For Today… Monday, January 9, 2017 Looking out my window … between the sky and ground, it’s grey and white. And frigid. I am thinking … that my husband is smarter than I am (no surprise there). He chose to hire movers for the hand-me-down sectional from my parents and that was so smart. They…
Back in the saddle. We’ve had a busy week for our final break week – but much of it has been done at home. On Monday, we watched football and were mostly slugs. Well, Jason and N-boy took the dog for a hike. And we took down the Christmas tree. But otherwise we were mostly…
For Today… Looking out my window … the trees are bare, the ground is frosty, and the sun is slowly rising. I am thinking … about the YuletideSession 2016. I always look back at the previous year. I should have a post in the next day or three. I am thankful … for AmblesideOnline. As…
Last week was the final week of our term. WooHoo! We finished strong. We walked almost every morning before school. We did Whatchamacallit every day. I’ve been very pleased with how it has been going. I love the three sections: devotions, academics, and beauty loop/read aloud. I think we’ve learned the parable of the Good…
We had a good week of school this week, but that’s likely because it was rather light as the school work goes. We’ve now finished Week 8 of AmblesideOnline Year 5. This week was the second of two weeks of swim lessons for the children. M-girl and N-boy both finished the “Fish” level and R-girl…
Attend! comes from Latin of stretch toward. I love that I can go to Google and type etymology attend and get this: So, Attend! has the idea of stretching toward … stretching one’s mind, one’s hand, one’s heart. It’s related to all those -tend words like attention (with our eyes and ears), tend (care for,…
For Today… Outside my window…. It’s 50* and overcast. The children think it’s summer and are doing school on the deck. I am thinking… about Truth, Goodness, and Beauty from lots of different reading sources 🙂 I am thankful… that blood transports all the necessary building blocks for our bodies to the right places at…
So today, I debate. Is this Weekly Amble a review of this week? Is this Weekly Amble a review of this term? Is this Weekly Amble a celebration of our first year with AmblesideOnline? Because we did it! We finished Year 4. How thankful I am for all we were able to accomplish this year….
We finished Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution as a part of our AmblesideOnline Year 4 studies on Tuesday. I loved the book; I read most of it aloud. I’ve been a big fan of Abigail Adams for years and this book only made me impressed by her more. Oh, she was imperfect, as we all…