Why I Home School: What I have learned (so far)!

I am a married 42 year old Christian home schooling mom, and this is what I have learned after 8 years of home schooling my two sons. 1. It DOESN’T look like what I had envisioned………and that is o.k.! 2. It may NEVER look like what I had envisioned……….and that is o.k.! 3. My boys may…

Be Intentional and careful about the Ideas you pass on to your Children!

Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will…

Visiting the Past: My Thoughts on Narration

If you are interested in the Charlotte Mason Method for home school, know that NARRATION is at the top of the list of IMPORTANT and FOUNDATIONAL components of the CM method. If you can only add a few of the CM components this year, make sure Narration is one of them! Click HERE to see…

Weekly Wrap-Up: The Last Week of School

Here we are in enjoying our last week of this school year, out-of-state, only 10-15 mins from the beach, and all kinds of nature trails, preserves, and centers. This has been a fantastic last week of school! I think it is the end of an o.k., year of school. I say O.k., not because of my…

A New School Year, A New Blog

I just wat to introduce you to my new blog, it is set up just for this upcoming school year. It’s called Living, Loving and Learning ……Our Way!

Weekly Wrap-Up and Updated FUN FRIDAY list of ideas!

Welcome to a blast from my past …….. FUN FRIDAY’S. HERE is my first ever FUN FRIDAY post, it was published 12/11/09.  WOW, two years ago, and my boys look so cute and so little. The idea behind FUN FRIDAY’S was to have a day that still held Education value but was set up completely different from the…

Weekly Wrap-Up: Only One More Week of School

Here is my latest weekly wrap-up ! Well, this was not a very exciting week but Thank the Lord for that, sometimes that is just what you need.  Here is this weeks addition to my gratitude list inspired by Ann Voskamp. We also had a relaxing father’s day around here. I have continued reading and…

Weekly Wrap-Up: In need of……

Here is my latest weekly wrap-up ! It has been a full week but it has been a good one. I am very proud of both of my boys; they will be testing for their Taekwondo purple belts this Saturday and they are very, very excited. This August they will have been taking Taekwondo for…

Weekly Wrap-Up: When we are weak He is strong

I have returned to a past habit of posting a weekly wrap-up . I have lived another week, releasing a few Silent Screams, couldn’t stop the fall of tears, enjoyed laughter, spoken about my Savior, given comfort, disciplined, felt hopeless, worked hard, relaxed as often as  could, I have ask (again)…..WHY?, transported the boys to…

Weekly Wrap-Up: It was full of………

I have returned to a past habit of posting a weekly wrap-up , though this wrap-up is a couple of days late. This past week was full………….We had a fantastic church service last Sunday; including amazing testimonies, and another one today. We had quality time with my husband’s side of the family that we do…

Visiting the Past: Why I Home School

I found myself looking back over my post about WHY I HOME SCHOOL, I am so glad I did. I am at the very end of one year (15 more days), preparing for the next year and I needed some encouragement and motivation. I encourage you if you are a home schooling mom to remind…

Weekly Wrap-Up: I’m Back

Accountability…………….I NEED IT!! I am returning to a past habit of posting a weekly wrap-up because I need the accountability it gives me. It really stirs me to ponder what the boys and I have done for the week; anything that benefits the spirit, mind and the body. It feels great to be back. This…

Outdoor Hour Nature Close to Home: Winter Wednesdays-Tree Silhouettes

Trees Tall ones, short ones, fat ones, skinny ones. Trees dark ones, light ones, live ones, dead ones. Trees young ones, old ones, full ones, empty ones. Trees winter ones, spring ones, summer ones, autumn ones Trees I just love God’s Trees!! The other day we took off to enjoy the beautiful weather we have…

Outdoor Hour Nature Close to Home: SNOW

We have had a snow & Ice filled week and that is NOT normal where we live. So this was the perfect time to do the Winter Wednesday  week 2 SNOW nature challenge!! Shadows on Snow/ice Tracks in Snow/ ice Experiments and Art with Snow/ ice: How much water do you have after a whole…

Birds in the winter

I had forgotten the joy of watching the birds come to our feeder. This week being able to see birds with the snow as a backdrop was just beautiful.  Birds are one of my favorite creations of our amazing creator! When you look at these wee things, living and surviving especially in the winter weather, how can…

Weekly Wrap Up: Snow & Ice filled days

We have had a snow & Ice filled week and that is NOT normal where we live. By Saturday we will have completed 4 days of school which I think is pretty good considering the winter world was such a distraction BUT don’t worry we got to enjoy as much of it as we wanted!…

Weekly-Wrap Up: This week ROCKED!

This pic of my boys is not from this week but I just had to share it =) I am very excited to say that this week was just about the best home school week we’ve ever had!! I am so thankful to the Lord for that because I really needed it!! I was so…

Habits can drive us crazy or save us!

Ann @ Holy Experience ask us to prayerfully consider: The Practice of Making a Habit Today I am blogging at The One Thing, linking to this post at Holy Experience and posting it at Habits for a Happy Home. You see my mind and heart have really been meditating on ‘good’ habits and habit training since we have…

Quite time with the Lord for Kids

Updated today Dec. 29, 2010 was originally posted Sep. 29, 2009 He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. Matthew 14:23b I have always read the bible, bible story books and devotions to my two boys. I play Hymns, Contemporary Christian and even some Christian…

Current Composer Study: Beethoven

Beethoven  Quote below from Classics for Kids….. About Ludwig van Beethoven    Ludwig van Beethoven was a uniquely talented composer and musician. But by the time Beethoven was 30, his increasing deafness put an end to his career as a pianist. That did not stop him from continuing to compose some of the most beautiful music…