This is a guest post contributed by Amber Palmer. You can learn more about Amber in her bio at the bottom of her post.
Five years ago, my husband and I made a decision to pull my daughter from a small private school and homeschool her. When we made this choice, I didn’t realize what a challenge it would be to find a homeschool community or just a few good friends for my daughter to connect with.
Read MoreYou may have noticed my post about how to assemble a memory statement board but still remained all-together confused or overwhelmed by what a memory statement even IS. Memory statements fill the pages of all Gentle + Classical programs, so I want to make sure you understand WHAT they are and how to implement them in your homeschool!
Memory statements are an idea that seems to have sprung from the more modern ideas of classical education and have been made popular by a popular community-based curriculum program. However, if we dig more deeply, we find that the notion of a “memory statement” is rooted in Charlotte Mason and true (historical) classical education.
Read MoreThis is a guest post contributed by Amber Palmer. You can learn more about Amber in her bio at the bottom of her post.
Insecure.
A word I have strung along with me throughout my whole life. I have always been unsure of myself and uneasy in my own skin.
Read MoreAnd we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all. See that no one repays anyone evil for evil, but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone. Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. Abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it. -1 Thessalonians 5:14-24 ESV
There it is. In black and white: Rejoice Always. Literally two words for an entire verse. That's how big and powerful and important. Rejoice always.
But how? I was awake the entire night rocking a teething baby. I walked downstairs to what looked like a war zone. No one had done their chores, a 2-year-old was running wild like a banshee, and the house reeked of overdue diapers to be trashed.
Read MoreThis is a guest post contributed by Lara Chomout. You can learn more about Lara in her bio at the bottom of her post.
The tick, tick, tick of the clock starts to drown out my thoughts.
I’m finally slowing down from the daily hustle of my routine of laundry and dishes, making meals, sibling arguments, spills- daily motherhood, really- and home education. The children are calm as we settle into our “quiet time” for the day - and perhaps now, for the first time, I can think.
Read MoreThis is a guest post contributed by Stephanie Radcliffe. You can learn more about Stephanie in her bio at the bottom of her post.
It’s far too easy to think that when our days don’t look smooth and seamless that we are failing or that we aren’t offering quality education to our children. Somewhere along the way, we got it into our heads that cooperative children, perfectly executed rhythms and routine, and checking off all of the boxes in our curriculum guides was not only the standard and evidence of success; but also whether we feel accomplished or not as homeschool mothers.
This is a guest post contributed by Amber Palmer. You can learn more about Amber in her bio at the bottom of her post.
I reached over and grabbed my phone with one eye closed and the other one barely opened to try to read the bright light that told me it was 12 am. Officially Christmas day and my daughter and I are frustrated with each other.
Read MoreThis is a guest post contributed by Leah Hudson. You can learn more about Leah in her bio at the bottom of her post.
In a busy and overfull life, the tiniest of things delight me. I mean miniscule. Well-prepared food, well-placed words, soft smiles on the faces of my loved ones, a nap on a rainy day. These are the delights of my soul. They introduce wonder into my day, usher in the most natural thanksgiving - a smile.
Read MoreThis is a guest post contributed by Lara Chomout. You can learn more about Lara in her bio at the bottom of her post.
The fall and winter seasons are times that many hold dear - for many they mark the beginning of holiday traditions. The days are filled with cozy evenings, romping in the pumpkin patches, watching the first snow fall, spending time around tables laughing with friends and family - frequent pauses from “everyday life” we don’t seem to take as often in the seasons that follow. We are doing what we were made to do - spending time together, loving each other, serving each other well.
Read MoreThere are truly a plethora of ABC flashcards available on the market these days- I even have four sets in my own shop. Once upon a time, this set was in my own shop as well.
But can we really have too many beautiful options? In the early years of education, flashcards become a staple in our homeschool and in our schooling space…
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