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Ways to Use Brain Pop Jr. at Home School

2015-04-03 aprilmomoffour Classical Conversations, computers, homeschool, parenting, science

Home schooling may be one of the greatest challenges I have taken on as a parent. One of my biggest struggles is making learning fun. If the boys spend all day doing seat work, writing, and listening to me teach them, they start to become unmanageable. A house of unmanageable children will wreck your day in a hurry. I figure if it is hard for me to find ways to make it fun, it must be hard for other parents […]

How in the world are you going to home school?

2015-03-18 aprilmomoffour answered prayer, Bible, faith, family, God provides, homeschool

This past week had the potential to be a total nightmare. This is “Finals Week” of the 3rd quarter for Alan, and I’m the kind of person that can only handle all four of my own children, by myself, for so long. Enter the in-laws. Their timing was perfect. Well, for me it was anyway. They probably would have liked to have spent more time with their son, sure, but I really just needed someone to take my mind off […]