Well, yesterday was far less constructive than the day before. I was up a lot with my daughter the night before and was exhausted. We did nothing in the morning; I spent a long time lying on the couch. But the kids had fun playing outside. We did get our afternoon schedule … [Read more...] about A less constructive day
Homeschooling Time
Our day today
Here's what happened today: 5:30 a.m. My alarm goes off and I hit snooze. When it goes off again I glance over at my prayer notebook and get excited. I've had two amazing answers to prayers in the last two days and am eager to pray through the whole list! Then I start reading Romans. … [Read more...] about Our day today
Curriculum choices
My oldest will be "officially" kindergarten age in the fall. I won't be doing too much differently than what we've already been doing, but a bit more deliberate in a few areas. My overall framework comes from the Bluedorn's "Teaching the Trivium" and their ideas of 10 things … [Read more...] about Curriculum choices
Character Training
I've heard such good things about the Doorpost character training materials by Pam Forster (www.doorposts.net) that I decided it would be a good idea to get some to help my husband and me in this training adventure. I spent the past couple of weeks bidding on ebay and finally got what I was hoping … [Read more...] about Character Training
Little By Little
Sometimes I get an anxious feeling that I need to teach my children as much as possible as soon as possible. For example, if God is teaching me something specific or I discover a great new passage in Scripture, I feel like I want my kids to know it NOW so they won't have to wait until they're my … [Read more...] about Little By Little
Science & Industry Museum
On Friday the four kids and I went to the Chicago Science and Industry Museum. My 10 yo niece went with us also--to help me out with the little ones. I usually get very nervous driving to (and in) the city, but the Lord has really been helping me to have so much peace lately (including when my … [Read more...] about Science & Industry Museum
