Older children were never the challenge to home schooling that babies and toddlers were. Sometimes their goal seemed to be to disrupt everything else we were trying to do! A toddler or young preschooler adds challenges to home schooling. They also ...
Kids grow to the age when they think they need money. Each parent has to decide whether or not to pay allowances. My husband and I disagreed on this issue. He felt that the children shouldn’t be paid for chores - that chores are done simply ...
It's not too early to start thinking about your summer reading program. Check at your public library to see what they have. One in my area offers ice cream and such for younger kid's goals, but has some really neat stuff for older kids. Does a ...
Focus on the Family’s Thriving Family Magazine published one of my articles on life skills and they made some age-appropriate skills lists to download. Lovely! Enjoy. http://www.thrivingfamily.com/Features/Web/2013/life-skills-checklist.aspx ...
Winter has finally come to the Chicago area. We enjoyed a record-setting number of days with neither frost nor snow. Kind of nice, but havoc for the sinuses. One of the things I like about the seasons is that it reminds my sinful heart that I do not ...
