This week we had a lapbook factory underway as the boys put together an Ancient Greece Lapbook using Homeschoolshare’s Free Ancient Greece Lapbook along with Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool’s Greece Lapbook Pieces. This dove deeper into details about the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, Famous Greeks, the Trojan Horse, Homer & The Odyssey and Illiad, Alexander the […]
The Power of Prayer
As our family reads selections from Lisa Whelchel’s Busy Mom’s Guide to Prayer together… we’re learning to: Praise God together Pray for each other Pray for those who impact our lives Pray for those beyond us Though we’ve prayed together in the past, using my handy-dandy prayer journal (which I’ve owned for several years now) […]
The Breakfast Notebook
The problem: When our fourth grader (a memory master x 2, just to point out the irony here) did not know his address and phone number at a 4-H meeting, I realized I had dropped the ball. So many times, I’ve said that we’re going to practice and memorize our address and phone number, only to […]
Timelines, Shoe Classification, and My Calendar Craze
In our lives this week… We played a Ten Commandments File Folder Game. (Do you know what it’s like when you picture something in your mind, and then when you implement it, it just seems utterly ridiculous? Our Ten Commandments game ended up that way, mainly because my oldest is starting to mature beyond my […]
Trekking Tanzania: A Family Presentation
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 year, Gary has worked in the […]
Creation Science for Kids: Biology Review
As we embark on the study of touchy topics like taxonomy and Greek mythology, we sometimes find ourselves asking, how am I seeking to “know God and make Him known” through such things? After all, it’s not always easy to find textbooks and resources that align with a Biblical worldview and explain what we are […]
Just-a Dragging Along
Despite a rather inconvenient, interrupted start, we have (finally, sort of) launched our school year (or, in our case, “scooted along dragging our mufflers on the gravel” would be a much more accurate description.) As I recount what we’ve done, should I mention that we have been at it for a whole month now? We […]
Free Bible & Character Study Resources
My heart’s desire is that there will be more of Him and less of me. But how often I fail at that! I offer this crazy list, first, because… I need it. I constantly need to remind myself of things ETERNAL. And re-focusing on how we will make God our top priority helps me to […]
Summer Snippets
This year, during the dog days of summer… …Levi gave his blankets a ride in his hotrod. …David started reading to Levi. …the boys made special discoveries like snake skin. …and they made many, many, many, many tents around the house many, many, many, many times. We participated in some fun festivities thanks to Kidz […]