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What We’re Reading
Me:
Preface to Bonhoeffer: The Man and Two of His Shorter Writings by John Godsey
- includes two short essays by BonhoefferF:
Eddie's Green Thumb by Carolyn Haywood
- the story of a boy's first garden and F's first independently read 'chapter book'Annie Pat and Eddie by Carolyn Haywood
- Eddie's adventures continue on vacation at the seashore.Button
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Daily Chores Part 2
So what things are on my daily list of chores. Most of the first half hour or so of morning chore time is spent getting the children to do their stuff and teaching them how to do it. Then I’m … Continue reading
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Daily Chores Part 1
Routine daily chores are one of those things that I find very hard to accomplish. Partly this is because there are so many things I would rather do than housework and partly because getting preschoolers to do chores can be … Continue reading
First Snow
Yup, just in time for W’s birthday next week we are predicted to have several snow falls. This is fitting since he was born after a day long struggle to get the van out of the lane at our old … Continue reading
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Tagged F, free play, preschoolers, Su, training preschoolers
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Read Aloud Update
About a month ago I adjusted the daily schedule to include reading aloud to all three children every day. This is a bit of a challenge as they are all at different cognitive and sitting still levels so the books … Continue reading
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The Feast of St. Nicholas
December sixth is the traditional Feast of St. Nicholas and we celebrated it in a quiet way. It probably would have been a bit more but I lost track of the dates and then some other things came up at … Continue reading
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The Sundays of Advent
This year is very different for us in our celebration of the church year. For one thing the children are older now and able to ask questions and to participate in the celebrations. For another we’ve moved and changed churches … Continue reading
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Collect for the Third Sunday of Advent
Stir up thy power, O Lord, and with great might come among us; and, because we are sorely hindered by our sins, let thy bountiful grace and mercy speedily help and deliver us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, … Continue reading