Favourites for Encouragement while Home Schooling

• The King James Bible

• Season's of a Mother's Heart ~ Sally Clarkson

• For the Children’s Sake ~ Susan Macaulay   great for earlier years

• Say Goodbye to Whining, Complaining, and Bad Attitudes... in You and Your Kids ~ Turansky & Miller

• Things We Wished We’d Known ~ Diana Waring

• Beyond Survival ~ Diana Waring      great for new home educators

• Reaping the Harvest ~ Diana Waring

• Laying Down the Rails ~ Simply Charlotte Mason  ~ Sonya Schafer

• The Parents Review ~ Karen Andreola  (I found these so encouraging during our earlier years)

• Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit ~ Teri Maxwell

•  Leaders Who Last ~ Dave Kraft   (geared for ministry but very encouraging for an H.Ed mum too)

• Discover Your Children’s Gifts ~ Fortune  (prefer to use this with the children once they get closer to age 11 and onwards)

• A Minute of Margin ~ Richard Swenson

• One Hundred and One Devotions for Homeschool Moms ~ Jackie Wellwood  

• How to Feed a Teenage Boy ~ Georgia Orcutt (I gleaned the ideas and adapted the concepts to suit our family's palates ☺)

• Teaching From a State of Rest ~ Sarah Mackenzie  (such a small book, packed with uplifting encouragement)

• Homeschool Made Simple ~ Carole Joy Seid  (Dvd.  Excellent for pre-highschool years,mostly.  This would have been such a blessing for me during our earlier years)

• Own Your Life ~ Sally Clarkson

• Mom Heart Moments: Daily Devotions for Life-Giving Motherhood ~ Sally Clarkson

• Re-reading through my personal notebooks which also includes encouraging scriptures, extracts from sermons (one on Mother's Day was/is a favourite) and quotes that I've archived.

Audios & Podcasts:

• this post details a few of my favourite back to learning items.

• On Living a Story Formed Life ~ Sarah Clarkson   (podcast RAR #17)

• Own Your Life podcasts

• Some of the podcasts from Schloe Sisters  (Karen Glass, and, Cindy Rollins)

• I find it important to be listening to talks, sermons, religious teaching that aligns to my, always developing, doctrinal beliefs a good way to be challenged and encouraged.