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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 29th)
What do you want to accomplish in your child’s life before they leave home? When our oldest daughter went into the 9th grade, my husband made me look at the time we had left with our children (the other two were just a couple of years behind her), and asked…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 28th)
Sometimes school just has to wait. Yesterday a friend of mine got the results from some stress tests done to evaluate the condition of her heart. She has two teenage homeschool students, but school just had to wait yesterday, Another friend with a new baby developed mastitis and was down…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 27th)
Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. Matthew 6:33 Put first things first. That is the tip for today. This morning I have been rushing around, running late, because I made poor choices last night with my time. I did not…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 26th)
Some hints for writing your college preparation and application essays… When you write your essay for the SAT and ACT tests be careful to underline the question that you are supposed to answer and in the first two sentences either rewrite the question in the form of a statement or…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 25th)My mother taught me to enjoy life. Even today she is the leading activist in my life that encourages play. At 76 years of age she would still rather go swimming, bike riding, play tennis, or ride the ferris wheel, than cook or clean house. We might not have had…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 24th)
It’s not all about them! During the high school years, and even beyond, teens often focus on themselves to the exclusion of others. This limited perspective irritates the mother striving to meet everyone’s needs and often leads to raised voices and slammed doors. I was not immune to those explosions.…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 23rd)
Keep parenting throughout high school. You may be thinking that there really is no alternative and that this advice is futile, nevertheless I say it again – don’t squander the time you have to influence your young adult. When my oldest child got to be in high school, she often…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 22nd)
Before your children leave your home, teach them to be financially responsible. Budgeting is simply dividing income into smaller pieces and distributing it among necessary (and sometimes unnecessary) expenses. Teaching young people to live within their means, or to spend less than they earn, will result in a financial freedom…
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Continue reading →: High School Homeschooling Tip of the Day (Oct 21st)
Let your high school students take ownership of their education. This is a simple statement that takes quite a bit of time to finally accomplish. What I mean to say is that the process of handing the responsibility over to your student is done gradually rather than in one fell…
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