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Friday, July 23rd, 2010Hi Kendra-
I recently discovered your website. I’m working on making a “battle plan” for our upcoming school year. I’m homeschooling a rising 3rd grader as well as raising and caring for my twin two-year-olds. What a blessing! I need all the help I can get to figure out [...]
Classic Re-Post: Can Homeschooling and Housekeeping Co-Exist?
Wednesday, March 17th, 2010Originally posted on September 22, 2007
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Hi Kendra,
I have been reading your blog on and off for about a year now and it has been such a blessing to me. I am a mother of three, ages 4,2, & 1, and I hope to start homeschooling next year. I don’t know any women experienced in homeschooling, [...]
Classic Re-Post: Buck the System
Monday, January 11th, 2010Originally posted on March 24th, 2006
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Don’t be afraid to try something unconventional if it will be bring a measure of peace to your home. We moved four children’s toothbrushes to the kitchen drawer so that we could monitor their brushing after breakfast and after dinner. Otherwise they could go days without, and one of them [...]
When You Work Cheerfully Like This…
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009You soon get to enjoy these…
Chore Store!
Monday, October 19th, 2009Over the years we’ve gone back and forth, forth and back about allowance and chores. Should we offer payment for jobs done? Should we give allowances so the kids can learn to manage their spending? We always came back to the idea that our children are members of our family, and so certain chores are [...]
Spring To-Do List
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Kendra-could you post your Spring Cleaning “to do” list on your blog? I’d love to get some ideas to get a jump start over here, even though we still have snow expected. I’m stuck in “WHATEVER” mode.
~Frances
Me too! I need lists to shake me out of “whatever” mode.
Basically, I’ve listed what needs to be done [...]
Revamping Systems, Part Three: Do-Over
Sunday, August 24th, 2008If I have learned anything over the past 15 years of parenting, it is that nothing ever stays the same for very long. No sooner do I have something planned or charted or scheduled than something changes and I have to start all over again.
Case in point: I just finished telling you all [...]
Revamping Systems, Part Three: PDF Charts for YOU!
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008MASTER CHORE LIST – FALL 2008
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DAILY CHECK LIST – FALL 2008
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Attitude Adjustment
Sunday, August 17th, 2008In Revamping Systems, Part Two I mentioned that I have changed my attitude regarding my responsibilities, my children’s responsibilities, and what I can expect of them. This has been the single most effective change I’ve made in our home maybe ever, because the change was in my attitude, not in any system, training technique, [...]
Revamping Systems, Part Two: Chores
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008I liked Elizabeth’s thinking. Take the Motivated Moms planner and tweak it be more personal. For me, the $8 annual purchase of the Motivated Moms planner is worth its weight in gold and I will continue that each year. The Bible readings help me to jump into Scripture when I need some [...]
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