A contest I’d love to win
Megan, at Half-Pint house, is giving away a copy of her husband’s new book: Learning Education. Go read about it there!
The Simple Woman’s Daybook for April 26, 2010
FOR TODAY April 26, 2010… Outside my window… is a rainy spring day. A little late for the April showers to bring May flowers, isn’t it? I am thinking… that the loft really really needs cleaning. And how could we rearrange the space? I am thankful for… this being Jason’s last full week with his…
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Book Review: Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit by Teri Maxwell
Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit is a short meditation on what it means to homeschool with a meek and quiet spirit. It encourages the reader to put off sinful attitudes such as anger and discontent and put on gratefulness and contentment. I think the biggest revelation to me was that the definition of…
The Simple Woman’ Daybook for April 19, 2010
FOR TODAY April 19, 2010… Outside my window… is a dark sky. It is later than I usually post. I am thinking… about learning, virtue, and how education ties together. I am thankful for… quiet evenings with my husband. From the learning rooms… we’re starting to study Europe this week. From the kitchen… leftovers cleared…
Resource Recommendation: Math: God’s Invention, Man’s Discovery
If you’re interested in teaching math classically from a Christian perspective and integrating it into all studies, you should listen to this talk (free!) by Linda Janikowski. Fantastic.
Weekly Report: 4/12/10-4/16/10
Last weekend I went to the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention, was encouraged and re-energized. I changed some things around in our schedule: extended Circle Time to an hour in order to include more read aloud time and N-boy and R-girl traded their one-on-one time as N-boy was having a hard time re-engaging in school work and…
Book Review: Building Her House by Nancy Wilson
I have (and continue to) enjoyed Nancy Wilson’s writing from The Fruit of her Hands; to reading the blog she and her daughters (and daughters-in-law) write, femina; to now Building Her House. She gives small little bits of wisdom in a framework that is approachable and interesting. The writing is easy to read, the encouragement…
Christmas in April?
I’m certain the neighbors are a tad curious as to why we still have up our Christmas wreath: I will admit to some responsibility for the delinquency, but am no longer responsible: