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By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. ~Proverbs 24:3-4

• Mar. 27, 2007 - Refreshed and Ready to Go!

I just returned from WinterPromise's first women's retreat.  It was great to enjoy some sun in Fla., hear about their new programs, learn some home school, parenting, and spiritual tips/truths, and meet some online friends in person!  It was a very small retreat so we were able to meet with the creator of WP, Karen Brooks, one-on-one to discuss our plans.  She is such a great teacher and has wonderful insight on things.  My favorite event of the weekend was the prayer and share time we had on Sunday before we left. Before I went my plan was to use the new geography program for Mei and American History for Mark.  Then I saw the new geo program, called Children Around the World (CAW).  I am very excited about it!  In addition to learning world geography, cultures, brief history, etc. the program focuses on the plight of the children in the countries.  It has suggestions for prayer items for the children.  Plus it suggests actions the students can take to help these children.  How cool is that?  But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.  James 1:22 Then I realized I was taking on too much, so I prayed about it and the next day, the answer came to me.  I could spread CAW over two years, allowing me more time in the week to do Mark's history.  I discussed it with Karen and she came up with a plan for me.  Oh happy day!  I get to do both! I also had Mark complete the 6th grade readiness test for Horizons since he did well on the 5th grade.  He either knew the material already or was able to figure it out enough that he got above the recommended minimum right on it.  So we will be doing 6th grade math.  I will just teach rather than review the few areas he does not already know.  He is pretty excited to be skipping a grade ahead. So I placed my WinterPromise order today - Adv-K LA for Mei, LA5 and AS1 w/ Native American Focus for Mark, CAW for both.  I also ordered some books from Library and Educational Services, a great place to get books for cheap!  Now I just need to order the math programs and decide what to do for Mark's Spanish.  For science, we are using the resources we already have and Mark is choosing the subjects and the length of time studying each.  So we will be ready to go!  Unless Mark changes his mind, we will start in August. Some of the books in Children Around the World:

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