• Flexible Homeschool App Makes Planning Easy | Renée at Great Peace #homeschool #planningapp #ihsnet
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    A Flexible Homeschool App Makes Planning Simple

    Homeschooling today looks so different than when I first got started. My son is older and officially a high school homeschooler. With that our scheduling looks quite different. This coming year we’ll be doing piano, chess club, as well as physical training. Which means homeschool planning needs to be flexible.  Homeschooling is a different form of education. It allows us the freedom to educate at our own pace, take a vacation at various times throughout the year, and even drop what we are doing for an impromptu field trip. With all of this, we need the ability to shift and move events, lessons, and plans on the calendar without worrying…

  • Homeschool Schedules to Fit Your Family Lifestyle | Renée at Great Peace
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    Homeschool Schedules to Fit Your Family Lifestyle

    Is your Homeschool Schedule Winding Down or Gearing Up? Homeschool schedules are vastly different depending on the family. Some are choosing to school through summer, others begin their school year in January and transition with the calendar while others are choosing year round school, taking time off throughout the calendar.  Academic years are ending. Most schoolers are closing out a year and winding down for summer. But not everyone homeschools via an academic school calendar. Many homeschoolers are abandoning the academic schedule concept altogether.  This year I’ve made the decision to homeschool into the summer. I can’t say that it’s my ideal for a homeschool solution; however, I like the idea of taking time…

  • My Breakthrough Homeschool Life Perspective | Great Peace Academy
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    My Breakthrough Homeschool Life Perspective

    My Homeschool Life Perspective Changed Recently, my life has been going through a change. I wrote about the new normal of my family a while ago, and since that time, things have continued to change for me. With change in a mom’s life also comes change in a child’s life. This has allowed me a chance to reflect on what matters most in life. What I’ve discovered is that book learning is the least important life lesson a child can learn, the Holy Bible being the one exception to that conclusion. 3 Homeschool Life Perspective Goals Every Christian Homeschooler Should Have I remember a while ago a lady that I…

  • Family Meal Planning Printables for Moms who Don't Like to Plan | Renée at Great Peace #mealplanning #dinnerideas #familymeals
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    Free Meal Planning Printables

    Planning to Stock Up Your Kitchen  Meal planning is an area of homemaking where many women struggle. We know it’s a daily necessity. Yet it meal time often seems to sneak up on us.  As a wife, mom, and homeschooler we generally have to plan 21 meals every week, plus snacks, and desserts. Then there are times we even entertain guests. To help you in your planning efforts I’m sharing some free meal planning printables.  If you’ve been following this  meal planning series you have come to learn that my method of meal planning consists of keeping a well stocked kitchen. Then I make daily choices based upon what I have…