Jesus Saves!!! Bible believing Baptist Christian homeschooling mom of 5 in USA http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:49:00 -0500 Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:49:00 -0500 tell me your secrets!! How do you do it? I have 5 children-12th grade, 6th grade, 5th grade, 2nd grade and 1st grade. It is a challenge. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/544486/ Sat, 7 Jun 2008 22:49:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/544486/ <div style="color: #000;"><br /><table width="350" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="1" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><tr><td style="background-color: #0066B3; color: white; font: 16px/1.1 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HowManyOfMe.com</td></tr><tr><td style="border: 1px solid black;"><table width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><tr><td width="120" style="padding-top: 2px;"><a href="http://howmanyofme.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="http://extimg.howmanyofme.com/extimages/howmany-logo.png" alt="Logo" width="100" height="100" style="border: 1px black" /></a></td><td><span style="font: 16px/1.1 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000;">There are <br /><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">8</span><br /> people with my name<br /> in the U.S.A.</span><br /></td></tr></table><a style="color: #0066B3; text-decoration: underline; font: bold 16px/1.8 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" href="http://howmanyofme.com">How many have your name?</a></td></tr></table><br /></div> http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/522399/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:46:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/522399/ Well, we completed Prairie Primer on April 11. It is bittersweet, because I enjoyed it so much, and I know that next year my oldest boy will be moving on to 6 th grade ....wooohoo hard stuff... I plan on continuing Math and Spelling for the 4th and 5th graders thru the summer. My K and 1st graders will continue reading and phonics and math thru the summer too. They are both doing well and I want to keep it going ... Our roof/boys bedroom is being repaired. We had some water damage this winter due to the snow. Today was day 1 of the project. I will be so happy when it is DONE! Our house has been somewhat cluttered since the boys stuff had to be moved out of the room so that the carpet could dry etc. Oldest dd will be 17 next week and is taking the SAT on May 3. WOW http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/521906/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:52:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/521906/ here in North Idaho we are awaiting the REAL arrival of spring. We have had snow since October, and LOTS of it. Snow levels highest in 19 yrs! Then when we have some warm temps, it melts, and was all the way up to 74 degrees 2 weeks ago, then we got more SNOW on Tuesday! School has been going well, but I just have not been consistant about posting.... Seeyou  here, there or in the air...Jesus is coming soon! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/521897/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:44:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/521897/ We are closing our business Veggie Tales/NEWA and we have some inventory left. These cd's sold for $24.95 retail, but you can order one today for $12.50 plus $2.50 shipping. I take paypal or money orders only.                                         Available names are: Taylor, Nathan,Noah, Paul, Rebecca, Rachel, Lance, Kyle, Kristen, Levi, Lauren, Laura on CD 1 (yellow label). Songs include:the Veggie Tales theme song, If youre happy and you know it, THe Hokey Pokey and more. Bob and Larry sing your childs name 20-30 times throughout the songs. CD 2 (Blue label) is Silly SOngs, which includes The cheeseburger song, I love my lips, and Ive been working on the railroad.   Names available: Cody, Brooklyn, Brooke, Brian,Bradley, Colton, Bryce, Bryson, Caden, Chloe, Christian, Colin.   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/436778/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:52:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/436778/ <table width="135" height="143" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><br /><br />  <tr><br /><br />    <p><td width="135" valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.gracecentered.com/abortion_ticker.htm"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z118/leesw/abortion_ticker.png" border="0" /></a></td><br /><br />  </tr><br /><br />  <tr><br /><br />    <td height="33"><span class="style1"><a href="http://www.gracecentered.com/abortion_ticker.htm">Put the abortion ticker on your blog or site.</a> </span></td><br /><br />  </tr><br /><br /></table><p><br /><br />             http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/431601/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:52:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/431601/ Cindy Rushton over at www.CindyRushton.com/HighSchool.html  is having a online seminar about homeschooling through the high school years. It is called Talk-a-Latte Seminar! a virtual seminar,  High School! YES! It CAN Be Easy Too! This looks like it is going to be a fun time of learning and fellowship! Here is the schedule and topics:Its not too late! Listen today!!! Saturday, November 10, 2007: 9AM CST: Train Them Up! Fostering Your Child's Bents--Jill Novak 11AM CST: Literature for Teens--Janice Campbell 1PM CST: 10 Ways to Jazz Up Your Science Curriculum--Felice Gerwitz 3PM CST: Getting a Jumpstart on College--Janice Campbell   Scheduled Start Time is CST, CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. Just Click on the link above and you'll find out all the information you need.  Hope to see you there!! The Bitter Homeschooler' s Wish ListFrom Secular Homeschooling Magazine, Issue #1 1 Please stop asking us if it's legal. If it is - and it is - it's insulting to imply that we're criminals. And if we were criminals, would we admit it? 2 Learn what the words "socialize" and "socialization" mean, and use the one you really mean instead of mixing them up the way you do now. Socializing means hanging out with other people for fun. Socialization means having acquired the skills necessary to do so successfully and pleasantly. If you're talking to me and my kids, that means that we do in fact go outside now and then to visit the other human beings on the planet, and you can safely assume that we've got a decent grasp of both concepts. 3 Quit interrupting my kid at her dance lesson, scout meeting, choir practice, baseball game, art class, field trip, park day, music class, 4H club, or soccer lesson to ask her if as a homeschooler she ever gets to socialize. 4 Don't assume that every homeschooler you meet is homeschooling for the same reasons and in the same way as that one homeschooler you know. 5 If that homeschooler you know is actually someone you saw on TV, either on the news or on a "reality" show, the above goes double. 6 Please stop telling us horror stories about the homeschoolers you know, know of, or think you might know who ruined their lives by homeschooling. You're probably the same little bluebird of happiness whose hobby is running up to pregnant women and inducing premature labor by telling them every ghastly birth story you've ever heard. We all hate you, so please go away. 7 We don't look horrified and start quizzing your kids when we hear they're in public school. Please stop drilling our children like potential oil fields to see if we're doing what you consider an adequate job of homeschooling. 8 Stop assuming all homeschoolers are religious. 9 Stop assuming that if we're religious, we must be homeschooling for religious reasons. 10 We didn't go through all the reading, learning, thinking, weighing of options, experimenting, and worrying that goes into homeschooling just to annoy you. Really. This was a deeply personal decision, tailored to the specifics of our family. Stop taking the bare fact of our being homeschoolers as either an affront or a judgment about your own educational decisions. 11 Please stop questioning my competency and demanding to see my credentials. I didn't have to complete a course in catering to successfully cook dinner for my family; I don't need a degree in teaching to educate my children. If spending at least twelve years in the kind of chew-it-up-and- spit-it-out educational facility we call public school left me with so little information in my memory banks that I can't teach the basics of an elementary education to my nearest and dearest, maybe there's a reason I'm so reluctant to send my child to school. 12 If my kid's only six and you ask me with a straight face how I can possibly teach him what he'd learn in school, please understand that you're calling me an idiot. Don't act shocked if I decide to respond in kind. 13 Stop assuming that because the word "home" is right there in "homeschool, " we never leave the house. We're the ones who go to the amusement parks, museums, and zoos in the middle of the week and in the off-season and laugh at you because you have to go on weekends and holidays when it's crowded and icky. 14 Stop assuming that because the word "school" is right there in homeschool, we must sit around at a desk for six or eight hours every day, just like your kid does. Even if we're into the "school" side of education - and many of us prefer a more organic approach - we can burn through a lot of material a lot more efficiently, because we don't have to gear our lessons to the lowest common denominator. 15 Stop asking, "But what about the Prom?" Even if the idea that my kid might not be able to indulge in a night of over-hyped, over-priced revelry was enough to break my heart, plenty of kids who do go to school don't get to go to the Prom. For all you know, I'm one of them. I might still be bitter about it. So go be shallow somewhere else. 16 Don't ask my kid if she wouldn't rather go to school unless you don't mind if I ask your kid if he wouldn't rather stay home and get some sleep now and then. 17 Stop saying, "Oh, I could never homeschool!" Even if you think it's some kind of compliment, it sounds more like you're horrified. One of these days, I won't bother disagreeing with you any more. 18 If you can remember anything from chemistry or calculus class, you're allowed to ask how we'll teach these subjects to our kids. If you can't, thank you for the reassurance that we couldn't possibly do a worse job than your teachers did, and might even do a better one. 19 Stop asking about how hard it must be to be my child's teacher as well as her parent. I don't see much difference between bossing my kid around academically and bossing him around the way I do about everything else. 20 Stop saying that my kid is shy, outgoing, aggressive, anxious, quiet, boisterous, argumentative, pouty, fidgety, chatty, whiny, or loud because he's homeschooled. It's not fair that all the kids who go to school can be as annoying as they want to without being branded as representative of anything but childhood. 21 Quit assuming that my kid must be some kind of prodigy because she's homeschooled. 22 Quit assuming that I must be some kind of prodigy because I homeschool my kids. 23 Quit assuming that I must be some kind of saint because I homeschool my kids. 24 Stop talking about all the great childhood memories my kids won't get because they don't go to school, unless you want me to start asking about all the not-so-great childhood memories you have because you went to school. 25 Here's a thought: If you can't say something nice about homeschooling, shut up!         Graphic Garden  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/422261/ Sat, 10 Nov 2007 11:14:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/422261/ 1. What is your occupation? Wife, Mom, Secretary/Billing/Accounts manager, Teacher, Domestic engineer, nurse, Laundry maintenance, Cook/cleaning lady, let me think I know I do more than that  2. What color are your socks right now? white                                                           .. 3. What are you listening to right now? the hum of the computers  4. What was the last thing that you ate? Venison  5. Can you drive a stick shift? Sorta...  6. Last person you spoke to on the phone? The lady from City Hall .. 7. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I took it from someone else  8. How old are you today? 36  9. What is your favorite sport to watch?   10. What is your favorite drink? water  11. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yes many times  12. Pet(s): Dog-Leah, Cat-Scarecrow, New Dog Today-Alamo 13. Favorite food? sauteed mushrooms and celery 14. What was the last movie you watched? Bugs Bunny  15. Favorite day of the year? Dec. 25 16. How do you vent anger? Yell   17. What was your favorite toy as a child? not sure  18. What is your favorite season?Autumn   19. Hugs or kisses? Hugs  20. Cherries or Blueberries? Blueberries Living arrangements? husband and me and 5 children  22. When was the last time you cried? Monday  23. What is on the floor of your closet? Too much stuff.... . 24. Who's the friend you've had the longest that you are sending this to? ?? . 25. What did you do last night? went shopping,worked on my blog . 26. Favorite smells? Cinnamon, Vanilla, Pumpkin, Apple pie 27. What inspires you? Christians that go thru hard times and Praise God thru it!!!  28. What are you most afraid of? lost relatives dying and going to Hell  29. Cheese or spicy hamburgers? Cheeseburger...  30. Favorite dog breed? German Shepherds, English Springer Spaniels  31. Favorite day?Thanksgiving http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/419965/ Fri, 2 Nov 2007 17:27:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/419965/ <script src="http://www.verse-a-day.com/js/KJV.js"></script> I hate halloween (Helloween as some call it) but I just love the Autumn colors, the coolness, the leaves falling off the trees and THE CANDY CORN!!! and PUMPKINS yummmmy   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/419561/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:30:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/419561/ <script src="http://www.verse-a-day.com/js/KJV.js"></script> Here we are on the Prairie still, we are learning about the Osage Indians. Not much research on that since our requested library books never came. No crafts either, no moccasin kits. Too bad. We did learn about Kansas and panthers and tee pees, and our names in Chinese (nothing to do with LHP but it was fun anyway) My name is Anna- in Xia Ai Ning. wooo fancy aint it? =-) We had a lot of rain this week. Daddy was off on Monday, so he took the 4 little ones fishing.They did not catch any fish, but someone gave them 3 rainbow trout. We cooked them for breakfast the next day.... I stayed home with R and we mowed the lawn.  Then I enjoyed some special time alone, coloring my gray/brown hair , turning into a lovely dark brown.=-0  oh yes, we like brown, not ready for the all over gray look yet....... The older boys got a job raking leaves, so they spent a few hours working on that this week. On Wednesday, I took 2 little girls over to visit 86 yr old Grandma for coffee/cocoa and some chatting ....we had a nice time. On Thursday, it RAINED some more, we got school work done and some friends came over to play games. The boys all played football in the rain. I researched some Health things this week, GALL bladdar /liver cleansing, YIPEEE. I have been drinking fresh apple juice, lemon juice and making my own green drinks with Kale and carrots all week. I am not having any problems in this area, but just trying to avoid any future problems. Friday was Library day/field trip but it was raining again and I had to get my haircut.. the library is under construction so we did not get to stay and hang out like we usually do. Over the river and thru the woods, its a short trip really, to Grandmas house we go. For Saturday and SUnday. Grandma is having birthday cake for Andrew and we hope to visit some friends at church on Sunday... Live for Jesus! Viva por Jesus! Live for Jesus! Viva por Jesus!   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/419560/ Sun, 21 Oct 2007 00:29:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/luv2homeschool4him/419560/