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Stormy Weather during the Homeschool Day

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04/26/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

What do you do when the weather gets stormy? It is difficult to do schoolwork during stormy weather, so why not use that time to study the weather with your children? A rainy day is a good day to discuss the water cycle and how we need the rain for crops and to refill the rivers and lakes. Skip to the weather chapter in your science book and do that to prepare for stormy weather times. Stuck … [Read more...]

7 Reasons BJU Press Distance Learning Works for Our Homeschool

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03/29/2016 By Eujeana Chism 10 Comments

There are many Reasons Distance Learning Works for our Homeschool BJU Press Distance Learning is a tool for our homeschool. It is so important to find tools to use in homeschool to still allow us to be a family as we educate our children academically. That can be a challenge in today's busy life. Taking time to consider all the tools available to us is just as important as the content. Homesc … [Read more...]

When Tragedy Strikes

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02/23/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Tragedy comes all too often as we grow older. How do we move forward from tragedy? We know we have to but how? Personal tragedy Throughout the years of our homeschooling, we have had many life changing tragedies occur. We dealt with loss of jobs, loss of family members, loss of friends, illness, surgeries, business failures, and more. What did we do when tragedy came our way? We depended very … [Read more...]

Let’s Renew from the Same Ol’ Same Ol’

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02/09/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Let's Renew Renew now as this is the time of year that a lot of us get down and sometimes depressed usually due to gloomy weather. We also realize we are only halfway through the year. We have several more weeks and days to go to end this school year. Am I right? Is that what you are thinking? Obviously, those are my thoughts. So what can we do about it? Let's change from the same ol' same … [Read more...]

Managing Interruptions in your Homeschool Day

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02/02/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

How do I manage the interruptions? Plan for the interruptions and be flexible. First, are there things that I can actually schedule or plan? I decide how many of these types of interruptions per week that I can handle based on a good routine day. I have decided that two interruptions are more than enough. So when that friend calls or I call a friend and want to get together in the afternoon, I … [Read more...]

Homeschool is Behind! Help!

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01/26/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Why is my Homeschool behind? Behind in Homeschool? Are you prepared in your homeschool for the unplanned events that so often face us? Do you feel behind? How do you prepare? Can you adapt? We homeschool! We don't get behind we adapt and learn daily! Homeschooling and being organized does not mean you cannot be flexible. It actually allows you more flexibility. Are you prepared? If you were s … [Read more...]

Homeschool Plans for Next Year

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01/19/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

January homeschool planning for next year January is the month I always began planning for our next year of homeschool. WHY? Well two reasons come to mind. Thinking on next year kept me from thinking about how much longer we had left for this year.I really did need a plan in place so when summer came I could take a break. The more we plan now for next year, the less we will have … [Read more...]

Tips to Balancing: Work, Family and Homeschooling

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05/29/2015 By Eujeana Chism 4 Comments

Balancing work and homeschool Several have asked me can you work and still homeschool? My answer is certainly as long as you find that balance and don’t try to do it all alone. Support from your family is a must. After all work, family and homeschooling are all full time positions. Next is finding that balance that is important to get through the day. In order to find that balance we must s … [Read more...]

Education at Home is a Work of Art

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11/29/2014 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Recently, I saw this quote on a picture on social media telling me that “using a scripted curriculum is like demanding Picasso use paint by numbers”. Luckily Picasso was a smart man when it came to his art. He could see a beautiful creation and represent it on canvas. That is pretty clever, if I do say so myself. However, usually his works of art were placed on canvas from something that was alr … [Read more...]

Fall Struggles – Homeschooling

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09/29/2014 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Fall Homeschooling Struggles Are you having struggles?? Have you just begun your school year but maybe feel like you really haven’t started yet? Are you thinking, am I ever going to get this to work? We all struggle with those questions. Let me discuss with you how I made it through these struggles. Examine my own life First, it was very important that I examined my own life. Did I talk to God … [Read more...]