When your brain is full of all the things, a mind map can help you get it all out on paper and organize it. I like to use mind maps to help me organize my thoughts into actionable lists. Read on to learn how to use mind maps to get organized… It’s been one of…
Last month, I realized that our current “hit-and-miss” style of homeschooling wasn’t working in terms of “getting school done,” so I decided we needed to make a few changes, including a re-organization of our approach to homeschool. Reorganizing Our Homeschool with Daily Worksheet Folders I’d started noticing that Jenny was a self-starter when it came…
One of our favorite ways to develop an attitude of gratitude during the Thanksgiving holiday season is to take time to verbalize the things we are thankful for each day of November. This has become a yearly tradition that our kids look forward to each fall. We love putting up our Thankfulness Tree (or a…
One of our family “traditions” is to have place cards at each at setting for the Thanksgiving dinner. Since Jenny has been able to write we’ve “volunteered” to provide the place cards for these family meals. Handprint Turkey Place Cards We used the handprints that we’d traced earlier this month for our Thankfulness Tree to…
I don’t know about you, but I need direction and focus when I sit down to pray. One of the best modes of prayer that I’ve found is praying God’s Word. When I don’t have the words to pray, I can pray the Scriptures. When a friend is hurting, I can pray Zephaniah 3.17 over…
When I was assigned The Prodigal God in one of my graduate classes for my Masters in Ministry, I had heard of the book, but had never had the opportunity read it. I’m thankful I have now! It didn’t take me very long to pull out my highlighter once I cracked the cover, as God…