If you're like me and could use a little renewal of motivation towards your schooling at home right now, here's a few links that might do the trick:

Education is a Discipline: Four Habits that have Made a Difference

How to Simply Homeschool: The Four Simple Cornerstones

Seven Daily Rungs…

How to Feed Brains Everyday

The important thing is not so much that every child should be taught,
as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
-John Lubbock

Skills for Children ::: What kind of skills do you think are most powerful when experienced at an early age?

Fair Trade is for Hippies. And Maybe the Rest of Us Too. ::: it was this conversation with a man that works with farmers in the hilltribes of Thailand that changed my perspective and understanding . . . .

Seven Ways to Keep Your Home Strong ::: Again, the return always to this: "It is written," he said to them, " ' My house will be a house of prayer'" (Luke 19:46).

The Only "What If" Worth Asking ::: And all those ‘what if’s’ questioning His goodness are answered here.

The truth {about "fine"} will set you free ::: It's powerful when a friend steps out from behind fine and looks you in the eyes.

We pulled all the music instruments in the house out last night. Let the girls go wild with their own "musical" creations.

It was a lot of fun.

Tonight, as I started clearing the dinner dishes, everyone drifted back to the instruments that were still scattered around the living room.

Within a few minutes, real music was drifting in to accompany me in my clean up.

It helps to have a dad who's spent more than a decade of his life leading people in worship.

The guitar, the glockenspiel and the piano joined in slightly rough, but beautiful melody. With a random drum beat from the youngest girl thrown in here and there.

It was beautiful.

Like a dream.

The most striking parts of life have a tendency to feel so unreal. It's strange.

I found myself wanting to somehow capture the moment. Save it forever, so I could always come back and soak in the beauty of it.

But I knew I couldn't really. 

Life is real. And fleeting. And the amazing beauty of a moment is ours for a breath and then gone forever.

Isn't that what makes it so beautiful? 

I've been waiting since October for the new and final album release from the David Crowder Band.

Well, it's here, and I love it and I think you would to! I have to admit there was an extra-special thrill when I saw the album title. Because of course I have a soft spot for the beauty of rest.

**Disclosure: This is just me sharing something I love. No paid advertising here.