Our first week of the 2014 Academic Year is done. It started out rough. Thursday was, by far, our best day. For a first week, though, I was encouraged. Cindy wrote about The Return of Routine, and if you haven’t read it you should. We had some really rough patches to work through on that…
I love GoodReads. There are so many ways to use it! I, mostly, use it to track my current reading and write reviews. You can catalog your library. You can keep your TBR list. It can be used very socially …. I do like seeing what others are reading. You can win free books (I…
On Monday I promised I would post our Assignment Sheet and Organizational Chart System. Remember that we have a nine day, Two-Week cycle. Week A is 5 days and we do History lessons and assigned Science reading. Week B is 4 days and we do Science lessons with assigned History Readings. This schedule worked well…
I finished Out of the Silent Planet by Lewis yesterday and fully intended to post some quotes from it that I faithfully annotated on my Kindle. And, then, I started Alan Jacobs‘ book The Narnian, and all my plans flew out the window because the introduction is that good. First of all, Jacobs -an academic-…
Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Kindle book. I am not generally an SF reader, but I have determined to read Lewis and about Lewis in 2014, got the his space trilogy for free on Kindle and hadn’t read them. I’m glad I read it. Lewis wrote…
Before the start of 2014, this is what I thought was going to work. It is very similar to what was working at the end of our 2013 Academic Year. I think I will need to make some minor changes, though. Move lunch earlier – noon instead – make the afternoon session go to 2:30…
FOR TODAY the first day of school!Outside my window…is a wet, grey, January day. At least it isn’t as blustery. Praising God…that He makes all things beautiful in time … and that His mercies are new every morning. I am thinking…I need some of those mercies for tomorrow. I am thankful…for the ability to educate…
A to Z with C. S. Lewis by Louis A. Markos My rating: 4 of 5 stars Kindle. This was offered free for Kindle in 2013, and I snatched it up. I was glad to have this quick overview to get me into thinking about Lewis, his influence (and influences), and his writing before our…
2013 was a solid year for all of the children. What I planned last January can be found here. Circle Time changed and grew and adapted as needed, but stuck generally to the plan at the beginning of the year. We fell of the horse sometimes and climbed back on it sometimes (the end of…