We did just lessons on Monday (late night Sunday as we had a going away celebration for one of the church families), just Circle Time on Tuesday (the Bunk Bed was coming! and we needed to get the girls’ room ready; cleaned N-boy’s while we were at it), and a whole day on Wednesday. Memory…
Reformation Heritage Books is publishing a series of books called “Profiles in Reformed Spirituality.” When I was at the Cincinnati Homeschool convention, I picked up A Sweet Flame: Piety in the Letters of Jonathan Edwards. What a great little book! Twenty-six of Edwards’ letters, two from his family after his death, and a copy of…
The girls are super excited to have their new Bunk Beds arrive today!
FOR TODAY August 30, 2010 … Outside my window… the hot weather is returning and the sun is shining. I am thinking… about lessons for today. I am thankful for… our church. From the learning rooms… We’re studying the United Kingdom and Ireland this week. From the kitchen… chicken fried rice tonight, I think. We…
The DHM is hosting a new link-up of favorite potluck recipes. One of my favorites is an internet recipe for Crockpot Lasagna. I have adapted it a little, we use sausage in place of the ground beef and I think I’ve been using more ricotta. This is also good as a meal for when you’re…
The week started slowly and with some difficulty, but Wednesday went very very well. We’re working on getting through our regular work. In a week or two, we’ll be adding some assigned individual work. Memory Work: Bible: Saturday’s recitation didn’t go very well, so we spent the week reviewing through Day Four. Catechism/Creed:M-girl is doing…
I love that Memoria Press has interesting articles in their catalog. This summer, there were two that I enjoyed: “The Rhetoric of Amazement: What Children’s Literature Teaches Us” by Martin Cothran; and “The Greatest Single Defect of My Own Latin Education” by Dorothy Sayers (Edited to add: Memoria Press has published this online as well,…
I really like Leigh Bortins. I’ve heard her speak several times both in person (at the Midwest Homeschool Convention) and on CD (via CiRCE); I follow her blog. I have little interest in her organization, Classical Conversations (time, price, and some pedagogical differences come into play here), but like the ideas of how she approaches…