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How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. for Your Kids – Introduction

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By Amanda Pelser

This past week in the HEART Book Club, we’ve been reading the introduction of How to Have a H.E.A.R.T. For Your Kids. It’s not too late to join us. You can still sign up for the email newsletter and get the printable journal, join the Facebook group, and chat on Twitter using #HEART4YourKids. Feel free to read ahead and don’t feel bad if you get behind the schedule. Read at your pace! I’d also recommend signing up for my regular daily email to get all my blog posts sent directly to your inbox or adding my RSS feed to your favorite feed reader so you don’t miss a post about the HEART Book Club.

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: book club, books, encouragement, HEART Book Club, homeschool how to, homeschooling, moms

How to Plan Your School Year

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By Amanda Pelser

By now, you’ve passed the half way mark in your school year if you follow a traditional school year calendar. This isn’t usually the time that you’d think about making a plan for the next school year, but maybe you should be thinking about it. Winter tends to be a blah time. We get depressed. Our kids aren’t as motivated to do their school work. And then what happens? We start to question our homeschooling. Instead of falling into that trap, let’s use it to our advantage this year!

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: contributor post, homeschool how to, homeschooling, organization, planning, school year

Educating the Wholehearted Child ~ Postscript & Resources

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By Amanda Pelser

Today, we’re going to double up and discuss the postscript and resources chapters.  I originally had them split up on the schedule, but they are short and go together well. There’s no place like home…with God in it. pg. 331 As homeschoolers and even more as Christ-followers, we have to remember that the goal is…

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Educating the Wholehearted Child ~ Chapter 18

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By Amanda Pelser

Chapter 18 of Educating the WholeHearted Child is all about finding support. Here are some places that you can find support as a homeschooler whether you’re a veteran homeschooler or just figuring how to homeschool:

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: Apologia, books, Discussion, Educating the Wholehearted Child, homeschool how, homeschooling, Real Refreshment, support

Review: Splash Math Grade 1 for iPad

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By Amanda Pelser

My quest for great apps to supplement homeschooling curriculum continues!  My latest find: Splash Math Grade 1 from StudyPad, Inc. Jonathan is currently 4.5 years old and in Kindergarten.  He loves math and is advanced in both math and reading.  We dropped Saxon Math K a few months ago and I’m now using Math Mammoth…

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Filed Under: Homeschooling Tagged With: homeschool how to, homeschooling, iOS, iPad, iPhone, math

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