Make learning stick?

     Tonight I was reading an article about homeschooling and what we are making "stick" with our children.  It made me a little sad.  There are so many things that I try to cram into a given week with my children, that oftentimes it seems that I neglect those things that are really important. Yes, I am teaching them Math and English, and desperately working to improve my second graders handwriting, but am I passing along what is most important?  While I was pregnant with my daughter, I had a case of the "crazies".  There were times when I really felt like I was losing it.  It seems like I screamed more in four months than I have ever screamed in my life.  A few months ago, I began to notice that my children were doing a great deal of screaming themselves.  Immediately, I began to initiate a peaceful atmosphere in my home.  I lowered my tone, prayed for God to help me to be kind and to be an example of gentleness to my children.  I even started to research gentleness in the Bible. Unlearning a characteristic that has already been learned, is not an easy task!  Our example to our children is the greatest teacher that they will ever have.
     So, why am I sad?  I've realized that in the midst of teaching them to pray, do their studies, wash their hands, and even to be kind; I sometimes neglect to give thanks and just speak to God openly (like I used to before they were around and things got so busy).  We say grace before our meals, and pray before bedtime, but my heart is for God to be a much bigger presence in my children's lives. I feel that He is a great presence in my life because of my own personal journey with Him, but I fear that I am not making a strong enough impression on their little hearts.