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Tools to Keep Up With Homeschool Grading

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06/12/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Tools to Keep Up With Homeschool Grading While homeschooling, it is important to keep up with grading. Why? Grading simply gives us, the parents, a view of how our children are doing in each subject. Yes, we know our children, and we know what they are learning; but we really don’t know what they are actually retaining. Grading and tests help us to see what they know on paper. Because I have n … [Read more...]

Time Saving Tools to Rock a Homeschool Schedule

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05/26/2016 By Eujeana Chism 1 Comment

We all need Time Saving Tools to Rock a Homeschool Schedule. Curriculum is ordered and box day has arrived. Let the fun begin! Time to find some time saving tools. Organizing materials and finding storage filing systems to keep all the papers and tests organized is a priority to make us feel we are ready to begin our homeschool year! But wait, what about our time? We must work on organizing o … [Read more...]

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...]

Let’s talk Pens and Pencils – Writing Utensils Anyone?

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03/04/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Writing Utensils are almost a thing of the past! Pens are so hard to come by in our house. It seems like we have a million of them; yet, I can never find one I like when I need it. I am picky about what I write with even just to jot a note down. So many pens to choose I use writing utensils generally because the ink and ball flow smooth and quickly. Usually when I am writing on real paper, I am … [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...]

Labeling Everywhere Eases Life!

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01/22/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Labeling get's easier! Years ago, I worked in an office. My office and desk area was always neat and clean and organized. Labeling my files made it easier for me to know where my paperwork needed to be, making it easier for me to thumb through and find things when I needed them. Coming home to manage the home once our family began, was quite interesting. I looked at my kitchen and could not … [Read more...]

Learning to Blog – Adventures and Fun!

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01/12/2016 By Eujeana Chism Leave a Comment

Blogging is not really a new adventure. Years ago it used to simply be writing articles. Now there are words like posting, html, blogging, hosting, scoping, tweeting, social media... Ok, yes maybe I am telling a little about my age, but I am involve in all of those aspects of the social media world. I have tried to keep up with technology because that is who I am. You can find me on social media … [Read more...]