When James got to his “J” page in Cursive Success, one of the words on the page was jail.
I told him to just cross it out. He got a huge smile and did just that.
In small ways, we are reclaiming the power jail held over our lives.
The story’s not over yet. It’s hard to know [...]
While we were reading By The Shores of Silver Lake last week, I found a passage describing things the girls found on the prairie.
Since we’re in a bit of a deficit with our nature journal entries, I thought why not add some of these things.
Even though we’re not there to examine them and touch them, [...]
This is a “bad” photo, but it’s our little kitty Mystery. She joins in school by laying on the printer–goofy cat!
This week we finished 2 books. The Landing of the Pilgrims & The Princess and the Goblin. I always love finishing a book!
James really liked The Princess and the Goblin and would often request another [...]
I am thankful for so many things. I try to practice gratitude on a daily basis.
Counting our blessings and thanking God for all things big or “small” keeps our minds focused on Him rather than our circumstances. Believe me–watching our circumstances is not a good thing.
One thing for which I’m incredibly grateful for this year [...]
I mentioned in an “outside the frame” feature that I found a mini-series from PBS called Colonial House.
We are reading The Landing of the Pilgrims right now and just finished a book about Squanto and I decided this would be a great show to watch to add to what we’ve learned.
I borrowed it from the [...]
School has been going so well the past several days. I love it when I feel like we’ve accomplished a lot and learned a lot at the end of the day.
I’ve been feeling unmotivated and “out of the groove” since the day my Grandma died. We had only been at school for about 2 weeks [...]
I was praying about what to post today, when I found out that the Homeschool Blog awards are ready for voting and I’m nominated!
I’m in the “Best live what you believe blog“. I hope you’ll vote for me!
The rules say you can vote one time for each person in your home up to 5.
Ooo ooo [...]
Last week, James and I were at the thrift store. While I was checking out, James ran to the bathroom.
I heard “Lizzie! Hi”. It was Lucille my elderly friend who taught me to knit. We chatted for a few minutes and she said, “Where’s James?”
Lucille used to call me when I had my shop and [...]
James and I have been reading through the Little House series. They are listed on Ambleside’s list, but we’d be reading them anyway.
We’re reading them slowly with breaks in between to read other books on the list. It’s a special treat for us when it’s time to pick up the next Little House book.
I remember [...]
Today, we worked on Cursive Success. The page he was one said to play a game found in the teacher’s book.
James came to find me and said, “Quick. Find page 37 in your book and tell me how to play this game.”
I dug out the teacher book to find the rules. He had to close [...]
