Homeschooling at the Speed of Life
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Help and Hope for Your Home and Homeschool!
What should I do next—grade the math test or tackle the laundry? Homeschooling at the Speed of Life gives you, a busy homeschooling mother, a thoughtfully thorough resource for bringing order back to your home and homeschool. In tune with today's pace, the book provides basic home-management principles, teaching parents how to de-clutter their homes, develop life skills in their children, tame the paper monster, and keep organized records.
Also emphasized are ways to build relationships and use the home as a center for hospitality and outreach. The book even includes Rockett's easily adaptable File-a-Plan organizing system on a bonus CD-ROM. You will be keeping up with your good work in no time!
See what people are saying about Marilyn's latest book.
Marilyn offers a fresh look at what comprises an orderly home and how effectively to achieve this goal. Rather than creating a program in which we feel enslaved, she promotes a lifestyle plan that enables us to view organization as our servant, not our taskmaster. For those who could use a "servant" around the house to help out, read on!
Valerie Bendt, author of Reading Made Easy, chosen as one of Cathy Duffy's 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum www.ValerieBendt.com
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is overflowing with wisdom and practical ideas. You'll be encouraged and motivated to get your life organized so that homeschooling can be a joy rather than one more burden. Even better, Marilyn provides instructions, lists, and forms in the book and its companion CD so you can get started immediately!
Cathy Duffy, author of 100 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum www.CathyDuffyReviews.com
What one homeschooling mom says about Homeschooling at the Speed of Life:
"Do this!" "No, wash this!" "Wait, iron that!" "Where's lunch?" "Run here!" "Go there!" "Sort this." "File that." A homeschooling mother's to-do list screams its demands at her: housework, schoolwork, more, more, more.
With no reasonable plan in hand, the everyday tasks that are part and parcel of running a home that is also a school will run Mom's day, and "run" is uncomfortably close to "ruin." Taking on a life of its own, the list becomes the instrument of her defeat, the tool of Mom's discouragement not to mention the source of quickly graying hair!
Enter Homeschooling at the Speed of Life! Marilyn Rockett outlines a logical, foundational plan for getting organized, getting things done, and getting on with the good parts of life. Your babies are growing up, Mom, and they need you! By the way, Marilyn has written this book on organizing, but she's also written a "heart search" that, when fruitful, shows up in a better organized home and school. I was convicted and encouraged.
Mrs. Deborah Deggs Cariker, homeschooling mom
True confession time: I am organizationally challenged! During certain seasons of life, my loving family, lesson plans, and literary pursuits get all out of whack. During a recent time of complete chaos, it was Marilyn Rockett to the Rescue! Whether you are a little disorganized or totally confused, Marilyn offers insight, inspiration, and ideas. You're gonna love this book!
Christine Field, author of Homeschooling 101, Homeschooling the Challenging Child, Help for the Harried Homeschooler, Life Skills for Kids and others. www.HomeFieldAdvantage.org
Reading Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is like having a loving older sister offering kind words, practical advice, and Biblical guidance. This "older sister" is Marilyn Rockett - a veteran homeschool guru with both wisdom and a sense of humor. And despite the fact that my own homeschooling days are over, I found this book to have much in it that the "Clutter Queen" in me can actually use. Chapter One alone is worth the price of the book! This book would make a great curriculum for training daughters, a lovely gift for a new mom, and is an essential guide for your homeschooling friends. But first, do your family a favor and buy one for yourself. Newbies and veterans alike will be blessed by this important contribution to homeschool living.
Maggie Hogan, Author and Speaker, www.BrightIdeasPress.com
If you ever wanted an experienced homeschooler to come over to your house and help, consider this book. Inside, Marilyn Rockett explains how she earned her homeschool "PHD" by "Praying for Help Daily." It shows! I have known Marilyn for years as a leader, speaker, writer, and homeschool mom. Reading this book has been a double delight for me: I get to savor the warmth, wit, and wisdom of an old friend while I anticipate how much she will bless new homeschoolers. If you want to make wise use of the terribly short time that God has given you, buy this book!
Scott Somerville, President of Lampstand Press, www.LampstandPress.com
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is a restful sigh of RELIEF for homeschool moms everywhere. Once we bring our everyday life into some semblance of order, productivity increases and stress decreases. Marilyn Rockett is a gifted author with the ability to encourage and inspire. Home becomes a haven as Marilyn's techniques and advice are employed. My own eyes filled with tears as I related with her words.
Highly recommended by The Old Schoolhouse(R) Magazine, www.thehomeschoolmagazine.com Gena Suarez, Publisher
Homeschooling places great demands on us as wives and mothers. In addition to the litany of duties every wife and mother faces, we are now expected to be curriculum experts, learning style gurus, teachers, field-trip guides, record keepers, and extra-curricular coordinators. How can any mother possibly do all this?
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is the book I wish I had had when I began my homeschooling journey. In our frenetic society, consultants are making thousands of dollars by helping women bring order to the chaos in their lives and homes. Marilyn Rockett so simplifies the ideas, goals, and processes of organization that I want to rise up and call her blessed! She brings hope to anyone who has ever struggled with the idea of having an orderly home and given up. She gives ideas that you can work into your schedule and way of doing things—while homeschooling. She does all of this while giving grace, not guilt, to her readers!
Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is for every woman who is homeschooling—whether you are on the verge of quitting because you can't seem to get it all together or you want some solid ideas on how to make your home a vital center of ministry and hospitality. Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is based on scripture and is full of hope and help.
Zan Tyler, Author, speaker, and Homeschool Editor for Lifeway.com, www.lifeway.com/homeschool
Marilyn Rockett has provided the perfect roadmap for your homeschooling journey. Homeschooling at the Speed of Life is a wonderful guide for newbies and veterans alike, a reminder to slow down and focus on God as we heed the call to teach our children at home, by putting one foot in front of the other down the twisting road of life.
Debbie Williams, Organizing Strategist, Homeschooling Mom & Author of Organized Kidz: EZ Solutions for Clutter-Free Living, www.organizedtimes.com.
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