Getting It All Done

Teaching, housework, scheduling...what's a Mom to do? The articles in this category will help with all that and more!

26 Ways to Simplify Your Christmas

By Marcia Washburn

The workload of a wife and mother more than doubles during December. In addition to all of her normal duties, she may add writing Christmas cards or letters, decorating the house,…Read More

Crisis Homeschooling

By Lori Deese

 Have you ever had "one of those days"? You know, the kind where nothing goes the way you planned it? Things happen that you don't want to happen, or things refuse to happen…Read More

Now Where Did I Put That?

By Lori Deese

Do you ever find yourself asking that question? The homeschooling lifestyle has a way of causing many of us to accumulate a lot of “stuff.” Sometimes keeping track of everything,…Read More

Getting It Done

By Tori Rollins

Homeschooling is hard work! Did you need me to tell you that? Probably not. Looking back over this day, it was a good one . . . but there is just so much activity, all the time . .…Read More

Breathing Room

By Leslie Wyatt

I scan my hastily scrawled schedule as I wait at a red light. 1:50 - drop Emily at Madeline's house to give a piano lesson. Get stamps at Post Office. Stop by Brown's Shoe Store.…Read More

The Gift of Goals

By Kym Wright

 "Where there is no vision, the people perish . . ." Proverbs 29:18If we were to change this verse from a negative perspective and make it positive, it might sound like this:…Read More

When Daddy Travels

By Kym Wright

My husband's job often entails travel, but he attempts to make the trips short: overnight or several nights at the most. However, even short trips can seem long when I'm "mom-ing"…Read More

Scheduling and the Homeschool Family

By Lori Deese

“Scheduling” has become one of the buzzwords of the homeschool community. The big question is, “How do I get everything done?” There are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week. That…Read More

Everybody Together Now

By Leslie Wyatt

"Nathan, time to do your Typing Tutor lesson. And remember: No games until you've finished." I turn to my first grader. "Paul, let's do our reading. Abigail, why don't you do your…Read More

How to Combine Subjects

By Lorraine Curry

Combining subjects can be a most efficient homeschooling technique. Instead of five to eight separate time slots, you can spend bigger blocks of uninterrupted time on one topic…Read More