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Inspiring Wavering Writers
“Inspiring Wavering Writers” is part two of a three-part series on Helping Struggling Learners. If you missed the first post in this series discussing ways to Encourage Introverted Children, you can find that here. Understanding the causes of our children’s learning struggles is the first step to creating a learning environment that will help them. Discouragement depresses writing. Numerous reasons cause our young writers to waver—from complex learning disabilities to simply lacking sleep, structure, or zing. This post is about adding zing to your writing lessons. In my nineteen years of homeschooling and teaching writing classes to homeschool groups, I’ve witnessed many students struggling with writing. Whether it’s with my…
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Encouraging Introverted Children
“Encouraging Introverted Children” is part one of a three-part series I’ve chosen to write as a participant of the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Review Crew’s blog hop. The series is titled, “Tips for Helping Struggling Learners.” Of course, I can’t address every type of learning struggle, so I’ve chosen three areas in which I’ve had some experience—whether with my own children or others I’ve taught. There are three posts in this series: Encouraging Introverted Children Inspiring Wavering Writers Reassuring Reluctant Readers
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Build Your Home Library Using Library and Educational Services LLC
Are you looking to build your home library? Allow me to introduce you to a resource we recently tapped into which carries a bonanza of excellent books and resources, Library and Educational Services LLC. Having no prior experience with this company, I was pleasantly surprised by how much they have to offer—from paperback books to books with reinforced, hardcover library binding. They carry Bibles, CDs and DVDs as well. In this post, I’ll introduce you to Library and Educational Services and tell you something extremely special about them. Then, I’ll briefly highlight the great products my family received which were: The paperback book from the New York Times best-selling series:…
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{Review} Sadie Robertson’s Book: LIVE FEARLESS
What are you afraid of? On some level, most people fear something. Yet, we all want to live fearless. Dive into this review of Sadie Robertson's book, LIVE FEARLESS, and see if you find it encouraging. This review first appeared on my previous blog in early 2018. But since the book is still doing so well--#3 on Amazon, I thought I'd post the review again on my new website, and add it to the website's popular page of reviews.
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One Holy Choice to Reset Your Worry Meter
When is the last time news or a challenging situation set off your internal worry meter? Award-winning author, Ginger Harrington, guest posts for me this week with encouragement and wisdom on how to tackle those worries. “We’re moving this summer,” my husband announced as we sat down to dinner. Four pairs of eyes open wide with surprise. “Where are we going, Daddy? Is it far away,” my youngest daughter asked? This wasn’t the conversation I expected or wanted at the dinner table. Unprepared for uncertainty, I tried to take it in. Excited and upset, emotions and thoughts fought an internal tug of war. When is the last time unexpected news…