'To bring the human race, family by family, child by child, out of the savage and inhuman desolation where He is not, into the light and warmth and comfort or the presence of God, is, no doubt, the chief thing we have to do in the world.' Charlotte Mason
Keeping a Child’s Perspective
My son was sharing his view on current events and the local impact: “If these countries would get together and stop all this fighting, I wouldn't have so much to read in God's World News!”
Considering a non-traditional route
For those who are considering home education or who will begin this year: Without doubt, from the moment you began to think about homeschooling, you have had visions of school days dancing in your head. Were your “students” in desks for 7-8 hours each day? Were they perusing through textbook after textbook? The […]
Tagged!
I was tagged on yesterday by Melissa at TwaddleMeNot (http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/TwaddleMeNot/159462/). My responses are below. 1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, and find line 4. from Webster's Dictionary: to act (with up) be unruly; behave eccentrically 2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you […]
What happened to my relaxed summer (part 2)?
If I re-titled or subtitled this, it would be “Reflections over Cornmeal Pancakes and Stop Signs”. However, my commitment when I wrote the first blog was to get back to you with what I found out, so I thought to label it “part 2” in order to close the loop—at least for now. I have […]