The IAHE Blog
Recipe for Peace
How often do you feel at perfect peace? I have to admit that too often I feel frazzled and troubled. This tendency recently became crystal clear. It also pointed to some bad lessons I'm teaching my children. We are trying to sell our home. This process has been hugely...
In Step With The Spirit
Just think what our homes could be like and how it would affect our children if we were truly in step with the Spirit, devoted moment by moment to God's purposes . . . Only three verses in all of Scripture about her, but I’m convinced I would have loved her. Anna was...
One Mother’s Night Job
This post is dedicated to everyone who has ever lain awake worrying over something, or might ever be tempted to. . . At 5:12 last Wednesday morning the lights came on.No, not the electric lights. Something dawned on my heart--and I realized something.I awoke to use...
The Ticket Out of Your Comfort Zone
"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Ephesians 3:20-21 For four days one week,...
How do I teach THIS?
High school daughter's foray into college applications has led us into uncharted territory--Pre-Calculus. As we dive into each day's lesson my mother's desire to give her child the best education possible rivals the continual refrain circling in my brain, "I'm not in...
Leane & Michael’s Sugarbush
Since we did not publish a winter edition of The Informer, we are posting this information for our long time advertisers Leane & Michael's Sugarbush. Many homeschoolers look for this information in The Informer each winter. 22nd ANNUAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL Feb. 23 &...
Why Won’t She Listen?
"What just happened?" Many parents find themselves asking this question just after trying to talk with their child. Parent senses something is wrong with child. Parent lovingly tries to engage child in conversation to find out what's wrong and how parent can help....
No fair!!!
"No fair!" How often do your children shout these words?In our home, the cry of "No fair!" is usually followed by a call for mom to come work things out. I don't know about you, but the thing I like most about our home schooling (being together, building family,...
Resolutions for a Healthy Marriage
Home schooling families tend to be great goal setters. We set goals for our academics, for our children's spiritual growth, and for our co-ops. In all this we juggle so much. Home, school, church, extra curricular activities, work--sometimes in all this our marriages...