Mom Delights Homemaking and Homeschooling
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Hi there, sweet mommy! I am the homeschooling mom of 15 bringing you encouragement and delight for your day! So wash the dishes, fold the laundry, nurse the baby, or just sit and sip tea while we dive into the good life in Jesus.
Épisodes 105
The Things Homeschoolers Miss
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👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D
Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comThe Great Homeschool Crash
If the plans you made in September are disappointing in October, this is the reason and the remedy.👉 Visit momdelights.com Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR I'm trying out …
Notes de l’épisode
If the plans you made in September are disappointing in October, this is the reason and the remedy.
👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D
Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
Music track: Giant Wave by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Videos (Free Download)
Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Video (Free)
Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
Music track: Forgiveness by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Vlog Music Without Copyright
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comYou Don’t Have to Burn Out
Trying to touch on every subject each and every day only led me to burnout! In this podcast I will show I gave our 15 children an excellent education while allowing them to enjoy a relaxed learning …
Notes de l’épisode
Trying to touch on every subject each and every day only led me to burnout! In this podcast I will show I gave our 15 children an excellent education while allowing them to enjoy a relaxed learning environment.
👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D
Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
Music track: Giant Wave by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Videos (Free Download)
Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Video (Free)
Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
Music track: Forgiveness by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Vlog Music Without Copyright
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comHomeschooling When Life Gets Messy
When I first started homeschooling I thought everything would go so smoothly, but, boy, was I ever wrong! It seems like life didn’t slow down for me, it ramped up.And, as the mom of 15 energetic children …
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When I first started homeschooling I thought everything would go so smoothly, but, boy, was I ever wrong! It seems like life didn’t slow down for me, it ramped up.
And, as the mom of 15 energetic children, here’s one thing I’ve learned about change:
It’s inevitable.
It seemed like I would just get to a place where I felt comfortable, and then something would upset my carefully controlled world, such as a job change or morning sickness.
I know you can relate.
Finally, I stopped expecting everything to stay “copasetic” and did something different
.
Instead of fighting the waves, I started using their energy to get myself ahead.
Looking back, I can see the pattern clearly, and I think this will be quite helpful for you today as a homeschooling mom.
Here are the three reoccurring waves of family life:
* Shock and Awe: The time when we are served with the news of the big change.
* Adjustment: The time when we are taking in the new situation and attempting to adapt.
* Normalization: When the change is no longer “strange” but becomes our new “normal.”
If you think about it, we are constantly living in the midst of one of these waves.
The trick is to find a way to homeschool which will work no matter which one we find ourselves in.
Now, some changes are joyous; such as the birth of a new baby or a move to a nicer house. But many are sad, such as the death of a loved one, a stint of unemployment, or a life-altering illness.
It’s in those times that we need to keep our wits about us, especially if we are in charge of our child’s education.
Keep in mind:
* The basics of homeschooling do not take 180 days a year, six hours a day.
* Real life is also a great part of a well-rounded education. When children pack a house, tend to a sick loved one, and witnesses how adults navigate life changes, they learn more than any curriculum could ever teach.
* Families (along with homeschooling) break down when we get overwhelmed and paralyzed and stall at one of the stages instead of adapting and moving forward.
There are so many examples of this in the Bible, with one of the greatest being the story of Joseph. Just think how his life changed drastically as he was sold into slavery, unjustly accused and placed in prison, and then suddenly made second in authority to the king. In each situation we find he practiced the three cycles of change and crisis with great patience and trust in God’s bigger plan.
When we are considering homeschooling through change and crisis, the trick is to find routines and materials which will work no matter which of the stages we’re going through.
Vintage materials have been my go-to’s because they were created to accommodate the different waves of life.
* They aren’t age-graded, so you can jump in and jump out whenever necessary.
* The material covered is concentrated, so they are compact. You can cart them with you to doctor’s visits, airplane terminals, and the in-laws’ house.
* They are excellent enough to keep kids progressing without spending loads of time each day.
Now I would like to share with you an approach which will help you make the most of the energy of each wave.
I’ve never actually tried surfing with a board, but I have body surfed before. One of the tricks is to know when to paddle softly, when to paddle vigorously, and when to lie still and allow the crest of a wave to carry you along.
Just as there are different levels activity when riding real waves, there are also different levels of activity when riding the waves of life.
And that’s what I want to show you today.
Here’s how to approach each of the wave stages:
1. Shock and Awe stage:
Attempts to keep the previous stage of “normalcy” turn into frustration, and the uncertainty can turn into panic and fear.
* Let go of what you’ve come to know as “normal” and do these things instead:
* Let your kids in. Discuss what’s going on, allow them to give input on how the perceive things, etc.
* Let everything else go and concentrate on the basics of keeping everyone safe and healthy.
* Make prayer and Bible reading a priority.
2. Adjustment Time:
This is when you begin to assess your new situation.
* Your focus is on creating systems and routines adapted to your new life season.
* Continue with Bible and prayer, and perhaps add in a good read-aloud with some family discussion.
* Slowly add in the other, most basic academic elements (the Four Pillars). Nothing fancy or elaborate.
3. Normalization:
This is when you develop daily and weekly rhythms. Besides the Bible and read alouds you have been enjoying, you add in The McGuffey readers, some Gentle Grammar or Harvey’s Grammar, and some arithmetic.
After you feel solid again, you can start adding in more variety and creativity, including some unit studies, notebooking, and the like.
This is how I finally learned to make friends with the upsetting waves of life while homeschooling our children.
Finally, I would like to leave you with some thoughts I believe will give you hope and comfort:
The following quote has been attributed to Elizabeth Elliot, who experienced the death of two or her husbands and spent two years among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon Rain Forest:
There is no perfect life, no perfect job, no perfect childhood, no perfect marriage, and no perfect set of people who always do what we expect them to do.
What we have is a perfect God Who is able to lead us through this imperfect life with unfailing strength, incomparable wisdom, and infinite love.
This quote has been attributed to John Piper:
Occasionally, weep deeply over the life you hoped would be. Grieve the losses. Then wash your face. Trust God. And embrace the life you have.
In case you were wondering, I am Sherry Hayes, the mom of 15 who’s been homeschooling for over 37 years. My passion is to encourage other mommies on their journey to glorify their God and love their families.
I hope you have found something valuable and strengthening in this message, and I hope you will subscribe and follow along as we travel this journey together.
You can also find me on my YouTube Mom Delights channel, and you can take advantage of lots of free resources on my website, MomDelights.com.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comThe School Year Was Not Meant For Your Family
Homeschooling gives us the opportunity to take advantage of the natural rhythms of life, instead of being dictated to by a system that is more focused on production than the human beings it is supposed to …
Notes de l’épisode
Homeschooling gives us the opportunity to take advantage of the natural rhythms of life, instead of being dictated to by a system that is more focused on production than the human beings it is supposed to serve.
👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D
Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
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Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
Music track: Forgiveness by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Vlog Music Without Copyright
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comBeyond Charlotte Mason Dictation
For children struggling with spelling, grammar, or punctuation, there is a simple tool that is powerfully able to help.It’s called dictation. It’s really like a potent vitamin filled with all the essentials of …
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For children struggling with spelling, grammar, or punctuation, there is a simple tool that is powerfully able to help.
It’s called dictation.
It’s really like a potent vitamin filled with all the essentials of written communication. Charlotte Mason used it, as did McGuffey and a host of educators who existed for millennia before them.
Here is the link for Splendid Spelling on my website: https://momdelights.com/index.php/202...
Here is the link for Splendid Spelling on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bWgeFl
👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D
Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
Music track: Giant Wave by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Videos (Free Download)
Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Video (Free)
Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
Music track: Forgiveness by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Vlog Music Without Copyright
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.com
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comFrom Frustration to Independence
Most reading struggles aren’t due to flawed children, just materials used at the wrong level.But how to we find that level?For years I struggled with this, until I discovered the McGuffey readers and needed to …
Notes de l’épisode
Most reading struggles aren’t due to flawed children, just materials used at the wrong level.
But how to we find that level?
For years I struggled with this, until I discovered the McGuffey readers and needed to know how to place each child in the different books. What I found I want to share with you today.
👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
I'm trying out Substack. Check it out here: https://momdelights.substack.com/subscribe?params=%5Bobject%20Object%5D
Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comRaise Good Writers Without a Writing Curriculum
Teaching your child to be a good writer is easier than you may think. All it takes is immersion in good writing via classic literature and the McGuffey readers using some time-honored learning techniques and …
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Teaching your child to be a good writer is easier than you may think. All it takes is immersion in good writing via classic literature and the McGuffey readers using some time-honored learning techniques and practicing to build confidence. Not a great writer yourself? I have a remedy for that!
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.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comHow to Evaluate Curriculum
There are thousands of homeschool curriculum options which is nice in some ways, but also leads to confusion and decision fatigue! I'd like to offer up a few tests for weeding out the bad stuff so the good …
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There are thousands of homeschool curriculum options which is nice in some ways, but also leads to confusion and decision fatigue! I'd like to offer up a few tests for weeding out the bad stuff so the good stuff can be seen more clearly.
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In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
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……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
Music track: Giant Wave by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Videos (Free Download)
Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
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Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comWhy Home is the Best Curriculum
Do you secretly worry that homeschooling might hurt your child instead of help them?You're not alone—but what if the greatest strength of homeschooling isn't found in the curriculum at all? In this episode …
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Do you secretly worry that homeschooling might hurt your child instead of help them?
You're not alone—but what if the greatest strength of homeschooling isn't found in the curriculum at all? In this episode, I'll show you why real life is the homeschool advantage schools simply can't duplicate, and how it can give both you and your children the freedom to thrive.
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In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
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……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
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Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Video (Free)
Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comThe Homeschool Library You Already Own
I’m the mother of 15, so I’ve never had time to mess around or extra money laying around just waiting to be spent on flashy books that may never be used.(I think I see you nodding.)So, I got a little excited …
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I’m the mother of 15, so I’ve never had time to mess around or extra money laying around just waiting to be spent on flashy books that may never be used.
(I think I see you nodding.)
So, I got a little excited years ago when I finally decided to go back to the “old paths”; to the old times when real education happened in one-room school houses (which closely resembled our own motley crew of assorted children).
And the excitement has never waned, so if I seem a little zealous in this post, I beg your pardon in advance!
Here goes:
If you are able to view this post on a computer, a tablet, or a phone, then you have access to a complete homeschool curriculum you don’t have to wait for and may not have to pay for.
Seriously, you and your children can begin experiencing an upgrade to excellent education starting TODAY!
In this post I am going to be discussing with you the specific ways you can use modern materials and technology of today with the most amazing materials of the past to create the ultimate learning plan for you and your children.
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In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
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What printer is best for homeschooling? Epson, HP, Brother, Canon? And what about those slave agreements to ink cartridges? After 37 years of homeschooling and decades of printing learning materials, I'd like …
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What printer is best for homeschooling? Epson, HP, Brother, Canon? And what about those slave agreements to ink cartridges? After 37 years of homeschooling and decades of printing learning materials, I'd like to share what actually makes sense for homeschool families in 2026. In this episode, I’m sharing:
• The truth about printer ink costs
• Why consumers are abandoning cartridge printers
• Which printer features actually matter
• My honest experience with an HP Smart Tank printer
• The printer I would personally buy today
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Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
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Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Video (Free)
Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
Music track: Forgiveness by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Vlog Music Without Copyright
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comTeaching Science From Nature Up
Most families have been taught that science belongs to experts, laboratories, and expensive curriculum packages. But historically, science began with observation, wonder, experimentation, and curiosity about …
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Most families have been taught that science belongs to experts, laboratories, and expensive curriculum packages. But historically, science began with observation, wonder, experimentation, and curiosity about God’s creation.
In this podcast episode, we discuss:
--Charlotte Mason and nature study
--How to teach science through everyday life
--Nature notebooks and scientific observation
--Living books and biographies of scientists
--STEM preparation for homeschoolers
--Raising curious children instead of passive learners
--Practical homeschool science ideas for every age
--Backyard science and nature walks
--Notebooking, collections, sketching, and discovery
--How scientific thinking naturally develops in children
Whether you homeschool full time or simply want to awaken curiosity in your children, this episode will encourage you to see science in a completely different light.
#homeschoolscience #charlottemason #homeschooling #naturestudy #stemeducation #homeschoolcurriculum #scienceeducation #livingbooks #homeschoolmom #classicaleducation
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Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
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Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
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What if science was never supposed to feel intimidating? In this episode, we uncover how modern schooling crushed natural scientific thinking, why children are born investigators, and how simple it should be …
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What if science was never supposed to feel intimidating? In this episode, we uncover how modern schooling crushed natural scientific thinking, why children are born investigators, and how simple it should be for parents to claim a Biblical approach to science and discovery.
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Why do some history books make children come alive with curiosity… while others feel like lifeless drudgery that everyone forgets five minutes later?Today we are going to talk about what actually makes a …
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Why do some history books make children come alive with curiosity… while others feel like lifeless drudgery that everyone forgets five minutes later?
Today we are going to talk about what actually makes a history resource worth your time.
Not the hype.
Not the endless teacher guides and activity books.
Not the pressure to “cover everything.”
Just the simple elements that make history meaningful, memorable, and fascinating.
I’m going to share some of my favorite homeschool history resources—from textbooks and reference books to living books, documentaries, lectures, and fascinating rabbit trails—and also explain why some resources work beautifully while others quietly kill a child’s interest in learning.
If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by all the curriculum choices out there, or wondered how to make history come alive in your homeschool without burnout, I think this conversation will encourage you tremendously.
There are so many resources to choose from out there! Here is my humble attempt to cull the best that I know of, but I know many of you have also come across some amazing ones. Please feel free to share in the comments below.
I think this time we will focus on everything but historical fiction, which will take some time, and next time we will focus on historical fiction and all the ways you can go about using it.
Before I begin, I want to emphasize that, as you are doing your research for materials, don’t be lured in by the hype!
Like I always try and emphasize, learning should be simple. Most curriculum has been geared first for the classroom, then modified slightly in an attempt to be of service to homeschoolers. While we appreciate this accommodation, I have found most teacher’s texts, answer books, and activity books to be unnecessary. If you apply these simple ideas to whatever you are studying, you won’t need to bother with all the extras:
* Reading aloud and/or self reading
* Discussion
* Rabbit trailing
* Notebooking
* Other activities as they come along naturally and organically
Here is a quick list that I hope will spark your creativity.
First, let’s talk about reference books.
These are sometimes referred to as “spines,” because they give structure as we go about enjoying gaining knowledge about our world, whether past or present.
You could say these books add in the “Chronos” (and the ones with the Biblical worldview even include some of the Kairos).
Here are just a few:
* A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. Thalheimer. This book was originally written in 1872, before all the craziness had completely set in. It includes the Biblical narrative along-side with the rest of the events of world history, all the way up through Roman history. It is pretty dry reading, but a great reference for adding understanding on different topics.
* Textbooks from major Christian homeschool publishers. These are great because they not only give you a spine to help draw all things together, they also are written from a Christian perspective. My advice is to purchase these second-hand, since you will not be needing any of the answers or teacher’s directions (unless you want to have them). Also, if you get the high school level books, they will be a better reference and include more information. Here is a short list of publishers and titles which seem to be pretty reliable:
* Streams of Civilization books 1 and 2. This is a great treatment of the subject and you can find older versions easily. Also, these books include some information on more modern history as well.
* Abeka and Bob Jones University have come up with some interesting high school history textbooks that you can purchase used quite easily. These also, depending on the edition, can cover information on the 21st century.
* Master Books has some good series, although they haven’t been out long enough to be bought at a less expensive price.
3. Other reference books. These are not always from a Biblical perspective, but they do add interesting illustrations, maps, and other information into the mix. I know there are about a million of these out there, so I will only list a few that I have actual experience with:
* DK history books and atlases (affiliate)
* Usborne history books (affiliate)
* National Geographic histories and atlases (affiliate)
Now let’s talk about Charlotte Mason “living book” history narrations. These are the ones which follow the Chronos but include the Kairos in an engaging narrative fashion.
1. The Story of the World series. I have to mention this one because it is so popular, but it does not receive my endorsement. I haven’t used these books myself, but my daughter, Rebekkah, has with her children . She tells me they contain mistakes and biased viewpoints that are not necessarily Christian at all. Here is the opinion of one of my listeners on this series:
We couldn’t get through the first book. My kids felt it was ‘yucky’ and disturbing with the emphasis on legends and myths and Egyptology. Very ‘classical’ with emphasis on all things Greek. Missed SO much of creation account, timeline from Adam to flood, Noah’s sons and their tribes, Tower of Babel and the turning y she migration of different people groups, etc. Like reading a public-school textbook with a meager smattering of Biblical accounts, which were squished right next to cultural myths. Blah
(This is purely opinion, so if you have found a way to make these books work, no judgement here.)
2. Charles C. Coffin books. We have covered these in previous posts, but I believe they are worth a mention here. All from a positive, Christian perspective, and all written in an engaging, narrative manner.
3. The Light and the Glory (affiliate) and From Sea to Shining Sea. These are so interesting they had me engaged for a number of days when I purchased them. This is the thoroughly Christian history of the United States you always wanted to know, but could never find a good source for. Written in a narrative manner, it may be above the heads of your younger children, but worth the read for middle school level and above.
4. This Country of Ours and other books by H. E. Marshall. These are overviews which were written when it wasn’t against the rules to mention God and faith. They would also be Charlotte Mason-approved.
5. The Mystery of History (affiliate). This is the series I would suggest could replace The Story of the World. The books themselves are quite in demand, so there aren’t any really cheap ones out there. One thing to keep in mind is that you won’t need the extra helps and activities, which will reduce the cost of using these materials. Also, this series is chronological as opposed to thematic, meaning you won’t find a section dedicated just to Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome, as the narrative includes the overlap between the two, and also with other cultures along the way.
6. Laurie White’s King Alfred’s English (affiliate). This is a thin book, but one of the most interesting history books my children and I have ever enjoyed together. It is basically a history of the English language, which doesn’t only help with history itself, but also with language, as it gives us the reasons why English is both easier and more difficult than other world languages. She also has a website with all sorts of printables and other resources called The Shorter Word.
Next, let’s talk about the “fun” resources and extra stuff that we can add into the mix. I am going to put in just a few, but I know you mommies out there have plenty more!
* Talks, website, etc. From William Federer. Mr. Federer is a dear Christian man who has spent most of his life studying and analyzing history from a Biblical view point. His lectures are so chock full of enlightening information that you have to listen to them a number of times to catch it all. His books are also interesting to read and share.
* Compass Classroom. This is a homeschool curriculum company which houses numerous of its history lectures right here on YouTube, and you can access them for free.
* How the States God Their Shapes (affiliate). This is a series done …
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If you and your children hate history, I've got a remedy! There is a book that will rewire your thinking and give you a reason to love the subject as you never have before: The Story of Liberty by Charles C …
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If you and your children hate history, I've got a remedy! There is a book that will rewire your thinking and give you a reason to love the subject as you never have before: The Story of Liberty by Charles C. Coffin. This is not a textbook (heaven forbid!); it's an engaging narrative which will draw you in and send you on lovely adventures with your children. Coffin will not only teach you events and people, he will teach you the reasons behind all of it, and how you can view the rest of history through a hopeful Biblical lens. Here are some helpful links for where you can find this wonderful book: Amazon (affiliate): https://amzn.to/4tXOYwy Heritage History: https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=read&author=coffin&book=liberty&story=_front Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/storyofliberty00coffuoft/mode/2up
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Why do kids today know all the details of pop culture, but struggle to have interest in anything worthwhile? I believe it's because conventional schooling has stripped hope out of the curriculum. This is why …
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Why do kids today know all the details of pop culture, but struggle to have interest in anything worthwhile? I believe it's because conventional schooling has stripped hope out of the curriculum. This is why young people spend so much time distracting themselves. They are trying to drown out the despondent voices in the backs of their minds. In this episode, we’re diving into the third pillar of excellent education: content—and why it must be rooted in truth, purpose, and hope if it’s going to nourish the hearts and minds of our children. This is part of our ongoing series on the Four Pillars of Excellent Education:
1. Gaining favor with God and man
2. The tools and skills of learning
3. Content (what we cover today)
4. Application
If we get this third pillar wrong, everything else begins to collapse. But when we restore it, we give our children something the world cannot offer: Hope. In upcoming episodes, we’ll begin getting practical—sharing simple, proven ways to help you and your children explore history, science, and the arts with depth, joy, and lasting meaning.
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Based on a widely-circulated graduation test from 1895, children of the past routinely mastered arithmetic without overwhelm, expensive curriculum, or years of frustration. So what changed? In this episode we …
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Based on a widely-circulated graduation test from 1895, children of the past routinely mastered arithmetic without overwhelm, expensive curriculum, or years of frustration.
So what changed? In this episode we break down a radically simple, time-tested approach to teaching math that actually works which I've discovered teaching our 15 children. You’ll discover why waiting for readiness matters, how basic arithmetic can be learned faster than you think, and how to replace confusion with clarity using practical, proven methods. If math in your homeschool has felt heavy, complicated, or discouraging—this might completely change your perspective.
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So much harm has been done through our modern educational system. So many people are not being taught the basics. Even students who graduate with honors have trouble comprehending texts beyond the seventh-grade …
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So much harm has been done through our modern educational system. So many people are not being taught the basics. Even students who graduate with honors have trouble comprehending texts beyond the seventh-grade level.
Why is this?
Because our education system has been gradually dumbing us all down, and it has been deliberate.
But we don’t have to become silenced victims; we can take things into our own hands and take part in the current learning revival right in the comfort of our own homes.
Today I would like to share some specific ways I discovered to take back the minds of our children by concentrating on the basic skills of reading and writing so they will be prepared for any and all other learning.
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……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
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In 2025, the United States spent 6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product on education. Since the total GDP was 30.62 trillion dollars, that means the amount we laid out for education in America was a whopping …
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In 2025, the United States spent 6 percent of the Gross Domestic Product on education. Since the total GDP was 30.62 trillion dollars, that means the amount we laid out for education in America was a whopping $1,837,280,000,000! (That’s a lot of paychecks for a lot of people needing to make their mortgage payments, which means this has become a large part of our economy.)
Schooling in America not only eats up money, it eats up time. It takes six to eight hours a day for 180 days a year, for 13 or more years.
And yet, Johnny still can’t read or write.
We’re not spending money on an education system; we’re funding an indoctrination system bent on stripping us of our mores and dumbing us down.
But it wasn’t always this way. There was a time when people demanded excellent education because they were heavily invested in the outcome of their communities and their government.
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This world does not need more educated idiots.What is an “educated idiot” you ask?In a sense specific to our age, it is someone who jumps through all the academic hoops to become “approved” by globalist culture …
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This world does not need more educated idiots.
What is an “educated idiot” you ask?
In a sense specific to our age, it is someone who jumps through all the academic hoops to become “approved” by globalist culture so they can go on to support the work of internationalism.
In a more general sense, it is a person who grows up to accept and promote the lie that the intellect is supreme over all other portions of living beings (and it is often used as the deciding factor for sentience; as in, “I think, therefore I am”).
When I was a little girl, this was represented in movies and TV shows by the super-evolved alien with a huge head as big as a beach ball, only uglier.
Supposedly, the heads of all advanced aliens grew so huge because they were used more; as in how a muscle gets bigger when it is exercised more.
It was disturbing enough to cause nightmares.
I’m sorry folks, but I’m not raising that.
My children will be capable of thinking clearly and solving complex problems, not because I trained them to use their minds more, but because their minds were renewed along with the rest of their soul as a part of their body, soul, and spirit.
Yes, I’m talking here about the renewal that happens when we meditate on God’s Word with minds which have been transformed by being born again of the Spirit.
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Lately, we’ve been discussing how to have your best homeschool year yet, and we’ve been concentrating on the four pillars of learning, which are:
* Gaining favor with God and man
* The tools and skills of learning (reading, writing, arithmetic, etc.)
* Content (history, science and the like)
* Application of all of the above in real life
Today, specifically, we are talking about the first pillar: Gaining Favor with God and Man.
In case you were wondering where I came up with this title for the first pillar, it’s from the description of how Jesus grew up:
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.
Luke 2:52
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I just can’t help it. Jesus is the best thing that ever happened to me, and God’s Word is the most profound, life-changing book I have ever come across.
And Jesus is not only the most important person in my life; He is the most important person in history.
On February 4, 2020, a man by the name of J. Warner Wallace conducted a Google Books search listing the persons in history with the most books written about them. Here are the top 10 results:
* Jesus Christ (109,000,000)
* George Washington ( 58,400,000)
* Plato (27, 800,000)
* Aristotle (21,000,000)
* John Milton (20,800,000)
* 6. William Shakespeare (18,700,000)
* Charles Dickens (16,200,000)
* Buddha (13,300,000/Martin Luther (13,300,000)
* Gandhi (12,600,000)
* Abraham Lincoln (9,340,000)
But there is more.
The arrival of Jesus on this earth has been the pivotal event on which we’ve decided to count history; with all years before that counting down to His appearance, and all years since counting forward. The abbreviation B.C. stands for “Before Christ,” and the abbreviation A. D. stands for Anno Domini, directly translated as “Year of our Lord,” indicating Jesus’ ruling as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
(Of course, social engineers and academics couldn’t allow this, so they have tried to rename both as “Before Common Era and Common Era—but we all know that’s a bunch of baloney. What does “Common Era” denote, anyways? Does anyone know? Does anyone even care to investigate?)
Jesus Christ is not only the most written about figure in the history of the world, He is also the most portrayed in art, most discussed, and most argued over.
Even though He never traveled more than 70 miles from where He was born; even though He never authored a single paper or book; He is the most influential person in all of history.
And the Bible is the most quoted book in all the literature of the world. It also happens to be the most sold in the world as well.
Even according to msm.com, a news agency not considered to be supportive of Christianity, the Bible is considered, “the foundation of Western Literary Consciousness.”
Since all of this is true, why don’t we consider of paramount importance to study the Bible and to connect with the Author of life?
I think it is because we have falsely believed we could separate knowledge from insight. You know, like Spock on Star Trek. Supposedly, he and other Vulcans were able to separate themselves from all emotion so that they could become totally “logical.”
(As they said over and over in Dragnet, “Just the facts, ma’am.”)
But facts without insight are not only dead; they are destructive.
Let’s look at this from a Biblical perspective.
In the Old Testament Hebrew, the word for insight is the same as the word for knowledge; the two ideas are inseparable from each other.
When we read of Solomon’s insight for judging between the two harlots who were arguing over an infant, the same word is used as when God gave artisans the ability to craft items for the tabernacle, or when Solomon know all about the different creatures and trees of the natural world. It’s also the same word used for “wisdom” in the books of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes.
But this changes in the New Testament.
In passages such as Romans 11:33, we see there is a different word for the two:
O, the depth of the riches
of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are His judgments,
and untraceable His ways!
The two words here are:
Sophia: Insight
And
Gnosis: Knowledge.
We see here there are two components, but both are present with God in His thinking.
And this is what we want to promote in the lives of our children.
There is no such thing as education that is without some sort of insight; even if that insight is devilish in its origin.
No school on earth, no matter how “secular” can claim to be without prejudice. Even the exclusion of God in the curriculum is a philosophical bias, because it implies the underlying idea that God has nothing to do with anything of consequence in this life.
When I first started out homeschooling, I wanted this to be the emphasis, but there were times when it was lost in all of our efforts to make sure we were covering all the areas of knowledge. Instead of being in the place of pre-eminence, it was simply a quick acknowledgement on our way to the better stuff.
I hope this little talk today will help keep you from making the same mistake.
Now, just how do we go about this? Do we need to buy some more curriculum, maybe subscribe to an online course or two?
Well, you could certainly do that, but I don’t think it’s necessary.
Remember, the best lessons go straight to the heart of the matter. It’s the same with inculcating the bible and knowledge of God into the hearts of children.
The best, most direct way to learn about Him is to go straight to the Bible. Even young children can understand it—it’s truly amazing how open their hearts and minds are to the truth of God.
You don’t have to do anything elaborate; simply read it aloud and talk about it. You can start with Genesis in the Old Testament, and Mark in the New.
And don’t worry about things being broken up in chapter and verse. Read it as the narrative it is, with natural breaks accordingly.
I know many of us don’t feel comfortable doing this, because we aren’t that familiar with the Bible ourselves. Don’t let this deter you! You will be learning right along with your children. When you come across something you don’t quite understand, just pause at that place and look it up together.
* Also, enjoy looking into the different aspects of each passage, such as the author, the setting, etc.
* If you like, you could add a notebooking page, perhaps with a key verse for emphasis or to memorize. You could require some copywork as well. As our children aged we required a whole passage to be copied daily.
* You could also include something visual, as in some sort of art or watching a movie on a particular story.
* If you are going through one of the wisdom books or some of the sayings of Jesus, you could do some role-playing and act out how to put the Word of God into daily practice.
One example of this would be how to solve conflicts that often arise in sibling relationships according to the Golden Rule.
We’ve had a lot of fun with this over the years as our children know how to ham it up. I’ve learned laughter to be one of the best aids in learning!
There are also good books you could add into this mix. Over the years my husband and I have read aloud tomes such as Hinds Feet on High Places, Pilgrim’s Progress, various Christian biographies, and devotional works such as Brother Lawrence’s Practicing the Presence of God.
We have also enjoyed obeying what the scripture says about “singing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs” by singing hymns and other worship songs together a cappella. Of course, there are karaoke tracks on YouTube for just about any hymn you would like to sing as well.
And then there is prayer.
It’s so easy to hurry this part up to get to the rest of the day, but this can be such a mistake.
If we don’t include the Holy Spirit, we aren’t going to get the best from our learning time, so why not invite Him in the midst of it? Why not sit and meditate on God; to express worship through thanksgiving and open up the day for Him to lead and protect?
It’s also a great place for everyone to lay their burdens down, as well as a place to practice charity by praying for those outside the family.
And, even though we make a special space for concentrating on the things of God, we should never stop there.
Our goal should be to develop the tendency to see all things in life through a Biblical lens.
History, geography, science, literature; everything as coming from, through, and to Him.
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things.
To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
Romans 11:36
Now, I have to admit I didn’t always know how to do this, and I’m still discovering more and more ways.
Thankfully, in our information age, you can find numerous helps in this regard. Answers in Genesis is a site I highly recommend you mine for loads of articles, books, etc. that will be a great help.
Lastly, I would like to leave you with this thought.
Gaining a good enough education to get through college doesn’t take that long. As I’ve demonstrated in previous podcasts on YouTube, it can be done in three or four years.
Instead of chasing after the worldly goal of education to job to hopelessness, we need to be taking advantage of the short window we have of influence in our children’s lives and point them to God.
Then, as they navigate throughout the rest of their journey on earth, they will have a “default” to fall back on. Even if they reject Jesus initially, at least they will know the truth about Him deep in their psyches. This will be the place they can return to when they finally realize all else is rubbish.
But do this with caution. While we want to introduce our children to God and His ways, we must also act like our loving Father in heaven and never mandate or transgress their wills. We introduce and we encourage, but we respect their volition, just as God respects ours.
Otherwise, we are not practicing Christianity, we are practicing paganism.
I hope this has encouraged you today. I hope you are going to have some wonderful adventures in the Word of God beginning this next week ( I know many of you already do this in your homeschooling—share below some of the creative things you have done with your children—I know we’d love to hear about them!).
Next, we’re going to go deeply into the second pillar of a good homeschooling education: the tools (or skills) of learning. I think you’ll love it!
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Did you know that the first compulsory education law, passed in 1852 in Massachusetts, only required children from the ages of eight to fourteen to be in school for 12 weeks in the year, with only six of these …
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Did you know that the first compulsory education law, passed in 1852 in Massachusetts, only required children from the ages of eight to fourteen to be in school for 12 weeks in the year, with only six of these being sequential?
Did you also know that students of that time enjoyed a literacy rate far above that of our modern day?
We’ve been trained to believe educating takes six to eight concentrated hours of academics every day for five days every week for 40 weeks out of the year.
That’s not true at all. No school in the world is actively “schooling” for eight hours each day.
They are mostly shuffling for at least three or four of those hours; which includes getting to school, standing in lines, taking roll call, moving from class-to-class, taking bathroom breaks, and eating lunch.
And even when children are sitting at their desks, they are not being intensely educated. There is a lot of waiting; on the teacher to be finished disciplining other students, waiting for teacher to answer a question, etc.
I remember well that, even in my very good school overseas with a graduating class of only 70 or so, out of each 50-minute class period, only about 30 minutes (if that) were spent on the actual subject. That ends up being only three hours max of input out of that long day (not including homework, of course).
There are reasons for all of this shuffling which have nothing to do with helping children become well-educated and prepared for life as whole persons; and you will find these reasons are well-documented if you care to investigate. (If you really want to go on a rabbit trail from here, look into the reasons why the German people so easily embraced the Nazi Party. You can begin with a man by the name of Fichte; but you’ll need to go both backwards and forwards from that point in order to get the whole picture. Ahem…).
But YOU don’t have to “shuffle.” You and your children can actually LEARN things.
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Homeschooling is so simple, simple, simple.Recently, I was reading an article which showcases this idea. It went into great detail discussing whether the Socratic or the Charlotte Mason method was better for …
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Homeschooling is so simple, simple, simple.
Recently, I was reading an article which showcases this idea. It went into great detail discussing whether the Socratic or the Charlotte Mason method was better for teaching literature, and I couldn’t help but think, “Why can’t we simply enjoy the book?”
And here’s the truth I hope will set you free: You don’t need scholarly stacks of books and courses to understand how to educate your child.
I’ve homeschooled our 15 children for over 36 years and done it all—from boxed curriculum to “unschooling.”
Along the way I’ve learned that a truly educated person needs:
1. Good relationships with God and man.
2. Tools to learn anything he needs to learn in life as necessary.
3. A developed taste for higher things and being familiar with as much information as possible.
4. The ability to analyze and apply all of the above for the furthering of God’s Kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
With these goals in mind, a parent/teacher could use almost any materials (except for those methods which murder original thought, such as textbooking or drilling useless trivia into young brains without any context).
What hampers us is when we start setting specific goals for specific ages and stages in a child’s growing years.
Instead of saying, “This child should know this by this age,” it should be, “This child should be so delighted with God, His creation, and those He loves that he is learning every second he is awake.”
With this sort of mindset, the “scope and sequence” of schooling becomes too narrow and limiting.
A truly educated person should never feel hampered by the dictates of others—he is a child of the King, and His Father has given him ALL things freely to enjoy!
I love the ideals of Charlotte Mason and her respect of the child as a person. But when I start hearing that there must be “form one requirements” I gracefully bow out.
We seem to enjoy dissecting and attempting to capture the essence of every positive experience in our lives. Perhaps we learned this tendency due to our consumer culture. We want to take joy and bottle it, package it, and send it out in trucks for mass distribution.
But that’s not how genuine joy works. Certainly not the joy of learning and discovery.
As we witness it in nature every day, God’s plan is about order in uniqueness and variation. Yes, there are similarities and patterns, but the variables within each are astronomical.
No program available, with all the quarterly requirements, is going to be able to meet the needs of my specific child.
His goal, every day, is to become the best he can be for that day; to learn as much as he is able, as an expression of God’s love in his life and the life of others.
This may include doing math to learn how to design bridges someday, or it may not.
It might mean reading Homer to understand Western culture, or even to study ancient civilizations to showcase their accomplishments and examine their downfalls (but not to revere or emulate failed social experiments formed from out of God-less minds).
It may also mean sitting and painting while listening to Bach or jazz, or even playing with the baby or a new puppy.
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I have asked myself over and over just why we have felt the need to gather information and cook it down until it has lost all of its taste, then can it and serve it to children as required nutrition.
I think it can be synopsized like this:
There was a time when information was scarce. Too few books and too few readers of those books.
Those who had access to information began to feel elevated and superior. Then they decided the masses were incapable of handling information correctly, so they formulated ways of keeping information from them—such as locking it all up in Latin where only the most learned scholars could access it. This included the Bible.
But the printing press could not be stopped. People were reading and translating all of the hoarded knowledge. Even the poorest person could unlock the treasures in books if they could read.
So, the elite and the scholarly devised plans to thwart the masses in their pursuit of knowledge—both secular and sacred.
They did this in two ways:
1. They promoted drivel which kept people occupied while trapping them in lower thinking.
2. They used education methods aimed at keeping people from comprehending the “higher” information, and they did this mostly by dumbing people down.
Hence, compulsory education was born. As it evolved, its original purpose has evolved into the malevolent form we enjoy today.
There is a poignant picture of our current education model; the hobbled horse.
“Hobbling” is when a horse has its front legs tethered together. This allows it to wander around a small area and graze without allowing it the freedom to take off at a gallop.
This is the goal of the compulsory school model. It hobbles people. It keeps them controllable. It forces them to feed in a limited space without the freedom to run and seek their own patch of green grass to graze in.
In our modern era information is no longer kept locked up. It is instantly available to us at the touch of a screen or the command of our voice, and yet, there is an inherent resistance to taking advantage of it.
It’s as if we are horses hobbled from the time we were ponies, and we just can’t imagine ever galloping full-out.
My dad spent some time training horses (among all the other things he experienced as a Western-style renaissance man).
One day I overheard a conversation he was having with an old cowboy. This cowboy enjoyed taming wild horses—ones he captured on army land which ran free and often hampered the combat training going on there.
He and my dad discussed all the different methods of taming, with one being leading a wild horse into a few feet of water before being mounted. The water restricted the horse’s movement and put the rider more in charge.
The entire conversation was unique and fascinating, but one part stuck out in particular.
Neither of them thought domestic horses were very bright. Sure, they were more easily trained, but they were also timid and nervous. When confronted with the sudden unknown, they were nearly useless.
Tamed wild horses, on the other hand, were confident. When confronted with the unfamiliar, they knew how to analyze and adapt. This made them more reliable and useful.
Unfortunately, most of us who homeschool have grown up domesticated. We have spent most of our lives being fenced in and hobbled.
We have the ability to break out in a gallop, but we are too timid to try. We’ve been trained to need the security of the fence and the rope. We keep to our place and await orders.
But we were meant to gallop and run as fast as we want, with our tails flicking and our manes flowing.
The only remedy is to look down and convince yourself that your legs are no longer tied together; you’re free.
So, take advantage of that freedom! Dare to venture from the fence; dare to prance and trot and GALLOP!
Go find your own pasture and enjoy nibbling on the sweet grass there.
It’s OK to have a loose plan, but don’t be afraid to learn something, not because it’s on the list, but because it is interesting to you. Read books aloud and then talk about them together; maybe draw some pictures or go to the places the book mentions. You don’t have to do these things immediately—maybe days, or weeks, or years later.
Develop tastes for grass in different pastures; different cultures and understandings.
And as you find your freedom together with your children, they will develop the ability to think and adapt, so when they are tamed with the responsibilities of life, they will face difficulty with confidence and adapt accordingly—by God’s grace and for His pleasure.
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You wake up feeling refreshed and ready for one of those instagram-perfect mornings where the house is quiet and you and your children sip tea and nibble on muffins by candle light while you read aloud Bible …
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You wake up feeling refreshed and ready for one of those instagram-perfect mornings where the house is quiet and you and your children sip tea and nibble on muffins by candle light while you read aloud Bible verses and poetry.
Sigh.
But then reality hits you.
Your little ones come into your room whining, “Mommy, we’re hungry!” and you remember you FORGOT to buy more cereal and milk.
So you scramble out of bed and waddle down to the kitchen, where you realize you’ll have to cook something.
After rummaging about in the cupboards and fridge, you decide there are only enough ingredients available to make either pancakes or oatmeal, and pancakes appeal more to your stomach, so you get out a skillet and set it on the stove.
While the oil is heating in the pan, you start mixing up your award-winning cinnamon flap jacks. As you pour your very first cake, your kids are standing around watching, their lips smacking with anticipation, and you feel a bit of triumph that you have been able to overcome and conquer in dire circumstances.
Just then you realize—you don’t have a pancake flipper!
There is that lovely pancake sizzling happily on the skillet, but in a second or two it will become hard and charred like a hockey puck if you don’t flip it—so the search is on.
Everyone starts looking high and low, pulling out all the stuffings from the pantry and the cupboards, making more mess and increasing the chaos as you race against the clock.
Just as you are about to give up hope, you remember that you put the spatula in the dishwasher the day before, but you forgot to turn it on.
Frantically, you open the dishwasher and stand back as the smell overwhelms you for a moment. Then you reach in and grab the tool you need, slamming the door as quickly as possible.
You reach for some dish washing liquid to scrub the spatula with, but realize the bottle is empty, so you have to scramble some more to find a full one.
You look over to realize there is a bit of smoke rising from the pan—so you move the other dirty pans from off the other burners and place the pancake pan there so it will slow down the cooking process.
Finally, your spatula is clean and dry, and you can flip the pancake, but, alas, the bottom is black, and so, instead of flipping it onto the plate of a desperately crying infant, you must throw it into the trash and start over again...with your children whining pitifully and pulling on your Pj’s.
Does this sound familiar? If we’re honest, I think we’ve all been there are few times.
It doesn’t matter how much enthusiasm you have, or how many wonderful purposes you’ve discovered, or what sorts of goals you have set; if you don’t have discipline, you will self-sabotage everything you set out to do.
(Ask me how I know this!)
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We have been discussing what it means to have your best homeschool year yet, and we’ve covered these three elements so far:
If you’re new to Mom Delights, or you haven’t been around in a while, I believe it would bless you to go over the posts covering these elements, and if you are listening on YouTube the playlist will be linked in the notes.
Today we are going to cover discipline of ourselves, our children, and how it affects our homeschooling lives. At the end we are going to talk about Charlotte Mason’s motto with her explanation, which I think you will find quite interesting.
Now, to continue with the program…
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When you homeschool, there is so much freedom. You get to decide what you will learn, how you will learn it, in what order you will learn it.
You get to tailor your learning to fit the needs of your child. You get to enjoy the natural flow of life.
But, as with anything good, along with the enjoyment comes the responsibility.
If you want breezy, happy days with your children, you must do the hard work of laying the foundation for them.
You have to overcome your own tendencies to live out of control—in the ways you spend your money, the ways you eat, the ways you spend your time.
You also have to train your children so they, also, can be in control of themselves.
No, this is not psychology, this is simply common sense, and it comes out of the laws God placed in the earth from its very creation.
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth
Now the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters.
Genesis 1: 1-2
As you can see, God started with chaos, and out of it He made order. He is a God of order—as we witness in all of nature.
It is a theme throughout His book that He sets all of nature in its place and keeps each element right where it should be; the stars in their courses, the seas and the waters under the earth from overflowing the earth.
He has a purpose for all things, and it’s only when His creation steps out from His purposes that evil and sorrow result.
Cancer is a good illustration of this. It is a process of good, healthy cells growing out of control and becoming chaotic, eventually sucking the life out of one’s entire body.
Lack of discipline is a lot like that.
When we are out of control, anything we try and do becomes chaotic, and it eventually sucks out the vitality of our existence.
We can’t live well without discipline, and we can’t teach our children without it, either.
The first place we apply discipline is with ourselves.
Now, before you get out a club and start beating yourself over the head with self-loathing over your lack of self-discipline, I would like to share something with you.
His grace.
What is His grace? It is the ability He gives you to fulfill His requirements.
It’s like pulling up to a road tollbooth and the attendant asking you for $3, and then the attendant paying the $3 for you.
God requires us to be self-disciplined, but then He gives the ability to us. It’s included in the package of gifts we get when we walk by the Spirit:
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures, idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. Since we are living by the Spirit, let us follow the Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives.
Galatians 5:19-25
It’s also mentioned here in 2 Timothy 1:7
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
It’s already in there; it’s part of you as a believer in Christ. You just have to activate it by living by renewing your mind and walking by the Spirit—by reforming your brain patterns via His Word and being sensitive to the voice of God as He leads you in your daily living.
If you live this way, you may still have days when you must scramble to find something to eat for breakfast, but this will be a rare occurrence brought about by outside circumstances, not by your overindulgence or laziness.
Instead of doom-scrolling, your time will be well-spent. You will feel better, you will look better, and you will be able to respond to the demands of your life more sweetly because you are not afraid of what could happen next.
You will become like the Proverbs 31 woman:
Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
Proverbs 31:25
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We are told that we need goals, that goals are a good thing.
Attila the Hun had goals, as did Napoleon and Hitler. They had their five year and ten year plans, didn’t they? (Well, maybe not so much Attila, but definitely Napoleon and Hitler.)
The folks meeting in Davos, Switzerland definitely have had their goals, such as diminishing the population and turning us all into drones—but I am so glad they will never become successful!
This is going really, really out there, I know, but I think it makes a point for homeschooling.
We need to have goals, and they need to be GOOD ones.
This post is the third in a series on having your best homeschooling year yet. We are interested in covering these three concepts:
* Enthusiasm—so that your children will be excited about learning for the rest of their lives.
* Knowing your purpose—to listen and obey one step at a time.
* Knowing your goals—to rear a child who is prepared for life as a whole person.
A few posts ago we covered Enthusiasm, and that was so much fun! Then we covered Purpose--and that one got crazy!
Today we are going to be talking about how to formulate good goals for homeschooling.
First, we are going to be talking about the bad goals we have inherited, then we are going to be talking about how to develop good goals, both for the long term and the short term.
Now, we’ve been trained to be worker bees in the huge factory we call an economy, so we can’t help but think in terms of work and productivity.
In many ways this is a good thing, and I’ve talked before about how even God tells us in Proverbs to consider the ant. Ants definitely plan ahead, as they build up their homes and fill up their coffers in the summer to prepare for the lean times in the winter.
But this is not the productivity we have been trained in.
For those of us in the consumer class, we have been trained in this kind of productivity:
* You go to school,
* to get a good job,
* to make more money,
* to buy more things.
If you have been elevated to the slightly higher level of management, it goes this way:
* You go to school,
* to get that degree which will boost you to manage others,
* so that you can help your company make more money,
* to produce the products,
* so the people will work hard for your company,
* to make more money,
* so they will buy more things,
* to keep your company going.
Then, on the higher level of business leader, we have this train of thought:
* You go to that good school,
* to get that degree,
* then you elbow your way up the ladder,
* to gain that title,
* so you can encourage more efficiency,
* to keep those companies churning,
* to keep people working and buying,
* so you can keep the economy going.
And at the top of the pyramid, we have this:
* You go to that Ivy League school,
* to get that clout,
* to get you in the right circles,
* to feel you are on top of the world looking down,
* so you can formulate ways of manipulating industries,
* and political bodies,
* and entire countries,
* to keep people from seeing,
* that you are using them,
* to build a world that completely ignores God,
* to become god.
At the center of it all is what we have been calling “education.”
I know, we all thought that going to school was supposed to make us free, but it was hijacked many years ago and turned into a brainwashing machine (as I described in my last podcast—be sure and check it out if you haven’t already) to turn us into slaves for the goals of those at the very top.
No matter how hard you examine the textbooks, you won’t find these doctrines stated directly anywhere.
But if you pull back far enough, the pattern emerges. You begin to see clearly how the entire system, from the trip on the bus in the morning, to roll call for every class, to the grades and the teacher-parent conference, is meant to train our brains to think in terms of productivity for the machine.
And, if you dig into the history of education, you find that it has all been done on purpose by well-meaning people who did not realize just how evil a few decisions made outside the fear of God can become.
What we have ended up with is not learning, it is indoctrination and obedience training.
This is why our goals as homeschoolers need to be overhauled.
Our aims may well help industry and politics, but only as they perform the aims of God.
Here is that prayer Jesus taught us with:
In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.
And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Matthew 6:9-13
His Kingdom, on earth as it is in heaven.
This is our ultimate goal.
As believers who have submitted to God, His goals should become our goals in all things, including in education.
Instead of having the main goal be consuming, encouraging consuming, or lording over others, character should be basic and foundational.
So, when we sit down to make our homeschool plans for the next year, we keep the higher things in mind.
Sure, it would seem more productive to stack up the worktexts and go through them methodically, or even to join one of those classical education co-ops which are bent on shoving facts into young minds without sharing with them the reasons why (so comfortable for our public schooled minds).
But productive towards what end? Productive to become members of a heard, a hive, or an anthill, or, at the very best, to become the herder, the beekeeper, or the man who can crush the anthill with his boot.
Instead, our homeschooling needs to be balanced like this:
1. We put the development of character and eternal understanding as the priority. Not the last thing, not at the bottom, but as our priority.
2. We put learning the tools of learning as second priority. This gives our children the power to learn and investigate beyond the curriculum of the machine. It includes reading, writing, and beyond numeracy.
3. We give them information from the perspective of God as Benevolent Creator of all. We help them understand science, history, geography, politics and all they touch as being part of His plans for us. We take great delight in each area as we see His workings and His delight in His creation to bless us and give us all things freely to enjoy.
4. We make sure and immerse our children in real life activities so they can develop connections between the spiritual, mental, emotional, and practical parts of their lives. Compulsory schooling has trained us all to compartmentalize; our working self has one part, our family self another, our spiritual self has 15 minutes in the morning and two hours on Sunday, etc. Our goal must be that our children have a seamless existence; that God is in all of it, and as we are led by the Spirit each facet of our lives is full of Him and His purposes.
And we train them in excellence in all areas.
* If they are developing character—with their whole hearts.
* If they are reading or writing or ciphering—as students pleasing their Master.
* If they are learning about mountains or whales in the ocean or the creation of energy via fusion—all with the wonder of an Intellect that created all and knows all.
* And as they apply all of their character and all of their knowledge—all of it to the betterment of others and the glory of God.
We purchase materials with this perspective in mind, and we plan our days and our months with these things in mind as well.
At first, this sounds so ominous, I know. It sounds as if I am asking you to do more than you are capable of, and it is.
You can’t homeschool this way without the leading of God. There is no way you, as your sweet little old mommy self, can develop goals that will keep you on track and keep your brain (and your heart) from blowing up all at the same time.
You can’t do all this without developing your dependence on Him.
He is your Guide, He is your Strength, He is your answer when you have hard questions.
As I have homeschooled our 15 children, this is what it has been for me.
Can I confess something to you here?
I’ve owned a lot of different homeschool mommy planners over the years, and almost all of them have had spaces for “goals.” Guess what, I’ve never been able to fill them out. I think I tried once or twice, but I never could finish.
This is because I homeschool the way I live each day; with God holding the map and giving me just enough directions for the next step and no more.
That doesn’t mean I haven’t tried to step out further many, many times, but my efforts are so clumsy and silly that they don’t become successful.
Always, always He brings me back to square one and I learn to lean and trust and rest.
Yes, this is where we are going—to the genius of homeschooling this way.
You have to have special ears for this, and a heart that has been softened. This will sound like nonsense otherwise.
But, if you do have a soft heart that is sensitive to His leading, this will be the only logical conclusion.
This is when we truly get to enjoy learning with our children; when we plan loosely and live each day knowing we have placed the ultimate outcome into His hands.
His goals, His way, for His glory.
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You're not crazy, you're not strange, you just love your kids and want to be a good parent, and you know something is very wrong with public schooling. In this podcast we reveal just how rotten compulsory …
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You're not crazy, you're not strange, you just love your kids and want to be a good parent, and you know something is very wrong with public schooling.
In this podcast we reveal just how rotten compulsory education has been from the beginning and how it keeps parents from fulfilling their God-given responsibilities toward their children.
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1. Enthusiasm
2. Knowing your purposes
3. Knowing your goals.
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What if the problem with your homeschool isn’t the curriculum, the schedule, or even your children? If learning feels heavy, exhausting, or joyless, you’re not failing. Something is wrong… but it’s easy to fix …
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What if the problem with your homeschool isn’t the curriculum, the schedule, or even your children? If learning feels heavy, exhausting, or joyless, you’re not failing. Something is wrong… but it’s easy to fix, and it begins with personal healing.
As the mommy of 15 children I’ve gone through the drudgery times, and I’ve found a golden secret that changed everything. I would like to share this with you today—no need to sign up for any course, completely free and without any obligation on your part.
If you’re just discovering this series, it’s all about resetting homeschooling via these three concepts:
1. Enthusiasm
2. Knowing your purposes
3. Knowing your goals.
Whether you’re tired, discouraged, or simply longing for more joy in your homeschool, this conversation will help you rediscover what education was always meant to be.
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Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
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……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
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Whether last year was heavy or light, we can start this next year off with hope. Why? Because we have Jesus, and that makes all the difference.Today I would like to show you just how this year can be your best …
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Whether last year was heavy or light, we can start this next year off with hope. Why? Because we have Jesus, and that makes all the difference.
Today I would like to show you just how this year can be your best one yet. We will be talking about three keys that will unlock this gracious gift for you:
* Enthusiasm—being so enthused with learning that it catches on with your kids.
* Knowing Your Purpose—fighting for the Kingdom one child at a time.
* Goals that inspire—ones that will carry you through the hard days.
Implementing these three keys will help you open the gift of the Father’s great heart of hope for you in your role as mommy to your children.
First, let’s talk about the importance of enthusiasm.
I know what you’ve been led to think; that the most important things are shoving facts into brains and getting good grades.
But those things are only peripherals. It’s really all about RELATIONSHIPS.
This is the singular element you need to homeschool. It is more important than what books or methods you may choose.
Relationships in all different directions; relationships between subjects, relationships between eras; relationships between the spiritual and the physical; relationships between actions and consequences; and, yes, relationships between people.
In fact, the most impacting part of homeschooling is the relationship between the teacher and the pupil; the relationship between you and your children.
Within this primary relationship flows the entire schema of your child’s education. No matter how hard we try and divorce ourselves from this fact, it is inevitable.
Your child’s concept of reading, math, and learning in general will primarily be shaped by your attitude. Note that I did not say it would be shaped by your ability.
To illustrate this, just think about the education of Dr. Ben Carson. His mother was unable to read, yet she fostered a love of reading and learning in her boys that helped her son attain to some of the greatest heights of medicine and government.
It was her enthusiasm that made the difference, not her ability.
Looking over my own past, I remember best the teachers who were enthusiastic about the subject they were teaching. The rest faded into my memory.
There was one history teacher in particular I remember. He didn’t rely on the textbook, but he was excited about the founding fathers and spent most of the hour he had each day telling us story after story and enlightening us on the details of the events we were studying. This inspired me to look at origins of the United States differently and left an impression that followed me into homeschooling my own children.
Sadly, he was replaced mid-term by a teacher who didn’t care. After barking out a few instructions about reading the next chapter and getting ready for the unit test, this replacement spent each class period at his desk behind a newspaper.
He turned history hour into nap time.
Just like most of us, when I first started teaching my children, I assumed it was all about shoving information into their minds. I also assumed the most efficient way to do this was with prepared curriculum.
At first, the sparkle of all the new books was exhilarating. We stacked them up, flipped through them, even smelled them (am I the only one that enjoys the scent of printed material?).
But, after the newness wore off, we were left with the tedium of reading canned information and filling in endless blanks with predictable information.
The curious, creative part of us was being smothered by the procedural requirements of the material.
What I could not stand was watching my dearest, most precious little boy sitting for hours with his chubby hand tucked under his chin as he scribbled in line after line in his workbooks. He was trying desperately to please me, so he was enduring the boredom, but he wasn’t happy.
Thankfully, I started to research and explore other options. Via different periodicals, limited online research, and limited online encouragement, I was able to look past the curriculum to the roots of true learning.
I ventured out beyond the scope and sequence of the typical school schedule and started tackling subjects that sparked my own interest.
Before long, homeschooling was not a horrid bore; it was the most delightful part of the day. We all rushed through chores so we could sit around and feast on learning together.
Inspiration sparked fires in each of our children that continue to warm and enthuse as they have gone on to be adults.
More than good grades and good jobs, this should be the goal we adopt as we homeschool.
Next, let’s talk about knowing your purpose.
Do you know your purpose? Why are you doing this homeschooling thing, anyway?
It’s OK if you are a bit confused about it. I think you could say I have been pretty ditsy at times myself (I’m a natural blonde, so it may just come with the territory).
It used to be I was homeschooling for two main things:
* To raise religious saints
* To raise absolutely successful geniuses
These two purposes looked pretty good at first, but I soon found out their main flaw: it was all about ME.
Oh yeah, it would be great for the kids to become devout intellectuals touted by the leaders of the world—it would make me look pretty good and vindicate me for homeschooling in the first place—but it would be wrong.
It would be wrong because it wouldn’t be about:
* God’s purposes.
* The child’s purposes.
Besides, what did I know about religious saints and successful geniuses? I had never met any, and I found the portrayals were not accurate at all.
For one thing, religious saints usually are not religious, and they are rarely hailed in their own time. Typically, no one even knows about them until years after they have passed, and they mostly lived humble, unremarkable lives.
For another thing, the term “successful genius” is an oxymoron. Those who are successful are rarely geniuses, and those who are geniuses are rarely successful. Also, geniuses tend to be paupers, and those who are successful tend to be immoral or aggravating to the point of taking success and leaving destruction in its wake.
No, these purposes were only ego-stroking on my part.
God’s purposes for each child are different, and He doesn’t always share them with me.
What He does share, if I am listening, is the next step.
So, my purpose is to listen, then obey.
This is your purpose, too.
As you deal with your child, and as you sit and try and make sense of what your child needs and when, you must develop your ability to be quiet and pay attention to that still, quiet voice within you. Ask God, and He will help you. It may not come to you all at once, and it may not occur to you as you are perusing a homeschool supply site.
It may be that He gives you insight as you are stirring the gravy or folding the towels. It might be in the middle of the night with a dream.
But if you ask in expectation, in faith, He’ll give you what you need. He will supply the purpose as you go along.
Feeling unsure about this step? Just remember what Jesus said: “Only believe.” Relax into your faith with expectation and it will come, trust me.
Thirdly, let’s discuss goals, which we have already partly addressed.
What are our goals?
In the world’s understanding, our goals should be something like graduating our children with all A’s.
That’s the simplistic, surface way you’ve been taught to look at education. With this in mind, any old curriculum will do, just as long as you can shuffle your child through the grades so they get to graduation, then you can breathe a sigh of relief that your job is done.
Hopefully, you can coax your child into going to college or pursuing some sort of career, and that will put the necessary feather in your cap.
Homeschooling this way is basically the same system we opted out of, only with a few Bible verses thrown in.
But what if there are higher goals?
What if learning to read and write and do math is more about preparing them, not for college or a job, but for a whole life?
Our existence is more than filling a space in a cubicle somewhere.…
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.comA Christmas Gift For Mommies
I am the mom of 15 children, and so I know what it is like to be busy at Christmas time and how important it is for mommies to find little spaces where they can recharge.In that spirit, please allow me to give …
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I am the mom of 15 children, and so I know what it is like to be busy at Christmas time and how important it is for mommies to find little spaces where they can recharge.
In that spirit, please allow me to give you a boost by sharing some sweet things with you.
Following are some passages by Margaret E. Sangster, Jr. (Not to be confused with Margaret Sanger, ahem).
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In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
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……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
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Learn the simple system that helped my large family stay organized—stations and flows. Some of my children were naturally tidy, others… not so much! But through years of household projects (and a major downsize …
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Learn the simple system that helped my large family stay organized—stations and flows. Some of my children were naturally tidy, others… not so much! But through years of household projects (and a major downsize across states!) we discovered practical ways to manage clutter, save time, and create smoother daily routines.
In this video, I share:
• What “stations” and “flows” are and why they transform a home
• Real examples from our baking station, injury-care station, and coffee bar
• How analyzing your home’s “flow” reduces stress and wasted time
• Why decluttering is essential—especially when raising a village
• The spiritual foundation behind my organizational lifestyle (Proverbs 16:9)
If you’re overwhelmed by household chaos, or just want fresh ideas for simplifying your space, this final video in the “Seriously Organized” series will encourage and equip you.
Here is the link to the introduction to this series:
👉 Visit momdelights.com
Here's the link to the planner on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3X8RAcR
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Here is a link to the Homeschooling 101 playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-jr9P7R1o&list=PLxbcoXQo3Qiy5eKASa0BO7prU0dgldPFK
Interested in supporting the work of Mom Delights? You can click the little heart with the dollar sign below my videos, or you can go to my blog and you will find a donate button on the side bar or the bottom of the blog post page: https://momdelights.com/index.php/blog/
In case you were wondering... I am the homeschooling mom of 15, and I'm on a mission to lift up women in their sacred calling to being wives, mothers, and homebuilders for the glory of God.
||||} where to find me:
……..contact: [email protected]
……..blog: http://momdelights.com/
……..Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/momdelights15/ (momdelights15)
……..Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/largefamily...
||||} products by me for moms:
……..Glorious Mothering: How to Become a Joyful, Peaceful, Carefree Mom of Many https://amzn.to/2RNUC3Z
.......Splendid Spelling: A Gentle Foundation for Good Spelling
……..The Record Book: Make ALL of Your Learning Count
||||} The Lesson Book. A Charlotte Mason-style unworktext for the McGuffey readers and other twaddle free books (you can find free versions of these for download on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.…….The Lesson Book Level One: https://amzn.to/2TWupTq
……..The Lesson Book Level Two: https://amzn.to/2TSel5f
……..The Lesson Book Level Three: https://amzn.to/37slhK7
……..The Lesson Book Level Four: https://amzn.to/2NZFEXo
……..The Lesson Book Level Five: https://amzn.to/30PvMVy
||||} Gentle Grammar. Simple lessons for beginning writers (free versions are available for free on my blog, MomDelights.com)
.……..Gentle Grammar Level 1: https://amzn.to/2S13VxN
……..Gentle Grammar Level 2: https://amzn.to/3aJG1iu
……..Gentle Grammar Level 3: https://amzn.to/38HPyoJ
……..Gentle Grammar Level 4: https://amzn.to/36vCh17
***These are affiliate links but they will not cost you more. If you click through you and make a purchase you will be supporting Mom Delights.
Music track: Giant Wave by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Videos (Free Download)
Angels Music composed and recorded by Oak Studios. Link: • [Background Music] Angels - Artistic ... | Creative Commons - Attribution ND 4.0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvNC_EOpb8c&list=PL8hapc2gtF5Fo03eEnfp-t34aLkXdzI0L&index=2
Music track: Sky Clearing by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Video (Free)
Music track: Yellow Flower by Kashia Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video
Music track: Tension Rising by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download)
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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit momdelights.substack.com
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