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Articles to Inspire!
Select from a wide array of topics that will instill a love for learning.
These articles are designed to instruct, inspire and enlighten both parents
and teachers alike.
The Making of a Friendship
by Debbie Strayer
Calling all mothers and daughters - regardless of age! Please read this introductory article to receive encouragement and insight into your own mother-daughter relationship. This is excerpted from Mothers and Daughters - A Friendship for Life, available in Spring of 2007. 
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The Natural Approach to Teaching Thinking Skills
by Debbie Strayer
“What do you think you should do? Did you think about that before you did it? What were you thinking?” These are all common phrases that come out of the mouths of parents on a daily basis. As a homeschooling parent, my goal was for my children to think, and think deeply about many issues. Was it a good idea to throw the ball into the pond? Should you come when you are called? What did we learn about tigers and where they live? Did the character in the story do the right thing?
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Dealing With my “Momtality”
by Debbie Strayer
You would think there would be a guide out there to help moms gracefully and gradually transition from the hectic, yet delightful life of a home schooling mom to the next phase of life – being the mother of young adults. There seem to be books to give you guidance for almost everything else these days. Fix your car. Fix your computer. Decorate your house. Train your pet. Still I find myself standing in front of shelves at bookstores searching fruitlessly. The fact that I get a wonderful decaf mocha cappuccino whether I find a book or not does ease my pain a bit, but I remain unguided, unassisted and worst of all, un-encouraged. Am I on the right track? What do other mothers think and feel? Is it possible for me to single handedly drive my children and my husband crazy with my struggles?
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An Introduction to Mother and Daughter Relationships
by Ashley Strayer
Calling all mothers and daughters - regardless of age! Please read this introductory article to receive encouragement and insight into your own mother-daughter relationship. This is excerpted from Mothers and Daughters - A Friendship for Life, available in Soon.
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November’s Encouraging Word:
Appreciating the Gift of Time
by Debbie Strayer
Crisp autumn mornings. Colorful afternoon walks in the woods. The approaching holiday season. These are just a few of the blessings of fall. This year I am especially grateful for fall. With my husband’s gracious blessing, I was able to take the time to fly to California, help my 20 year-old synchronized swimming daughter pack up her belongings and start the move back home. We used every nook and cranny in her cute little car and struck out across county, ultimately heading for home in Florida. It was an epic mother-daughter trip to visit family, sightsee, work and visit her fiancé and his family; however, I am getting ahead of myself. First, let me tell you about the beautiful fall we experienced.
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Providing Relief for Reluctant Writers
by Debbie Strayer
Writing is a topic of great concern for homeschoolers today. It is easy to be concerned when there are so many products and workshops out there stressing its importance. However, the truth about encouraging a writer is much more simple than you may think. Read this article for easy to use suggestions for working with the reluctant writer, or any writer.
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Too Much Grammar?
by Ruth Beechick
For many of their years children learn to use the language. They speak it mostly correctly. Later they write it, again mostly correctly, except that now they must learn the writing mechanics of punctuation, capitalization, and spelling. Then finally in the teen years they could learn some systematic grammar that describes and analyzes the language they have been using all those years. Here we look at these three phases of learning language.
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