Author: mymentech

I have always wanted to be a mother and knew that I would stay home with my children, if I was blessed to have any. I don’t remember ever getting any direct teaching on that. After I became a Christian and grew in the knowledge of God’s Word, I was even more committed. It surprised me that others felt differently, actually.

Would you believe me if I told you after creating more than 30+ lapbooks with my children {I have lost track} that using lapbooks in our homeschool seemed like a turn off to us when we started homeschooling? Today, using...

Teens are notorious for acting embarrassed by parental demonstrations of affection – in public, at least. The fact is, however, that they’re going through tremendous emotional, physical, and hormonal changes and they need to...

When I was a preschool teacher I made it a point to have a “science center” set up in the classroom. Plants growing by the window, pictures of jungle animals hanging from the ceiling and a microscope. The resources were available but with only a few hours a week with the children, there was only so much science we could get in.

Perhaps one of the biggest advantages of homeschooling is that we can use our children’s specific learning styles to make learning more effective and enjoyable for them. So what are these learning styles, and how do you...