Teaching Tip for Gettin’ ‘Em Independent

I came across a few pictures that illustrate an important teaching tip that makes mentoring our kids MUCH more EFFECTIVE and INDEPENDENT. Teaching tip: Don’t Block Their View. Make sure you are in a position where you are not blocking their view of the very thing you are trying to teach them. I see this…

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Keepin’ it Real for the “About” Website Page

You can read an updated “about me” here but I have kept this in tact as it represents where my family and I were within the first few days of beginning Cultivating A Home. This post does give different details than the current “about me” page. So, read both if you have an extra few minutes…

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Scripture Memory – Put to Creative Tunes

Circa 2000. John, Alexis, and Kelsey. Something that I started doing when the children were wee little thangs… was to memorize Scripture.. put to our OWN tunes.. while trying to laugh along the way… making it a fun experience and memory. The picture above shows a little of what it was like. We’d memorize a…

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“Fun Mom Alert”

On Facebook yesterday, I nominated MYSELF for a “FUN MOM Alert.” It’s something that I usually write in the comments section, under OTHER moms’ photos or posts on Facebook, when I see that they are clearly doing something FUN with their children. I just simply write “Fun Mom Alert” and leave it at that. Yesterday was one of those days for me, so…

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Psalms: “Turnaround of the Heart”

I’ve spent several years, sloooooowly ENGAGING the Psalms. I used the word engaging on purpose to better describe that I was not just merely reading; I was diggin’ in to this rich book of the Bible. I was INTENTIONALLY looking for the characteristics of God. I was also asking “Just WHY is THIS particular Psalm…

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