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Take Heed That Ye Offend Not
As we think about parenting and the formation of the children, it is helpful to look at the places where Christ interacts with children and speaks about them in the Gospels. Really we find only a little bit here but … Continue reading
A Sense of Place
Where are your places? Where do you find yourself most firmly rooted? Where do you go when life is too much and you need to breathe? Lately, I have found myself at sea, and without a fixed place or … Continue reading
Summer Lessons: Combining Masterly Inactivity and Structure
Oh Summer! How we love your long, lazy days and lack of agenda and how we grieve over the quarrels and claims of “I’m booooored”. It is certainly true that idleness breeds mischief eventually and while a holiday can refresh, … Continue reading
What We’re Learning: Form 2A and 2B Part 2
Mouse is 10 this year and primarily doing 6th and 7th grade level work. She loves anatomy, drawing, and anything crafty or artistic. She still wants to be a orthopedic doctor and has gotten some first hand experience this year … Continue reading
What Are We Learning? Form 2A and 2B
When Mouse and Buggle were younger, I schooled them as if they were twins for the most part. Last year it became clear that they needed to move away from each other in pursuits and expectations both in academics and … Continue reading
Finishing Strong! Individual Student Strengths and Struggles (Free Checklist Download)
Today’s installment of the Finishing Strong! Series?is all about looking at a particular child’s strengths and struggles and using those to inform curriculum choices and plans for the next year. Strengths can make lessons easy – even too easy at … Continue reading
Finishing Strong to Begin Again Strong!
This kid is almost “done” for the summer! He has about ten pages of geography left and he took the book upstairs during quiet time so I’m thinking he’ll be done this week. The others aren’t far behind him. … Continue reading
Of Yearning and Discontent
This first week of Lent has hit me hard.? I’m short tempered, discouraged and fairly certain that we are going to be going around in the same old circles for the next million years. Rationally I know that’s really not … Continue reading
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Tot School and Kindergarten/First Grade
Here we are, halfway through the school year and I’m just now writing? posts about what we are doing at the various levels! I guess it’s been that kind of year- tremendous busyness with lessons at home, co-op, activities, … Continue reading
The Busy Toddler: Learns Math Skills
Lately Daisy (AKA The Busy Toddler) has been fascinated by counting. She can say her numbers in order up to ten, but only has a concept of the amounts represented by the numbers up to about six.? Anything above that … Continue reading