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May. 22, 2008
Field Day
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Apr. 25, 2008
What's a tautology? I'm only 5
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During their Bible lesson today, Jason asked the kids how we can know that what Jesus said about Himself is true, i.e. that He is the Son of God, He rose from the dead etc. Macy's answer: Because He never lies. Bad logic. Good theology. |
Mar. 12, 2008
Boy Scout "Family Life Merit Badge" Lapbook
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I created a lapbook for Spenser's "Family Life Merit Badge," which is an Eagle-required badge. Thanks to Ami for tweaking it and hosting it at Homeschool Share! |
Mar. 7, 2008
Did you see this? Homeschooling in California
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Homeschooling in California I am appalled. Surely it will be overturned. |
Feb. 12, 2008
Way to Represent!
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Spenser won 2nd place in the Bi-City Christian School Spelling Bee today. He missed incredulous-- he put an extra u in there before the -ous. Last week, Sydney won 7th in the 1st grade bee, out of about 30 kids. She spelled stair for stare. I promise to return to blogging soon, just busy and a little stressed out for now. I am sure the 3 of you who read here are very sad to note my extended absence from blogging, LOL. |
Jan. 21, 2008
Martin Luther King Jr
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I think everyone of us over a certain age is familiar with Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech, but I found his Letter from a Birmingham Jail to be even more profound and moving. I read portions of it to my kids today in the hopes that they could see what was going on at the time and have some semblance of understanding of what it must have been like. I want them to know that there are laws that must be obeyed because they are just and moral and Godly laws, but there are times when unjust laws must be ignored because they violate God's laws. I want them to know the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abedneggo; and Corrie ten Boom; and Martin Luther King, Jr, and others like them, because one day they may find themselves in the minority. They may someday have to fight for their freedom as a Christian in the 21st century in the same ways that King had to fight for his freedom as a "colored" man in the sixties. Of course their only question after my profound and emotional reading of the letter was "Do we have to write a paper on this?" Sigh. |
Jan. 17, 2008
Question for you Homeschoolers
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How do you handle grading when you have multi-level children taking the same subject? I don't run into this very often, but this week we took the Semester test for Mystery of History 2. The 7th grader did quite well, with a 94. I was impressed, especially since he did it at the church office with Dad which meant he had no book or notebook to use for the open book parts. The 4th grader scored an 81, which I "curved" to an 88 taking a couple of bonus questions into consideration. She didn't use the book either except on one of the early sections, so I was equally impressed. I had heard her say "I bet I won't get a 94" so I knew she was comparing herself to him. She seemed a little crest-fallen, and I wondered what I should have done differently. Any suggestions? We don't do alot of grades anymore, so I think this one stung more than it would if grades were handed out daily. (I check their work but I don't necessarily label everything with a grade. We correct the things that are wrong. I do score math tests regularly.) |
Dec. 30, 2007
Carnival Of Homeschool Graphics Contest
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Why Homeschool is having a graphics contest. Why not try your hand at designing a graphic for the Carnival of homeschool? Here's one I made but it is probably too big. When I make it smaller you can't read the lettering, so I may try to redo it later.  Here's another one for the "whatever" category  and the same one resized for the medium category:  (Still a little hard to read that small) One more for the whatever (I can't be constrained by size LOL)  |
Dec. 30, 2007
Homeschooling Year 3.5
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If I counted right, we are approximately halfway through our fourth year of homeschooling. Wow. Who wudda thunk? Certainly not me. I told the college kids the other night that if God had shown me His vision when I was in high school-- 4 kids, married to a pastor, homeschooling-- I would have run away frightened. I might have joined the Peace Corps or something. I certainly would have never believed that it would be the happiest and most fulfilling season of my life thus far. In His infinite wisdom, He gave me the vision in small, manageable portions. First, He called me to teach. And so I went to college. And took lots and lots of English and Math classes. (My English professors would be so proud of that sentence.) And graduated. And somehow never got around to teaching. I married Jason, and we moved to NC so he could go to seminary. I wasn't certified to teach, so I taught preschool until Spenser was born. Then Reed was born. Every time I started thinking about graduate school and teaching, I found myself pregnant. When I found out I was pregnant with Macy, I stood in the kitchen and cried, telling Jason, "I'm never going to be a teacher, am I?" I was happy to be a mom, and happy to have Macy and stay home with the kids, but I had been carrying this dream around in my back pocket. Every now and then, I would take it out and toss it around and soothe myself with the idea that One Day I would be a teacher. One Day I would have a purpose in life other than changing diapers and pouring endless cups of juice. One Day I would have a paycheck and would feel like I was carrying my (financial) weight in the family. One Day I would live up to the person I thought I was supposed to be. And then One Day I stood in the kitchen and cried and realized that One Day was never coming. And then, when I was able to let go of that dream, God gave me a new one. I felt the tug on my heart to homeschool the kids. I first felt it the Spring Macy was born, but I wasn't sure. It was about to be Reed's first year of school, and she was looking so forward to it. And I didn't have the confidence to take that from her. I wasn't fully convinced. But little by little, the seed that God had planted that spring took root and grew. And the next year, we started our homeschool journey. Now I look back and put the pieces together and can see the Big Picture. I see how God prepared me for this a little at a time. I see the people that He put in my life to help me when I was ready to begin. And I am so grateful that One Day never came. |
Dec. 4, 2007
Homeschool SALE
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