November is - National American Indian Heritage Month
2nd - Daniel Boone's Birthday(born 1734)
4th - King Tut's Tomb Discovered (discovered in 1922)
5th - Sadie Hawkin's Day
11th - Veterans Day
23rd - Thanksgiving Day
Are you an unschooler looking for other unschool moms to fellowship with? Are you looking for a more relaxed way to educate your children? If so come join us at 1 Corinthians 2:5 homeschooling. Click the link below and tell us why you want to join...its that easy!
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. - 2 Timothy 1:7
God calls each of us to engage in spiritual warfare at times. Whenever satan wants to come against one of God's children, he does so by trying to intimidate through fear.
Goliath's formidable size and arrogant boasting intimidated Saul and Israel's army. And because God's anointing had fallen from Saul, he was unable to respond with courage to Goliath's charge. Fear paralyzes and torments. That is why Saul could not respond.
The anointing had fallen on David, who was just a young boy, but mighty in spirit. David did not cower at the size or shouts of the giant Goliath. He saw Goliath through the eyes of God, who saw him as a mere speck. David had righteous indignation for an affront to the armies of the living God.
David did not weigh the risk of failure because his faith was resting totally in God. That is another important factor in overcoming fear-complete trust in God.
When the Lord began training me to confront fear, the training grounds were a groundless lawsuit, intimidations, and calamity that confronted my very existence. Learning that these were merely tactics of the enemy, designed to instill fear, allowed me to stand firm in God's power to overcome.
Do not fear sudden calamity if you are walking uprightly before God. It may be setting the stage for a great victory that will bring praise and honor to your heavenly Father. These battles are training grounds for greater victories to come.
"Living in a way that is outwardly simple and inwardly rich. Duane Elgin
How we are learning & what we are using
Reading --Whatever she will read, on the level she is comfortable.
Grammar --Copy Work from various sources.
Spelling --Copy work and general writing.
Math --DD is charting our egg count daily and figuring the total at the end of the week. Also working on Mulitplication tables. We continue to use real life to teach math concepts along with worksheets on net.
History -- Reading the Book "American History Stories, Volume I"
Science --Nature Journaling & spending time outdoors around nature and all of God's Creation.
Handwriting is being practiced through everyday writing and copywork.
Other Learning Tools
We have maps, globes, manipulatives, encylopedia's, history channel, science channel, animal planet,shelves and shelves of books of all kinds, art supplies galore, dictionaries, the computer, learning software, books on CD and tape,and many other teaching/learning tools always available for our daughters use.
*You would see a mom busily cleaning in preparation for the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving. You would see the list hanging on the fridge for the 'big' shopping trip to purchase what she needs for the meal. You would also see candles lit and burning putting off a warm and inviting glow. You would see our dd coloring or drawing thanksgiving type pictures like pilgrims, turkeys and cornucopias. You would also see her at some point working on her unit study about Thanksgiving and pilgrims. You would see trees becoming bare as Old Man Winter makes his way here. You would see the ground blanketed with many colors of leaves making a wonderful quilt for the burrowing critters. You see leaves dancing in the breeze as they make their way to the ground to finding their place in the tapestry quilt
*You would hear the the wind rustling the leaves that are on the trees and the ones that have fallen to the ground. You would hear roosters crowing, goats bleating, puppies playing, and guineas making their little nosies as they explore life outside the coop. And if you be still and listen you will always hear the voice of the Lord speaking to your heart about His greatness all around you. You would also hear the sound of a mamma hen brooding her babies and clucking to them and keeping them from danger.
*You would smell apple cinnamon candles buring throughout the house, mixed with the aroma of our newly found favorite pumpkin bread or possibly an apple pie baking the oven. We do alot of crock pot cooking this time of year so theres no shortage of chili, stews, or pot roast at our house...You will always smell something good in the farm kitchen! You would smell the crisp air and 'dampness' of autumn.
*You would get a taste of life on a farm, life with an autistic child and a taste of the freedom that unschooling can bring to a family. You would also be welcome with a steaming hot cup of coffee and some kind of freshly baked pie or bread which is almost always available.
*You would feel a bit chilly outside as the air is crisper and much cooler now. You would feel all warm inside as you peeked in on the baby chicks that have just hatched there is just something about babies on a farm that makes ya feel warm inside. Inside the house you would feel snuggly warm as you sat in the recliner and we visited and sipped our coffee and enjoyed each others fellowship. We would do our best to make you feel welcomed into our home and into our lives.
*Right now this is our critter count, but this is always subject to change :0)
*40+ Chickens--
*7 Guinea Fowl--
*5 Goats--
*1 Sow--
*2 Pigeons(getting ready to be 3)--
