Building Good Character Qualities

There is no doubt that character training is a vital aspect our home schooling. The Bible teaches us in Proverbs 22:15 that, "Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child." In the book of Romans, it's made crystal clear that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Therefore, it is necessary to train our children diligently. This requires discipline and much repetition to instill in our children a proper godly character which will benefit them and those around them for their whole lives. I have found that my children work and respect people better as they learn these character qualities. With lots of repetition they slowly build these qualities. Here are links to the resources I use.

http://store.iblp.org/products/C123/

http://www.christianbook.com/character-builders-8/9780740314643/pd/314643

Civil War: freebies

Holy Spirt led homeschooling is sharing Free Literature Based Civil War Study! She has a lot of great information.

Free Literature Based Civil War Study | Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling | Living the Life of Faith

www.holyspiritledhomeschooling.net

We're consumed with the study that our family is working on of the Civil War Era. I've designed it with many great books, free online resources {such as maps, videos, projects, lapbooks} and more. I'm freely sharing our literature based study with my readers who sign up via RSS/Email.

Fall is here..Fun fall printables

Fall is my Favorite time of the year the crisp air, apple picking, going to the pumpkin patch with the kids. Spending time with the family there is nothing better.  Here is a link to some great FREE Fall fun Learning unit printables.

http://homeschoolcreations.com/FallFunLearningPrintables.html

Free Homeschool Worksheet links

Are you on a tight budget or just need to fill in the gaps of your homeschool here is a resource link for free homeschool worksheets. I found these worked well just to add to my current curriculum.

http://www.schoolexpress.com/

Balancing Act...

Some days I feel like I am doing a balancing act...3 girls being homeschooled a toddler and an infant not to mention the laundry, cleaning, cooking, trying to figure the bills out, etc. Through the crying baby and toddler running around screaming and my house that seems to be a complete mess the girls asking school questions, for that brief moment I think what am I doing am I crazy everyone else seems to thinks so about homeschooling when I could have them in public school.  As soon as I feel like this I ask God to give me the strength to continue and teach my children the way he intended. I refer to proverbs 3:5-6  and my day always gets better.

⁵ Trust in the LORD with all your heart,
And lean not on your own understanding;
⁶ In all your ways acknowledge Him,
And He shall direct^[a] your paths.