Mother4Jesus

We are back into the swing of homeschooling. The new year came and we are studying our multiplication facts.  We have been homeschooling for over 20 years. My younger two did a Classical curriculum from the start. We have used Classical Conversations and Claritas Press Academy.  With Classical conversations, we started out with them. We did their skip counting and had it all memorized from kindergarten. CC then changed from going to 12, to going all the way to the 15’s!  We ended up going back to Claritas BUT , stayed with CC’s skip counting because they had been so ingrained in us.  CC has the students memorize all the skip counting and then when they go into Essentials, they memorize them as full equations, 4x1=4, etc.  I love that. I purchased the songs from KingThings , another CC Family. I love the songs and soon realized that my younger child, was learning them. I wanted a visual to go along with the song.  I am no long...

I have tipped my toes into the world of digital planning. Ok, so maybe I did MORE than just my toes.  Ok, Ok, I dove in head first!!  Why Digital planning??  *It’s fun *It’s Portable *It’s colorful *It saves on Printer Ink *It’s a creative outlet *My children LOVE all the cute stickers The list goes on.... I had started with Artful Agenda, which is a digital planning App. It syncs up with all your devices. It’s a great option, especially for those who really don’t want to or have the time to set up a digital PDF Planner. Click on the Link for my Review of The Artful Agenda App.  While the app is great and amazing, I couldn’t really use or decorate the planner the way I wanted to.  after much research, trial and error, I have found a combination that works for me. Actually, I’ve found MANY combinations that work for me. 🤷‍♀️😜 First you need to decide what you’re looking for.  I wanted a cute weekly planner that I ...

How can we make cursive fun? This is a tough question.  I don't usually worry about making everything fun. I know that is what most people focus on, but to be honest, I don't. There are many things in life that are simply, NOT fun. No matter how hard you try. I find that attitude plays a bigger role. If we complain about doing something, then it will be hard, boring, annoying....fill in the adverb.  I usually don't allow complaining, and we constantly go over scripture about not complaining.  "For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil"  Matthew 12:34-35 " Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world."  Philippians 2:14-15 There are so many great scriptures about having the ...

The new year has started and we've been running from the start! We've been busy with gymnastics and taekwondo!! Never a dull moment here. I can't believe February is almost here. To celebrate, I created some cute planner covers and dividers. These match my February Poster !  These can be used in any planner. Simply Print, put in a page protector, laminate, and write in what you want. You can edit these in any program. I am uploading PDF and JPG versions. The PDF version can also be used in any portrait-sized digital planner. The Jpg version can be inserted as a graphic on the page of any document/digital planner. You can resize these, they're a high resolution, you just want to make sure you keep the same aspect ration/constrain the proportions. For those living in Australia, their new year hasn't started off well. Many of the graphics I get from Janelle from Chantahlia Design . The fires have devastated many on that Island. She started a campaign to he...

Happy New year!! 2020 is here. That means a fresh start for resolutions and a fresh start for an organizational overhaul!  For me, it's imperative that my children help. As a homeschooling mom, there is no way I'd be able to do all that I do without their help.  We are a family. We learn together, We have fun together and We clean together!  One way that helps my children are Zone cleaning cards. I posted some free ones here.  The ones I posted are printable. You can print, laminate and bind them.  I recently created a digital school planner and my children liked it! I love that I can edit it weekly and design it with fun graphics. They enjoy that too.  I decided to try zone cleaning digitally!  I created this digital zone cleaning for Goodnotes users. I have the PDF and the Goodnotes file for you to download for free.  Just import into Goodnotes and edit as you'd like. If you want to edit it in another PDF editor, the...