Home education resources and encouragement for moms & caregivers
Grateful for these dishes and this clean water. In the past (and I’m sure the future), I have felt bogged down by dishes. I’d rather be with the kids, or reading a book, or doing anything else at all. But dishes and food preparation are a part of family life. More specifically they are a…
Phonemic awareness includes six key parts. These are manipulating phonemes, phoneme matching, onset and rime, blending phonemes, sequencing phonemes, and segmenting phonemes. You can see our previous post about What is phonemic awareness? to learn more. This can be developed in many ways. It is a developmental process, and moving to a level too soon…
Here are some personal updates! Us mamas need to take care of ourselves so we can be the best for our children, our husbands, and for God! CARE I made a commitment last Christmas to take better care of myself. After talking to a friend about new year’s resolutions, I realized that though my health…
Phonological awareness is the knowledge of sounds within language. You can read more about its importance and the start of helping your child develop these abilities in our introduction to phonological awareness and our Learning Language Series. This can be hard work! It’s best to make this a short, yet playful and uplifting time! You…
“Cultivate what matters.” This is the tagline for the popular PowerSheets company. They are sold out for the year — BUT I actually don’t buy these PowerSheets every year — let me tell you my hack — I copy my TENDING LIST from 2018 each and every month so I’m not buying them (my powerhouse…
Rhyming is a core element in developing phonemic awareness for a child. And it is a fun way for a child to recognize sounds and patterns within words. Children who can hear and repeat rhymes learn that words are made of separate sounds. Their knowledge will developmentally increase and they will learn that sounds are…
Every child needs the right time and books available to them so they can achieve and thrive on their own time. I have talked about my son a lot here. He made me a mom! He is my light and my joy! But how could I have a child who didn’t enjoy, or take to,…
I hope you love our Animal Alphabet Bible Cards as much as we do! I am excited to release another set of ABC Bible Verse Cards for your child to SING! These Alphabet Bible Songs have been SO wonderful for learning the Word of God! I even love them, I find myself singing them, what…
