One of the most exciting aspects of homeschooling is the ability to tailor your child’s education specifically to their needs. In fact, it’s why many families choose to homeschool in the first place! Whether it’s due to special need or a simply a desire for more flexibility, it’s wonderful to be able to choose what […]
5 Healthy Snacks Your Children Will Love
Meal planning is a really efficient way to use your time and allow your week to flow with much more ease. Preparing snacks ahead of time is particularly great in fulfilling the neverending sound of “Mommm! I’m hungry!” When you avoid commercially made kids’ snacks, you know exactly what ingredients are going into your child’s […]
How I Keep My Kids Safe Online
This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are my own. As much as I sometimes hate to admit it, my daughters are growing up. We have now fully entered the tween years. While I would love to treat them like babies for as long as possible, I also love seeing the beautiful young women […]
Inspiring Giving Hearts in Young Children
This post is for letter “I” in the 2016 ABCs of Homeschooling Through the Holidays series, click here to see all posts. The Christmas season is one that brings joy and excitement to many families around the world. It is a time to celebrate traditions, spend time with loved ones, and to give and receive […]
Free Daily Routines Checklist Printables
Need to get your children on a routine? One that is beneficial to getting more done and without a lot of complaining? These daily routine checklist printables will definitely help! Routines are usually easier to follow – and more fun – when there is an incentive. These checklists make sure that everything is done in the […]
How to Beat Stress and Enjoy Parenting Again
Parenting is stressful. Before you even hold your bundle of joy in your arms, you feel that stress take hold. It only gets worse as they grow older. You find yourself with a full day with appointments, classes, games, and recitals, homework you don’t even know the answers to, and somehow you have to keep […]
A Child Training Program That Works!
Raising intelligent, strong, god loving and well-mannered children is challenging. We have tried a number of things including chore charts, grounding, positive incentives, and so much more…but nothing seemed to prove successful. Teaching kids the importance of good character is what we are working on now, and Character Badges (a fun and flexible child training program) had made […]
What You Need to Understand About Your Teen
How well do you know your teen? It was easier when they were little, wasn’t it? You knew that he wanted the crust cut off his sandwich and she couldn’t sleep well without that certain stuffed animal. You could easily rattle off the name of his favorite Ninja Turtle or her favorite princess. You knew […]
5 Reasons I Want My Kids to be Bored
I have two tween girls, and I cannot tell you how many times I hear the phrase “I’m bored”. Seriously, I can’t even keep track. It used to bother me. I would instantly want to “fix” their boredom….but now, I encourage boredom. I look forward to the times when they come whining to me that […]
6 Ways to Help Your Teens When They Blunder
Learning how to behave like a mature responsible adult is hard work. The transition from child to adult is fraught with opportunities for foibles and failures, missteps and misunderstandings. As parents, it’s our job to guide our teens through this turbulent time so they can learn from their mistakes and grow in wisdom. We have […]
7 Tips for Helping Tweens Through Life Transitions
The tween years are difficult years. When we think of childhood transitions, we often think of Kindergarten or teen year transitions, but the tween years often aren’t mentioned. The truth is these children are in an awkward positions. They aren’t “little kids” anymore, but they aren’t teenagers yet either. My daughters are 10 and 11 […]
Receive your Teen as a Gift
Even before a new baby is born, the parents imagine the person their child will eventually become. Newborn infants are adorned with favorite sports teams paraphernalia and dressed up to look like miniature versions of their parents. We act as though our children are blank slates we’ve been given to write the story we want […]
Easter Activities for Toddlers
Balancing Boundaries and Freedom with your Teen
Do you ever get frustrated when working with your teen? One minute he is so mature, you forget he’s not an adult yet. The next minute he does something so incredibly childish that you suddenly lock up with fear at the idea of releasing him out into the world on his own. The journey from […]
Turn a defiant ‘No’ Into Happy ‘Yes’
You fear the day when your toddler learns the word ’no’. It then becomes a word that they use for, let’s be honest here – EVERYTHING! Even when they do decide that they want something, it comes out ‘No’ first. I got so tired of hearing this word, that I took some of my teaching […]
10 Things Your Teen Needs From You
Raising children is a job that’s constantly changing. Just when you think you get one phase figured out, they grow into something new. As our children become teenagers, they seem to need us less than they did when they were younger. The truth is, they still need us. Their needs are just different now. Although […]
4 Moments to Enjoy with Your Toddler
The afternoon nap time I had scheduled to sit down and write this, my first post for Life of a Homeschool Mom, I was interrupted only 10 minutes later by my toddler. That’s right, a 10 minute nap. When I went in to find out what was wrong and why her exhausted little body wouldn’t […]
The Day I Lost My Child and the Lesson I Learned Seven Years Later
I clearly remember that day. We were in the grocery store. My 4 year old was in the cart, and my five year old was walking beside the cart, holding my hand. I dropped her little hand and turned slightly to the side and bent down to grab a case of bottled water from the […]
Free Responsibility Interactive Book
Teach your children the importance of being responsible, what chores and tasks they are responsible for and more with this Free Responsibility Interactive Book from Life Over C’s! Stop by and download your free copy today! Heather Bowen Heather Bowen is the founder and owner of LifeofaHomeschoolMom.com. She and her husband live in North Carolina […]
Free Transcript & Grade Report Printables
Keeping track of your student’s transcripts and grades is important, especially as your kids are getting older. Ed Snapshots has a set of Free Transcript and Grade Report Printables for you to use and you can download them here! Heather Bowen Heather Bowen is the founder and owner of LifeofaHomeschoolMom.com. She and her husband live […]
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