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Continue reading →: Day 4: High School Tip – Read the ClassicsRead at least one classic a month! Books like Great Expectations by Charles Dickens or To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee broaden vocabulary and will have a lasting impact on your student’s writing skills. Don’t forget to keep a list of books read throughout high school – both fiction…
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Continue reading →: Day 3: Homeschooling Tip – Read AloudRead aloud regularly. The benefits of reading aloud are numerous. I was able to access whether my children were reading word-for-word or if they were reading phrases, how much they understood what they were reading (reading comprehension), and how confident they were just by listening to them read aloud. It…
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Continue reading →: Day 2: High School Tip – Keep Good RecordsKeeping good records throughout your student’s high school years simplifies the preparation for future opportunities. I printed a transcript template for each of my high school students and plotted the courses which would satisfy Florida Bright Futures Scholarship requirements. At the end of each year we updated and personalized the…
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Continue reading →: 30 Days of Homeschooling Tips: Day 1 – Create TogetherMake something together on a regular basis. Working together on projects builds wonderful memories for both you and your children. Whether you are working on a home school project or just doing something together for fun, the benefits far outweigh the time spent or mess made (often my obstacles). Every…
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Continue reading →: Homeschooling in 2017 – What does it look like?Homeschooling in 2017…what does it look like? Homeschooling has changed a great deal over the years. I’m what the homeschool community might call a ‘veteran homeschooling mom’ since I homeschooled my three children for over 15 years. Legalization and acceptance of the home education option have widened the demographics of…
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Continue reading →: How do we gain access into the Grace of God?Romans 5:1-2 ESV Since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. By faith in…
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Continue reading →: What’s in Your Heart?What’s in your heart? You may respond literally and say ‘blood and valves’, or you may respond more romantically with ‘love.’ We often think of our hearts as the emotion center of our being – in this sense the heart is the headquarters of our desires and emotional need. A…
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Continue reading →: David, the Viking Bear TrainerEvery morning, David woke to the sound of waves breaking against the docks in front of his home in Weymouth. His family line in Dorset could be traced back 15 generations to Cnut the Great, Viking King of England. His father and grandfather and great-grandfather all made their living on…
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Continue reading →: Skewed Sense of JusticeIsn’t it ironic that from as early as childhood, we are aware of injustice or what we might consider unfair treatment? I can easily recall each one of my three children at one time or another telling me I was treating them unfairly. To be completely transparent, I too, have…
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Continue reading →: Fix Your EyesThere’s a song I’m thinking about today, the chorus is Turn your eyes upon Jesus Look full in His wonderful face And the things of this world will grow strangely dim In the light of His glory and grace Lately I’ve been considering my life and feeling a little disappointed.…
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