I listened to the Biblical Femininity mp3 (a free download) by Carolyn Mahaney today (as I grocery shopped LOL) and found it to be both convicting (to my sinfulness) and helpful (to my sanctification). Mrs. Mahaney talks about how women are feminine as defined by the Lord at creation and goes on to explain how…
We had a non-structured week. We didn’t do any of our memory work or seat work. We did Field Day on Tuesday. We purchased & planted our garden on Wednesday. We’ve continued our Princess and the Goblin read-aloud. We’ve spent a lot of time outside playing. N-boy read the Hop on Pop board book to…
FOR TODAY May 24, 2010 … Outside my window… it is hot and sunny. Did I mention hot? I am thinking… that I’ve overscheduled this week. I am thankful for… friendly, helpful neighbors. From the learning rooms… quiet today and tomorrow: field day at my mom’s school with cousins. From the kitchen… fried rice tomorrow…
At conference, I picked up Wise Words by Peter Leithart. I’ve been reading it a story or so before bed, pre-reading to see if it would be good for the children as we’ve been reading Proverbs. Amazon lists the age range as 9-12, and I’d say that is much more realistic than for my 3…
Well, we’ve had good and bad this week, not as bad as last week, thankfully. We had a fun day at open gym on Tuesday with our cousins. We worked clearing the garden. Memory Work: Bible: started Genesis 1:13 … hooray for Day 3! Catechism/Creed: Moved to new catechism verse sections. R-girl only added one…
We finished Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling this evening as our family read-aloud. This was a *fun* book. It was fun to read aloud because of the alliteration and tongue twisters, it was fun to listen to because the stories were engaging, it was good to discuss because we needed to emphasize the fact…