Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - Survival tactics

After reading further tonight on this website: Hillbilly Housewife, I decided that I like several things about this site.   It is the same site as I  gave a link to yesterday about apron evangelism.   She has a link to free homeschool curriculum in which she mentions Ambleside Online (*which is what we use), but provides TONS of links to other works to be used at home that are available online.  COOL. 

Micah is away until Sunday, not this weekend but next.  We will survive!  I'm working on training the kids to obedience.  It's been awhile since I've concentrated on being constantly consistent with them.  It is hard work.  I had to refer to several child training books (hahahah, see this post for inside joke). 

Biggest helps in getting along without My Beloved:
  1. Getting to bed at a reasonable hour (not happening tonight, because I had to prepare for JASMINitas- Mothers of Preschoolers group- meeting tomorrow)
  2. Getting up before the kids this has only been possible as LittleSunshine wakes up for her first feeding at 6am pretty consistently.  If I get to bed on time, I am able to stay awake at this hour.  This is SO key.  These few minutes before I get up are spent meditating on the WORD.
  3. Maintain a cheerful attitude.  Sometimes this is just not possible.  But I at least try to think positive.  I need constant reminders on this as little things can frustrate me sometimes.
  4. Do the next thing, this sounds easy, but I am THE distraction queen.  I have to constantly remind myself that I must think only of that one most urgent next thing, and do that.  Otherwise there can be a possibility of 347 things at any given moment that I could do.  But I have to think of the MOST important (sometimes the most urgent) next thing and then DO IT.  This is very difficult for me.  :)
  5. ABSOLUTELY DO NOT spend time counting the days/hours until he comes back.  This is vital.  He will come back.  Someday.  And I have to occupy us until he does.  So I do the next thing. 
  6. Enjoy his phone calls and always say 'I love you' before hanging up.
  7. Look forward to at least 15 minutes of free reading before sleep.


I am my Beloved's and He is mine.
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Friday, July 11, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by drewsfamilytx
Great tips, Amy!

I have been working on child training around here too. It seems that once I get MYSELF trained, it's not so hard for the kids to fall in line. ;-)

I'm praying for you, my friend!

Love,
Marsha
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Current Reads:

    Kids:
  • The BFG ~ Roald Dahl
  • Prince Caspian ~ CS Lewis
    Mommy:
    Currently Reading:
  • Hints on Child Training ~ H.Clay Trumball
  • Teaching Preschoolers ~ Ruth Beechick
  • The Heart of Anger ~ Lou Priolo
  • The Charlotte Mason Companion ~ Karen Andreola Recently read:
  • The Heart of Homeschooling ~ Christopher Klicka Waiting to read:
  • For the Children's Sake ~ Susan Schaeffer Macaulay
  • Honey for a Child's Heart ~ Gladys Hunt
  • Money Matters for Parents and Their Kids ~ Ron & Judy Blue

For school, we use:

Our Reading List for Year 3:
(begins Oct.24)

    History:
  • An Island Story by HE Marshall (ch 62-94)
    Rating: 8 (The boys really love this one!)
  • This Country of Ours by HE Marshall (ch 6-28)
  • Child's History of the World by Hillyer (ch 63-70)
    History/Biography:
  • Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula
  • Da Vinci by Emily Hahn
  • Bard of Avon (Shakespeare) by Diane Stanley
  • Squanto by Feenie Ziner
  • Landing of the Pilgrims by James Daugherty
    Geography:
  • Marco Polo
    Natural History:
  • Handbook of Nature Study ~ Anna Botsford
    Additional Reading:
  • Unknown to History: Captivity of Mary of Scotland ~ Charlotte Younge - Very Good!
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ~ Lewis Carroll
  • The Bears of the Blue River ~ Charles Major
  • Caddie Woodlawn ~ Carol Ryrie Brink
  • English Fairy Tales ~ Joseph Jacobs
  • The Four Story Mistake ~ Elizabeth Enright
  • King of the Wind ~ Marguerite Henry
  • A Little Princess ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett - Tuttle Favorite!!
  • The Little White Horse ~ Elizabeth Goudge - OUR FAVORITE!!
  • Men of Iron ~ Howard Pyle
  • On the Banks of Plum Creek ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Saturdays ~ Elizabeth Enright
  • Swallows and Amazons ~ Arthur Ransome
  • Then There Were Five ~ Elizabeth Enright
  • Through the Looking Glass ~ Lewis Carroll
  • Water Babies ~ Charles Kingsley
  • The Wheel on the School ~ Meindert De Jong

Hello!! I'm Amy Tuttle co-founder and owner of F.A.I.T.H ~ Fisher Academy Int'l Teaching Home... In our house, the learning never stops, we are ALL still learning and loving it! This blog is to document life at home as it happens... And he said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men."