{This site may contain affiliate links and collect cookies. Please read my full disclosure and privacy policy for more info.} {This site may contain affiliate links and collect cookies. Please read my full disclosure and privacy policy for more info.} It is important for parents to teach music at home. Whether playing an instrument fluently or singing on key, these skills will…
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You will find homeschool morning time ideas all around the web, most of them elaborate and seemingly covering every creative subject out there. Moms and children are reading-memorizing-reciting poetry, learning several languages, studying and recreating art, mastering the art of sewing/crocheting/knitting/etc. … all while sipping tea and singing hymns in candlelight! I am not a creative person and I don’t…
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Critical thinking is an important problem-solving skill that benefits children and adults alike. Logic and critical thinking skills may be developed and strengthened with intentional use starting in childhood. Of course, children are not training themselves to use logic or think critically, so it is up to parents to guide and instruct them in the skills. Teaching those skills starts…
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“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.” Proverbs 12:18 You know, we women often take so much care about what goes into our mouths but so little care concerning what comes out. We are so worried about our figures and our health, but we rarely take into account if…
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Adapting To The Adaptive Life can be a slow process but now that we are many years into the journey, I can share what I have learned with parents who are just beginning their medical/special needs life. 2006 is the year our oldest daughter was born with profound disabilities. She never learned to sit up, crawl, talk, or walk so…
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