We reviewed the Circuit Maze from ThinkFun – finally!  Mama had a hard time wrapping her brain around electricity at first, but I finally got the hang of it!  I learned something new along with the kids!

Head over here to read our review.

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One of the latest posts I created there was a review of Marie's Words vocabulary cards.  Head over there for great homeschooling information and to see some video clips of our homeschool!

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I have one child in particular who will give up as soon as they have to think too hard about something.

I needed to figure out how to stretch this child's “thinking muscles” in a way that would not be a battle of the wills between us.  I needed to help this child want to exercise those muscles.

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Many times I have seen homeschooled children struggle with handwriting.  I have seen a lot of homeschoolers with very messy handwriting.  There are plenty of children in “regular” schools with messy handwriting too, but here are some of the mistakes that seem to be specific to homeschooling families when it comes to teaching handwriting:

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First, to teach our children Godly character and second, to equip them with the academic skills they need for life.

Using studies of great missionaries is a great way to help meet both of those goals!

When we read missionary biographies and do more in-depth studies on those missionaries, there are 5 (at least) things that are happening with our children:

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Now I want to give you my reasons for choosing to go this route and how a video curriculum benefits our homeschool.

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Today I have a fun printable pack for the little ones!

My kids always enjoy doing extra work when it is as exciting as these Valentine's Day Cupcake worksheets!

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By Jim Pence, See the Light chalk artist 

“I want to include art in my homeschool curriculum, but how can I teach my children to draw if I don't know how myself?”

Art is one of those subjects that is difficult for most of us to teach. We know art is important in a well-rounded education, but where do you start?

Have you ever felt that way?

If you have, I've got good news for you.

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I've been working on decluttering each area of my house one by one (I'm working my way through this book, if you want some step-by-step hand-holding.)

Guess what?  Even though we're right in the middle of the school year, I'm finding that our homeschool curriculum needed a little cleaning out too.

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At the time, one subject I did not have was health and wellness.  When I was asked to do a sponsored review of the WAY Comes Home curriculum, I wasn't sure what I was getting into but I agreed out of curiosity.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that this curriculum works extremely well for teaching multiple ages at once!

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