Spring to Mind
It’s the time of year when we’re wrapping up our semester, looking ahead to the fall -wondering what to do then, seeking advice and information, wanting to do best/better by our children (and husbands), and are due for a much needed break and a dose or two of fresh inspiration.
In honor of the season, an offering of topical posts that spring to mind…
Assessing the Past
Beyond the Planner: When It All Falls Apart
To End the School Year or Not *If you’re on Week 16 of a 36-week curriculum this post is for you!
To Test or Not to Test… Is This Really THE Question?
I Can See the Light at the End of the Tunnel *Recordkeeping encouragement…
Careful Study Finds Homeschool Advantage
Looking Ahead
How to Make Monday Mornings Successful
The Homeschool Planner – A Review
Old Fashioned Homeschooling *Some tasty food-for-thought from a seasoned homeschooler.
The Little Books of American Wisdom Series
Homeschooling Against All Odds *Don’t miss the postscript at the end!
When It Appears Your Husband Won’t Lead…
…Knowing When to Back Off So Your Husband Can Lead
Home Schooling Teens Doesn’t Have to Be a Nightmare
Making a Homeschool Mission Statement
Expanding the Options for Home Schooled High School Students
Should We Get a Label? *Practical considerations regarding ADHD
9 Homeschool Resolutions for Parents of High School Students
College for Struggling Learners
One Mind to Another… *Regarding decisions & conventions.
Thoughts on Conventions & Curriculums
Be Strong and of Good Courage… Because Conference Season is Here!
How to Choose a Homeschool Conference
Ten Timeless Tips for Tackling a Homeschool Convention
The Benefits of Attending a Homeschool Conference
Home Educators Association of Virginia’s 29th Annual Virginia Homeschool Convention
The Homeschooler’s Simple Guide to Choosing Curriculum
Why You Should Use Digital Learning in Your Homeschool
Finding Great Books *As in ‘developing your list’ & actually ‘acquiring’ items on it.
Links *General Homeschool Links, Curriculum & Supplies, Kid’s links, by subject-area, etc.
About Your Kids
9 Essential Skills Every Child Should Learn…
…The 10th Essential Skill: Apology
Four Ways to Honor Teens and Teach Them to Honor Others…
…Modeling Honor in Your Relationship with Your Teen
Integrity: The Parent of Character
Robert’s Blog at GospelParenting.com… This blog is a wonderful parental resource!
Freedom’s Role in Developing Teen Discernment
Help Your Teenage Son Become a Good Man
Tips for the Struggling Young Reader
Give Me a Break
Give Yourself (and Your Child) a Break
Eight Ways to De-Stress This Spring
What’s the Worst Thing That Can Happen?
When Your Homeschool Goes on Survival Mode
Reset & Refresh *Our nugget-filled February post in case you missed it!
Reset & Refresh
Reset & Refresh… You’ll be glad you did!
Embrace the ‘O’ Word… Organizing Inspirations
- Organizing tips from Martha Stewart
- Jumpstart January for an Organized Year from OrganizedHome.com
- 52 Weeks of Organizing Tips from OrganizineJunkie.com
- Declutter in 15 Minutes a Day – That & much, much more at Flylady.net
- How to Organize Everything in Your Hom from Crosswalk.com
- The Money Saving Mom Collection at Vision Forum
Oldies, But Goodies, from Crosswalk.com:
- Creating Peace & Order in Your Home
- Organize to Thrive as a Mom at Home
- Organize Your Day Well
- 10 Good Reasons to Organize Your Life
There’s an app for that!
Most of these tools have regular online features in addition to offering mobile apps:
- Cozi… Voted #1 Moblie App for Moms!
- Organizing Junkie App
- HomeRoutines App… Works Great with FlyLady!
- MealBoard App
- Food on the Table App
- Mint… “Best Free Way to Manage Your Money”
- Olive Tree Bible Reader & Bible Study Tools
- iLessonPlans App… “Take the Pencil Out of Planning”
- MyHomework App… “The Best Way to Keep Your School Life Organized”
- iPlanLessons App from iHomeEducator
- The Old Schoolhouse Apps from TOS magazine
Because You Are a Person of Influence
A baker’s dozen of inspirational offerings from leadership muse and Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishing, Michael Hyatt:
- How to Get Out of that Funk
- Five Ways to Take More Time to Read
- Five Ways You Can Become an Everyday Hero
- How a Shift in Your Vocabulary Can Instantly Change Your Attitude
- Leaders and the Game of Life
- 3 Ways to Go Further, Faster
- Embracing Plan B
- The Difference Between Trying and Doing
- 10 Mistakes Leaders Should Avoid at All Costs
- The Missing Ingredient in Most Goals
- 10 Practical Ways to Boost Your Energy Level (and they’re not just physical)
- Do You Have a Not To Do List?
- Are You Tired of Feeling Overwhelmed?
Express Yourself
- What an Acting Coach Taught Me About Public Speaking
- Start a Blog! 7th Annual Homeschool Blog Awards
- 6 Ways to Publish Your Own Book
- What Have You… Thoughts on ‘Mom’ Hobbies & Homeschooling
- 75+ Hobby Ideas at MomsOfFaith.com
- Which Hobby Best Suits Your Personality?
- How to Find a Hobby
- Time for Mom: Drawing
- Etsy.com… Buy or Sell Handmade or Vintage items, Art or Supplies
- Pinterest… Online Pinboard, Organize & Share Things You Love
Anticipation
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
A Christmas Hodge-Podge from LynchburgHomeschool.com
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: “How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
It came without packages, boxes or bags!”
And he puzzled three hours, `till his puzzler was sore.
Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before!
“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.
“Maybe Christmas…perhaps…means a little bit more!”
– Dr. Seuss, How The Grinch Stole Christmas
It does mean more, to be sure, Mr. Grinch…
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
– Isaiah 9:6-7 (KJV)
- A Christmas Letter to Homeschooling Moms
- Christmas Devotionals
- Advent Bible Verses
- The Christmas Story Devotional from BibleGateway.com
- Classic Christmas Hymns Newsletter for December
- For Mom… Christmas on the Lounge at TheHomeschoolLounge.com
- Christmas Thoughts & Ideas at Heart of the Matter Online
- Christmas and Advent Articles & Resources on Crosswalk.com
- A Family Inductive Bible Study for Advent
- Online Advent Calendar from TeachingMom.com
- The 12 Week Holiday Planner… But Jump-In Anytime!
- Celebrate Christmas with School, Part 1 & Part 2
- 12 Days of Homeschool Giveaways from HomeschoolEnrichment.com
- Christmas Stories & Poems from AmblesideOnline.org
- Christmas Unit Study Resources from EclecticHomeschool.org
- Homeschool Blogger Mom Favs… Link Up Your Favorite Christmas Posts
- Christmas Resources from TheHomeSchoolMom.com
- Christmas Unit Study by Amanda Bennett
- 86 Fresh Christmas Decorating Ideas from SouthernLiving.com
- Fun for the Whole Family… NorthPole.com
- Sing-Along Christmas Carols
- COOKIES!… from Christmas-Cookies.com
- Christmas Around the World from TheNorthPole.com
- 8 Steps to Hosting a Cookie Swap from MarthaStewart.com
- Gift Wrapping Ideas from CountryLiving.com
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks… Christmas!
- Our Favorite Traditional Christmas Dinners from MyRecipes.com
- Family Movie… or Not? Movie Reviews from PluggedIn.com
- Thank You!… The Art of Thank You Notes
- Christmas at Colonial Williamsburg
- 100 Miles of Lights… Richmond to Virginia Beach
- December in Virginia from Virginia.org
- WINTER in Virginia… More Family Fun from Virginia.org
- Other Holiday Links from LynchburgHomeschool.com
– New ‘Holiday‘ links added periodically!
Thankful
Prayer
Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank thee for this place in which we dwell, for the love that unites us, for the peace accorded to us this day, for the health, for the food, and the bright skies that make our lives delightful, for our friends in all parts of the earth.
Give us courage, gaiety, and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften us to our enemies. Bless us, if may be, in all our innocent endeavours. If may not, give us the strength to encounter that which is to come. May we be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune loyal and loving to one another.
As the clay to the potter, as the windmill to the wind, as the children of their sire, we beseech of Thee this help and mercy for Christs sake. Amen.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
Thanksgiving
- A Thanksgiving Unit Study from Eclectic Homeschool Online
- Thanksgiving Resources from TheHomeschoolMom.com
- Thanksgiving Poems & Hymns from AmblesideOnline.org
- Thanksgiving in Virginia from Virginia.org
- Everything Thanksgiving from MarthaStewart.com
- Thanksgiving from FoodNetwork.com
- Other Holiday Links from LynchburgHomeschool.com
– New ‘Holiday‘ links added periodically!
A Fresh Fall Start
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Mark Your Calendars!
Homeschool Conventions & Conferences 2011-12
New Products, Various Methods, Favorite Speakers, and not the least of these…
Fellowship, Encouragement, Refreshment, and Vision for the Future
Online Conferences Throughout the Current Academic Year
- Ultimate Homeschool Expo Online Conferences at UltimateHomeschoolExpo.com
- Heart of the Matter Online Conferences at Conference.HeartOfTheMatterOnline.com
March 2012
SouthEast Homeschool Convention
March 22-24, 2012
TD Convention Center
Greenville, South Carolina
Great Homeschool Conventions, Inc. at GreatHomeschoolConventions.com
VaHomeschoolers 2012 Conference & Resource Fair
March 23-23, 2012
Cultural Center at Glen Alen
Glen Alen, Virginia
Organization of Virginia Homeschoolers at VaHomeschoolers.org
April 2012
MidSouth Homeschool Convention
April 12-14, 2012
Memphis Convention Center
Memphis, Tennessee
Great Homeschool Conventions, Inc. at GreatHomeschoolConventions.com
Cincinnati Homeschool Convention
April 19-21, 2012
Duke Energy Convention Center
Cincinnati, Ohio
Great Homeschool Conventions, Inc. at GreatHomeschoolConventions.com
May 2012
NCHE Conference & Book Fair
May 26-28, 2012
Benton Convention Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
North Carolinians for Home Education at NCHE.com
JUNE 2012
HEAV Virginia Homeschool Convention
June 7-9, 2012
Richmond Convention Center
Richmond, Virginia
Home Educators Association of Virginia at HEAV.org
Get Connected
Home Education In & Around Lynchburg, Virginia
Lynchburg Homeschool & LA NICHE
Serving Homeschool Families & Organizations in the Lynchburg Area
LynchburgHomeschool.com is sponsored by Lynchburg Area News & Information for Christian Home Educators (LANICHE). LA NICHE sites have served homeschool families and organizations in the Lynchburg region of Virginia since 2006.
The following pages are made available to help you…
Get Connected Locally
Enhance Your Home Education Efforts
- New or Considering Home Education
- Methods, Styles, Philosophies & More
- Reviews of Homeschool Products & Curriculum
- Get Answers to YOUR Home Education Questions
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