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    Education for Kids

    Vintage Homeschool Moms

    Encouragement for the Christian homeschool mom who wants to raise faithful kids — without losing herself along the way. Veteran homeschool mom and Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network founder Felice Gerwitz brings practical help and heart to the everyday work of homeschooling: teaching methods, routines, faith, family life, and staying encouraged when the days feel long — taking the best of the past to bless the next generation. If you’re a Christian homeschooling mom looking for real encouragement and doable ideas, follow the show.

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    Family Date Nights Feb 17, 2020
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    Family Date Night | 45 Date Night Ideas! So many times we are not making memories we are getting by! Family date nights are a great way to create those lasting memories with our kids! Join Felice Gerwitz and Denise Mira in this fun episode. | #podcast #Homeschoolpodcast #45FamilyDateNightIdeas #DateNightIdeasFamily Date Nights ~ Episode 393

    with Felice Gerwitz and Denise Mira

    So many times we are not making memories we are getting by! Family date nights are a great way to create those lasting memories with our kids! Join Felice Gerwitz and Denise Mira in this fun episode.

    Thanks to our sponsor Media Angels, Inc and DeniseMira.com

    Our world drives chaos-we can find ourselves ships passing in the night, over-scheduled, too many lessons, extracurricular and cell phones constantly dinging and buzzing; we have to be intentional about family time. Often family night fun is determined by the weather region we live in or the season of the year as well as the age of the kids as well as your personal preferences.

    Example: We are not a soccer family, but we are a baseball and football family. Your kids may be young elementary age or high schoolers; age determines a lot. Here’s a variety of activities to choose from depending on the weather and the preferences of your family!

    Rule #1 ~ Cell phones OFF, landlines unplugged. Engage!

    45 Family Date Night IDEAS

    Physical, outdoor fun

    1. Backyard family softball/T-ball games.
    2. Backyard family soccer play.
    3. Backyard badminton or slippery slide play
    4. Snow play-make a snowman and clothe him, have a snowball fight
    5. Leaf play-rake piles and jump and roll in them
    6. Basement bowling or rollerskating.
    7. Ping pong tourneys on the dining room table.
    8. We had a sports court on our property – pickleball and basketball were much enjoyed.
    9. Late summer blackberry picking is free and abundant and very messy! Make a cobbler or pie or simmered sauce for ice cream.
    10. Hikes or bike rides

    Indoor Fun

    1. Have a Christian stand-up comedy night– Thou Shalt Laugh is a great video to start with – it boasts a variety of comedians to choose from. Michael Junior, Jeff Allen, Tim Hawkins, Thor Ramsey and more.
    2. Pull out the ancient family photo albums or family home videos, or mom and dad’s wedding video to watch and giggle at.
    3. Build a fire from the logs up w the kids.
    4. Make s’mores over the fire.
    5. Snuggle up and Daddy reads aloud to us. (Little House, Patrick McManus, the Redwall Series)
    6. Musical? Have a family jam night and play your instruments.
    7. Pizza night with take home to bake or frozen pizza, LaCroix with juice instead of soda.
    8. Do a DIY project or Pinterest project together-finger puppets, decorative photo frames, bath bombs
    9. Have daughters? Make it a spa night with facials, nail painting, foot massage, and special beverages.
    10. Dress up and role play night or do a puppet show -video the play and watch it on the big screen.
    11. Charades for kids – a card game from Walmart is a lot of fun to play together.
    12. Play board games/do an entire 100 (or more) piece puzzle in a night/play traditional card games.
    13. One of our favorites do-together activities is cooking. Build your own homemade pizzas, prepare Mexican food, build your own sub sandwiches or other fav meals
    14. Make cookies or a favorite dessert/play background music=kitchen dance party!
    15. Everyone builds a sundae on the sundae bar you create.
    16. Rent a movie and make stovetop homemade popcorn
    17. Nerf gun wars.
    18. Create a scavenger hunt.
    19. Create big cardboard box forts for each kid and let them decorate, cut windows and doors etc. (furniture stores or appliance stores will gladly contribute their boxes if you ask ahead of time.)
    20. Hide and seek in the house.
    21. Build a blanket fort.
    22. Build card houses with playing cards.
    23. Balloon volleyball.
    24. Hot tub nights together even in the rain.
    25. Invite a fav family over to share in the fun.

    Cheap Fun Away

    1. Family bike rides around the neighborhood or to a park, or Jamba Juice or along the beach walk. Baby bike seats are great for including the littles.
    2. Pocket parks are everywhere here and many include water spray park fun – all free entrance and lots of fun exercise.
    3. Kids eat free night at restaurants for the win!
    4. Find a public school w an indoor pool/YMCA open pool night for cheap Friday night swims.
    5. Head to the Dollar Tree with a $3 limit each kid to spend in cash-even the parents like browsing the Dollar Tree for fun finds. Play with the finds together later at home.
    6. A sporting goods store like Bass Pro Shop is fun to meander and take pics with the giant stuffed animals.
    7. Beaches are a stone’s throw from our house. We walk together and observe the wildlife, the shells, the driftwood, the clams, the boats-here in Seattle it’s often grey and cloudy but we make it fun.
    8. National Parks – free for families! Every kids outdoors challenge.
    9. Camping
    10. Water gun or water balloons

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    Communicating Love And Kindness To Your Kids Feb 10, 2020
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    Communicating Love and Kindness To Your Kids | Yes - there is hope! Communicating love and kindness to your kids does not come naturally. Ask me how I know! We discipline our children because we LOVE them – it is vital, and especially IF you want our children to grow up to become responsible adults. | #podcast #homeschoolpodcast

    Communicating Love and Kindness To Your Kids

    Yes – there is hope! Communicating love and kindness to your kids does not come naturally. Ask me how I know! We discipline our children because we LOVE them – it is vital, and especially IF you want our children to grow up to become responsible adults.

    Show Notes:

    Realize your parental style –

    1. Authoritarian
    2. Neglectful
    3. Permissive
    4. Authoritarian – democratic

    Kids are:

    1. Kids are gamblers
    2. Kids often say what they mean
    3. Kids are have many character flaws – anger, temper tantrums, jealousy, self-centered, etc.
    4. Kids want to get their own way – news flash, who doesn’t
    5. Kids can manipulate like the best attorney’s in court out there
    6. Kids are easily distracted
    7. Kids don’t often follow instructions the first time.
    1. Kids need positive reinforcement and repetition and patience
    2. Kids do not need to be spoiled

    These are Don’ts!

    1. It goes without saying – but I will say it here – fear and abuse – mental and physical
      1. Screaming at them
      2. Hitting in anger
      3. Discipline that doesn’t fit the crime
    2. Using your child as a pawn to hurt your spouse.
    3. Character assassination –I can’t believe how horrible you are – I hate you, you are ….
    4. Treating kids as objects that you own

    Discipline techniques – I’ve heard them all

    1. Withholding something – dessert, phone, etc.
    2. Time Out
    3. Spankings – of course not while angry… um, yeah, that works
    4. Punishing – removing an item or taking away a privilege
    5. Ignoring
    6. Isolation
    7. Reasoning

    The secret sauce? Consistency – when consistency does not work that is when the consequences must be metted out.

    Model good behavior – a niece of mine has colorful language to say the least and when her young son used this same language in Kindergarten and the teacher spoke to her about it she realized she needed to clean up her expressiveness

    Kids are sponges

    With kids here are some rules of conduct:

    1. Calm
      1. Get your kid under control if they are an emotional wreck
      2. Deal with the issue at hand – before you launch in
    2. Sensitive to tone
    3. Keep it simple – teach as you discipline – start young
    4. Ask the kids to repeat back what you said
    5. Ask the kids to think… instead of why are you leaving the ball in the laundry room ask ‘where do you think the ball should go” (this is instructive and if this isn’t followed through with discipline may follow)
    6. Be positive
    7. Use “I” instead of you … “I want you to get down” I don’t want you to bounce the ball in the house” instead of you are such a bad kid for climbing up there you will get hurt and fall and then…
    8. When you do this – then this will happen
    9. Use your words … if you expect good response model it…
    10. Listen
      1. Active listening – where they really know you are listening, that you check to be sure YOU understand what they are saying and you go from there.
      2. Eye contact and body language
    11. Decide rules and discipline – if you do this – this is what will happen
    12. Teens:
      1. Checking In
      2. Game plan
      3. Giving them ground rules
      4. Risks – explain

    One Minute Discipline

    1. Make sure there is no danger – if so, get the issue under control.
    2. Eye to eye – little? Get on eye level – taller – be sure they are looking at you.
    3. Be sincere.
    4. Explain they cannot talk while you are talking
    5. Tell your child what they did wrong – in one or two sentences. Explain clearly why you are upset –
    6. Big Sigh – signifies a change…
    7. Tell them what you LIKE about them – that they are an amazing person – that you are happy they are your son or daughter – that you know they try hard – that you will help them learn how to try harder if they do not already, etc. I’m here to help you – I love you – I think you are an awesome person… if you can’t figure out what you like about your child do this exercise ahead of time. Pray – ask the Lord to help you love your child –
    8. Hug and a kiss if appropriate

    Matthew 18:6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones–those who believe in me–to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

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    Date Nights For Couples Feb 10, 2020
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    Date Nights For Couples | Okay friends, are you ready for fun? Date nights for couples do not need to break the bank. Join Felice Gerwitz and Denise Mira as they chat about their favorite dates with their spouses! | #podcast #homeschoolpodcast #coupledatenight #datenightspouse #spousenightwithyourspouse #datenightsDate Nights for Couples That Won’t Break the Bank ~ Episode 392

    with Felice Gerwitz and Denise Mira

    Okay friends, are you ready for fun? Date nights for couples do not need to break the bank. Join Felice Gerwitz and Denise Mira as they chat about their favorite dates with their spouses!

    Thanks for our co-sponsors, MediaAngels.com and DeniseMira.com

    Date Nights For Couples

    Date nights made all the difference for us! I remember distinctly those seasons and they were priceless.

    Time alone together is a necessary discipline. It’s not a selfish indulgence, it’s actually the most important thing we do as parents. Which is to love each other in order to build a strong foundation. This allows us to withstand the storms, to have our cups full so we can draw from our well to give to our kids and to demonstrate to them our unity.

    Date Night 101:

    Intentional planning is key! Leaving it to chance in a season of child-rearing is only dreaming – you must make it happen. No sitters? No nearby relatives? Co-op with a trusted friend who shares your values and whose children your kids enjoy.

    There’s something so special about young married couples getting a chance to go out without meat to cut, no mess to clean up, no bibs and water bottles to remember, no interruptions – just you two to meander through conversation, laugh, revisit the one you fell in love with. When we don’t regularly get time alone as a couple, these times can degenerate into work times, conflict, venting-all the frustrations that have been brewing come out! Disaster.

    Here are some rules about dating!

    1. Determine not to argue-don’t be your usual self-overlook the offense whatever it is – there are many difficult moments in this journey called life so try hard not to bicker, nag, knit pick – it’s not the time to work out issues if they can wait.
    2. Look nice! Do your hair and dress up (hear Denise’s story!). Why are we always looking our best for strangers?
    3. Cell phone boundaries.
    4. Family life planning time can be a date night if agreed on ahead of time.

    Date night fun is often determined by the weather region/season of year/age of marrieds/personal preferences.

    30 Great Date Night Ideas!

    1. Music. We love music. One fav memory was a night when Hubby sat on the patio playing his faves for me while we sat around the fire pit star gazing and sipping a beverage. We’ve found free concerts indoors and out
    2. Free or super reasonable sporting events to watch outdoors or indoors – tennis, basketball, football, soccer
    3. Ice skating or rollerblading
    4. Hikes or scenic drives or biking can be Saturday morning dates.
    5. YMCA workout fun/tennis then go out for a quick bite such as sushi
    6. Matinee movie after discounted happy hour meal at a snazzy place – no 20.00 popcorn
    7. Denise suggests wine tasting if this is something you enjoy. Often free or very cheap-you can Uber it if nearby.
    8. Take a bus on an adventure if you’re city people
    9. Play pool, Go bowlingTake a dance class
    10. Join a couples Bible study or fellowship group-this was truly one of our favorite ‘date nights’ for a season.
    11. Biking to eat lunch or to a coffee shop
    12. Rent electric scooters or bikes on the streets where available
    13. Museums-free nights
    14. Trivia nights at pubs
    15. Paint canvas and sip nights on Groupon
    16. Farmer’s market browsing and munching
    17. Flea market or thrift store
    18. Go to a shooting range for shooting practice
    19. Happy hour menus have changed the game
    20. Uber eats or door dash can be cheaper than eating out
    21. Rent the latest release movie at home
    22. Shopping such as at IKEA browsing grab a snack in the cafe
    23. Dollar store investigation is fun and enlightening! You’ll see tons of stuff you don’t need to pay $4 for at Walmart anymore.
    24. Ice cream and beach walks -or a walk in the woods
    25. Coffee stops and city walks
    26. Warehouse such as Costco browse the store and enjoy something to eat or ice cream at the cafe
    27. Furniture store browse and dream
    28. Browse a bookstore where you can find them-or a used book store
    29. Grab deli food-soup bar/salad bar/full meal at the grocery store and eat it outside somewhere-no tipping no being trapped at a table all night
    30. Throw together a collaboration dinner with friends you both enjoy at home or their house to save money and enjoy lots of fun convo or a card game or watch Christian comedy video.

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    Kids Making Good Decisions Feb 03, 2020
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    Kids Making Good Decisions | Decisions! Kids making good decisions is something you can actually teach! We have so many choices that it is so hard, but in this episode, we will focus on kids the decision making process. Another podcast just for the kids! | #podcast #podcastforkids #kidsdecisions #gooddecisionsKids Making Good Decisions ~ Episode392

    Decisions! Kids making good decisions is something you can actually teach! We have so many choices that it is so hard, but in this episode, we will focus on kids the decision making process. Another podcast just for the kids! Join us.

    Thanks to our sponsor, Media Angels, Inc. and the books A Few Minutes with God and the books Truth Seekers Mystery Series

    Here are additional podcasts you may want to listen to making decisions?
    1. Blueprint for Making Decisions

    2. Blueprint for Making Major Decisions

    Let’s make good decisions – how do you do this? But making a plan. First, let’s look at what kind of decisions we make.

    1. Simple decisions: A color of cup, red or blue, green or yellow. We make so many decisions every single day.
    2. Moral decisions: Decide not to lie or not to steal.
    3. Life-changing: A decision that has to do with something with the future of your life.

    You really need to understand the basics. Is this decision easy or is it a big one to make that you need to figure out over time?

    Let’s look at a decision. Write that down now. What is something that you want to make a decision about? What is the first thing you do? Pray. Pray specifically about what it is your need? And then, do it! For example, if you want to make a decision about whether or not you should play a sport, or play a musical instrument. You can not do anything if you won’t’ make a start.

    1. Think about your needs. What is something you need to decide about?
      • Write it down
      • Is this something you can think about or plan?
      • Is it something you can look into.
    2. Pray
      • Ask the Lord in prayer if it is an important decision.
      • If you can not figure out the answer, let it go for a time.
      • Accept God’s will in our life
    3. Look into your options – what can you do?
      • Research your options
      • If possible give it a try
    4. Read the Bible
      • Every day. Read it as a family
      • Listen after you pray
    5. Pray and ask the Lord to give you the gift of knowledge about what to do.
      • Gifts of the Holy Spirit are many, ask for specific gifts
    6. Answers sometimes come from our parents or siblings
      • Ask your mom, dad, grandmother or another adult you trust.
      • Have them pray and think about your decision.
    7. Keep Praying! Ideas will come into our minds, miraculously
      • We can pray and think about those ideas.
    8. Write any thoughts you might have about the decision.
      • Keep a journal
      • Write it on an electronic device
      • Write down Bible verses that might help
    9. Pray about any thoughts that come to mind
      • Ask the Lord to confirm these.
      • God-incidents – sometimes answer come from different places
    10. Make a Decision!
    11. Do you feel peace about your decision?
      • If you are not peaceful and super worried about it keep praying
    12. If you can’t make a decision… wait!
      • Pray.
      • Talk to your family
    13. If you make a decision trust God
      • Even if things don’t turn out perfectly, it’s okay
    14. Ask the Lord to prepare your way.
    15. Thank the Lord!

    Sometimes we make decisions that don’t work out well. But we can learn from everything in our life! Even those bad mistakes we make. You can learn and change and learn how to make good decisions.

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    Exercise Jan 21, 2020
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    exerciseLet’s Talk About Exercise – It is Not a 4 Letter Word! with Felice Gerwitz

    Podcast 174 – Vintage Homeschool Moms ShortCuts

    I never liked exercise and I don’t like it now… but I hope after I throw out this challenge, my dislike of exercise changes! In an effort to get healthy and avoid the dreaded time and effort it takes to exercise, I’ll make it a priority. I hope you take me up on this challenge!

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    Show Notes: Exercise

    My Goals to Exercise!

    1. I will walk at least one mile each day and build up to 3-5 miles daily
    2. Add some type of aerobic or stretching exercise
    3. I will eat healthy foods
    4. After I walk I get a reward!
    5. My goal is to lose 5 lbs this month
    6. My goal is to lose 20lbs overall

    My plan to reach my goals to exercise and lose weight

    1. I’m going to get on the scale and record my weight – again, I’m not brave enough to share that with all of you – but I’m going to have that info so I have a place to begin.
    2. I will use devices such as mobile apps to attain my fitness goal. There are all kinds of apps – I’m actually using a free one for now, but I may consider purchasing it because it has all kinds of information that I can use.
    3. I’m going to use the 4Life supplements – my portal is here – I will take Citri-Shape Trio – It is a weight loss management supplement – that helps boost my metabolism I will let you know how that works!
    4. Start a conversation on my private group page for our radio network to keep me on task! – and join me! Post your victories or struggles with me.
    5. And – I am going to do this with your help – LOTS of prayer and help from my family!I pray you have success…

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    Kids Taking Charge Jan 20, 2020
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    Kids Taking Charge ~ Episode 391

    By nature kids are curious and you can get your kids excited about learning, their chores, and kids taking charge of their life. This podcast is for the kids, I hope you will listen in Moms and Dads!

    Thanks to our sponsor – Media Angels, Inc. and the books Truth Seekers Mystery series and A Few Minutes with God !

    Originally I was planning on recording this podcast for moms but instead, I decided to talk to the kids – because you know what? Kids are smart and they get it when someone cares about them, their ability and what God has in store for them! Moms and Dads I hope you listen in as well, because I’m sure your kids will have some great questions to ask.

    Here is the planner to print out for you to use!

    Kids Taking Charge – 1

    So, what do I want to talk about? Well, kids what you are about to hear is going to be life-changing. And I bet that some of you already know the information I am going to share because you are way, way, way smarter than everyone knows – even the people around you. Sometimes you don’t want to let people know how smart you are because you know what? You think they will ask you to do more stuff if you are that smart. Even though you may know some of this stuff – I am sure there is something you can learn, and I pray it helps you!

    I want to talk about you taking charge of your life and having responsibility. Did you know that your mom or dad won’t be around all of your life to tell you what to do –really. This is a truth. Someday you will be the adult and responsible for going to work, taking care of the house, buying and making food to eat, and taking out the trash. When I lived on my own, my mom didn’t call me and say, “Hi honey, how are you? Did you take out the trash? Did you eat today? Did you do your laundry, fold and put it away?” No–my mom said, well, now she is an adult and can take care of herself.

    But wouldn’t it be nice if you could take care of yourself when it comes to your own responsibilities?

    Let’s stop and make a list of the things most kids are responsible for:

    1. Eating.
    2. Sleeping.
    3. Go to the bathroom.
    4. Exercising – going outside or playing inside.

    Other responsibilities:

    1. Doing school work.
    2. Helping with the dishes.
    3. Cleaning up your room/ making your bed.
    4. Individual chores.
    5. Practicing a sport or hobby.

    So, make a list of all the things that you are responsible for personally and this is a good place to start. Now, the next step is to answer the following question:

    Are you a now or later person?

    This means – do you do things immediately when you are assigned a job or you know what it is you are supposed to do – maybe your family uses a chore chart or some other method of keeping track. OR – are you a later person, in “I’ll do that later.”

    Just think -if you do it now it is all done, right? Then you can go and do whatever the next thing is or take a break. If you are a do it later person one of two things will happen:

    1. You will get reminded to do it now.
    2. You will get in trouble for not doing it right away.

    Does it make sense to wait? Why or why not?

    Most people live their lives waiting for someone else to tell them what to do, to tell them what is right and what is wrong and in fact, they live their lives trying not to get caught doing the wrong thing. Maybe there is a reason for this but most of it is just that you don’t feel like it or you are too lazy to finish doing your schoolwork or chore.

    If you get caught doing something you are not supposed to be doing or maybe not getting that chore or school work done, usually you have a ready answer.

    1. I didn’t know I was supposed to do that now.
    2. It was an accident.
    3. I was going to do it.
    4. I already know this.
    5. Okay I will do it.

    So, why not cut out the middle man! Cut out the getting in trouble and having to do it anyway. And… can you guess what I am going to say? Just. Do. It. Now.

    Whatever that “it” is – is it fixing your bed, is it cleaning up your toys or doing your schoolwork.

    There comes a time in everyone’s life – and maybe you have not gotten to that point yet, but there is a time when everyone realizes, “Oh. No. I was wrong!”

    Maybe you are one of those kids who never gets in trouble. Congratulations and yay for you! You are way ahead of the others, but let me ask you a question. Are you making the most of your time? Are you doing something that is right or that is just okay.

    I realized too that just okay was not enough. Some people call me an overachiever but I call me being productive. I like to accomplish and get things done, it makes me happy. Whether it is taking the time every morning to pray, to get some chores done around the house or to do my work – yes, a podcast is work, I feel good at the end of the day.

    So, let’s think about this … what makes you feel good about your day. Make a list.

    1. Getting your school work done and right.
    2. Getting your chores done.
    3. Getting approval from your parents instead of in trouble.
    4. Getting along with our siblings or your friends.

    The goal and the point I am trying to make is that as a family you were not put there by accident. Each person in a family is unique, special and a very, very, very important part of that family. I can say for certain that your family would not be the same without you. You can either be a welcome addition – like this, “Emma, Samantha, William, Alex, Benjamin, Olivia, Christopher, Michael, (or whatever your name is) I am so happy to see you and that you are here!” Or will they say… “Oh. No. They are here!”

    Working together as a family to get things done is so wonderful and guess what? It gives you time to enjoy being together and getting along as a family. It makes your parents say, “Oh my goodness, my kids are so great! They listen to the direction so well I can take them on field trips and I can take them places and people stop us and say how well behaved and nice our family is.”

    We don’t do things just to get compliments from other people – while that is all good it isn’t the only reason why we do what is right. We do it for ourselves and for our God. We want to live a life this is happy and free from regrets. Has there ever been something you did that you were not happy about or not proud about? This happens to everyone and yes – I know, no one is perfect but that does not mean we don’t try to be the best we can be.

    God believes in you.

    I believe in you.

    Your parents believe in you.

    Your grandparents believe in you.

    You are special and wonderful and God has an amazing plan for your life.

    But…

    If you are always getting in trouble, always trying to get out of work, always working out a way to not be seen, or get caught or whatever that is that you do – then guess what? You do not have the time to be the best you can be because you are being the least you can be. Think about it.

    You are so busy avoiding work that well, that is actually doing work! Working to not be found or working to get in trouble. You are so busy poking your brother or your sister, yelling and screaming that you are missing all the amazing and wonderful things happening all around you! There are amazing miraculous things that happen in our life – all around us every single day and you are missing it.

    So the questions to think about are:

    1. Are you ready to take charge of your life? Yes or No
    2. Are you ready to be the best that you can be? Yes or No
    3. Are you ready to be the best that God wants you to be? Yes or No
    4. How are you going to do this?

    The challenge is to take the next few days to think about this, talk to your parents about this or talk about it in a family meeting. Decide on one tiny thing you will do to improve. Let’s say you hate to wash dishes and every day it is your turn to do dishes you will not complain. If that works then add one more thing and one more thing and guess what? You will be happier. Your parents will be happier and you will have time to do the things you like to do best.

    And…yes, there is more! I will be praying for your success. And, if there is something that worked great for your family please let me know. I can’t wait to hear from you.

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    Mid-Year Evaluation Jan 13, 2020
    Show notes

    Mid-Year Evaluation | Have you ever completed a homeschool mid-year evaluation? It's time to look at your yearly homeschool evaluations in the middle of the year. The place to being any formal check-up process is now! | #podcast #homeschoolpodcast Mid-Year Evaluation

    Have you ever completed a homeschool mid-year evaluation? It’s time to look at your yearly homeschool evaluations in the middle of the year. The place to being any formal check-up process is now!

    Thanks to our Sponsor! Wings To Soar Online – if you have a child who learns different or is struggling, you should check out their program. They have an amazing two week trial after evaluation that is affordable.

    One year I was so upset that my year had fallen apart and my lofty goals were just not being met that I devised a series of checklists to help me get back on track. I was so worried that at our yearly homeschool evaluations I would be told that I had done a poor job. I was so happy the thought occurred to me in the middle-of-the-year, while I still had time to remedy the situation.

    I devised a series of checklists (something totally against this spontaneous person’s grain!) and I loved it! Today I share the second in the three-part series with you! In this session, you will take a hard look at your year and if you are off track – look at ways to get back on track…especially before the dreaded yearly homeschool evaluations!

    Listen to this podcast for more information!

    This three-part series of the Yearly Homeschool Evaluation consists of:

    • A Beginning of the Year Check-Up
    • A Middle of the Year Check-Up
    • An End of the Year Check-Up

    Available at Media Angels Membership

    For more information on the three-part series – visit Media Angels.com and the eBook and Audio Downloads.Yearly Evaluation -One

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    Exercise Basics Jan 11, 2020
    Show notes

    Let’s Talk About Exercise Basics with Felice Gerwitz

    Podcast #178

    Yes I still dislike exercising, and no–I still don’t have time to exercise, however, I’m sticking to this plan. Podcast, keep you up to date and encourage you to continue on with me!

    Show Notes: Exercise Basics

    Handouts from the Creation Anatomy Book: Creation Anatomy_HandoutsExercise-AllRightsReserved.

    Exercise Basics

    1. Make it doable
    2. Good equipment – comfortable shoes and digital tracker (pacer) – free version, with a bonus to buy paid version after I lose 10lbs health and tracker apps
    3. Keep tabs with some print outs – Visual helps
    4. Do it with your kids OR inlist your older children to babysit while you exercise
    5. Keep hydrated!

    Exercise!

    Begin with stretching

    Walking

    Jogging – be sure to warm up and cool down

    Exercises – be sure you have good form. Do it with someone else, ask other homeschoolers – talk about science fair and person who could sign off on papers!

    Aerobics – with a video or youtube or even paid subscription classes

    Photo Credits DepositPhoto.com 2017 All Rights Reserved.© aremafoto

    🎓 Resources from Media Angels: Go deeper with the complete Creation Science for Homeschoolers guide — or explore the Creation Anatomy Study Guide.

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    Learning Challenges Jan 08, 2020
    Show notes 📚 Part of our guide: Homeschooling a Struggling Learner

    Learning Challenges Episode 390

    If your child has learning challenges sometimes it is difficult to know where to start. In this episode, we will discuss ways to help your children succeed with a special interview with Beth Ellen Nash creator of the Wings To Soar Online program.

    Thanks to our Sponsor! Wings To Soar Online – if you have a child who learns different or is struggling, you should check out their program. They have an amazing two week trial after evaluation that is affordable. Wings to Soar Online Academy Popular Packages

    As an educator, our special guest Beth Ellen Nash found that after tutoring, assessing and, consulting with hundreds of families she realized she wanted to teach children and began Wings To Soar. From the first school of education class that she taught, she knew the need to do education differently. She wasn’t going to fit in the traditional system because education needs to be personalized.

    Wings to Soar symbolizes repairing the broken wings the eagle is their logo. That soaring eagle is a symbol of hope. Every student can really soar and reach their fullest potential when a learning path is created that’s tailored to the child’s unique needs to allow them to gain the skills and confidence and really thrive, not just survive.

    What makes Wings To Soar Online Academy different for those with learning challenges?

    1. Online. We find that we’re getting more gains through our program.
    2. We typically see a year and a half to three years gains in a student in their reading and that first school year.
    3. The brain needs time to work on building skills.
    4. And with our online program, it becomes affordable. Most families can’t afford five days a week of tutoring. But with an online program, roughly the cost of one tutoring session a week equals 24/7 access. You can spread it out over whatever amount of time you need.

    How do you assess learning challenges?

    1. Start with free assessments.
    2. We back down to each child’s level and find where they are and we fill in the skill gaps.
    3. We bump up the time and intensity at just the right level for them. So they’re experiencing success, but we’re not backing away from the subject. That’s hard. We’re moving toward it at a place that’s successful for them.
    4. We aim for success.

    We partner with the parents, we see the parent as our co-teacher to help with whatever portion of the curriculum is right for the family. If they just need a reading and language arts with us, that’s all we provide. If they need extra coaching, extra supports built-in, we build that into their package. So, as far as I know, we’re one of the only personalized school online school that specializes in intimate. We specialize in helping to fix dyslexia. Any child can benefit from our personalized approach to learning. But our specialty is working with kids with dyslexia. And that’s pretty unique as far as I know.

    About the free assessment to gauge learning challenges:

    1. Want to make sure it’s a good fit before we’re signing people up.
    2. There’s a mom questionnaire on the website and this will take about 10 or 15 minutes for mom to fill out because I really want to get a thorough picture of the strengths and weaknesses of the child and just as mom’s perception, cause mom’s pretty smart.
    3. Then there is an online assessment with the student.
    4. If the family’s interested, we do a two-week jumpstart we have built and ramp-up the week so that they can start trying out their personalized path, the success learning plan and, ease into the program making sure all the programs that we’ve chosen for them are really a good fit.

    Wings To Soar Online Academy works with twenty-five different online programs. Beth Ellen has evaluated over 200 programs and narrowed it down to the twenty-five that we feel do the best in a variety of specific subject areas. And based on those initial assessments, a personalized plan is created for each student. There might be ten minutes working on vocabulary with the segment that’s the strongest match for the student. Another ten minutes working on spelling on a program we’ve chosen to match that child.

    Listen to this audio for so much more about Wings to Soar Online Academy and Beth Ellen Nash.

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    Motivated Kids Jan 06, 2020
    Show notes

    Motivated Kids | How do you have motivated kids without stressing them out? Whatever happened to childhood? In this episode, we talk about helping your kids be kids and motivating them to be their best. | #podcast #homeschoolpodcastMotivated Kids 389

    How do you have motivated kids without stressing them out? Whatever happened to childhood? In this episode, we talk about helping your kids be kids and motivating them to be their best.

    Thanks to our sponsor, Wings To Soar Online – listen to the interview here with Beth Ellen, and learn more at WingsToSoarOnline.com

    When I attended conferences one of the most consistent questions I received was how do I motivate my kids to learn?

    There is nothing more exciting than a child who is excited about learning. But as a parent how can we motivate our kids to want to learn and do more? Is it just personality? Some kids are more motivated than others? Or is it something we can do in our homes to facilitate this motivation?

    Motivated Kids

    There is a key to motivation and that is to find a child’s passion. You don’t have to motivate kids to have fun with their friends, or play on an electronic device, or watch a favorite movie, do you? They are highly motivated to have fun, and that is the issue. Usually, school work or chores are vying for a space in a child’s life that is unsurmountable. Be sure your expectations match your child’s ability. Young children under five need a parent sitting there to help keep them on track. If your child is doing school work, having them open a book while you walk away isn’t a good idea. Motivated kids should be the norm in your home.

    Parent attitude. What is your attitude when it comes to giving assignments or chores? Are you enthusiastic or are you mirroring the child’s drooping shoulders? (Explain the concept of pop-quiz.) The difference between parents and the teacher is vast. As an educator, I loved my class, but as a mom, I really love my class and I’m with them 24/7 which means that we all need to get along. But it also means that my kids know I care. Yet they don’t. We *think* they should know we care and are excited about their accomplishments but they are not always aware of this which is why positive reinforcement is important. Something we may take for granted.

    Here are a few ways that will help!

    1. Teach good study skills – this may mean mom or dad is sitting in proximity available to help a struggling student.
    2. Habits – it takes about thirty days at least to create a new habit. If you want your child to have good study skills, or even do chores correctly, that means practice over and over again. Having a sport they enjoy does encourage good work in the area of academics because you can explain to your child that once school work is completed they will have time to practice. My college kids are students due to the discipline that comes from sports. My friends whose kids are musically inclined to explain that the same discipline helps them.
    3. Expectations – many times kids don’t know what is required. “Get your homework done.” or “Do your chores,” may not be specific enough for your child. Be sure they understand what is expected. Sometimes kids need to be exposed to different things to find their passion.
    4. Check off list – or set goals. If your child knows what is expected, and there is some satisfaction in checking off a list! This can help tremendously.
    5. Positive reinforcement – tell the children that you are proud of their accomplishments, even if it is “good try,” that helps.

    Give your child time to think. This is a pet peeve of mine that we pack our schedules and theirs to overflowing so there is never any time to find their passion let alone develop it. We focused on making this a priority in my family and my kids’ have discovered reading, writing, building, mechanics. and sports as passions. In fact, college scholarships and honors came from these passions they discovered while homeschooling.

    Relax and refresh happens during this time to “think,” and it will cause your kids to consider what they are interested in pursuing. When I am stuck on a solution to a problem I walk away from the computer and do something else, and then the idea comes to me.

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