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HOW TO MAKE THE

MOST OF YOUR VISIT HERE

AT OUR WEBSITE!  

(I highly suggest you start here.)

SEASON OF RE-EDUCATION & RENEWING OF THE MIND

 

Barb's Homeschool Course for Parents

The left quilt square takes you to a course intro/overview; the right one is the actual course description, also linked from the other one.

HELP!

"...I Need to Homeschool and

have NO idea where to start!!!"

HELP!

"...We're burning out on homeschool, OD'd, disillusioned; what to do?!"

ARTICLE  CHART

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~* INTRO *~

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Please read this!)

Non-chart Version

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HERE'S THE LATEST STUFF I'VE ADDED TO MY WEBSITE!

Latest update: 11-5-09

THE SHELTON FAMILY

SCRAPBOOK

Pages on each of our family members

THE STOREHOUSE

My favorite inspirational, humorous, and educational stories

LOVE LULLABYES & JESUS SONGS

   

Words (which I wrote) to several songs you can sing to your little ones!

ABOUT OUR MINISTRY

What we do; our hearts; our background

SITE MAP

OF THIS WEBSITE

COMMENTS FROM READERS

LIFESTYLE OF LEARNING

Intro to This Message, Reviews,

Articles, How to obtain Marilyn Howshall's books

MY FAVORITE

RECIPES

A few for each month of the year!

HOW TO GET

IN TOUCH WITH US

HOME PAGE

FOR MY HOME TOWN!

For Longview, Kelso, Woodland, Kalama,

Castle Rock, & Vancouver, Washington

FOR NEWSLETTER EDITORS & WEBSITE MANAGERS!

Suggestions for FREE articles you're welcome

to use in homeschool newsletters!

EMAIL LISTS

BASED ON BARB'S MESSAGE

(and the Lifestyle of Learning message)

OUR ONLINE

HOMESCHOOL CATALOG

INFO ON

BARB SPEAKING

(9 sections of the heart for

her 9 workshops!)

HELPS FOR HOMESCHOOLING

THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL!

  

         

     

   

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~ GRAPHICS CREDITS ~

    

USE OF GRAPHICS AT THIS SITE (FROM BARB): The graphic artists whose work brightens up my website have worked hard to produce these beautiful graphics. (Check out their websites to see their full lines!)  If you want to use any of their graphics, please check out their "terms of use" and go from there.  Some are free, some you need to pay to use, but please find out first!  Please do not steal them from any of my pages here or ask me for permission to use them; they are not mine to give permission to use; I only paid or obtained permission to USE them. "The servant is worthy of [her] hire." (especially if she requests it!)  

     

SPECIFIC GRAPHICS ON THIS PAGE:  I normally use the artist's logos, but because this page is already so graphic-intense, I'm providing just the links here:

    

   

The pie 'n' teapot 'n' cup,  barn, watering can, pink house, all the bears, the bee, bunnies, mailbox, flower pots, teacups, envelope and apple, bear-blocks-duckie, snowmen, the backgrounds, the sign-and-view-my-guestbook graphics, the two babies-in-an-envelope, and both of the curtained windows are all from:

Helena's Graphic Garden

The lavendar rose is from:

Pat's Web Graphics

The school supplies (high school) graphic is from:

ArtExtras

The pink and blue quilt square is from:

 Viki Mouse Graphics

The animated typing lady is from:

Xoom.com

The scrapbook and cute little bookstore are from:   

A Touch of Country

The animated ringing phone and the spinning "What's New" sign are from:

Animation Factory