Here it is – our big multi-grade resource of phonics for fun learning about vowels!!! It’s 150 pages in a printable e-book (pdf) format – so convenient for homeschool or class teachers or tutors to “print and go”! 🙂 Here is the link for our BRAND NEW e-book in our online shop: Phonics is Fun! Unit 2: Vowels ♥ Short,… Read More
(Note: This post was written before virtual conferences were as common but it DOES mention about them. 🙂 ) I like the reminder in Proverbs 27:9 – that God doesn’t want us to feel alone and one of His ways of caring for us is to provide us opportunities to have a friend(s). Here is that Scripture verse in a… Read More
Help for Teaching Handwriting Skills The following are the links to the main places on our website where you can find tips to teach/guide/motivate PRINTING and PENMANSHIP SKILLS, especially in a home education (homeschool) environment. (This post will be updated if additional places on our website have printing and/or cursive writing as its focus.) Cottage Handwriting Lines (February 2020) Monday… Read More
Since February’s subject blog focuses on printing and penmanship skills, I’m sharing with you some free printable templates for handwriting lines. We designed these printables a few years ago and have used them briefly with one or more of our children who needed a little extra guidance for lettering position. (We sort of drew our former “log house” and called… Read More
Can we “save our culture” through growing the home education movement? Some people think so. I’d like to share with you some thoughts on this topic today, linking it to a longer article we have had on our website if you are interested in reading about it further. This post/article is best understood by Christians who eagerly desire to serve… Read More
A joyful heart – a satisfied confidence and/or an unrestrained expression of enthusiasm or delight! We strive for it, cultivate it, anticipate it, benefit from it, laugh with it, cry with it, have fun with it, radiate it, simply enjoy it – joyfulness is God’s design for us! As I was preparing for this year of writing, I looked up… Read More
Help for Teaching Writing Skills The following are the links to the main places on our website where you can find tips to teach/guide/motivate WRITING SKILLS (for Creative Writing and Compositions), especially in a home education (homeschool) environment. (This post will be updated if additional places have writing as its focus.) Tips for Writing MORE (and Better)! (January 2020) How… Read More
If you want to be reminded about the free homeschooling tips, fresh stories, and other “Encouragemints” from our “blog”, please bookmark our website and check it occasionally. (You could also check our FB page.) We currently do not have a subscriber list for newsletters because I wanted to prioritize my limited computer time for what was more helpful to you. Instead of a newsletter, you will find these sorts of things posted for everyone on my “blog”. Thanks for understanding!