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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: January 2012
A Good time of Day
The late afternoon/early evening is becoming a favorite time of day. The children are often outside playing. School is completed for the day. Dinner is cooking and I can just take some time to tidy up before I call them … Continue reading
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The Bustler
W is a large child. Not fat really just big- broad shouldered- with a big neck and sturdy legs. I take things out of F’s drawer as he outgrows them and move them right into W’s. A size four will … Continue reading
Conversations with F
Lately F and I have been having theological discussions. They often have to do with the “how” of things… No Hands? “How, ” he asks me frequently, ” could God hold the world if he doesn’t have any hands?” “Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Beauty, Create, Family Lore, Joy, Memories, Pages in Our Heritage of Faith, preschool educcation
Tagged conversations with F, Creating, F
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Digging Out
As usual when this space falls silent I’ve been up to my ears in projects and life! A stomach virus that took out everyone but S, a trip to my sister’s farm, a visit by all of S’s siblings and … Continue reading
Love Not the World?
Sunday we sang this hymn by Laurence Houseman (a brother of the famous poet A.E. Houseman). The beginning of the fifth verse jumped out at me: How shall we love thee, holy hidden Being? If we love not the world … Continue reading
A Good Finish
The end of our first week back to regular schedules after the Christmas break. Some adjustments were necessary and the first few days were a little difficult (not helped by my having a slight cold). The first couple of days … Continue reading
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Tagged F, free play, homeschooling, preschoolers, routine, Su, W
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What’s Going On?
Some days I have so much running through my brain I can’t focus on anything for very long. This busy month of January is like that, I feel like I need to start solving next week’s problems before this week’s … Continue reading
Housecleaning or Physical Education?
It has been really cold and blowy the last couple of days, and I haven’t had the heart to make the children play outside. This of course means that we need to burn off energy somehow, so today we played … Continue reading
Naming the Year:Encouragement
I ran across this idea while reading Ann Voskamp’s blog and was intrigued by it. Naming things helps to bring them into focus and keep them in focus. I’ve been reflecting in the back of my mind about this for … Continue reading
Posted in devotional life, Encouragement, Multitudes on Monday, preschool educcation, Reflections, spiritual formation, Thought Challenge
Tagged Challenge, Creating, Encouragement, F, lifelong learning, Multitudes on Monday, preschoolers, Reflections, spiritual formation, Su, teaching moments, training preschoolers, W
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W: Two Years Old
His birthday was three days before Christmas and I’ve had the pictures for this post loaded since then but haven’t written it! Today though we go back to our regular schedule, S returns to work, F returns to school and … Continue reading