(This is Hannah writing)
My Mom’s spiritual gift is Exhorter. I think she does a great job with rewarding us, and encouraging us to do what we are supposed to be doing (I didn’t say we do a good job of doing it, though) .
Every time my Mom introduces a new idea for chores all of us think we are going to die and it is the worst day of our life. (I am not exaggerating)
After a few weeks … okay mont
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Kathy, I have a meal question for you…do you have issues with any of your children not liking what you cook for dinner? If so, how do you handle it? Do you try and remember and make meals everyone likes? Or they just have to eat if they’re hungry, and if not they go hungry? or what do you do?
A: I was thinking recently that probably one reason I don’t cook much anymore is that I get so tir
Posted on : 30-10-2010 | By : Hannah | In : Child Training
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Q: My oldest can really have a one-track mind. Usually, now that she has been trained, she will come when I call her. If I ask her to come now – she immediately begins moving towards me. However, there are times when we are outside and she sees a dog, or a cow, or a camel or an elephant (ha! This question actually came from a missionary friend overseas where there REALLY are camels and elephants walkin
Q: This is my first time to home-school all three of my kids. I am nervous but excited. Mostly I am worried about discipline. Could you give me an idea of class rules or some system to keep order?
A: One thing is that you can have a schedule like:
8-8:30 Kid 1 plays with Kid 2 while Mom works with Kid 3
8:30-9 Kid 1 plays with Kid 3 while Mom works with Kid 2
9-9:30 Kid 2 plays with Kid 3 while Mom works wi
Someone asked me what videos we watch and where we fast-forward and mute. So here are the ones we watch as a family, and on date night the younger ones often watch Barney and the Japanese equivalent — “Shimajiro”.
Mary Poppins — no fast forwards for us except for a little scary part.
Milo and Otis – no fast forwards unless little ones are easily scared.
Chariots of Fire — fast
I have had some kids really struggle with this, so I have listed the things that have worked and the things that haven’t.The chiropractor has helped a lot; it was temporary for one of my kids but for the other one, after the treatment she got over it.  Chiropractors are so different — Be sure to have a reputable, very highly-recommended one, and be sure to ask him if he does bedwetting  treatment. Â
I have been so discouraged with ALL my kiddos with potty training! So hang in there. You CAN do this. Here are some more tips that have helped me:One of my girls was a little easier because she hated it to run down her leg. I kept her in dresses with nothing underneath, and she would scream if she started to have an accident, haha!
This most recent time another thing that has helped is trying to keep every ex
So ….. I am really writing on this subject??! Our kids have been struggling with this lately, so it is kind of comical for me to appear like the expert on this subject!
A couple of ideas that HAVE been working this week because we have really been cracking down on bickering:
If anyone has an unkind voice toward a sibling, I have been asking them to bring be a bar of soap and stick their tongue out. Â One swi
I love to hear my children praise each other, but too often I hear criticism. Â I think that is normal when people live in the same home!
One thing that has worked for us is to have Praising Contests. Â We certainly still have bickering and criticism, but hopefully it helps the atmosphere of our home to at least have a praise once in a while from a sibling!
We have a laminated page on the fridge that says:
Micah:__
ACE – We mostly use these cute booklets for Math, but we use them for other subjects, too. Â Especially if you have many children, do not make homeschooling too hard on yourself! Â This is an example of a great curriculum that makes your life much easier.I wouldn’t recommend a Christian school that uses this curriculum because you have to sit in cubicles all day and do nothing creative! Â But they a
