Hearts for Home Blog Hop #40

Welcome to this week's Hearts for Home Blog Hop.  The Hearts for Home Blog Hop is all about sharing encouraging and inspiring posts that show your heart is for your home and family.  Family friendly topics are welcome and include homeschooling, homemaking, cooking/recipes, parenting, marriage, faith, family, crafts, and the like.

The most clicked on post from last week was from First Comes Love: 

My Daughters' Modest Monday - At the Manly Home Improvement Store

I had THREE favorites from last week.  Just couldn't narrow it down to one or two! 

I personally have a passion for living books and am also a rabid Harry Potter fan.  I loved the perspective that Don't Forget the Avocados shared: "Recently, a friend asked me why I think it is O.K. for kids to read Harry Potter.  This is the kind of conversation that can go in many directions, but is ultimately less about the specifics of J.K. Rowling's work and is more about the proper role of literature in a Christian child's upbringing.  For me, it is also a discussion that highlights the philosophy of classical education."

Don't Forget The Avocados:  How Big is Your Child's Bubble? Weighing the Merits of Mainstream Fiction in a Classical Education

This Woman Writes shares her feelings on being a Christian and celebrating Halloween: "Halloween is one of the many subjects about which good people disagree, and as a person who comes out swinging with very little provocation, I have to admit that it's hard to keep my mouth shut when someone tells another person how wicked she is for dressing her child up as a pink bunny and escorting her from door to door with a hollow orange plastic orange plastic pumpkin."

This Woman Writes:  Why I - a Christian - Celebrate Halloween 

And last but not least, some yummy goodness from This Woman Writes - a recipe for Peanut Butter Muffins.  On my to-do list for this coming week! 

This Woman Writes: Recipe - Peanut Butter Muffins

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Hearts for Home Blog Hop #39

Welcome to this week's Hearts for Home Blog Hop.  The Hearts for Home Blog Hop is all about sharing encouraging and inspiring posts that show your heart is for your home and family.  Family friendly topics are welcome and include homeschooling, homemaking, cooking/recipes, parenting, marriage, faith, family, crafts, and the like.

The most clicked on post from last week was from Mom's Mustard Seeds: 

Mom's Mustard Seeds - Math for Gifted and Struggling Learners

My favorite post from last week is again from The Measured Mom who shares a guest post about how much our children learn from being involved in the kitchen: "When you think of places where kids learn, schools and classrooms are probably the first places that come to mind. While kids do achieve much of their learning from inside a classroom, there's another learning-conducive area that kids have access to on a daily basis: the kitchen."

The Measured Mom - Kids in the Kitchen: 7 Things to Learn

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Hearts for Home Blog Hog #38

Welcome to this week's Hearts for Home Blog Hop.  The Hearts for Home Blog Hop is all about sharing encouraging and inspiring posts that show your heart is for your home and family.  Family friendly topics are welcome and include homeschooling, homemaking, cooking/recipes, parenting, marriage, faith, family, crafts, and the like.

The most clicked on post from last week was from The Measured Mom: 

The Measured Mom - Help Young Writers Edit: Get a Spelling Dictionary for Kids!

Two of my favorite posts from last week are shared below.  First there's the lovely imagery from Home to 4 Kiddos visit to Assateague National Park and then top it off with This Sweet Life's yummy recipe for Baked French Toast with Blueberry Syrup.  Mmmmm.....:)

Home to 4 Kiddos - Assateague National Park

This Sweet Life - Recipe: Baked French Toast with Blueberry Syrup

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Hearts for Home Weekly Blog Hop #35

Welcome to this week's Hearts for Home Blog Hop.  The Hearts for Home Blog Hop is all about sharing encouraging and inspiring posts that show your heart is for your home and family.  Family friendly topics are welcome and include homeschooling, homemaking, cooking/recipes, parenting, marriage, faith, family, crafts, and the like.

The most clicked on post from last week was from Home To 4 Kiddos:

Landmarks Matching Game from Home To 4 Kiddos

One of my absolute favorites from last week was from From The Mrs. on taking the school out of homeschool:

"You'll notice in the coming parts of this series that there aren't very many "school" activities in our learning.  Thus the tagline: trying to take the "school" out of homeschool. When something is taught I ask myself, "Is there a way this could be taught/learned without curriculum but from a real-life experience or some really great books?  Usually there is."

Real-Life Learning from From The Mrs.

Another one of my favorites was from Water on the Floor - 5 Ways to Learn Outside of the Classroom:

"Learning does not need to be in a classroom. My kids learn so much more from real experiences and books than they ever do filling out a worksheet. I sense this is the beginning of some big changes in our homeschool."

5 Ways to Learn Outside of the Classroom from Water on the Floor

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Hearts for Home Weekly Blog Hop #34

Welcome to this week's Hearts for Home Blog Hop.  The Hearts for Home Blog Hop is all about sharing encouraging and inspiring posts that show your heart is for your home and family.  Family friendly topics are welcome and include homeschooling, homemaking, cooking/recipes, parenting, marriage, faith, family, crafts, and the like.

Last week's most popular post was from Campfires and Cleats.

Schoolroom Organization and Schedules from Campfires and Cleats

Here are a few of my favorite posts from last week:

Tara over at He Sets You Free seems to have taken a peek at my bookshelf when pulling together her list of inspiring and encouraging books on the Charlotte Mason method.  ;)

Inspiring Book (Charlotte Mason Homeschooling) from He Sets You Free

Annette at In All You Do...Breed-Love shares why she feels it's so important we keep things real in front of our children. She says, "While I don't believe in airing your dirty laundry in public, I do believe it is important 

to disagree in front of your children.  Why?  Well, here are a few reasons why we argue in front of our kids."

Why We Argue in Front of Our Kids from In All You Do...Breed-Love

And just for the sheer YUM factor...Chrysa at Thrifty Jynxy shared this recipe for S'mores Rice Krispy Treats that I *have* to try.  I think it will make a simply scrumptious tea time snack this fall! Not to mention how much fun the kids and I will have making it together.

S'mores Rice Krispy Treats Recipe from Thrifty Jynxy

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Hearts for Homes Weekly Blog Hop #33

Welcome to this week's Hearts for Home Blog Hop!  I have enjoyed linking up on Thursdays and am excited now to have the opportunity to participate as a weekly co-host. Take a moment and check out the most popular post and also one of my favorites from last week's Blog Hop. :)

From The Mrs. - Our Homeschool Spaces

Here's a couple more of my favorites:

This Woman Writes - Homeschooling Young Children
"There's something about the word "homeschool" that prompts people to focus on the second half, "school", and totally ignore the first part, "home"."




Education Possible - Take Time To Make Memories With Your Family
"The time that we have with our children is short and fleeting.  Are you taking time to make memories together or is your time just being eroded by the pressures of daily life?"





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