The Simple Woman’ Daybook for September 6, 2010

The Simple Woman’ Daybook for September 6, 2010

FOR TODAY   Monday September 6, 2010… (September?!?!?) Outside my window… It is chilly and grey outside.  Welcome to September. I am thinking… I hope it doesn’t rain! I am thankful for… Monday holidays when Jason can be home 🙂 From the learning rooms… We’re going to do some lessons today with Daddy home.  Sometimes that…

Book Review: A Sweet Flame: Piety in the Letters of Jonathan Edwards

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 Simple Woman’ Daybook for August 30, 2010

The Simple Woman’ Daybook for August 30, 2010

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…

Weekly Report: 8/22/10-8/27/10

Weekly Report: 8/22/10-8/27/10

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…

Miscellaneous Resources

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,…