The following post is from Jennifer, a lifelong educator: 7 Ways to Love Your Husband and Make Your Kids Feel Secure Did you ever hear your parents fight when you were growing up? Most of us did at some point. It didn’t happen often at my house, but an exchange of angry words sent me…
The following post is from Kacey of Next Level Mama: Wow Your Kids with Printable Valentine's Day Coupons As a kid, one of my favorite things was opening up Valentine’s Day card from my dad. Every year without fail, he’d give me a card selected just for me. The tradition never got old. Being a…
The following post is from Jason & Jennifer Bruce of New Season Design: One of the things I've enjoyed about our daughter Emma growing up is that she's able to take on more responsibility for her routines with each passing year. All I have to do after breakfast is tell her to take care of her "morning…
The following post is from Jennifer, a lifelong educator: 8 Ways to Make Practicing Math Facts More Fun See all of the Homework Helps posts here. When parents ask what they can do at home to help their children improve their math grades, here’s one of the things that I always tell them: Make sure…