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      • Conquering the Little Boy Bathroom Smell
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      • 5 Household Cleaning Products I Make Myself
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      • George Washington Carver and the Holt Family Peanut Experiment
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My New Kentucky Home

A blog about faith and family, home and homeschooling.

8 Things I Never Dreamed About Homeschooling

April 3, 2018 by My New Kentucky Home

  The memory grows more worn with time and years of experience under my belt, but I still remember the early days of homeschooling, when I felt a little bit like a deer in headlights, thinking to myself sometimes,   "Whoa!  How did I get here?"  Because you have to understand … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Christian homeschooling, Homeschool, homeschool convention, homeschooling, public school, traditional homeschooling, traditional schooling, Uncategorized

What We’ve Been Learning This Month: March Edition

March 29, 2018 by My New Kentucky Home

What We've Been Learning This Month: March Edition

In January I decided at the end of each month to share a few of the interesting things we had done and learned in that month.  How embarrassing to forget to do it then in February!  Oops.  But, then again, February does that crazy 28-day thing and the end of the month just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschool, homeschool convention, homeschooling, nature

5 Reasons You Should Go to a Homeschool Convention

March 6, 2018 by My New Kentucky Home

5 Reasons You Should Go to a Homeschool Convention

There's no question about it: you can have a happy, fully successful homeschool year without ever attending a homeschooling convention.  You can provide your children with a solid education and be a positive, focused, contented homeschooling mom or dad, all without ever setting one foot into a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bible, Christian homeschooling, Christianity, Homeschool, homeschool convention, homeschool curricula, homeschooling, Nashville, Teach Them Diligently, Teach Them Diligently Convention, teaching, Uncategorized

My Homeschool Convention Finds

March 24, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

Homeschool Convention Finds

  Last week I went to my first homeschool convention of the year and came home, as usual, refreshed and rejuvenated, with more catalogs and notes and free info than I could ever find the time to sort through. And I also came home with some pretty awesome purchases! Interestingly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: books, Homeschool, homeschool convention, homeschool curricula, homeschool curriculum, homeschooling books, homeschooling curricula, homeschooling curriculum, homeschooling resources, Uncategorized

How to Prep for a Homeschool Convention

March 17, 2016 by My New Kentucky Home

How to Prep for a Homeschool Convention

  Finally, homeschool convention season is here! If you don't homeschool then of course that means nothing to you.  And if you do homeschool and you've never considered attending a convention, it may still mean nothing to you. But homeschool conventions are like a lifeline for me.  I go to … [Read more...]

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