From the monthly archives:
Today, September 29, is celebrated all over the world as Michaelmas, or the feast of St. Michael. I originally read about this holiday in Mrs.Sharp’s Traditions and we tweaked it a little and made our own tradition. According to Wikipedia, It is based on “the legend” of the archangel Michael who banished Satan from heaven. [...]
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Even before I began homeschooling, we had way too many books around this house. I’ve been buying children’s books since the conception of my first daughter. Book fairs, school book orders, book mail clubs. Actually, I started my collection years before Coco was born. I still have my original Babysitter’s Club books that I saved [...]
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A couple of years ago, I had an epiphany. Saying hurry up does not in fact make a child move faster. Neither does, quickly please, hurry-hurry, or another favorite…come on! I wouldn’t be surprised if statistics show this actually slows a child down.
As I said, I discovered this two years or more ago. Wow, I [...]
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I wrote recently about homeschool workboxes and said I would add some ideas on filling them. If you haven’t read about workboxes, Read this post first.
Today, I wrote an article on Squidoo about filling up the fun workboxes. There are ideas for activities, direction cards, and ideas for different subjects. Even if [...]
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A cheerful heart is like good medicine.
Proverbs 17:22
The car was packed, traffic was easy, and I hadn’t forgotten sunscreen. We sang along to a worship cd after praying, and I read my Bible during lulls in the conversation. We were on our way to the beach and we were off to a great start.
When we [...]
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