
How to Have Faith When the Going Gets Tough
Why do we go through trials and tests? God takes us to the desert to teach us how to have faith and to draw us closer to Himself.
Why do we go through trials and tests? God takes us to the desert to teach us how to have faith and to draw us closer to Himself.
Teaching teens about Jesus is the most important and life-changing act you can do for them, especially for those with depression and despair.
Looking for solid anatomy lessons for your homeschooled high school student? Master Books has you covered with a scientific and Godly answer!
This comprehensive apologetics study for students helps them defend their faith and dig deeper into the Bible in an understandable format.
One of the best businesses to start as a teenager is upcycled crafts and this book shows you how to do it from start to finish!
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Chronic fatigue and stress management tips that can help you have more energy and enjoy life more instead of lying in bed, wishing.
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Do you know these fun facts about flowers for kids? Maybe not! Learn something new and get a free kids’ botany lesson!
Help your children learn how to care for themselves with this Taking Care of Me! Kids’ Self-Care Bundle. This bundle includes 24 pages of printable activities and teaching materials, including Nutrition, Personal Hygiene, and Emotional Self-Care. Use the included charts and games to motivate and track your child’s self-care. Add in some library books, and you’re good to go! Appropriate for kids ages 5-9.
The importance of trees for kids and adults surpass shade and beauty. Have you heard of these benefits? Check it out and learn new facts.
Here’s facts about trees for kids who may have heard it all. Discover something new and enjoy your neighborhood trees more than ever.
These seven pages can help your older children better understand human reproduction and the growth and development of babies. Includes labeling and instructional pages and this set is suitable for use with older girls when discussing the menstrual cycle. For ages 10 and up.
These six pages are a great way to introduce kids to the mighty oak tree and the unique seeds they produce. Pages include life cycle, labeling, science observations, and other activities. Pair it with the seeds printables for a more complete study. Appropriate for ages 7-10.
I promote a real-life, hands-on, living books type approach to teaching math. Here’s a list of some of my favorite homeschool math resources.
Looking for an easy and fun online writing for kids program that will super charge your homeschool? Check out Night Zookeeper!
Enjoy a fun family night (or two or three…) with this set. Get 60 conversation cards plus an additional 12 blank ones to write your own cards. Print them off, cut them out, and put them in a jar. Take turns choosing cards and asking fun questions! Learn new things about your family members and grow closer as you laugh and talk together.
Teach your 9-12 year olds about the human brain with this 8-page set! Includes instructional pages, labeling, and fun activities. Add in the nervous system or the tongue, eyes, and ears for a study of the five senses. Or grab the mega Human Body Bundle!
Learn about desert plants with this set of printables about the Saguaro Cactus! Get 18 pages that helps kids learn the parts of the cactus, its life cycle, cactus fun facts, types of soil erosion, and more. Also includes two additional report pages on the desert and the oasis. Add in some library books and you have a fun study about a special group of plants, erosion. and their habitat. Appropriate for ages 8-11.
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Take a look at all the sample pages and the Table of Contents to get a sense of this one semester course. (You may award a half credit for science upon completion of the course.) It includes a thorough study of angiosperms, gymnosperms, ferns, mosses, genetics, defenses and chemicals, plant senses (yes, they can detect far more than we realize), and more. This study uses lots of hands-on activities in the form of writing, drawing, experimenting, and doing projects. It also teaches through plant disciplines and from the ground up, not the inside out. If you are looking for a different approach for your teen, this might just be your answer! Taught by a Master Herbalist.
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Encourage kindness between siblings and toward strangers. Send a little encouragement to your spouse and light up someone’s day. In this set you receive: a 31 Days of Kindness Calendar, a set of eight kindness bookmarks, and sixteen kindness cards with tips on how to share them. Spread some love around and see what happens!
Looking for a relevant, easy to use curriculum to improve your teen’s writing? See what Common Sense Press offers that’s quick and fun to use!
Inductive Bible lessons for kids are the best way to teach the Bible for true understanding and a deep love of scriptural truth.
These seven pages teach your older children about the special group of trees called gymnosperms. Use these for teaching and notebooking, add in some library books about evergreen trees, and you’re good to go! Pair it up with the Fertilization and Pollination Printables Packs to compare/contrast with Angiosperms. Appropriate for ages 9-11.
Grab this bundle and save $3! It’s like getting a set free. Get 18 pages of printables for your younger elementary aged children to help them learn about plants and trees. Pages include notebooking, labeling, matching, and more. Add in some library books and go! Appropriate for ages 6-8.
Let your dad know how much he means to you with this little book of writing prompts and inspirational messages to help you express your love and gratitude. Perfect for Father’s Day, birthday, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or even for Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day. Includes 26 prompts with space to express your thoughts and feelings. Print it double-sided and fold it in half for a beautiful little book!
These 8 printable pages are perfect for your young children to learn a bit about trees. Add some library books and learn about the life cycle of trees. Pack includes labeling and notebooking pages as well as activities. Appropriate for ages 6-8. Use with the Plant Life Cycle Printables Pack for more botany fun!
Want to know the best picture books about plants for getting kids interested in the wild world around them? Check out this list!
Do you hear complaints when you share facts about plants for kids? Do your kids complain that plants are boring? Not if they knew these!
Teach parts of plants for kids with these ideas that won’t bore them or confuse them. Get kids excited about plants and teach them relevance!
Get six plant packs and save $5! It’s like getting two packs free! Included are the Gymnosperm Reproduction, Advanced Plant, the All About Seeds, All About Leaves, Plant Fertilization, and Pollination printables packs for a total of 46 pages. Get this pack, add some library books, and you are set to learn all about flowering plants. Or, grab Helia and Zea, A Study of Flowering Plants, which includes a full unit study and 40+ printable activity pages. This pack is appropriate for ages 9-13.
This pack of eight printables is a great supplement to any study of plants, photosynthesis, or animal and plant cells. Use with the Plant Life Cycle pack and the All About Seeds pack and just add library books for a complete study. Best for ages 10-14, this pack includes pages on plant cells, photosynthesis, leaf cross sections, and more!
Use this pack of seven printable activities to supplement your study of different human cell types. Makes a great addition to the study of the human body, immune system, or comparison of human and plant cells. Appropriate for ages 8-11 and includes identification of cell types as well as fun notebooking activities.
Read about an aromatherapist’s favorite essential oils for busy moms and stock your cabinet for anything that comes your way.
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Learn the what and why of essential oils and dispel common myths. Use five common oils to make several recipes so you can start enjoying their benefits now. This course awards 1/4 health credit for homeschooling teens. This bundle includes video instruction and five essential oil recipe coloring books–tea tree, peppermint, cinnamon, lemon, and lavender. Get 75+ coloring pages for relaxation and an additional teaching tool, 15+ recipes, and video instruction on how to make some of the recipes as well as basic essential oil chemistry and uses. Taught by a Level 1 NAHA certified aromatherapist. Please note: Video instruction portion for recipes is in the process of being added…
This flowering plants unit study takes kids ages 8-11 on a whirlwind adventure with Helia and Zea, their plant guides to the world of flowering plants. They will learn about monocots and dicots from root to seed and several other important botany concepts along the way. The study utilizes an immersive, hands-on, storytelling approach to teaching. It includes printable activities, experiments, writing assignments, math problems, some social studies topics, resources for additional reading, and extra activities for younger siblings. Please note: This is not a complete botany study. Trees, ferns, bryophytes, etc. are be covered in other units and in greater depth in the high school botany course.
This gardening unit study for kids has everything you need to teach your child age 8-12 how to get started gardening. It includes challenging math problems, science experiments, lessons about soil and composting, writing projects, suggested websites for short social studies lessons, and more! Also includes enrichment activities and suggested picture books for younger siblings. This 45 page unit study includes the Soil and the Gardening Printable Activities sets as well as additional consumable pages for your students.
This is the perfect accompaniment to help you succeed at ditching sugar for good! Three recorded video sessions on preparing for the challenge and what to expect, how to address special challenges, and how to use a powerful free app for long-term success! Includes 50 page printable workbook that includes space for recipes, snacks, and substitutions; weight loss and food journal; eating out plan and more! Track your progress and see success! Recipe Book with 10 Low-Carb Breakfast Recipes (that aren’t eggs and bacon!) List of 20 websites that feature free, no and low sugar recipes to help you plan meals List of 101 foods that won’t raise blood sugar List of herbal aids for deep detoxing 3 Infographics: 6 Ways to Gain Appetite Control, 4 Benefits of Low Carb Diets, & 10 Low Calorie Super Foods We want you to succeed and provide you with everything you need to avoid high sugar, high carb foods; substitute with nutritious, delicious alternatives; understand how to control your appetite, prepare for those challenging circumstances that tempt you. and track your progress so you can celebrate your wins! We even offer a short recipe book that helps you with the hardest meal of the day–breakfast. This bundle gives you the tools to dump sugar for good! Grab it now.
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This set of six muscular system printable activities makes a great supplement to any study of the human body or exercise and fitness. Includes vocabulary and identification pages, exercises, and other fun notebooking pages. Appropriate for ages 8-11.
These six printable activities about the human skeletal system are a great supplement to any study of the human body. Includes vocabulary and identification, games, and notebooking pages to help your child learn about the bones of the body. Appropriate for ages 8-11,.
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This set of 6 printable activities about the human eye is a great supplement to a human body study, nervous system study, or five senses study. Includes fun puzzle pages and exercise pages, identification pages, and notebooking pages. Perfect for kids ages 8-10.
You might think you can’t do nature study in the winter. Think again! Check out these winter nature study ideas and get going!
This 10-page pack is a great supplement to any study of plants for ages 8-11. Includes flower parts, plant parts, and more. Couple it with the Garden printables pack for a more complete study. This pack is included in the bonus materials for the picture book, Secret Spice.
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Hey, mamma, do you know why goals are important? They can be the key to your mental health! Learn more and set yourself up for success.
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You can be a healthy mom during the holiday season and all year round! Join the twelve day series to learn to relax and avoid overeating.
Has Christmas lost a bit of the wonder? Does your family need a fresh outpouring of Christmas magic? This Advent book takes you on a journey through Old and New Testament passages to help you rediscover your first love–Jesus. Who is this little baby, really? Rekindle the passion and deep love for our Savior as you savor each beautiful image and ponder daily meditations and verses. Dig deep this Christmas and draw near to your King!
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Julie Naturally can mail books within the United States. For international customers, please check out the Julie’s Print Book page for other options to receive a print copy. This book is not available as an e-book. This beautiful, professionally illustrated picture book is the first in a series highlighting plants. This story tells the tale of a carpet weaver who adds a little extra something to make the carpets come to life in ways specific to each recipient. But, what happens when you forget to add the secret spice or worse, add the wrong spice? If you like Strega Nona or Magician’s Apprentice, you’ll love this story. Plus, the series includes a special feature. The QR code in the back of the book unlocks access to free bonus activities and lessons that make the book a unit study with a botany lesson and printables, a Bible lesson, and cultural activities.
Julie Naturally can ship to customers within the United States. International customers can receive a print copy through any online publisher listed on the Julie’s Print Books page. This book offers 100 boredom busting activity ideas, most of which are tech free and low cost. It’s a great little book when you need some fresh ideas that can also count for school!
PRINT VERSION ONLY AVAILABLE TO UNITED STATES CUSTOMERS. This 4-week gratitude devotional journal will help you focus on all that’s important in life. Through the inductive S.O.A.P. method, each day begins with a verse and a short devotion that focuses on an aspect of Biblical gratitude and thanksgiving. Meditate on the verse, consider how the Lord speaks to you, and focus on how to apply it to your life over the course of the month. Appropriate for adults and mature teens.
This 4-week gratitude devotional journal will help you focus on all that’s important in life. Through the inductive S.O.A.P. method, each day begins with a verse and a short devotion that focuses on an aspect of Biblical gratitude and thanksgiving. Meditate on the verse, consider how the Lord speaks to you, and focus on how to apply it to your life over the course of the month. Appropriate for adults and mature teens.
Want to know the best ways of how to teach kids about plants? Hear from a Master Herbalist about her favorite ways and try them at home today
PRINT available to United States residents only. Encourage your teen to concentrate on the good and the beautiful in herself, in her life, and in others with this fun journal. Every page of this 42-page journal has an encouraging affirmation and opportunities for creative expression. Each page also includes plenty of space for your teen to record all the things for which she is grateful. Use it to focus on gratitude or to affirm your teen that she is enough, she is loved, and she is beautiful just the way she is.
Encourage your teen to concentrate on the good and the beautiful in herself, in her life, and in others with this fun journal. Every page of this 42-page journal has an encouraging affirmation and opportunities for creative expression. Each page also includes plenty of space for your teen to record all the things for which she is grateful. Use it to focus on gratitude or to affirm your teen that she is enough, she is loved, and she is beautiful just the way she is.
While living books about plants is not the only way to teach kids botany, they do offer some wonderful opportunities. Find out how.
This Bible Psalms adult coloring book is ideal for the Christian woman to relax and soak in the comforting, encouraging Psalms of the Bible.
This beautiful keepsake journal for mom celebrates all that your mom is and does in your life. With journal prompts and inspiring quotes.
This Journaling with Jesus Bible Study Journal includes a 31 verses for you to look up and copy, space for prayers and gratitude, and more.
Check out this pink Bible study journal with beautiful flowers. Includes books of the Bible tracker and daily pages for tracking your reading and prayers.
This rainbow SOAP method bible study journal leads you through 20 verses with prayer pages, coloring pages, and more to guide you through your quiet time.
This pink flower prayer journal is perfect for tracking your answered prayers, prayer needs, and personal reflections. Beautifully illustrated for you!
Looking for a mandala adult coloring book that honors your faith? Here’s one that features thirty Bible verses about the light of Christ.
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These four food gift basket ideas trump all those sausage, fruit, and cheese ones you find at the store. Wow your friends with these ideas.
This little guide will show you how to make SEVEN DIY gift basket projects on a budget. It also includes suggestions for alternatives to the projects discussed. For Christmas, birthdays, and other special days throughout the year, add a personal touch with something classy you made yourself. Projects include body care and home care products that can be bundled to create DIY gift baskets that are better than store bought! The seven projects are: Bath salts Body butter Sugar scrub Lip Balm Candles Potpourri Room/linen Spray Make something beautiful and all natural today.
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