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My New Kentucky Home

A blog about faith and family, home and homeschooling.

3 Reasons to Try Something New in Your Homeschool

August 27, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

3 Reasons to Try Something Different in Your Homeschool

Overall, I’m a creature of habit.  I like routine, and once I’m comfortable with a particular system, it’s hard for me to break away from it.  But especially where homeschooling is concerned, I have learned that changing things up from time to time is one of the best things I can do for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool, homeschooling Tagged With: Homeschool, Homeschooling

The Ready-to-Get-Back-to-Homeschooling Phenomenon

August 6, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

The Ready to Get Back to Homeschool Phenomenon

  Sometimes I see the appeal of year-round homeschooling.  Keeping information fresh in a child's mind is important, and more frequent breaks during the school year can be a real Godsend.    Every year I tell myself we're cutting our summer break short this time.  And … [Read more...]

Filed Under: back-to-homeschool, back-to-school, grace, Homeschool, homeschooling, Summer, summer's end, Uncategorized Tagged With: Homeschool, Homeschooling

My Favorite High School History Curriculum (Plus a Sale!)

August 1, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

My Favorite High School History Curriculum

You have no idea how many history curricula I’ve pored over.  When you love history like I do, American history in particular, you’re naturally more finnicky the curriculum you use to teach it.  And I’ll be honest – 90% of what I have found in my 10 years of homeschooling has left me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: homeschooling Tagged With: Homeschool, Homeschooling, homeschooling high school

Why Kids Don’t Play Outside Anymore

July 23, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

Why Kids Don't Play Outside Anymore

Along with most kids of the 80s, summers for me were all about the outdoors. I spent a fair amount of time indoors, too, drawing and writing, playing with my Play-Doh Fun Factory and the Lite-Brite, and building tents in our basement.  But, generally speaking, summer days were spent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: outdoor play, summer

6 Pros and Cons of Joining a Homeschool Co-op

July 16, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

6 Pros and Cons of Joining a Homeschool Co-op

I’ve homeschooled for 10 years, but I’m new to a homeschool co-op.  There were plenty of practical reasons why I didn’t join one earlier.  When my kids were small and I was fairly new to homeschooling, the only co-op I knew of was a good 40 minutes from home.  In those days, going … [Read more...]

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3 Reasons to Spend MORE on Groceries

July 9, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

3 Reasons to Spend More on Groceries

Yeah, I know.  Suggesting people spend MORE at the grocery store kind of goes against conventional thinking.  Just this week my inbox and social media feeds have been chock-full of things like this:   25 Ways to Slash Your Grocery Bill!   Clip these Coupons and Start … [Read more...]

Filed Under: budget, Couponing, coupons, groceries, grocery budget, grocery budgeting, grocery shopping, saving, saving money, supermarket, Uncategorized

4 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started Homeschooling

July 2, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

This will be my 11th year homeschooling.  Wow.  How did that happen? If you had asked me in the beginning if I expected to survive 10 years of homeschooling, I'm not sure I would have answered with a lot of confidence.  Those early days were rough, and though there are certainly … [Read more...]

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How to Forage for Native Plants (Even in Your Own Backyard!)

June 25, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

How to Forage for Native Plants Even in Your Own Backyard

It all started when I discovered these pretty little red-purple plants growing along an embankment in our backyard.  What are these things?  And can I add some of them to our landscaping? I thought their color and texture would add a nice contrast to the boring boxwoods out front, but I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: plants Tagged With: foraging, native plants, plant life

Can We Please Stop Acting Like Christians Never Struggle With Depression?

June 18, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

Can We Please Stop Acting Like Christians Never Struggle With Depression

It’s easy to dismiss something that has never been a struggle for you.  Funny how that works, right?  But I’ve always been a positive, fairly upbeat, glass-half-full kind of girl.  I don’t deny a melancholy side; I love solitude and I can be a brooder, but, overall, I’m a happy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: anxiety, Christian, Christianity, depression, discouragement, mental illness

How to Easy Clean a Plastic Shower Curtain

June 11, 2019 by My New Kentucky Home

How to Easy-Clean a Plastic Shower Curtain

If you look back in the annals of this blog you'll find an old post called 11 Household Items Better to Trash than to Clean. Back then I listed plastic shower curtains, (or liners, actually,) in that list. Though I had tried lots of things, to that point I hadn't found a good system for cleaning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: bathroom cleaning, cleaning, easy cleaning, household tips, how to

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