*Teaching the Trivium by Harvey and Laurie Bluedorn

*Wisdom's Way of Learning by Marilyn Howshall

*Proverbs

*Many blogs on the Principle Approach.

*Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes this is our history readaloud.

     My mind feels so full of new ideas and thoughts that I feel I need to download so I can create some more space. One thing I'm feeling more and more drawn to is notebooking. I want to create one for the household happenings as well as one for all of my homeschooling thoughts and ideas, i.e. books to read aloud. As well as a section to write down what I feel the children need to focus on individually-just "watching and waiting" ala M.Howshall.

     The 2 older children have begun their own notebooks, but now we need to organize them a bit. This has really been an eye opening creative endeavor for us. It really allows the children to discover themselves as they pursue those things they find of great interest; sometimes leading to a deeper passion. I feel I need to start a notebook like this myself as I still find myself discovering. This is an important point-'learning should never cease.' And the best way for me to pass this on to the children is for them to "see" me continuing my education.

     Something else I want to begin doing ala PA is to begin 4-ring which is still a new concept so stick w/ me....  I know part of it has to do with studying a key word using the 1828 Websters in particular and then using a concordance to find relevant scriptures. What a big world this homeschooling lifestyle opens up for the mommas. It's not just for the children.