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12 Habits That Help Me Get Things Done
Oct 5, 2021 | Encouragement, Homeschooling 101, Mother Culture
Trying to get it all done? Your plate is full but it’s all important? Check out these 12 tips from an experienced homeschool mom
Together, You Can Do It
May 28, 2020 | Encouragement
You are not going to do a perfect job of homeschooling. You have both strengths and weaknesses. Your children are not going to turn out perfect. They have their strengths and weaknesses too. But, together, you can do it…with God’s help. “Trust in...
Not for the Faint of Heart
Apr 28, 2020 | Encouragement, Mother Culture
I heard it again recently in a conversation with a Christian mom whose children are all attending public school. “You guys are amazing. I know I would never have the patience to teach my kids at home.” As usual, I bit my tongue so I wouldn’t be...
Confessions of a Public School Jumper
Apr 23, 2020 | Homeschooling 101, Mother Culture
Homeschooling five children has been a study in cat-herding. I jumped into homeschooling in 2009 with four, one of which was a literal newborn. These are the things I wish I had known at the time:Don’t stress, you can’t ruin your kids simply by...
Words of Encouragement
Apr 9, 2020 | Encouragement, Mother Culture
I confess to feeling afraid—not really of contracting covid-19, but of the world’s reaction to it. It is normal for me to spend time with the Lord daily, reading the bible and in prayer, often multiple times, as well as praising Him with worship...
God is Trustworthy
Apr 9, 2020 | Homeschooling 101, Mother Culture
I know this both from reading the whole Bible, and from forty-four years of walking with Him. I know this from homeschooling ten children (nine of whom are now adults). My desire is that each of you reading this would know in increasing measure, in...
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Curious About Bible Quizzing?
by OCHEC Publications | Nov 22, 2018 | Events, Subjects
Have you been attempting scripture memory learning in your homeschool household? If so, do you find you start out well, and over the course of the year it starts to dwindle? Or, you find yourself setting it on the back burner when you need to pull everyone up to...
Connections are Happening
by OCHEC Publications | Nov 22, 2018 | Mother Culture, Subjects
Greetings from snowy Muskoka! My name is Jackie and I have the privilege of being the Area 11 rep for OCHEC. We have five children ages 14 – 4 (4 boys and 1 girl) and have homeschooled them from the time they were born. Our initial plan was to homeschool the JK/ SK...
Finding Local Support
by OCHEC Publications | Nov 22, 2018 | Homeschooling 101, Subjects
Hi all! My name is Anita, and my husband, Ken, and I have five children (one girl and four boys). Our children range in age from 27 down to 11. We have been homeschooling for more than 21 years now. Two of our children have graduated homeschool high school, and...
Walk Down Memory Lane
by OCHEC Publications | Nov 22, 2018 |
Would you like to take a walk down memory lane with me? We will start in 1992, when my husband and I were first introduced to homeschooling by a friend who had attended a Gregg Harris conference in British Columbia. We both had children entering grade one, plus two...
Wisdom
by OCHEC Publications | Jul 27, 2017 | Encouragement
Area 9 has seen much growth on the homeschooling front. I am looking forward to an area picnic in September. I have enjoyed getting out and meeting with the chapters in my area. I am truly blessed to serve many amazing families on behalf of OCHEC. I have spent much...
Encouragement From Area 5
by OCHEC Publications | Jul 27, 2017 | Encouragement
This past winter I kept on my desk a seemingly dead cocoon, waiting for it to metamorphose into a moth – or a chrysalis into a butterfly. We had visited the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory with our 2 daughters and 3 grandchildren, and even though it was a cloudy day,...
Flexiblility
by OCHEC Publications | Mar 27, 2017 | Encouragement, Special Needs
It is my pleasure to step into my new role as your representative for Area 17. This seems like the perfect opportunity to introduce myself. I am Cindy Harasen, wife to Steven and mother of three. My oldest is son Max who will soon turn 18. Kyra is 16 and my youngest...
Priorities for Leaders
by OCHEC Publications | Jun 5, 2014 | Encouragement, Leadership
...and Other People with Too Much to Do It is 6 pm.Do you send that group email?Do you check your chapter’s Facebook page?Do you settle a dispute between siblings?Or do you spend 15 quiet minutes with your husband? What should be your priority? What keeps us from...