Christian homeschooling integrating Classical and Charlotte Mason principles
We’ve wrapped up our year, and though we will be taking it easy this summer, there are a few things we’ll be working on so as to not go completely brain-dead this summer. In the past I’ve had better plans (like last year’s Calendar Quest study, which I highly recommend to anyone who wants a […]
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it’s the Lord’s purpose that prevails. Proverbs 19:21 Raise your hand if you ever make plans that don’t go as planned. If you’re not raising your hand, then this post is likely not for you. But for anyone else, let me give you a little background. […]
Years ago, I wasn’t at all interested in the Latin part of a classical education. I didn’t see why we needed to learn Latin when we could learn a more “useful” language. However, we decided to trust wiser and more experienced folks and just go with it. At first, we just memorized verb and noun […]
I realized I dropped the ball this year on one of my biggest priorities in blogging, which is my family. I did not chronicle our lives to the extent I have in the past, and both my children and husband noticed. So… here’s one last post that covers many of the things I wish I […]
Every so often (well, more often than that), the boys ask for me to print a paper toy model. Constructing paper models of everything from buildings to puppets has become a hobby that all three utterly enjoy. This year, our family added several creations to our collection, including: a Space Shuttle, Three Billy Goats Gruff […]
Once upon a time… in a land far, far away… there was this woman… who worked for an oil company… as an engineer rotating offshore… There she met her knight in shining armor… who has since worked in many more lands far, far away… For the past couple of years, my husband […]
This packet contains notebooking pages for studying music theory along with a small selection of artists and composers as follows: Tin Whistle Music Theory Grandma Moses Norman Rockwell Georgia O’Keeffe Andrew Wyeth Roy Lichtenstein Jim Davis Tchaikovsky Debussy Stravinksy Note: For some of the artists, I was unable to quickly find copyright-free images in the public […]
There’s nothing like an upcoming baby to spur you on to complete 1001 projects that “must be done before baby gets here.” (Does anyone else do this sort of thing?) Why we didn’t spend the past few years chipping away on these projects is beyond me, but thanks to Isaac, we now have things like… […]
“…every student has a built-in treasure trove of inspiration for historical fiction: ancestors.” (Family Fiction, p. 1) Have you ever thought about writing historical fiction based on your family history? Though genealogy is fascinating, I’d never thought about using it as a writing tool for our family! Family Fiction: Writing Historical Fiction Based on Family […]
