2013-2014 Five in a Row Planner™ 5 day SALE
The 2013-2014 Five in a Row Planner is available (and we have a SAMPLE for you to view)! The Five in a Row Planner™ was created to simply and practically plan your homeschool days in a visually...
View ArticleAre you brave enough to find things that don’t work?
I have not failed 10,000 times. I have successfully found 10,000 things that don’t work. ~ Thomas Edison I can hear it now: “Maybe this is the year I become a perfect teacher,” many of you might be...
View ArticleBecky Jane’s Cranberry Thanksgiving Week
I wrote this after my first Cranberry Thanksgiving “row” with my sweet Lily Jane. I thought you might enjoy it as you are planning your Thanksgiving school with your children! For the last week, my...
View ArticleValentine’s Day Books & Ideas
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner, so we want to be sure you have time to reserve these books at your library or find great deals to order. Holidays provide one of the easiest opportunities...
View ArticleBible & Character Supplement – Jane Shares How to Use
Many FIAR families look for direction in how to use the Bible & Character Supplement. It’s such a rich resource we hate for anyone to miss out! After all, the most important aspect of living a...
View ArticleNew Digital Unit – Introductory price for 1 week!
Jane fell in love with this book a few years ago and she and Carrie Lambert Bozeman have written a unit to share with you! The Tree Lady: The True Story of How One Tree-Loving Woman Changed a City...
View ArticleThe Importance of Fostering Imagination
In our highly structured world today, it can be easy to over-schedule our children and rob them of opportunities to be imaginative. Some children are highly imaginative, and if you have one of those...
View ArticleDifferent Learning Styles: Five in a Row Has You Covered
“Look at me when I am talking to you.” How many times have we heard a parent say that to a child? How many times have we said it to our children? It seems like a reasonable request when we have...
View ArticleHow to Teach so a Child Falls in Love with Learning
When Jane and I began homeschooling more than thirty years ago, almost no one gave up or quit homeschooling. You began and you finished the task—at least until, if not through, high school. But in...
View ArticleBroadening Your Child’s Educational Palate with FIAR
From time to time I’ll hear a mother say that her child just isn’t interested in a story or her child was whining by the second or third day and didn’t want to read the book again. And sometimes a book...
View ArticleA Book to Add to Your Collection
This week I read a book that made me laugh and cry and at times want to shout amen. It was recommended to me by a friend who knows my deep passion and love for families and my call to encourage them in...
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