We didn’t do Circle Time any day this week, and Tuesday we went to open gym for two hours … and we’ve had tumbling, tball, and soccer besides. We still had a pretty good week! Phonics: N-boy: He read two lessons this week dealing with silent consonants. R-girl: She started learning short /i/ words 🙂…
Bambi: A Life in the Woods by Felix Salten My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. All five of us (ages 3, 5, 6, and two adults) loved this wonderful book. We discussed themes of maturity, self-control, bravery, life and death, God, and love … and many more besides. Each chapter gave us something to…
FOR TODAY May 16, 2011 … Outside my window… it is cold again; 85 last week to 45 this morning. Hooray Ohio! I am thinking… about folding laundry. I am thankful for… our church’s dedication to shepherding its members. From the learning rooms… We’ll be reading about stems in science this week. We had fun…
Jane Austen by Peter J. Leithart My rating: 2 of 5 stars Own. I was extremely disappointed by this book. The information was good and interesting, but the writing and flow were choppy and confusing. Paragraphs giving synopsis of Austen’s major works were thrown in willy-nilly; the different people involved in her life were difficult…
We’ve had a pretty good week. A lot was accomplished and we had fun. We did Circle Time only two days, and I would have liked to get in a third, but so be it. I’m planning on moving the Memory Work portion of my Weekly Reports to posting on Mondays what we’re planning on…
(I’m copying Dana … who doesn’t like to talk about food?) What’s your favorite pickled food? My grandma makes the best pickles. My favorites are isleys … sweet, crunchy, bright green. Yum. What’s your favorite dehydrated food? I love raisins. And dried mango. Oh, dried apple. Hm, pretty much any dried fruit except banana…
Your Home a Place of Grace by Susan Hunt My rating: 5 of 5 stars Own. I bought this book because Susan Hunt is coming to do our Women’s Retreat in the fall and I wanted to read up 🙂 I read this particular Susan Hunt book first, because Daisy loved it so much. I…
FOR TODAY May 9, 2011 … Outside my window… sun, blue skies, 70-or-so-degrees. Doesn’t get much better than this, folks! I am thinking… about The Organized Heart and Your Home: A Place of Grace (review later this week) The chapters of Your Home I read today mesh beautifully, helping to replace the idolatry diagnosed in…