This week our children went on a nature walk to a nearby "forest" that our school district sponsors. It's a beautiful sanctuary, not far at all from our house.Because I hadn't been feeling so well, I decided to send them on a scavenger hunt, with a list of what to take and what to find.They ... Read More about Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt
Overwhelmed?
Thanks so much to Jenny Groothuis, who wrote this article just yesterday. It was such a blessing that I asked her permission to reprint it here. Jenny and her husband Brad have six biological children and have adopted 7 or 8 children from Liberia, most with serious health problems. They live in ... Read More about Overwhelmed?
Update on Anne and Baby
Hi, everyone!So many people have been calling and emailing about how I'm feeling and how Baby is doing that I've decided to just post on my blog about us.A couple weeks ago, my blood pressure started to creep up and I started to swell and get headaches. It was TOO early in my pregnancy for ... Read More about Update on Anne and Baby
Just As I Am
I have been listening to a pre-release download of Ginny Owen's new CD, "Say Amen." If you like a blues/jazz style, you'd like her... and if not, you probably wouldn't. :-)But I love the hymns she chose on this album. For instance, I've been listening to her rendition of "Just As I Am," and the ... Read More about Just As I Am
Restoring Balance To Completely Overloaded Lives!
By Cindy Rushton, September 4, 2009 Thank you so much, Cindy, for allowing me to use this article today. It wasn't in my original plans, but your message is so good for us busy, over-scheduled, sometimes-frantic homeschooling mothers. Ever had an “unbalanced tire?” Recently, I had a tire that ... Read More about Restoring Balance To Completely Overloaded Lives!
Managing Your Home When You’re Tired
I was intending to give you a full-length article today, but I'm sick and have had an exhausting week. So I think I'll "practice what I preach" and give you the short version instead of the long version. It will probably be easier for you to absorb anyway! I'll save all the nitty-gritty details for ... Read More about Managing Your Home When You’re Tired
Notebooking
Can you give me ideas about what you guys do to notebook? I would like to incorporate it in our homeschooling this year. Just have a few questions about the notebooking... do you have one notebook for all subjects or do you have a separate for Bible, history, science, etc.? Also what were the ... Read More about Notebooking
How much time should Mom spend homeschooling?
Anne, I was reading about your curriculum. How do you fit in "together time", individual time, and your other subjects that I read about? Do you do all those subjects every day? I am having trouble [figuring out how to get it all done]. I'm so glad you asked this question. After doing school with ... Read More about How much time should Mom spend homeschooling?