I used to say that homeschooling was our lifestyle but now I say our lifestyle is our homeschool!
Lifestyle Homeschool is about discipling our children; about character training, about everyday life giving learning opportunities, about Bible study and practical skills. Your lifestyle will provide the experiences that will give your children a rich education.
Can you believe it – only 15 weeks till Christmas!Over the years I have learnt that the earlier I begin the less stress it is at the end. For several years now, I have set out to prepare for Christmas starting mid September and aim to be finished by the first week of December.So the time has come for me to set aside 2 hours a week, and chip away at the important things on my to-do list.I call this Project Christmas.
Project Christmas is all about preparing for a relational, homemade Christmas. It is about being prepared in the physical so those things don't crowd the spiritual. I don't want a Martha spirit this Christmas.I don’t take on any extra decluttering or cleaning projects – my two hours are spent in preparing things that will build up my family, speak to my children’s hearts, or encourage other people.
Project Christmas is a 12 week project. The idea is that we only do the things that are important to us – each individual makes the decision as to what is important in their home.I am happy to share my Project List, but I encourage you to tweak it if you need to.But please don’t move too far away from the objective:
2 hours a week for 12 weeks
Keep the focus on a relational, homemade Christmas
Remember Jesus!
Would you like to join me with Project Christmas?I’m starting this week.Download Project List and tweak it to make it yours, if necessary.
Each weekend I’m going to give a progress report (an accountability report!)I’ll share how I’ve done, and I’ll share my new tasks ahead of me for the week.I’d love you to join me pop back on Saturday as I’ll set up a MckLinky and you can share your progress and projects too.
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