Category: homeschool

A nice reminder

I got this in my email inbox this morning – it’s a good follow up to my post about being so tired! “The human body’s need for sleep has always amazed me. God has designed us to literally “turn off” like a machine for eight hours or more each night.

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Day 2

Well, it wasn’t quite as idyllic as our first day. 🙂 Susannah only took a 45 minute nap, and I didn’t get to have my quiet time uninterrupted this morning…. but we finished all our schoolwork, and once again after lunch Jonas was asking for more. I really don’t want

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“The Plan” for our school days:

I’ll try to start around 8:00 am and we’ll finish up at lunch time (11:30 or so)… In my head and on paper, this looks like it will work. I hope it runs as smoothly in real life. CalendarBibleMusic and MovementWritingSnack TimeReadingRoom Play (while Mommy puts Susannah down for a

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Seriously, how do they do it?

I’m in full-on planning mode… a week from today, we’re embarking on our first day of PreK! Even though we’ve been doing preschool at home for several months, this will be a big difference. I’ve chosen a PreK-4 curriculum (even though Jonas would miss the birthdate cutoff for a PreK

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Our Word Wall

I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I wanted to share a picture of how I’ve updated our Family & Friends “wall.” At first (when Jonas was about 18 months old), I had very simple scrapbook style pages in 8.5×11 page protectors on our fridge, showing photos of Jonas with

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Preschool at Home – an update

I can’t remember how much I’ve written about getting started with preschool at home, so forgive me if I’m repeating myself. 😉 I wrote a “curriculum” to cover September-May over a year ago, and then over the summer I wrote a couple of additional units since I felt like Jonas

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Michelle, a white woman with brown hair, faces the camera with a smile. She wears glasses with clear frames and a shirt that says, "Those Goals Look Good On You."

MICHELLE NEBEL

I write about faith and theology, family and organizational tips. Always a planner at heart, I’m also a Bible study teacher and community volunteer. This is where I share a glimpse of my life, and I hope you’ll find the thoughts here encouraging!

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