by Kris Cox | Aug 4, 2022 | COVID-19 Pandemic, Discipleship, Elementary age students, family, Homeschool fears, Mental health, mental illness, Raising Godly Children, Struggling Learner, Thankfulness
Mental health issues are on the rise the last couple of years with the pandemic and all that’s been going on in the world. Sadly, we just passed the two-year mark of losing one of our adult sons to mental illness. It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever been... by Kris Cox | Jan 3, 2019 | Abiding in Christ, Character Building Ideas, Curriculum, Delight-directed learning, Discipleship, discovery learning, Elementary age students, Evaluation, Finding joy, Goal setting, Holidays, Homeschool burnout, Homeschooling, Homeschooling Through High School, Homeschooling with Confidence, Joy of learning, Language arts, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Reluctant learner, Respectfulness, strategy games for learning, Teaching Tips, Teaching with Games, Thankfulness
The holidays are done, and the new year stretches before us. It’s time to begin a new semester of school…and I’m guessing that some of you may not be feeling very excited about getting back into a school schedule again. Maybe you feel a bit overwhelmed with the idea... 
by Kris Cox | Jun 14, 2017 | Character Building Ideas, Discipleship, Elementary age students, Goal setting, Great Homeschool Ideas, Honesty, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Toddlers
With summer already in full-swing, it’s time to go back to our series on Character-building! Summer is a great time to focus on helping our children build godly character because many homeschoolers are not as busy also trying to fit in the many academic studies we... 
by Kris Cox | Mar 3, 2017 | Character Building Ideas, Curriculum, Discipleship, Elementary age students, Evaluation, Goal setting, Great Homeschool Ideas, Preschoolers, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Teaching Tips, Toddlers
As I said in my last post, “Motherhood: A Blessed Calling,” we as moms have an amazing opportunity to disciple and train up our children to know the Lord. As a Christian parent, you hopefully have a great desire to teach your children about Jesus, but maybe you... 
by Kris Cox | Feb 8, 2017 | Abiding in Christ, Character Building Ideas, Discipleship, Elementary age students, Goal setting, Great books to read, Great Homeschool Ideas, Joy of learning, Preschoolers, Purity, Raising Godly Children, Raising Responsible Children, Sibling rivalry, Teaching Tips, Thankfulness
Lately, God has been impressing on my heart the importance of being a mom. I was a stay-at-home mom for 23 years, and I loved it! It was a privilege and blessing to be home with our kids and to homeschool them (well, most of the time)! But there were many times... 
