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Alternative Meal Plans

Posted on 09/04/201902/10/2020 by Bekah Morel

Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. While purchasing from any of these links will not increase the price you pay, I do receive a small commission. For more information, please visit my Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy pages. As I mentioned recently, my family has been on the search for the perfect way to eat to stay healthy. You can read more about that in my post, Healthy Eating Habits. But due to these decisions, the traditional way of meal planning doesn’t work for us. So I have had to find alternative meal plans to fit my family. Not...Read More

Healthy Eating Habits

Posted on 08/23/201902/10/2020 by Bekah Morel

Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. While purchasing from any of these links will not increase the price you pay, I do receive a small commission. For more information, please visit my Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy pages. There are so many ideas out there about which healthy eating habits can help you lose weight or improve your health. From the keto diet to veganism to raw food, everyone has their perfect plan for getting all the nutrients the body needs in the best way possible. But ultimately, the choice rests with you and your family. Whatever plan you...Read More

Back to School: Year-Round Homeschooling

Posted on 08/17/201908/17/2019 by Bekah Morel

Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. While purchasing from any of these links will not increase the price you pay, I do receive a small commission. For more information, please visit my Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy pages. Are you getting ready to get back to school? Have you finished your shopping? Completed your lesson plans? Bought your curriculum? We haven’t. And that is mainly because we homeschool year-round. So how do you go “back to school” when you are a year-round homeschooler? Switch Grades One of the easiest ways to commemorate a change in the school year is...Read More

Ultimate Staycation Plans

Posted on 07/06/2019 by Bekah Morel

It’s summertime. The kids are on vacation from school. And even if you are homeschooling year-round, the kids’ activities are over. Not to mention the nice weather. This is the time that most families schedule a vacation. A time of visiting new places and getting away from the routine. But what if you are on a budget? Or you just don’t like traveling? Maybe you have a child who doesn’t travel well or has health issues making travel too complicated. Sometimes a trip away, even for the weekend, is not possible. The answer is simple. Have a staycation! What is...Read More

Setting Attainable Goals – A Mid-Year Review

Posted on 06/28/201908/10/2020 by Bekah Morel

In December of last year, I sat down to plan out my year. I tried to figure out a method I could use for setting attainable goals. You know, not those big, ou-of-my-immediate-reach dreams. But real goals that I could (with careful attention) reach by the next December. I wrote about how to set those initial goals in my post, Setting Attainable Goals for 2019. Then I followed that up with a post about my actual method, Making SMARTER Goals. Since it is now mid-year, it is time to work on the ER of my SMARTER goals. Evaluate We are...Read More

My Body, My Choice

Posted on 06/14/2019 by Bekah Morel

Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. While purchasing from any of these links will not increase the price you pay, I do receive a small commission. For more information, please visit my Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy pages. We've been hearing this phrase quite often in recent years. Women are chanting in the streets the slogan, "my body, my choice" in protest against laws limiting their right to get an abortion any time they want and to do it with government funding. While I may not agree with what they are protesting, I do, however, agree with that phrase....Read More

Nature Walks – Expectation vs. Reality

Posted on 06/01/201908/10/2020 by Bekah Morel

Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. While purchasing from any of these links will not increase the price you pay, I do receive a small commission. For more information, please visit my Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy pages. Charlotte Mason recommends frequent nature walks already in her first volume, Home Education. In fact, this is one of the main reasons I was so drawn to it. God has created such a beautiful world for us to live in. And I believe one of the best ways of learning about the world we live in (as well as our God)...Read More

Yearly Homeschool Schedule Types – Pros and Cons

Posted on 05/23/201908/10/2020 by Bekah Morel

There are so many different ways we can approach homeschooling. Beyond picking out methods or curriculum, there is also a matter of the scheduling. The three most common yearly homeschool schedule types are traditional, Sabbath, and year-round. But once again, the wonderful thing is that we are free to choose what best fits our families' needs at any particular time. And we can even try them all! I have used all three approaches so far in our journey and have found each to have its positive and negative points. But having tried them all, I also have a clear favorite....Read More

Simple Guide to the French School System

Posted on 05/14/201910/03/2020 by Bekah Morel

Important Update To find out what new proposal has been announced affecting all school children, please see my post Homeschooling in France is in Danger? The concept of school is pretty much the same worldwide. The year begins in Fall and finishes in Spring. And the school day itself begins in the morning and finishes mid-afternoon. They offer courses for language acquisition, math, science, history, and more. But each country has its own peculiarities. School is mandatory for all children from age 3 until age 16. Find out how this affects homeschooling in my post How to Homeschool in France....Read More

God’s Discipline, His Grace

Posted on 05/04/201908/10/2020 by Bekah Morel

The is the 2nd post in a 3-part series about God's grace. You should read the first, Our Failure, God's Grace before continuing with this one about God's Discipline. In Our Failures, God’s Grace, I showed how wonderful it is that no matter how much we may fail, God has given us His grace so that we need never worry. However, as wonderful as God’s gift of grace is, we must never think that we can get away with anything we want and life will be perfect. As mothers, we know that discipline is a necessary tool in guiding our...Read More