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My Books

Praying Mothers: A Guide to Prayer for Busy Moms This book is free for downloading in my subscriber’s library, but you can order it here if you prefer instead.

Homeschool Resources

Music Curriculum

As seen in this article on music curriculum plans.

Singing Made Easy Teach your children to sing with these courses.

Music In Our Homeschool Courses More courses about music, some instruments etc.

Hoffman Academy (Piano Lessons) Free piano lessons. You can upgrade to a paid version with lots of bonuses.

Theory Time Workbooks / On Amazon Music Theory Workbooks for each grade.

Under the Home (Free Music Appreciation) Learn to appreciate music for free.

Insect Adventures

As seen in the articles on raising butterflies, or observing praying mantises.

#1: Terrarium for housing your creatures.

#2: Nicer terrarium that can also hold a plant.

#3: Butterfly kit. (In case you can’t find caterpillars to raise to butterflies around your home.)

#4: Praying Mantis egg cases (Not always in season and available, so check back.)

#5: Lady Bug Kit Have fun observing lady bugs!

#6: Praying Mantis Figures in case you can’t observe them in real life.

#7: Praying Mantis Books to learn more.

#8: Insect Lore also has a lot of resources that you can check out to learn about praying mantises.

#9: Josh’s Frogs is another good resource for getting praying mantises or other creatures as pets.

Learning From Real Life

As seen on the article on learning from experience.

#1: World Map to put on your wall or table under glass or plastic.

#2: Magnifying Glass for the little things.

#3: Binoculars for Kids to see the bigger stuff far away.

#4: Christian Heroes: Then & Now series Learn from books instead of textbooks so the stories stick.

#5: Classic Moody Science DVDs Fascinating science videos.

#6: Home Economics Course Basic homemaking skills for your daughters.

Basic Homeschooling Supplies

As seen in the article on Circle Time, and homeschooling with a baby.

#1: Index card boxes, index cards, and dividers for memory work.

#2: Abeka ABC Bible Memory Cards (Not Amazon) Easy memory verses for young children.

#3: Simply Charlotte Mason free Bible memory cards (Not Amazon) Includes a really good memory work system.

#4: Baby Carrier Wrap (I have the Aura Baby Carrier and really like that brand.)

#5: Baby Swing (Mine is a Fisher Price swing. Has worked for four babies already.)

#6: Flashcards (Any simple flashcards for letters, numbers, shapes, and colors would work.)

#7: Coloring Book (Any simple coloring book would work.)

#8: Water Bottles (We have found we like the Contigo brand, but any that doesn’t leak when dumped over should work.)

#9: Shoestring Activities and Wooden Shapes To keep toddler hands and brains busy.

Homeschooling Preschool

As seen in this article on homeschooling preschool.

#1: Jady A. sells some really simple preschool workbooks on Amazon. I haven’t used them so do your research, but from her videos I see that they are very simple and perfect for beginners.

#2: Jady A. has a bunch of videos on preschool that I really enjoy, and take inspiration from even if I don’t follow them exactly. I would also love to use her learning binders, but haven’t felt they were necessary enough to spend the time or money on. You can do the same with my ideas!

#3: I have never used TGATB Preschool, but it also looks very good, cute, and fun.

#4: Brightly Beaming Resources has some nice free lesson plans too that I have sometimes loosely used.

#5: Underthehome.org also has a complete, free kindergarten course, though it is online. I might use it in the future for things like music appreciation.

Science for Kindergarten

As seen in the article on science for kindergarten.

Favorite Science Curriculum: Little Hearts and Hands by The Good and The Beautiful. (Not affiliate.)

Life Cycle Kit to teach your children about various life cycles.

100+ Experiments Science Kit to do a bunch of fun, safe experiments with your children.

Homemaking With Children

As seen in the articles on children’s personal clutter storage, daily quiet time, and chores for children.

#1: Storage totes

#2: Binders for portfolios.

#3: Chore charts

#4: Visual Timers

#5: Light up Alarm Clocks

Motherhood Inspiration Resources

Inspiration and Books

As seen in the article on the importance of rest.

#1: Tin box of Bible Promises I discovered that they also sell a bunch of other nice Christian Art Gifts. If you are looking for an inspirational gift for yourself or some other tired mom, check out their website or their Amazon page.

As seen in the article on counting your blessings.

#2: One Thousand Gifts A book by Ann Voskamp on daring to live fully where you are, and counting all your blessings. One of my favorite!

#3: The One-Minute Gratitude Journal If you would like a simple, easy-to-use journal to write down your list of blessings, this one should make it easy.

As seen in the article on giving.

#4 Nevertheless I Live (Living Freely in a Bound World) This book has been such an inspiration and encouragement to me and my husband in so many ways as we seek to serve God wholeheartedly.

Pregnancy and Labor

As seen in the article on accepting your birth story.

If you are looking for books, here are my two top recommendations.

#1: Natural Child Birth the Bradley Way (This book helped me so much with visualizing and understanding the birthing process, but it does make things sound too easy so just remember that…)

#2: Ina May’s Guide to Natural Childbirth (This is another good one to read to prepare yourself mentally.)

Miscarriage Care

As seen in the article on miscarriage care ideas.

Miscarriage Gifts for Mothers (From complete gift baskets and care packages to small memorial gifts, you can find them all here.)

Favorite Blogging Resources

I have really enjoyed starting my blogging journey. Here are some resources that really helped me to get everything figured out so far. If you are interested in blogging or other parts of online business that can be done as a stay-at-home mom, feel free to reach out to me with questions. These are affiliate links, which means if you purchase through them, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. You can read my full disclosure here. Thank you!

My favorite resource that helped me get started with the blog and YouTube: