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A Delicious Review: The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast
This delicious review of "The Ultimate Guide to the Daniel Fast" shares about the fast, the focus, & the food. You get to eat with this fast! It's not The Daniel Plan. Same Daniel. Different approach! Our apologies for the duplicate announcement. Yesterday, we had a glitch with the post not displaying correctyly on the blog. We had to delete and begin again. Come check out the delicious review!
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Pushing Reset On Your Family’s Relationship With Screens
The author of "[Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires, and How You Can Break Free," Doug Smith, is guest posting about the value of pushing reset on your family’s relationship with screens. You're in for a treat because Doug offers an insider’s perspective on the impact of technology, informed by over two decades of web programming experience and a lifetime of Bible study. Plus, there's still time to get in on the giveaway this week. The winner of Doug Smith's book will be announced on Friday. In the meantime, come check out Doug's powerful article. It may enrich your family.
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[Un]Intentional – Book Review & Giveaway
What makes the faces in your family glow? Is it the reflection from a TV, a tablet, or a cell phone. This week, we have a book review and giveaway of {Un}Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How to Break Free. Are you multi-tasking right now? Perhaps you’re reading this post on one screen while also viewing something on your TV. We double-screen more than we realize. "In May 2017, eMarketer found the average US adult will spend over twelve hours a day consuming media on devices like smartphones, computers, and TVs." The book, [Un]Intentional, “shows how most people are unintentional with the screens in their lives, but…
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Reassuring Reluctant Readers
When older children hesitate, or down right refuse, to read, there could be a learning delay. But usually, it’s because they don’t think they read well, or they’re not interested in the subject matter. Parents can motivate and reassure their reluctant readers in several ways.
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Inspiring Wavering Writers
“Inspiring Wavering Writers” is part two of a three-part series on Helping Struggling Learners. If you missed the first post in this series discussing ways to Encourage Introverted Children, you can find that here. Understanding the causes of our children’s learning struggles is the first step to creating a learning environment that will help them. Discouragement depresses writing. Numerous reasons cause our young writers to waver—from complex learning disabilities to simply lacking sleep, structure, or zing. This post is about adding zing to your writing lessons. In my nineteen years of homeschooling and teaching writing classes to homeschool groups, I’ve witnessed many students struggling with writing. Whether it’s with my…
