A lot of Christian homes don’t have experience with family devotions. Where do you even start? What’s appropriate for our kids at their ages? This episode, we’re following up our previous show about why to have devotions – now, we’re looking at how!  Join us for some ideas that we’ve found really useful with our family of ten. The post Family Devotions – What Does This Look Like? – MBFLP 303 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Click the icon below to listen.       ..read more

One of the most critical responsibilities of Christian parents is to teach our children to know and love the God we serve. One of the best ways is to have regular times of family worship and Bible study – but honestly, life is busy and kids are distracted and distracting, and it’s just hard to stay on track. This episode we’re being realistic and encouraging for real parents like you! The post Having Family Devotions Even When It’s Hard – MBFLP 302 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Click the icon below to listen.       ..read more

Encouraging Your Teen Drivers More and more Gen-Z’ers are delaying their driver’s licenses … but we’re helping our eighth child through the process right now! This is a step toward adult independence and a big help to the family right now … as we’ve seen time and again. This episode we’re talking about why and how we encourage our young drivers to reach for the wheel! This podcast episode sponsored by The Ark and the Darkness. We’re watching our eighth child going through driver’s ed and preparing for her license, and we’re realizing this is not as common as it once was. When we were teenage ..read more

More and more Gen-Z’ers are delaying their driver’s licenses … but we’re helping our eighth child through the process right now! This is a step toward adult independence and a big help to the family right now … as we’ve seen time and again. This episode we’re talking about why and how we encourage our young drivers to reach for the wheel! We’re watching our eighth child going through driver’s ed and preparing for her license, and we’re realizing this is not as common as it once was. When we were teenagers, gaining that license was a major life goal, as soon as the law and the parents would al ..read more

It is perfectly natural for our children (and ourselves) to be self-centered. It’s also perfectly wrong! But how do we overcome this tendency in our children? Can we do it without constant nagging and scolding? What can we do to encourage our family members to look after one another, rather than each demanding his own way? Passages We Mention:  Therefore if there is any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,  fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one min ..read more

So many of us began homeschooling out of conviction that God wanted us to do it. Our commitment can be shaken if we come on hard times. We’ve homeschooled through job loss, high-risk pregnancy, financial challenge, and stage IV cancer, and we learned it can be done. This week we talk about why you ought to hang on to your convictions, and we’ll offer some practical ideas we’ve learned while Homeschooling In Hard Times!   This podcast is sponsored by Reading Eggs. The post MBFLP – Homeschooling In Hard Times appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Click the icon below to li ..read more

Homeschooling with Special Needs This week we talk about homeschooling when your student has special needs–and why home education is a blessing to them. Our guests are the special needs consultants from the Home School Legal Defense Association, Betty Statnick, Krisa Winn, and Faith Berens. This podcast is sponsored by Reading Eggs. The post MBFLP – Homeschooling With Special Needs | Replay appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Click the icon below to listen.       ..read more

It’s an exciting milestone in a homeschooling family – high school graduation just around the corner! Or maybe it’s on the horizon and approaching fast. Either way, what can you do to prepare yourself and your student for this big transition? We’ve graduated six so far, so we’re talking about things we found helpful as […] The post What To Expect Senior Year – MBFLP 298 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network.       ..read more

Homeschooling doesn’t (and shouldn’t) look like a classroom school. One big difference is multiple ages together – and sometimes, the younger ones aren’t even school age yet! How do you manage teaching your older kids while you have nursing babies and demanding toddlers in the room? It’s possible – we did it for our eight kids! – so this episode we talk about how to make it work in your family, too. The post Homeschooling with Babies and Toddlers Around – MBFLP 297 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Click the icon below to listen.       ..read more

We’ve seen that understanding history can help us navigate the present, too! The question is, how can we help our children learn to appreciate history like we do? What can we do to spark their interest, to make it memorable, and bring it to life for them? This episode we talk about several things we’ve built into our homeschooling family life to elevate history from dry lists of names and dates, to a lively narrative of people, places, and ideas – in short, a grand story! The post Bringing History to Life! – MBFLP 296 appeared first on Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Click the icon belo ..read more