Despite a bout of strep throat for one child, we had a really good week of school. We do 9 of 10 days in a two-week rotation, with every other Friday off formal lessons. Friday was our off day … I have Bible Study and the children have other opportunities to play and learn with…
This post is going to be long. I posted a screenshot of what I anticipate and hope our 2016 Circle Time to be on Instagram and was surprised by the immediate, specific, and detailed questions. (And I’ve already moved a couple of things around since then!) When I suggested that I could write a blog…
A couple of weeks ago, I posted in my Daybook this quote from When You Pray, “We cannot hallow God until God hallows us.” I’ve been reading When You Pray by Philip Graham Ryken for a month or two now and very much enjoying it. I’m finding it very helpful in my own praying of the…
This series isn’t a countown. I’m just planning on sharing my favorite podcasts. As a home educator, most of them are directly about homeschooling, and I’m going to do the education ones first. That being said, I’ll let you in on a little secret. Homeschool Snapshosts is my favorite. I think it’s because I’m inherently…
For Today… Outside my window…. is a snowy ground and a white sky. Everything looks monotone. I am thinking… that walking the dog in snow & ice sounds miserable. I’m going to have to walk the house for steps today. I am thankful… for modern medicine – antibiotics – and The Little Clinic at Kroger…
One of the assignments from the Read Aloud Revival‘s Master Class Focus and Align (available through membership) was to determine your overarching “this is what we do daily” Rule of Six. I’m still mulling, but here’s a first stab. It is based on my Words of the Year from 2015 and 2016 bookending the “Four Ws”…
In the fall we got this crazy dog. He’s a plott hound, around 2 years old, and has severe separation anxiety. Well, he seems to be getting better, but in the first couple of weeks he broke out of a series of crates and ate my Bible, love seat, and front blinds. Yeah. He does…