Making Your Little Learners Light Up With This STEM Kit
Light up you little learners with this STEM learning kit
How to Raise Strong Biblical Sons in a World Stacked Against You
We have always had a strong selection of great Biblical teaching tools. We received Manhood Journey Fathers Starter Kit from Manhood Journey & City on a Hill Studio to review as one of the most recent tools for our life skill curriculum. Raising strong Biblical sons is a worthy goal It is the desire of our homeschool,…
Do You Want an Incredible Homeschool Year? Make Room For Dad
Making room for Dad is an intentional act. Can I just be a little bit honest here? There were days my husband would just show up and hang out on a rare unscheduled day off. It would throw off my groove. Sometimes I would get a little huffy and resentful. After all, I had a…
How To Homeschool Multiple Grades At The Same Time
Our blog’s name, 200 Fingers & Toes, is a testament to our unique challenge in homeschooling a house of ten kids. Yes, you read that right. Ten kids. Planning a homeschool day for such a diverse range of ages is no small feat. The older children have a more significant academic load, and the younger…
3 Ways a Great Curriculum Helps You Teach Multiple Kids
We are 200 Fingers & Toes because we are homeschooling that many here at our house. You did read that right and if you are any good at math you have figured out that we have 10 kids. Now you are asking, How do we homeschool 10 without outsourcing everything? We have been homeschooling for the…
How to Avoid Getting Lost on Your Homeschool Journey
Traveling alone doesn’t have to be terrifying. Last summer I traveled alone for the first time in 16 years. It was ridiculous, how nervous I was. I have flown several times, just recently before that, but I on those trips I had someone else leading me. In life there are so many things that are…
The Best Way to Get Unstuck When Life is Overwhelming
What I Learned About an Engine; What to Do When You Are Stuck [Tweet “A little fellowship was all I needed, and the last thing I thought I had time for.”] A little fellowship was all I needed, and the last thing I thought I had time for. What do a broken tractor and friend…
Being Intentional About Fellowship | In Due Season Volume 1.23
We have to be intentional about building communities for ourselves, because trials will come. Difficulties will landmine your path. You will need a shoulder to lead on, and it is better if you build relationships before then. A few years ago I found my self completely alone. My parents had moved away. Our church closed. It…
Homeschool Iowa Convention: The Time I Won a Community
You have a community of support waiting for you. I’ve been to my fair share of homeschool Iowa conventions, after all, I am a second generation homeschooler. My situation is unique though. I was involuntarily homeschooled. Take that to heart if you have a child that keeps you up praying at night at your own…
How we’re using an online resource with my reluctant reader. {Review}
Help my kid hates reading! Have you ever heard a desparate mom cry these words, or have you said them yourself? I have the opportunity to review a Yearly Membership from SchoolhouseTeachers.com for The Homeschool Review Crew. The good news is that I have plenty to say because we’ve been using it for a little over a…
Being Influencers in Our Home | In Due Season Volume 1.21
I admit that this year, as I read endless headlines in praise of teachers, I felt a little resentful. Before you think I am a terrible human, I will remind you that I am very much made of flesh and blood. As such I am subject to frustration and disappointment as often as I am…
Curating A Heart of Praise | In Due Season Volume 1.20
If you have read the Bible much you will notice that over and over, we are cautioned about grumbling and complaining. There are days, I have given over to my internal dialogue. You might know what those days are like. When you’ve already had the argument, twice, before the actual meeting. Days when the Lord…
We Influence With Our Words | In Due Season Volume 1.19
Early in our home-school experience I had the blessing of being challenged on a daily basis, by a very strong willed daughter. I was not so Pollyannaish in my descriptions of the situation while I was in deep in the trenches. I am thankful that I had a standing coffee date with a wise friend….
The Truth About Flexibility | In Due Season Volume 1.16
I have been blessed with an easy going personality. I have often left the house with 3 diapers and a wipes package and filled the hours with various free ways to entertain seven small children. Being flexible comes more naturally to me and with ten children, there is not a day that goes by that…
Skip the books! How to make STEM studies a reality in your homeschool
Have you ever bought a circuit set with high hopes of you kid using it with joy; only to throw it away piece by piece as you find them strung out on your kids bedroom floor? Have you ever found the half finished model of the ship you were intending to use to teach the kids about…