With the heat of the summer kicking into high gear in my neck of the woods (Virginia), I am sharing some easy recipes that will not heat up your whole house. Last time I shared slow cooker recipes. This week I will share some of my favorite electric pressure cooker recipes.
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If we look closely enough, we find that blessings abound in our regular, routine, day-to-day, ordinary lives. It’s the tiny things: the small victories, the sweet notes, a kind word, a song heard.
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After years of schooling year around, we hit a rough patch that couldn’t be glossed over, discovering that this lifestyle isn’t working for us anymore.
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Let’s look at RTI. This stands for Response to Intervention and I think there are some good take-aways here for your homeschooling summer. The goal of RTI is to prevent academic failure in school and ensure students have the support they need to then enter the world of work/career training/college.
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The power of a teacher’s words is undeniably a shaping force in a child’s life. Like all words, it can bring life or death, birth forth a dream or squash it in its tracks.
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Living in the south during the summer can be very brutal. I live in Virginia and can tell you that the heat index gets into the 120’s on the hottest of days. I don’t like running the oven in the summer unless absolutely necessary. So, I resort to using my slow cooker, electric pressure cooker, or the grill.
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Do you ever feel like you cannot let your guard down when speaking with non-homeschoolers about your decision to homeschool? Do you feel judged, condemned or under a scrutinous eye?
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Many homeschool moms (and dads) are busy planning their year right now. Even if they homeschool year-round, it takes a good amount of planning to pull it all off. I use the summer months to get my planner organized and my year all planned out.
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Somewhere along the path of the homeschooling journey, you move from being the newbie to the veteran. I know it was a shock to me when it happened!
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If I asked you to describe the perfect summer day, what thoughts invade your mind? Peaceful conversations over iced lemonade? Lounging on the beach while your children joyfully build sand castles nearby? Sounds delightful, doesn’t it? In my family, I remember eagerly awaiting the arrival of summer only to find that within a few short days, we were restless and short with each other.
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Year-round schooling can be great. But HOW do you do it when other kids have a summer break and yours do not?
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We’ve noticed an interesting trend happening in the homeschooling community: grandparents are contributing to and occasionally full-time teaching their grandchildren.
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