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Review: The Organized Home Schooler

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When you’re trying to balance everyday life with homeschooling, things can, and do, get rather crazy.  Organization is a must, but sometimes it’s hard to wrap your head around how to even start getting organized – especially as someone who is new to homeschooling. Vicki Caruana takes a good hard look at organizing your homeschool.  She tells you up front that everyone’s system of organization is going to look slightly different.  What works in one home won’t necessarily work in another home.  Each person needs to figure out exactly what it’s going to take to get their home school organized.…

An Encouraging Word

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The morning has just begun, but I already feel like I want – I need to just crawl back into bed and pull the covers up over my head.  One thing going wrong seems to lead to another thing going wrong.  Before I know it, everything seems to be spiraling out of control. The house that I just finished cleaning is already a mess.  I have no idea what I’m making for lunch – much less how I’m going to manage to get dinner on the table.  Munchkin is feeling sick.  I’m feeling a migraine coming on.  School?  Well, we’re…

Review: the Case of the Missing Mountain

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Mystery Rangers: the Case of the Missing MOUNTAIN by Kim Jones reminds me of the junior park rangers program with a twist of Nancy Drew for good measure.  This isn’t a run-of-the-mill activity book about Mount St. Helens.  It’s a book, written from a Creationists viewpoint that makes kids think.  As they unearth the clues, they begin the unravel the mystery of the missing mountain. Following their guides, Rangers Jack and Jen, kids will not only learn about Mount St. Helens, but also see why Creation and a whole earth flood are feasible.  This book is sure to spark imaginations…

Review: Secure Daughters Confident Sons

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Secure Daughters Confident Sons How Parents Guide Their Children into Authentic Masculinity and Femininity Have you ever wondered what you can do on a daily basis to nurture your children’s God-given design and help them resist the pressure to conform to arbitrary cultural rules?  Have you ever wanted to  better understand your spouse? your kids?  This book may be just what you are looking for. Glenn T. Stanton is the director for family formation studies at Focus on the Family. He debates and lectures extensively around the country on issues related to gender, s*xuality, marriage, and parenting. Often sought out…

Review: 31 Days to a Younger You

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It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book! You never know when I might play a wild…