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WFMW – Avoid Depression With A Schedule!

August 24, 2010 Works For Me Wednesday

Whenever I’m getting ready to post an article for Works For Me Wednesday, I try to think of something helpful for all the readers out there.  I don’t want to just post a random thought or idea – I would actually like to help someone! As I started thinking about the WFMW post today, I [...]

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Accelerated Christian Education – Making Exciting Changes To Our Method!

January 9, 2010 Accelerated Christian Education (ACE)

Every once in a while, your homeschooling ideas need a little shaking up, right? Well, quite frankly,  I don't want my homeschooling ideas shaken!  I like things nice and smooth, stable and predictable.  The Lord doesn't always see things my way and helped effect some changes here at the HomeGrownMommy residence.  And, I really think [...]

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Thirsty Thursday – Planning For The Next Year All At Once

July 2, 2009 Memes

Welcome back to another edition of Thirsty Thursday with Joy at FiveJs! Plan a whole year?  Yep!  That’s my hope anyway.  This last year was a little more bumpy than in years past.  Now, I have four little angels to be mindful of, my preschoolers are getting into some more ‘meaty’ topics, my baby is [...]

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I Had Unexpected Company AND a Day Off – All Because of My Schedule

May 19, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

At the risk of boring you with the same old stuff, I wanted to tell you about my fun times this weekend!  Just another reason that scheduling and doing away with the weekend mentality are wonderful additions to your life! Sunday evening at church, we were able to see some friends that we hadn’t gotten [...]

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The Benefits of Getting Children to Bed Early at Night and Up Early in the Morning

May 15, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” Benjamin Franklin; US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790) In our homeschooling adventure, there have been periods of time that we sleep until we wake up and there have been periods when we wake up early each [...]

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Your Home School Schedule – Part 2

May 2, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

In the first part of what is turning out to be a scheduling series we covered how to begin creating your schedule.  Even if you already have a schedule, if it isn’t working as well as you would like, you could take a look at that article to see if the problem starts at the [...]

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Your Home School Schedule – Part 3

May 2, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Welcome back to part three of this scheduling series!  Thanks so much for continuing with me! Last time we left off with the first part of my day, early morning through late morning.  We’ll jump right in and carry on with the rest of the day …  Afternoon Mom Baby 10yr 4yr 3yr 12:30 PM Reading [...]

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Your Home School Schedule – Part 1

May 1, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Do you have a schedule that you follow each day?  Do you have a plan to complete the top ten things on your to-do list for today?  Is that schedule or that plan actually written down where you can refer to it or just in a mental spot where you think you’ll try to remember it [...]

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The Weekend Mentality and How to Overcome It

April 28, 2009 Homeschool Building Blocks

Take this test to find out if you suffer from “weekend mentality”. Is the house that was neat and clean Friday morning in shambles when Monday rolls around? Do you turn your alarm clock off Friday evening before you go to sleep? Are your plans to “do nothing” when Saturday comes? Do you dread Monday [...]

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