"And now these three remain…faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."
Today we built our tiny house! We made the bricks from scratch with gluten-free salt dough, please see this post for details. Now for the mortar, the timbers and the construction! First, the kids went outside and collected some sticks to serve as the house’s timbers. If our house had two stories, we would have […]
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More thoughts on creativity… I notice that when we don’t take the time for creative projects, my children’s love of learning dries up, tapers off. We have trouble staying focused, we lose interest in what we’re learning. I know that this is the case, that a scattering of art projects, craft ideas, cooking projects, and […]
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The need to create runs through our veins, our lifeblood courses with creativity. My children know this, they work under the constant drive to create. Snow sculptures dot the yard like frozen sentinels. Crayoned drawings of stick-figures, lean and lanky, stand precariously on a green-line horizon, guarded over by the ever-present spikey yellow sun. Children […]
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A little enthusiasm at work… Emergent reader…that’s what Youngest has recently become. What a joy it’s been to see the unfolding! One of the true joys of homeschooling is seeing your child really “get it” for the first time, and seeing their delight at the accomplishment. We’ve used the book “Teach Your Child to Read […]
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The girls and I found a fun project to do together…Earth Popcorn balls. I was writing a Sunday School lesson and came across this little blessing, in the book “Food Fun Devotions for Children’s Ministry” by Dennis & Lana McLaughlin. The lesson is on Creation, but you could make these popcorn balls for a homeschool […]
Read moreI’m sitting here at a messy desk, feeling the weight of five extra pounds that have settled around my waist over the last few months, with no energy because I have not done anything more active than walk the dog for a month. There are a thousand loose ends today! I need to make sure […]
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The kids doing school by the fire today This has been one of those bright little homeschool days when everything works out. We’re off to a much better start after our Christmas break, and I thought I’d share some of the things that have been working for us. It’s up and down, mind you…nothing is […]
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This is maybe not the most exciting post ever…but here’s our “School House”. Where Homeschool happens–at least, the indoor/at our house part of it. A whole lot also happens out in the yard, at the park, on walks around the neighborhood, hikes in the mountains, in co-op classes, at the homes of our friends, at […]
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This week has not been….graceful. Well, actually…to be honest the week has been fine–it’s a framework of time in which (to an extent, anyway) I can choose to weave things in one way or another, just like any other week. The truth is, I have not been graceful. We are in our second full week […]
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School is underway! The kids are doing well, I have high hopes that this year will be an easier year than last. We are working on being self-sufficient in school work, and although there is still a long way to go in that department things are getting better every day. Yesterday was one of those […]
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