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Empowering Kids Through Educational Choices: 3 Simple Ways to Unlock Their Potential

Homeschooling, Advice, How To / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Discover 3 simple ways of empowering kids through educational choices. Learn how child-directed learning can unlock their potential and create a more engaging homeschool experience. When my boys hit the middle school years, our family made a huge change to our homeschool. I called it our Grand Experiment because I felt it was either a […]

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How to Teach Preschool at Home and Have Fun Doing It

Homeschooling, PreK / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Do you want to teach preschool at home but wonder if it’s possible? How will your child respond? Are you qualified? You sure can! Here’s how. If you are considering teaching your preschooler at home, you may be feeling huge waves of enthusiasm or you might be deeply apprehensive. The thought of teaching preschool

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5 Ways to Enjoy the Holidays With Young Kids

Holidays, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Got cranky kids? Concerned about your Christmas gathering? It IS possible to enjoy the holidays with young kids! Here’s my advice. We all dream of having a perfect Christmas celebration. We thrill in a layer of freshly fallen snow. We put an extra log in the fireplace. We play our favorite seasonal music to set

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Easy Ways to Share the Gospel with a Gift

Holidays, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Easy Way to Share the Gospel with a Gift

With the Christmas season upon us, it’s so easy to become consumed with the baking, the shopping, the wrapping, the decorating, and the party-going. There is so much to do and so little time to do it. Sometimes we get so busy with the trappings of the holiday that the meaning behind it all can

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My Favorite Christmas Tradition – You May Want to Try It!

Holidays, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Overview: My favorite Christmas Tradition has transformed our Christmas into a relaxing day that EVEN MOMS can kick back and enjoy. You may want to try it! December is such a busy time of year, filled with lots of extended family gatherings, church activities, food, presents, live nativity scenes, and other fun traditions. Christmas time

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Christmas in Ireland – A Unit Study

Holidays, Homeschooling / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Wondering how they celebrate Christmas in Ireland? Learning about Irish Christmas traditions is a great way to teach kids about Irish culture. Here are 14 easy things you can do with your kids! A great way to teach our kids about the world around them is to study countries one by one to learn about

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8 Ways to Add Christmas Cheer Without Breaking the Bank

Holidays, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Money can be scarce around Christmas. If you want to buy Christmas gifts on a budget, Here are 8 ways to add Christmas cheer without little or no money! If you’re anything like me, you probably get huge expectations in your heart around Christmas. We want our kids to have great experiences which will

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Morning Struggles? 7 Quick Tips for Getting Your Teenager to Wake up in the Morning

Parenting, Teens / Michelle Caskey

Having a hard time getting your teen/tween out of bed? It's completely natural. But there are some simple tips which may help!

Overview: Wondering how to wake up a teenager? Or what time you should take him up? Or if you even SHOULD? Here are 7 tips for getting your teenager to wake up in the morning! When my boys were little, I couldn’t figure out any way to keep them in bed after 5:30 or 6:00 in

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18 Easy Ways to Improve Gross Motor Skills in Children

Elementary, Homeschooling, How To, PreK / Michelle Caskey

Overview: Improving gross motor skills should be fun. If you want to do some gross motor skills activities with your child, check out these SIMPLE tips! Do you need to work on improving gross motor skills of your children? Have you ever watched your sons stumble as they’re clearing the table and dump food all over

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9 Tangible Ways to Help our Kids Be Kind Around Christmas

Holidays, Parenting / Michelle Caskey

Overview: If your kids think it’s all about them during the holidays and you want to train the greediness out of them here are tips for helping teach kids to be kind around Christmas. As the holidays approach, parents tend to have an almost universal desire to spread joy, make memories, and give great gifts to

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