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Last Saturday was the Bible Bee. My 3 older kids worked very hard this summer learning as many verses as they could. One great thing is that I learned almost all of the same verses they did! My oldest son also was pretty regular about doing the daily Bible Study of the book of…
We’re almost finished with our studies for the summer! My boys are just about done with their science notebook/ lapbook! Right now we’re reading a couple more books about Pioneer times. Earlier this spring the kids participated in a neat pioneer program at a local museum. They were able to see and handle lots of…
Here are some of the fun things we have planned for the next school year. I will have a 4th grader, 3rd grader, 1st grader, a kindergartener, preschooler, 2 yo, and new baby! I try to follow the “Ten Things to do Before Age 10” (classical education) by the Bluedorns and a lot of Charlotte…
I am really tired and weak right now! Six more weeks until baby’s due! I was sick earlier in the week last week and haven’t gotten back into exercising. Some days I can barely stand for a few minutes before I’m so exhausted I have to sit down. Today is one of those days. We…
Last fall my oldest kids did an Explorers Unit Study and Lapbook. (I know I’m a bit late in posting this, but better late than never!) We were able to go on a field trip last summer where we went on board two replicas of Columbus’ ships–The Nina and the Pinta. The thing I was most…
Yesterday UPS dropped off a big box with Timothy Botts calligraphy on it. We were so surprised and excited to learn it was from the Bible Bee. Inside were 3 t-shirts, 3 Bibles, 3 sets of Bible verse memory cards, 3 buttons, 3 notebook binders for the kids, 2 notebook binders for the parents, and…