6 Quick Fixes for Common Communication Killers
Communication skills are such a big deal. Without honing these skills, we may convey things we never intended to - or leave out important pieces of information that can change everything! Poor conversational skills can potentially offend or hurt, or don’t make the...
Right Start Math Review
Right Start Math is Fun We found RightStart Math 14 years ago when our two youngest were starting out on their math journey. They loved RightStart Math- the games, the abacus. Math was fun. My daughter, now in Algebra II, has kept her abacus through all these years!...
6 Quick Fixes for Common Teamwork Mistakes
Working Together Leads to Productivity Teamwork can take you farther faster than working alone or independently. Families are teams, as is your local homeschool group, athletic club, and your church. Teaching your kids how to work together as a team, how to both lead...
Communication is Key to Success
The Basics of Good Communication Communication is the most important of all the soft skills. It is a valuable basic life skill and affects every area of our lives. It enables success at work and in relationships with family and friends. It's our ambition at True North...
Homeschoolers Giving Back
A Season of Giving Wondering how we homeschoolers can give back to our communities? Recently, one of my Facebook friends asked those on her timeline for ideas on what homeschoolers could do to give back. She got the usual answers—shelters, Salvation Army, nursing...
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
It’s the Most Wonderful HORRIBLE Time of the Year It’s the most wonderful time of the year...No. It’s. Not. Every stinkin’ Christmas a tragedy occurs- every Christmas, thousands of us die. Do we deserve it? No. Do we like it? No. But do we wish for a different way...
Less is More for the Holidays
Navigating Holiday Challenges Less is more during the holidays- especially for children with learning difficulties, social difficulties, and/or emotional difficulties. Holidays are a wonderful, exciting time of year, filled with fun activities, family and friends....
Serving in Central America
Hope for Beautiful Guatemala In 2013 our family started taking mission trips with an organization called Leah’s Kids. In the past six years, we have traveled to Central America to serve in Guatemala ten times and have fallen in love with this beautiful country and...
Stories Shape Culture
The Influence of Stories Stories shape culture. I have been influenced by stories my whole life so I know this is true. As I started having children and reading to them, I discovered that I loved finding good books that would influence the way they saw the world. My...
Teaching Stewardship
“The generous will prosper, those who refresh others will themselves be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:25 A Heart of Service I love the holidays because I love giving. I love considering what will bless people, and I love being able to give good things. Our family culture...
