Summertime is here. Time to break out the sun lotion and bug spray. We’ve been enjoying the pool daily. I LOVE our pool: Motivation: Finish your school work and we can swim. Worn-out, water-logged out children go to bed early. Multi-Tasking: Mom and Dad have play time with children and heart healthy exercise. 12 Things [...]
Have you been in a game store? Thousands of games on a wall with almost no educational value. What are they thinking? Can you imagine the conversation in game company boardrooms. “I know education is in critical condition in America but the kids want shoot-em up games–and we make billions on them–so lets make more [...]
A big part of our school day is reading aloud. My 7 and 9 year old boys read 2-3 books aloud to me daily, and I read Bible, history, and science aloud to them. I dumped out all our baskets of books on the family room floor to sort. I sorted the reading books by [...]
A stuffed closet is mentally draining. The clutter of clothes that do not look good on you or or don’t fit will only cause frustration. Getting dressed in the morning sets the tone for the entire day. If your closet is a perpetual state of disorder you start out each day irritated. I bought these [...]
I organized our homeschool area this week. Our “school room” is the dining room table. I used to keep everything in a near by closet to keep the clutter out of sight but its much easier having everything at hand. We are homeschoolers, this is our lifestyle. My home will never look like a magazine [...]
Here are photos of our boys homeschooling (painting, baking, measuring, mixing, cutting and building.)
“When our eyes see our hands doing the work of our hearts, the circle of Creation is completed inside us, the doors of our souls fly open, and love steps forth to heal everything in sight.” –Michael Bridge
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Matthew 6:31-34 What is the Biggest Mistake Made by Homeschoolers? Everyone Has a World View: Do You [...]
This has been a super week. We’ve been going to the Agriculture Center every day for the Bedford County Fair. Tuesday night the Horse Whisperer spoke. We learned a lot about connecting with horses and working with them instead of against them. Yesterday afternoon was 4H Youth Day. The participants played games, ran relay races, [...]
Several months back Fruit in Season’s blog had a post titled A Day in the Life where Christine mentioned she played Doodle Dice with her children. We are a game family so I looked it up and ordered it. It has become my boys’ favorite game. Thank you, Christine, for telling us about Doodle Dice. [...]
We are reading in my bed a lot these days and catching up on weekends. I’m glad homeschooling is flexible. I’m so exhausted the trip from my bed to the bathroom takes 10 minutes to recover and I’m going downhill daily. I appreciate your prayers. Homeschooling during illness is an opportunity to teach our children [...]
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