Enjoy Refreshing Times with Jesus in Your Homeschool

Posted on Thursday, July 31, 2014 7:52

Teaching children to have a daily quiet time yields so many benefits! This year build some solace into your homeschool day where everyone reaps rewards. Allow children to rest for an hour a day in their rooms or a special nook (regardless of age!) Using it for  Bible reading, reflection or quiet play teaches them to slow down and builds into them a habit our Savior had of retreating from the noise and crowds of the day. It's in this time we hear His voice of guidance, creativity or affirmation.  It's a daily discipline that yields the same for busy moms. Restrain from doing the laundry or answering emails! Let the Lord whisper to your heart the answers you've been asking. It's not only good for your spirit but for your blood pressure too! A rested homeschool mom is a better homeschool mom. After all it's in Him we live and move and have our being. All success in this life flows from Him. Help your children learn how to cultivate it with quiet time! You'll be glad you did! A precious mom of eight, wrote me that she visits a new state park each week with her homeschool. They explore, take photos, find frogs! She feels the refreshment of nature is heaven sent. "It has restored a part of me and the kids love the fresh air and hiking." Rested moms respond with more patience and joy. Give yourself permission to enjoy this season. You don't have to be super mom. We all need rest. Jesus did!

Lead your Child on 

An Adventure of Faith and Literature!

Find Trust, Hope, and the Power of Prayer in Callie's Contest of Courage!

"I'm always on the lookout for positive, adventurous books for my kids - especially ones with characters who possess a strong and growing faith.  Unfortunately, those are not very easy to find.

But recently I hit the jackpot. Callie is the kind of character whom your daughter will want to befriend and you'll be happy to have her imitate.  She's strong, smart, and kind, and she obviously is a kid with a strong faith of her own.  She reads scripture, knows scripture, and thinks about scripture - which is not to say that she's perfect.  She has her typical dramatic episodes and selfish moments, but she deals with the aftermath of her emotions in a wise, mature way."

 ~Amy Bradsher, homeschool parent and educator

Eleven-year-old Callie Fleming is a passionate animal lover! She’s been waiting all year to enter photos in the I Love Nature Photo Contest. Her dad, who is the coolest dad in the world, is an award winning photographer and Marine Corp Reserves Sergeant. She is leaning on his help to win. But when her father is untimely deployed overseas and becomes strangely silent to her emails, she finds her whole world crashing down on her. Can she muster up the faith and courage to step out on a journey that whisks her away from all the things she loves?

"Callie is a great role model for mid-grade girls. Her character qualities paint a picture of a realistic character that makes mistakes and learns from them. It is a wonderful book about family, friendship, adventure, joy, faith, hope, love, and honesty. Children’s literature book clubs, co-op groups, and Christian school literature circle classes can safely add this book to their reading lists. ~Tracey Masters, Educator

http://www.newmillenniumgirlbooks.com/Bookstore.html

This 74 page literature study guide is filled with fun activities from the mid-grade novel Callie’s Contest of Courage, vocabulary building skills, discussion questions and a literature awareness section. Build a butterfly box, map out Callie's travels , play a car game, bake a special treat and so much more! Perfect for the single student or as a book club. Girls won’t be able to put it down! Callie’s Contest of Courage is young girl’s journey of faith

 http://www.newmillenniumgirlbooks.com/Bookstore.html

These are my favorite Non-Gluten

Paleo Modified Sweet Treat!

Heavenly Almond Flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

 

 

1 ¼ cup almond meal flour and a teaspoon

 

1/4 teaspoon salt

 

1/3 to 2/3 cup Stevia (I like somewhere in the middle!)

 

½ teaspoon baking soda

 

Mix altogether

 

Add in one egg

 

3 tablespoons melted butter      

 

3 teaspoons vanilla Or 3 capfuls

 

Mix altogether-Add in a little more Almond flour if the dough is sticky-1

teaspoon at a time

 

And in 4 tablespoons Hershey Sugar Free Chocolate Chips

 

½ cup chopped walnuts

 

Bake 350 for 11-13 minutes

 

Cookies are done when they feel firm to the tough. When you take them out-Let them sit for a few minutes before taking them off