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School Room Spruce Up: Ikea Magazine File

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By Amanda Pelser

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My favorite tool for organizing my school room right now is Ikea Magazine File boxes.  They are cheap and I use them to group and file anything and everything. I put small books, printouts, and other supplies together for a subject. I put books for a curriculum set together. I even use them as pseudo-workboxes….

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Educating the Wholehearted Child: Chapter 1, Part 1

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By Amanda Pelser

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Educating the Wholehearted Child: Chapter 1 (Part 1) The Christian Home: Learning to Be at Home with Christ This chapter is full of so many wonderful scriptures that we’re spreading it out over two weeks.  We’re reading page 19-21 this week and 22 through the end of the chapter next week. Every child bears the…

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Review and Giveaway: Notes to Aspiring Writers by Brooke McGlothlin

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By Amanda Pelser

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Brooke McGlothlin, the author of Warrior Prayers and co-creator of The M.O.B. Society, has released a new e-book: Notes to Aspiring Writers: Your Dream, God’s Plan.  Brooke graciously gave me a pre-release copy of this new book to review. This is book is not designed to be a tips-of-the-trade type book.  Don’t start reading this book…

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Homeschool Mother’s Journal ~ July 22

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By Amanda Pelser

    In my life this week… We’re  still readjusting to East Coast Time after our trip to California last weekend.  The boys are both way off any kind of schedule.  We sleep way too late and go to bed way too late. I was selected to blog for Women of Faith: Imagine in Charlotte!…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: books, food, homeschooling, Homschool Mother's Journal, Jacob, Jonathan, reading, signs

Fajitas and Homemade Tortillas

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By Amanda Pelser

I’m making fajitas using one of the little steaks from our cow share. I’m also making homemade tortillas. Jonathan keeps taking tortillas as fast as I can make them. At least he is keeping Jacob happy by feeding him little pieces. When I hear Jacob squeal, I know that Jonathan isn’t feeding him fast enough…

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Kids in the Word Wednesdays ~ July 20

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By Amanda Pelser

This week we started using Seeds Family Worship for our memory verses.  I bought Volume 1: Seeds of Courage a few weeks ago and loved it.  It does not have a cheesy kids sound to it, in my opinion.  These are well written songs that I as an adult don’t mind listening to over and over…

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Women of Faith: Imagine ~ Charlotte, NC

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By Amanda Pelser

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I’m so excited to share with you that I’ve been chosen by BookSneeze to attend Women of Faith: Imagine in Charlotte!  I’ll be sharing here about the event afterwards and likely tweeting during the event. I’ve never been to a Women of Faith event, but I have heard so many wonderful things about them.  I’m…

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California Recap

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By Amanda Pelser

We had a blast in California this past weekend!  We had tons of fun visiting with Josh’s family and celebrating with Corrie and Richard as they got married on Friday. Here are a few of the best pictures that we took this weekend: Can’t see the slide show in your email or RSS reader? The…

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Educating the Wholehearted Child: Preface and Introduction

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By Amanda Pelser

Welcome to the first week of our Educating the Wholehearted Child discussion group! This week, we’re reading the Preface and the Introduction. Feel free to stop now, go read those sections, and then come back. Or you can read my summary and thoughts before you read the book. Either way, I hope you’ll participate in…

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A Little Hot Chocolate

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By Amanda Pelser

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