I finished teaching a class on last night, and so devoted my day to scrapbooking. I am compiling a summer album based upon all the “everyday life” pictures I’ve collected of the children over the past few years and never figured out how to incorporate them into a theme. The one below is a recent […]
Can I use a living books approach for my children?
I received this e-mail not long ago from another African-American homeschooler considering using a Charlotte Mason approach to learning: …in perusing ambleside.org and others I found that most if not all of the art, poetry, music involved is from a European perspective. I want to find a way to integrate our African-American heritage into […]
As I drove this morning, I noticed the number of new neighborhoods being built on the same main thoroughfare as our subdivision. I thought about our neighbor’s comment that the advanced kids at our neighborhood school are now out in a temporary building and having to supply their own bottled water. Where will the children […]
Me and You (God) time
My husband is spending today with our kids, and today I just wanted to share my heart: Lord, I thank you for this time, and for the opportunity to spend time with You. You are El Shaddai. You are Jehovah Jireh. There is none like You and there is no one besides You. Yet I […]
Less is More
I think that although it is not intuitively obvious, less is more in homeschooling, and more is just more for the sake of doing more. It may make you feel better about the volume of work your child has sifted through, but it does not mean they have a better education. You are not homeschooling […]
Relishing dependence, at least for now
We are tagging along with the hubby on business here in the warm (read heat on steroids) area of the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. I always enjoy the tropical landscape, so different from home, and the friendliness of the people. With the majority of the population here being of Spanish descent, we have a great […]
The Chief Thing We Have to Do
'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 […]
Taking it day by day
When this year started, a girlfriend and I decided to be accountable to each other for weekly exercise. We each set our goals, and each week reported to each other regarding how close we came to achieving them. It lasted 3-4 months, and then I got so busy until I didn’t exercise, and I didn’t […]