admin on June 28th, 2010

Disclaimer: I’m not a dietitian or a doctor, and I don’t play either on TV. I also didn’t stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but that’s another blog.
Recently, I read a health article that highlighted five foods you should eat every day. Being the article it was, the foods obviously had some health [...]

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admin on March 12th, 2010

This is a tough time of the year for me, as I’m sure it is for many homeschoolers. More cold and rainy days than warm and sunny days seem to push me into a state of, dare I say, apathy. Curricula that was shiny and crisp is now worn and tired. The bubbly excitement of [...]

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admin on February 22nd, 2010

“Lord will you please get me through this morning?” seems to be a prayer I lift up many times as a home schooling mother. I write that with a sprinkling of humor. However, as a Christian, I can’t think of anything more important than infusing prayer with our teaching.
As home schoolers, we have the [...]

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admin on December 3rd, 2009

Over breakfast, my daughters and I began discussing when we could put up the Christmas tree. My youngest piped up with excitement in her voice and said “I love remembering the stories of the ornaments!”
Immediately, the three of us began listing our favorite ornaments, how we got them, and what story was attached to them. [...]

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admin on October 11th, 2009

While the girls and I were running errands the other day, the subject of cussing came up. After we all talked about how bad it was, my six-year-old chimed in. “I don’t cuss,” she declared. “I’m God-friendly!”
Of course, I laughed at first. Then, I processed her choice of words and realized how perfect they were. [...]

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admin on September 13th, 2009

My oldest daughter has been into detective/spy stuff for quite some time. We devour Nancy Drew books, and she even created her own detective bag - complete with note pad, flashlight, secret codes, fingerprint kit, etc. Also, one time during our Bible study, I explained how God has plans for each of us. She asked [...]

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admin on September 8th, 2009

The other day as I was making lunch (and apparently taking too long to do so), my younger daughter began her “I’m hungry”  diatribe.
“Can I have a snack?”
“Sure, you can have an apple, banana or some carrot sticks.”
“Can I have chips?”
“No, you can have a fruit or a vegetable because you haven’t had lunch yet.”
“Can [...]

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admin on July 27th, 2009

When I was in third grade, my sister and I forgot to remind our mom about picture day. That morning, we got ourselves dressed and went on to school (I think we had forgotten it was picture day, too).
When the photos came in, Mom was mortified. My sister fared pretty well. She’s three years older, [...]

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admin on June 5th, 2009

Hi all!
I’ve gotten such good response via here, Twitter, etc. regarding my last post. Thank you so much! Although we aren’t finished with our project, I wanted to give you an idea of what we’ve been doing.
I searched our library data base for books on every character, event, etc. in the movie. I also did [...]

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admin on May 3rd, 2009

My daughters and I sing just about all the time. We’re blessed to have a couple of great Christian radio stations locally, so that makes up about 80% of what we sing.
Today I’m reminded of the verse Psalm 8:2 - “From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, [...]

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