I sometimes tell people that I used to be smart. I guess that deep down I still consider myself fairly smart, but my opinion of myself is much less than what it once was. The Lord uses all sorts of things to humble us. I think that I am definitely losing brain cells with each child! …
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We have concluded our Civil War study. The kids will be assembling their lapbooks on Friday. I’ll try to post pictures soon. I have been looking at lots of other lapbooks on blogs and there are some really super ones out there. It is very inspiring. I have noticed that a lot of people who …
Here is my little guy singing the books of the New Testament today at lunch. The banana is his microphone. He is such a ham! Singing Son
This morning I found a method to look at leaf stomata under a microscope. Here is the link to the site where I found the worksheet. Here is the procedure that we followed. 1. Paint a small area of the back of a leaf with a thick coat of clear fingernail polish (at least 1 sq. …
Here are pictures from my 9 yo son’s and 7 yo daughter’s lapbooks. We used a couple of books from Hands of a Child’s Missionary Pack and then pulled in a few things about the Kalahari Dessert. Overall I am really pleased with them. The perfectionist in me thinks they should have done some things …
We have completed our first 2 weeks of school! So far it’s really going fairly well. We are trying something a little new this year: Fun Fridays! The plan is to do most of our hands on projects on Fridays and do a minimum of seat work. I still have them do math, but I …
Well, I didn’t plan as much as I had envisioned at the beginning of the summer off. We have now completed 2 days of school. So far everything is going reasonably well. I am using some house rules that someone shared on a e-mail list that I am on for our morning copywork. I got …
We’ve been having a really nice summer so far. Yesterday we went for a hike and a drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway. We did finish listening to Story of the World Volume 3, but that is the only "school" we have done all summer. I’ve been working on planning for the fall. Well, I’ve …
Well, I have to chuckle as I looked at the description of my blog. I say my purpose is to collect my thoughts on homeschooling, childrearing, etc. Apparently I don’t have many thoughts since I’ve let another 7 months go by and I haven’t written anything 😆 We finished our last “official” day for the …
This is my last week until we start school. I’m trying to finish my home improvement projects up because I rarely have time to work on them during the year. Today I made a window treatment for the second of my bedroom windows. The kids worked on stripping wallpaper in our half bath! I hope to …
