Mystery of History Vol. 2
Properties of Atoms & Molecules (AIG)
"Cale" Sixth Grade
CQLA Level A
Teaching Textbooks Math 7
Literature from the Library (Ambleside Online)
Co-Op:
Spanish & Geography
Gymnastics
Boy Scouts
"Joe" Third Grade
Horizons Math 3
CQLA Pre-A
Literature from Library (Ambleside Online)
Co-Op:
Spanish, Science, PE
Gymnastics
Bear Scout
"Kade" Age Four
Phonics Pathways
Interlock (Joy, too)
"It is only by introducing the young
to great literature, drama, and music,
and to the excitement
of great science,
that we open to them
the possibilities
that lie within the human spirit--
enable them to see visions
and dream dreams."
Eric Anderson
Currently Reading
Family read-aloud
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
Rick and I are reading together
When Sinners Say I Do
by: Dave Harvey
I am reading
Do Hard Things
by: Alex and Brett Harris
Our Morning Devotions are:
The Day By Day Bible
Cale and Joe are reading
Good and Evil
by: Michael Pearl
by:
Augustus Caesar's World
by:
Cale is reading:
For The Temple
by:GA Henty
Joe is reading:
by
Kade is reading:
Curious George books
Magazines to which we subscribe: The Old Schoolhouse
Birds and Blooms
Consumer Reports
Answers
World
Clubhouse
Clubhouse Jr.
Favorite Music
Selah
Steven Curtis Chapman
Chris Tomlin
Gaither Gospel
Dixieland Jazz
Quote Collection
"Til sin be bitter,
Christ will not be sweet."
Thomas Watson
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
unknown
"We wish you PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
unknown
"There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is."
Thomas Edison
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain."
unknown
"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
"All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
Emerson
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."
John Whitehead
"There is only one way to lead a child down the right path
that is to go that way yourself."
unknown
"A rose can say 'I love you,'
an orchid can enthrall,
But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist--
Oh my, that says it all!
unknown
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Oh the laugh of a child
so wild and free,
Is the merriest sound
in the world to me."
Isobel Atholwood
"Sometimes,"
said Pooh,
"the smallest things take up
the most room in your heart."
A.A. Milne
"Cleaning and scrubbing
can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep!"
unknown
Since Jan 1, 2008
May. 14, 2008 - Spelling City
Have i posted about Spelling City yet? If i have, forgive me, but i think it's worth mentioning again at any rate. I am loving this website. First, it is totally free. This is always a good thing. I go in and enter a list of words...my choice. I am entering two lists a week.....one for each of my older boys. For Cale, i am entering his list from his spelling book (Purposeful Design). For Joe, we go over a new spelling rule or pattern each week using our Phonics Pathways book. Then i enter in ten words from our lesson and any words with which he has had trouble lately and voila! I have his list for the week.
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Now, here is the cool part.....
The boys can have the website "teach" them the words, they can play games like a word search or hangman with their words on the site, and they can take their test online!!!!!! Yes, really. The site will say the word audibly for them and even use it in a sentence if they request and then they type in each word. It even grades them and they can print out a certificate with their score if they so desire.
So, if you haven't checked it out yet, hop over to SpellingCity.com and see what it's all about.
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On another note........Baby Will is expected to come home this Friday. He's been at Children's for over a month now. He is doing well with his G-Button and his feedings. Pray for his family to make the transition to having him home and learning how to take care of him properly with his special needs. He will also have to wear some type of harness or brace because he has a hip displacement. His Daddy is having to go out of town quite a bit the next few weeks with work, so pray for his mama as she is suddenly faced with new challenges without her man there.
Oh my, the Lord has used you in my life more than you know. Between the egg substitutes, teaching textbooks and now this. We use Phonics Pathways too, and Paulie has had such a hard time remembering it all. He is so visual, and I've been looking for something on the computer or online that would help supplement what he is learning, but not confuse him by teaching different rules. This site looks great.
Have you registered there or do you just use it each time you go on? I'm trying to find out what the benefits are to actually registering. Thank you so much for telling about this web site. What a blessing. :)
JoAnn
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