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7 Creative Ways to Get Dads More Involved with Homeschooling

Advice, Dads, Homeschooling, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Getting Dads More Involved with Homeschooling

Overview: Struggling to get dads involved in homeschooling? Discover practical strategies to engage fathers in the teaching process and balance the homeschooling responsibilities. Learn how to make the most of Dad’s involvement to enrich your child’s education and strengthen family connections. Moms typically bear the brunt of the load when it comes to homeschooling. Dads […]

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Reading Living Books versus Textbooks

Homeschooling, How To / Michelle Caskey

Boy reading a pop-up book in a bookstore

I recently checked out a book from the library called Invitation to the Classics by Louise Cowan and Os Guinness. As I was looking through the book, it brought to mind different excerpts I had been assigned to read from English textbooks through the years as part of my public school education. Unfortunately, it also made

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Are We Trying too Hard to be Perfect Homeschooling Moms?

Advice, Moms / Michelle Caskey

Are you trying to give your child the perfect education or the perfect homeschooling experience? Are you trying to be a perfect homeschooling mom? If you think about this logically you’ll know that this isn’t possible. In our hearts, however, parents want to do the best they can for their children, do the most possible

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What Instincts?!?!? Baby Tips for New Moms

Advice, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

When I was pregnant for my first child, I had a lot of questions. I’ve always been the kind of person who tries to research things and likes to be prepared before things happen. I read over and over about how once I had my baby my mother instinct would take over and I would

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The Importance of Evaluating Learning in Your Homeschool

Advice, Homeschooling, How To / Michelle Caskey

Taking time to evaluate student learning is important. Through the year, it is important to determine where your child’s strong points and weak points lie. Identifying strong points and areas of interest is important because that will help you know the types of things your son may be interested in pursuing and learning more about

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Should Kids Do Chores?

Chores, Homeschooling / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Should kids do chores? Amazingly, this has become a controversial question. Even though kids are busy doing ALL THE THINGS it’s important for them to learn LIFE SKILLS. Here’s why I feel it’s beneficial for kids to have chores! Should kids do chores? In modern society, more and more parents are starting to believe that

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Being Healthy Can be Fun

Health, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Being healthy can be fun. Check out these fitness and kid exercises for healthy children. There should be something on this list for everyone. Go over this list of activities with your sons until you find one they’d like to try: Aerobics Archery Badminton Baseball Basketball Baton Twirling Bicycling Billiards Bowling Boxing/Kickboxing Calisthenics Canoeing Cardio

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