When we struggle with doubt and discouragement as homeschool moms, we need to get into God’s Word! Focusing on the promises God gives to us as believers is a great way to “set our minds on things above and not on things of the earth.” 

I was truly blessed by doing this Bible study. As I looked up all these Bible verses, I was reminded of God’s heart of unfailing love and faithfulness to us, the good news of the gospel, and the sure hope of eternal life we have as believers in Christ Jesus. 

This free printable list of the promises of God (13 pages) is wonderful to put in your Morning Time notebook or display in prominent places where you are most likely to see them throughout the day. You can cut out the smaller cards to put in a frame or tape them in places you will see them frequently like the kitchen sink, bathroom mirror, or your nightstand.

Each of these Bible promises is followed by a Scripture reference (ESV) so you can look these up on your own to get a better understanding of the context of each promise. 

God’s Promises about Salvation

God’s love for us is incomparable because while we were his enemies, Christ died for us and offers us salvation and eternal life. 

Salvation is promised to those who call on the Lord. “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” Romans 10:13

Salvation is a free gift of God.  “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

Believers have eternal life in Jesus. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life.” John 3:16

God’s Promises to Believers

There is no condemnation for those who trust Christ. “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” Romans 8:1 

We are a part of the family of God. “So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.” Ephesians 2:19

Nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written,’For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39

Because of Jesus, we can know our heavenly Father. “And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” John 17:3

By abiding in him, our lives will be spiritually fruitful. “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 

Believers who remain steadfast in suffering will receive a crown of life. “Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”  James 1:12

God will answer our prayers. “Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.” John 14:13,14

Jesus will never abandon you. “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5b

Promises of God about the Holy Spirit

God has given us the Holy Spirit to guide, comfort, and help Christians. 

When Jesus ascended, he gave believers his Holy Spirit as a gift. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.” John 14:15-17

The Holy Spirit produces fruit in our lives. “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23

The Holy Spirit will guide believers into all truth. “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” John 16:13

God’s Spririt gives (spiritual) life to our dead bodies. “If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.” Romans 8:11

Promises of God for Daily Life

The Word of God has wisdom and encouragement for every circumstance in daily life. 

He cares about us. “Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.” I Peter 5:7

Jesus gives us peace that the world cannot give. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. … Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:27

God comforts us in our troubles. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3,4

God will supply all your needs. “And my God will supply every need of yours according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19

You can do anything God calls you to in life because Christ gives you the strength to do it. “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.” Philippians 4:13

God’s Promise to Give Us Victory Over Sin

What truth can we cling to in our struggle with sin? These verses offer us incredible hope! 

God will provide a way of escape in temptation. “No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.” I Corinthians 10: 13

He is able to keep you from stumbling. “Now to him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy…” Jude 24

When we confess our sin after salvation, God forgives us. “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9

Sin cannot control you. “For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:14

The devil will flee from you when you submit to God. “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7

You are a new creation in Christ. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.” 2 Corinthinans 5:17

Promises from the Old Testament

One particular thing we should be careful about as Christians is that we don’t claim promises of God that were meant for different people at different times. 

These are some good questions to ask when reading a text. Who God is speaking to in this promise? Is this a promise made to a specific person or to the nation of Israel?

Although the New Testament is full of promises specifically to those who place trust in Christ, . we can also learn a lot about the heart of God from his interactions with Israel in the Old Testament.

These verses below are promises I believe we can infer from understanding God’s nature throughout the Old Testament. 

God gives strength to those who wait on Him. “Even youths shall faint and be weary, and young men shall fall exhausted;  but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles;they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.”  Isaiah 40:30-31

God can give perfect peace to the one who trusts him. “You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3

God will give you direction in life as you trust in Him. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not leanon your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”  Proverbs 3:5,6

The Lord promises blessings to those who trust in him. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, forit does not cease to bear fruit.” Jeremiah 17:7,8

Promises of God from the Psalms

In the book of Psalms, we find a plethora of songs praising God for his character. We can relate to David as he pours out his heart to the Lord during some of the most difficult times in his life. 

God is a refuge for us in times of trouble. “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalms 46:10

The love of God is so great, it cannot be measured. “For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him.” Psalms 103:11

The Lord is near to the brokenhearted. “The Lord is near to the broken-hearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.” Psalm 34:19

God will give you the desires of your heart as you delight yourself in him. “Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalms 37:4

The Lord takes pleasure in his people. “For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.” Psalm 149:4

In Him we can have complete joy and lasting pleasure. “You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy, at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalms 16:11

God’s Future Promises

This list of promises includes the most important promise to believers: Jesus is coming again soon! Though life on earth may be filled with trials and suffering, it is short. Eternity is long and soon we will “ever be with the Lord.” 

Jesus is coming to judge evil. “Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way, and of all the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” Jude 14b-15

Believers will inherit the kingdom that God has been preparing for them since the beginning of the world. “Then the King will say to those on his right, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.” Matthew 25:34

Soon we will be with the Lord for all eternity. “Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.” I Thessalonians 4:17

Jesus is coming back soon! “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.” Revelation 22:12

Revelation 12:20 “Surely I am coming soon!”

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The promises in this list do not even scratch the surface of the riches of God’s kindness to us as his children. I challenge you to write out the promises of God for yourself. As you spend time reading the Bible each day, jot down the promises you read. You will be blessed as you reflect on God’s abundant goodness.

When you encounter difficult times in your life today, open the holy Bible and remind yourself of the good things God promises to us as believers. 

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Homeschool Mom You Are Doing a Great Work

How do You homeschool with ALL Littles?? Do you look at seasoned homeschooling moms incredulously, wondering how they possibly did it when they were in this stage? You love the idea of offering your kids a rich education through homeschooling, but with so many young ones underfoot, it just seems so hard! In this post, I want to offer encouragement for homeschool moms of littles.

I have a lot of sympathy for homeschool moms who have all young kids. I remember that season very well having been in it for so long. In fact, I’m still in it. We have ten children ages 18 down to 7 months and we are going on our 14th year of homeschooling. Having kids under age six in our home has become the norm for our family for so many years now so that I can’t hardly imagine it any other way. Even so, I have to admit it really is easier now than when they were all little. Those early years of diapers, dishes, dinner, and dirty laundry on repeat…they were hard!

Video: Encouragement For Homeschool Moms of Littles

“I Can’t Get Anything Done!”

Being with very young children all day is really exhausting! Have you heard yourself saying the words, “I can’t get anything done!”? I sure have. For homeschooling moms of all littles, getting very little done is the hard reality.

A day spent with all littles is completely unpredictable. You may write out your daily “to do” list, but it is completely subject to your children’s moods, potty training, lost sleep, tears over math, spilled milk, and a host of other possibilities.

• whining two year old
• toddler deciding not to nap
• baby teething
• constant interruptions
• repeated questions from three year olds
• younger children still building immune systems so they are sick more frequently
• pregnancy or adjusting to a new baby

Additionally, many moms with young children are homeschooling for the very first time, so there are other difficulties as well.

• choosing (and learning) a curriculum
• discovering your homeschool style and your child’s learning style
• finding a routine that works for you
• finding homeschool friends/co-ops
• family or friends questioning your decision to homeschool that can be discouraging
• adjusting to a homeschool mentality after having been traditionally schooled yourself

These Are The Foundational Years of Your Homeschool

One thing I did not realize when I was in the thick of homeschooling with all young children was that I was in the investment stage of both our homeschool and our family life. Whenever you start any kind of endeavor, whether it is a business, a project, or perhaps building your first home, the beginning is always the hardest part. How many years does it take for a business to start earning a profit? When you dig out the foundation for the construction of a new house, it actually looks like you are going backwards, digging that big hole in the ground. Who could look at that hollow cave of dirt and see the beautiful home you have envisioned?

It is the same with homeschooling. In the beginning, you make the largest investment and see very little fruit. You change messy diapers, make meals, attempt a reading lesson, answer a million questions, read one more story, cry over math, bathe dirty feet, run another load of laundry, kiss them goodnight ….and crawl into bed exhausted. And for what?! To get up and do it one more day.

The idea of homeschooling is so appealing, but the reality of it just seems impossible some days. When you look into your children’s sweet faces, you wouldn’t have it any other way, but are you really getting anywhere?

Seeing Fruit

When you have been homeschooling for several years, you gain perspective. When you see your kids become avid readers or develop unique hobbies, you begin to reap the rewards of all your blood, sweat, and tears. And it is SO worth it! When our second son showed an interest in learning guitar and taught himself to play by watching YouTube videos or when our daughters exhibited artistic talent in some of their baking endeavors, I loved seeing them blossom. Watching your kids become individuals right before your eyes is a beautiful thing. It makes all the investments of the the early years worth it, I promise!

Encouragement: It Does Get Easier!

The good news is that it does get easier! It gets easier because the longer you homeschool the better you get at it. It becomes second nature. You no longer puzzle over the math problem. You’ve learned how to break things down in a way that the kids understand. You are more familiar with your curriculum as well, so that’s one less hurdle.

I have noticed that when the number of independent kids in your home begins to outweigh the number of dependent kids, you really start to see the scales tip the other way. The younger ones are stimulated by just having the older ones around. They no longer look to you for all the entertainment. Additionally, when you have older kids around, the littles look to the older kids to learn the patterns and rhythms of the home.

When your kids are all little, they know nothing at all. You have to teach them everything! I remember teaching our oldest son how to ride a bike without training wheels. We went out every single day for weeks helping him. With all the kids after him, however, as we started to help them, we realized their older sibling has been teaching them. It took half the time and less work for us.

Practical Solutions

Do a little reading, writing, and math every day. A little here and there goes a long way over time. Let your goal be making progress. Hold your homeschool plans loosely. Some days you will get a lot done, other days not so much. But as long as you do a little every day, you will keep moving forward. Steady plodding brings success!

Get away to recharge. We’ve all experienced that moment when you feel like you can’t wipe one more nose, tackle one more discipline issue, or do one more math problem. You are starting to feel burn out. One of the best solutions I have found when I feel this way is to get away for a little bit. Going out for coffee, shopping with a friend, or just taking a walk will give you a break and help you recharge. When you come home, you will be refreshed.

Pause and tackle tough issues: What is the issue you are struggling with in your homeschool? Messy house? Behavior issues in your kids? Try taking a break from school to find a better strategy to solve the problem. If you have to take a day off of school to get on top of things, the kids won’t get behind. You will be able to make more progress when you have smoothed things out.

You Are Doing Kingdom Work

I want to encourage you that you are doing kingdom work. All the work that you are doing with your little ones has eternal ramifications. The children that God has entrusted to you are eternal souls. You have the responsibility and the awesome privilege to raise them in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. When you can have an eternal mindset, it really helps these small earthly struggles and setbacks seem much smaller.

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As you homeschool your kids, do you find from time to time that school can take over your home life? In the years we have been homeschooling, I have become aware of a constant drift as we allow our school work to completely overwhelm us. Homeschooling can be all-consuming. I want to challenge you to look at your homeschool a little differently. Here are some reasons why “home” is the most important part of your homeschool.

Most of us who are homeschooling are doing it for the first time. Because of this, without realizing it, we rely on the methods of the traditional model of school to help us. The problem with this is that many of these practices don’t work as well in a home.

Video: Why “Home” Is The Most Important Part of Your Homeschool

Making Home Look Like School Is Moving Backward

There’s a reason you pulled your child out of school. Schools are designed to meet the needs of the masses. Your home, on the contrary, is designed individually for your children.

Over the years, I have learned that homeschooling does not look like school. When I first started homeschooling, we organized our day to look very much like school. We said the pledge of allegiance every morning at the kitchen table. I printed off all the state standards to make sure we were “keeping up” with what the kids in school were doing. It didn’t take me long to realize that copying school doesn’t work as well in a home. I learned with experience how to adapt our homeschool to better fit our family’s needs.

Even so, it still surprises me often how many ways we as homeschoolers, without knowing we are doing it, imitate the school model. Here are a few examples.

When we…

• plan a scope and sequence
• designate a certain room as our homeschool space
• determine to finish the curriculum in a given school year, regardless of how well our kids are learning it
• do school from September through May
• school all day long
• are inflexible with learning times like evenings and weekends (This is how some part or full-time working parents can make it work!)

Of course, there is nothing inherently bad about any of these practices, especially if they are a tool that is serving a purpose in your homeschool. It’s just that these practices are methods that were originally designed to educate the masses. They were not intended to meet the individual needs of your child.

There’s No Place Like Home

It makes me a little sad sometimes to walk in our neighborhood during the day and not see even one child. One of the things that I love most about homeschooling is that when we bring our kids home, our home becomes a place that is full of life! We transform the home into the source of activity and growth rather than merely a residence.

Take a second look at all that your home has to offer. It is brimming with creativity, warmth, and life. There is truly no place like home. It is a perfect environment to learn and grow.

Home is the Place Where You Can Be the Most Creative

Compare your home to the sterile nature of a brick and mortar school. Why would you try to make your home like a school? Your home is teeming with living things, raw materials, resources, tastes, smells, laughter, music.

Home is where we can create, experiment, design, imagine, play, and grow. At home, you can you try your hand at a business, learn valuable life skills, master time management, grow living things, care for and serve others, hone your gifts and abilities.

The Comforts of Home

When we are in a safe environment and all our needs are being met, learning comes naturally. This is what makes home the perfect environment for growth. No fear of bullying, no negative peer pressure. We have no standardized tests to take up all our time. No worries about wearing all the right brand names of clothing. We can just be ourselves… which means we are free to learn what, where, and how we wish!

Our Deepest Life-long Relationships Are Forged at Home

Rather than spending all day with their same-age peers, our children can invest in relationships that they will have for the rest of their lives. What a blessing it is for our kids to grow up together! Because they aren’t away at school all day, they also are around to spend more time with grandparents or other family members, closing the generational gap, as children can gain valuable wisdom from the elderly.

Make Your “Home” the Priority in Your Homeschool

I challenge you to look at your homeschool differently. When you make various decisions, ask yourself, “Is this method/practice/choice meeting the needs of my kids and the family or am I doing this because it’s how we did it when I was in school?” Do you need to rethink the way you are doing school at home?

Let school fill in all the extra little empty spaces after you have prioritized your home life. Your bookwork or “school” should enhance your home life, not define it. Let it be the overflow, the icing on the cake.

If you want to enjoy homeschooling, you will find the most fulfillment when you see your home life itself as a grand learning opportunity. To make your home a priority does not take away from an education, it enhances it!

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Does your homeschool seem…ordinary? No tricks, nothing special, just you and the kids making a little more progress every day. Should you be doing more? Is this simple day-to-day enough? There’s always the dazzle of uncharted horizons… the latest curriculum fad, more field trips, classes your kids would like to take. While there’s no harm in adding a little pizzaz to your days, I would like to encourage you that you can have a simple homeschool and it can be very good. Let me share 5 reasons why your homeschool can be simple.

Video: 5 Reasons Why Your Homeschool Can Be Simple

What Is a Simple Homeschool?

Because we have a large family with a wide age range (10 kids, ages 18 to 5 months) our homeschool has been very basic from time to time. Meeting the needs of each individual child sometimes means we have to lighten the load on our calendar!

For us, simple homeschooling has looked like this. Staying home more often, being involved in fewer extracurricular activities, doing less in general. Simple homeschool often means saying no to some things so you can say yes to the more important matters. It can mean not being up on the latest trends in curriculum and instead using basic materials like library books, a globe, an abacus, flashcards, counting tiles, common kitchen items, etc.

Simple homeschooling does NOT mean that we aren’t challenging our kids. As homeschool moms, we know when our kids aren’t giving it their best shot and this kind of attitude is not ok! We want them to always try their very best and to see all of life as learning.

Certain seasons or financial circumstances might make it necessary to keep school very minimal. If this is you, don’t compare yourself to what others are doing or doubt your effectiveness as a homeschool mom. I want to encourage you that your homeschool can be quite simple and yet very good.

Disclaimer

Before I tell you all the reasons why your homeschool can be simple, I know some people thrive on creative endeavors and spontaneous excursions. Staying busy and trying new things keeps some people going! I am not trying to discourage that kind of inspiration. In fact, because I am not generally creative by nature, I surround myself with friends who inspire me with their creative juices so that I can glean from them what ideas might work for us. I like to add zing from time to time. Variety is the spice of life!

Sometimes, however, we can have so much on our plate that a simple homeschool is just the ticket to a peaceful home. If you have a new baby or have recently moved, these might be reasons you long for a simple homeschool. If like us, you have a large family, you may need to keep your homeschool simple in certain times of life to be able to function.

#1 Advantage of Simple Curriculum

I know all that new curriculum you saw the the recent convention looks sooo tempting, but you don’t have to have the best curriculum for your child to succeed! In fact, you can stick with the same curriculum all the way through if you want, no matter how many latest models you see along the way.

We have done this (for the most part) in our homeschool and it has resulted in what I call the “trickle down” effect. I have seen how much the younger children pick up from watching their older siblings do school work. When they are finally old enough to start, they are familiar with the layout and the content, expectations, and teaching style. SO MANY times I have started to teach my budding school age child a new concept only to see that they already know it. They have heard all the history songs from 5 different time periods because they have been sitting beside an older sibling listening to them for several years before starting school themselves.

Additionally, after I teach the curriculum to the oldest child, I get better and better with the next child. Every time a mom switches curriculum, it takes a period of time to learn the new layout. Admittedly, from time to time, I have been tempted to try the newest fads, but as you can see, staying with the same curriculum, though it may seem ordinary, has its advantages as well.

#2 Free Time Breeds Curiosity

Nothing will stifle a child’s imagination more than running around from activity to activity. Kids need free time. Time to be bored. When children have space in their day, they begin to wonder and ask questions. With free time, kids can pursue their interests and hone their skills. This is when some of the best learning happens! If your kids raise kids who love to learn, you have equipped them in the best way possible.

Think about it. What kinds of things do you remember most? You remember the things you were interested in and took time to search and learn on your own. So it’s ok if your homeschool is simple. All that free time is serving you well.

Examples

Here are two examples of people with very primitive learning environments who taught themselves and grew up to make important contributions to the people of their time period.

Laura Ingalls Wilder grew up in wilderness areas, living sometimes on the prairie or in a dugout. Consequently, she lived each day working without modern tools, churning butter, hand-washing clothes, making her own candles. She had access to few books, yet she grew to be an excellent writer. Laura has a way of expressing thoughts and processes in a way that is easy to understand.

Frederick Douglas, who was born in slavery, grew up in a supremely dismal literate environment, yet when he escaped slavery as a free man, he became one of the greatest orators our country has ever known. Where did he get this training in public speaking? As a young slave, he taught himself over the years how to read. When he gained his freedom, one of the first books he ever owned was a book of famous speeches. He memorized them.

So you see, it doesn’t take the best tools or plans to help kids learn, it takes desire. Thankfully, this curious nature is innate in all children!

#3 YouTube and the Magical Library Card

The beauty of the information age is that we have access to infinite amounts of information just at our fingertips. While it may be fun to sign up for various classes, it’s not necessary when you can learn how to do anything on YouTube. If your kids want to build a treehouse, YouTube it! If kids want ideas for how to start their own business, they can learn the skills needed from watching videos of others working a trade. When an appliance breaks in your home, you no longer have to call the repairman, turn it into a physics and machinery lesson!

With your library card, you can read just about any book… for free! You don’t need to fill your time with unnecessary plans when you can learn the same thing in the comfort of your home.

#4 A Peaceful Mom

No matter how many fun activities and learning experiences you have planned for your kids, if you as a mom are frazzled and overwhelmed, these exciting plans may have the opposite outcome. Kids learn best when they live in a secure, loving environment with parents who are fully engaged.

Think about the atmospheres that prevent kids from learning well:

• Broken relationships/fighting
• Not feeling secure at home
• Basic needs not met: food, shelter, rest, clothing
• No order or structure to family life

When you think about the atmospheres that inhibit learning, I hope you can see how a peaceful mom is a very important ingredient for a healthy homeschool. Think about how the basic act of staying home often with regular routines and loving parents who provide plenty of free time for play and work can equip your child with the best environment to grow and thrive.

#5 There’s No Place Like Home

While it may seem at times that everything exciting is “out there”, think of all the opportunities available to you in your home. Home is the place where you can be the most creative. A home is filled with raw materials: wood, fabric, water, stone, metals, ceramic, modeling dough or clay, simple machines. Your whole kitchen can become a chemistry lab as you experiment with actions and reactions. A walk outside opens up a world of living plants, animals, birds, and insects. A flower, herb, or vegetable garden will bring even more variety to your home for your children to discover. Consider the difference between the accoutrements in a brick and mortar school building and the exhaustive resources available in the comfort of your own home. There’s no comparison! Humble though it may be, truly, there is no place like home!

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Homeschool Mom, you are not alone! Deep in your heart you know that when you decided to homeschool, you made a decision that is good for your kids as well as the whole family, but it’s not easy taking the road less traveled. Do you feel alone in homeschooling? Here’s why you should take heart!

Video: Homeschool Mom You Are Not Alone!

Have you felt alone in homeschooling from time to time? The very nature of the job means we moms are home alone with young children day after day. This is a wonderful blessing, but it can also feel isolating.

You may be the only person in your family who is homeschooling. Because of this, your parents and in laws may question or criticize your choices. If you have nieces or nephews who are in school, the work your kids are doing might be compared to them.

You may be alone in your neighborhood. When you see the school bus go through and all the children going off for the day, do you feel left behind? Sometimes I go on walks during the day with our kids through the neighborhood and it looks like a ghost town. All the kids are in school and all the parents are at work. Sometimes I imagine what how wonderful it would be if more kids were home more often. It would be so wonderful to hear children’s voices throughout the day.

Are you alone in your church? Maybe you are the only homeschooling family or maybe all the children’s programs operate from from the perspective of the public school calendar and way of doing things. You may feel unseen.

Some moms can struggle with isolation even among other homeschoolers. If you have a parenting philosophy that is different or are using a curriculum that is not what others are using or you have a child who has learning difficulties, you may struggle to relate to other moms in your circle of friends.

Maybe you miss the respect you had when you worked in the corporate world where your job held a title. Let’s be honest, our culture doesn’t value the work a mother does in the home.

These are all things that could lead to feelings of isolation. Here are some tips that have helped me along the way.