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7 Weeks of Holiday Giveaways!
Posted by Michelle Osborn on
The holiday season is a time for giving!
Yellow House Book Rental has partnered with some wonderful friends to give you some really awesome prizes for your homeschool, family, and mom!
Each week we will be giving away a Yellow House Book Rental gift card as well a prize from our friends: Music appreciation curriculum, pastel art bundle, Juice Plus nutrition consultation, children gummies and sample packets, Life of Fred bundle, phonics reading book sets, Enrichment Studies gift card, and more!
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- Tags: Children, Family, Giveaway, Holidays, Homeschool, Parenting
Why You Nag and Four Ways to Stop It
Posted by Michelle Osborn on
Sometimes children (and adults) choose disobedience. They refuse to do what they're told. They delay the inevitable thinking they can avoid it altogether. So, we nag.
Nagging also might be necessary because we tell children what to do, rather than teach
They will grow up. Preparping your children.
Posted by Michelle Osborn on
Some days, it feels as if my young children will never grow up, and ten days feel like ten years. Some days, I blink and they are grown and graduated, and ten years flew by like ten days. So how do we create the best path for our kids from birth to life after graduation?
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- Tags: Boys, Children, Encouragement, Family, Homeschool, Motherhood, Parenting, Teens
In Tears Over School- The Struggling Learner
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n tears, again, my teenage daughter said. “I just can’t learn. I’m not smart. ”
We had tried just about everything I could think of: me reading to her, her reading to me, her reading to herself, taking turns reading, discussing what was read, her writing down important facts, reviewing what we talked about the day before….. and I had prayed, a lot about this! I had searched for answers in books, blogs, talked with friends. Nothing seemed to make learning easier for her.
The challenge was she did not have a definite learning disability that could easily be pinpointed. Of course, as a homeschool mother, I noticed that she.......continue reading