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A Place for My Shells

A couple of weeks ago, I was cleaning my “Amazing Room” in preparation for my sister’s visit. The Amazing Room is the Sewing/Art/Exercise/Guest Bedroom, a work in progress.

Boxes with contents waiting to be sorted and reduced were my target. It was going well until I hit the old homeschool stuff box. There were the games I made from scratch for the children to learn letters, mismatched flash card sets, and the two collections that took forever to gather–the rocks and the shells. It’s hard to part with those teaching tools. I stuffed everything back into the container to deal with later, silently praying for a good solution, but not giving it much thought.

A new home magazine came in the mail today. My answer to the problem popped right out as I was flipping pages. Put them in a pretty container in the Amazing Room and wait for a teachable moment with the grandchildren, not that it wouldn’t happen with the teenage sons, but it’s seashells and pretty little rocks.

Such a little thing brought so much joy. For the next few minutes, I put the shells and rocks into their new homes and anticipated the expressions on their faces when I pull out a new mystery box collection on a rainy day.

As we seek order and purpose in this life and ask God for answers, sometimes we have to wait for it and listen carefully for His softly whispered solutions.

Blessings,

Harriet

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I am happy to report that there are more homeschool friendly choices for Christian Homeschool Preschool Curriculum.

By homeschool friendly, I mean the type of curriculum that is written with consideration for the busy homeschool parent.  They feature easy to follow lesson plans and teacher guides, beautiful student workbooks, and a solid Christian foundation.

• Christian Preschool Curriculum

It is timely for us because our grandchildren are starting their second generation homeschool journey. I hope it is timely for you as you and your children start your homeschool journey.

Hope this helps!

Blessings,

Harriet

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For the third time this week, I have been in contact with a homeschool publisher who is having a major crisis.

There is something wrong with this picture. Car accidents and major health problems are not normal in this amount.

These families are small publishers who write and publish homeschool friendly curriculum that makes it possible for more families to teach their children at home. Most of them have made incredible time sacrifices to make better curriculum available for you and your family.

I ask you to lift them up in your prayers.  It is all about spiritual warfare.

Enough said.

Blessings,

Harriet Yoder