Kelly is wife to Aaron and homeschooling mama to nine children. Days are busy reading, creating, and living life in an effort to honor the Lord Jesus and make His glory known. Kelly has authored numerous articles in homeschooling magazines, has been featured on Generations With Vision, and has written several eBooks to help moms carry out the important task of raising the next generation. You can find practical encouragement and inspiration for your day at Generation Cedar.
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By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I sit in the early morning hour, the quietness rare, as all my children still sleep. “Lord, meet me here.” I pray. It feels easy to rest just now. But ours is a busy, bustling household. With nine children, there aren’t many quiet moments in the day. And yet, […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Perhaps one of the most crippling influences on the grown-up generation of our day was the advent of “the teenager.” Dr. Michael Platt writes: “There were no “teenagers” before World War II…. Instead of Teenagers, there were Youths. Youths were young people who wanted to become adults. However confused, wayward, […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I was driving, rather lost in thought, zoned by the double lines in front of me, when he asked the third question. “But how will they know?” I had probably answered his first two questions with a half-lying, “I don’t know”, the result of not really listening. “How will they […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Our society revolves, almost entirely, around the greatest hoodwinking of all time: the false definition of education. In fact, I feel bold enough to say it is a major player in the modern church’s demise as well. We do not understand what education is, what it is for, and so […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I had already changed three dirty diapers today. But there was another one. Which meant an “interruption” in my lunch preparations . His little face beamed up at mine from the bed. “It’s up to you”, he seemed to say. He depends completely on me for his most basic needs. […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford What mammoth living we would do if we truly remembered, in the moments of the day, that nothing belongs to us, but is on loan? Our children, our husbands, our gifts, our time–everything. As I read the story of the “talents” (Matthew 25) to my children yesterday, we talked about […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Do you get discouraged watching the news and seeing the decline of the nation you love? I know I do. At times it feels like all there is left to do is throw up our hands and retreat. Another election reminds us that there are few men of integrity, few […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford “She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants’ ships; she brings her food from afar. She rises also while it is yet night, and gives meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considers a field and buys it; […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford The most serious enemy facing mankind today is the same one that has always been…the “Tempter’s Creed” known as secular humanism–a.k.a. the worship of MAN. We are now seeing the full-blown fruit of it in America as we bury the last shreds of our founding father’s faith and devotion to […]
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford Farmer holds a few ordinary seeds in his hand. But he doesn’t see seeds. He also doesn’t see, or rather, doesn’t dwell on the work he’s about to give himself to. OK he does see the seeds, and dirt, and sweat and weeds. But it’s what lies beyond the […]
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Joyfully Investing in Younger Siblings’ Education
By Contributing Writer, Stephani Upon graduation I had four younger siblings. Now I have six. Two of my sisters have graduated high school, another sibling is in junior high, and the three youngest are all under the age of 6! You guessed it… my parents will be homeschooling for years to come… Impacting the Next […]
Homeschooling: The Topic of Conversation
By Contributing Writer, Kelly Crawford I was driving, rather lost in thought, zoned by the double lines in front of me, when he asked the third question. “But how will they know?” I had probably answered his first two questions with a half-lying, “I don’t know”, the result of not really listening. “How will they […]
Homeschooling: It’s Never Too Late to Start
By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell When Natalie shared that August’s topic would be homeschooling, I had concern as to what I could add or share about this month. Most of the contributors here are seasoned homeschooling parents or have been homeschooled themselves, while my experience is homeschooling one child…and not until he was in eighth grade. […]
Ten Criteria for Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore This is the time of year that I’m cleaning out closets, donating or swapping books with other homeschool moms, and also making purchases. As homeschoolers we are blessed to have so many options out there, but what works for one family may not work for another. Also, there are so […]
Demystifying the Institute for Excellence in Writing
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Home educating mothers tend to be overwhelmed by two subjects in particular. Science and writing. OK. Upper level math too. Since I’m not much of a left-brained gal, I won’t be writing any posts about dead animal dissections or the wonders of […]
By Contributing Writer, Terry Covey There are countless methods, styles, and curricula for successfully teaching our children at home. And I could share some of those differing views, along with the benefits of various approaches, but just as I am prone to do, you might begin to question your own program or feel compelled to […]
By Contributing Writer, Carmon Friedrich 25 years. We are coming up on that many years of homeschooling our children. Almost a quarter century! That’s not long enough to consider ourselves pioneers in this endeavor, but it does mean we have “seen it all” minus the persecution of the brave folks who forged a path that […]
Hope in Christ, Not in Curriculum
By Contributing Writer, Molly Evert August is an exhilarating month for me. I always look forward to the start up of our homeschool. By the time August rolls around all the school books have been bought, lesson plans are prepared, and the schedule has been tweaked. Nothing has happened—yet—to ruin my idyllic dreams that this […]
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