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COS & Learning Websites for our 2009-10 School Year

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:09:00 -0500

I love fun ways to help our kids (and myself!) learn. Here is the plan I've come up with to use this year. We are doing Classical Conversations again this year, and this will be my 3rd year tutoring. Enjoy the links!

Our "Course of Study" for 2009-2010

Family:

Classical Conversations History, Science, Latin, Geography, Math, English Grammar

History Story of the World, Vol. 1

Bible Bedtime Bible Story Book, Memorizing Verses as directed by daddy

Character Noah Webster's Moral Catechism; Character Sketches

Little Man: (First Grade, just turned 6)

Reading McGuffey Readers, Books from Library & Home

Math Ray's Arithmetic, Workbooks from Dollar Store, Calculadder

Handwriting Donna Young's site, copywork

Darling Daughter: (Fifth Grade, 10 yo)

Math Saxon 65, Calculadder

Spelling Apples Daily Spelling Drills for Secondary Students

Writing IEW: Ancient History

Grammar Essentials of the English Language

TO USE WITH KIDS FOR OUR "FUN FRIDAYS"

http://montessorimom.com/montessori-free-printouts-downloads/

CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS:

http://www.classicalconversationswakeforest.com/doc/Cycle1/Cycle1ReadingResource.pdf

http://www.classicalconversationswakeforest.com/resources.html (for our Classical Conversation year)

GENERAL:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/

http://ellenjmchenry.com/id1.html (marvelous site with printable games, etc)

http://www.howstuffworks.com/ (videos to supplement learning)

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HISTORY

http://www.pppst.com/ancienthistory.html (fun site! free presentations in PowerPoint format for Archaeology, Early Humans, Ancient Mesopotamia/Sumer/Babylon, Assyria, Ancient Hebrews, Ancient Persians, Ancient Celts, Vikings, Anglo-Saxons, Ancient Mongols, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Ancient China, Ancient India, Ancient Japan, 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, Ghana, Mali, Songhay, Incas, Mayas, Aztecs, and more

http://www.mrdonn.org/ (a favorite site. Lots to glean from here.)

Weeks 1-2: 10 Commandments

http://ancienthistory.pppst.com/hebrews.html

Week 3: Greek/Roman Gods

http://greece.mrdonn.org/greekgods/index.html

Week 4: 7 Wonders

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/worldgames/puzzles/jigsaw_menu.htm (cool puzzles)

http://presentations.pppst.com/7wonders-lighthouse.ppt#303,9,Slide 9 (very neat links to powerpoints of all 7 wonders; will need to click “open”)

http://egypt.mrdonn.org/pharaohs.html (although not a history sentence this year, if you want more information on pharaohs, this has some good ppts. on famous pharaohs.)

Week 5 & 6: Rome

http://rome.mrdonn.org/hannibal.html (Punic Wars)

http://rome.mrdonn.org/twoempires.html (Western & Eastern empires)

http://rome.mrdonn.org/barbarians.html (huns, etc)

http://rome.mrdonn.org/fall.html (fall of rome)

Week 7-9: Confucianism, Taoism, Buddism, Hinduism; India

http://www.mrdonn.org/religions.html

http://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/3Teachings.html

http://india.mrdonn.org/indus.html

Week 10: Japan

http://countries.mrdonn.org/japan.html (scroll down to Shogun section)

http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/GlobalStudies/ImperialistJapan.ppt (click “open”)

http://www.pptpalooza.net/PPTs/GlobalStudies/FeudalJapan.ppt

Week 11: Byzantine

http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/justinianscode.html (Justinian Code)

http://medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/crusades.html (Crusades)

Week 13-15: Ancient Africa

http://africa.mrdonn.org/index.html

Week 16 & 17: Mesoamerican civilizations

http://mayas.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/index.html

http://aztecs.mrdonn.org/spanish-arrival.html

Week 18 & 19: Ancient Native Americans

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212160/ (Mound Builders)

http://nativeamericans.mrdonn.org/southwest/anasazi.html

Week 20: Mexican Independence

http://countries.mrdonn.org/mexico.html

Week 21 & 22: Canada

http://countries.mrdonn.org/canada.html

http://countries.pppst.com/canada.html (many ppt presentations)

http://www.wwu.edu/depts/castudies/k12studycanada/files/scsi2004/social%20studies%20ch%205.ppt (Early history of Canada; Viking & Explorer info)

Week 23 & 24: South America

http://continents.mrdonn.org/southamerica.html

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PRESIDENTS:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/History/presidents/Presidents_menu.htm

Learn fascinating facts about 20th Century Presidents. Each quiz selects 20 trivia facts at random from a total set of 340, offering unlimited play.

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GEOGRAPHY:
http://africa.mrdonn.org/geography.html

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SCIENCE:
Week 1: Five Kingdoms

http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/id114.html (Pond scum/protozoa game; at home)

http://science.pppst.com/5kingdoms.html

Week 2: Classifications of Living Things

http://science.pppst.com/sorting.html

Week 3: Animal Cell
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/health/anatomy/cell/cell_tutorial.htm (interactive screen/cell tutorial for animal cell; also has game & quiz)

Week 4: Plant Cell

http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/id147.html (Plant cell game; would be fun for class)

http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/id80.html (chloroplasts book)

Week 5 & 6: Invertebrates & Vertebrates

http://animals.pppst.com/vertebrates.html

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/special_exhibits/bones/games/Game1_FINAL.html (fun game to see if your kids know which are “boney or boneless”)

Week 8-12: Plants

http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/id93.html (photosynthesis game for home for upper elementary)

Wk 19: Ocean Zones

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/articles/deepsea/ocean_zones.htm

http://www.ellenjmchenry.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/3doceanbingo.pdf

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MUSIC:

http://www.makingmusicfun.net/

http://www.classicsforkids.com/ (great podcasts)

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MATH:

http://www.education.com/files/50301_50400/50338/file_50338.pdf (dot-to-dot by 1’s)

http://www.makingmusicfun.net/pdf/worksheets/mozart-multiplication-connect-the-dot.pdf (Mozart by 4’s)

http://www.makingmusicfun.net/pdf/worksheets/bach-connect-the-dot-worksheet.pdf (Bach by 5’s)

http://www.classicalconversationswakeforest.com/doc/SkipCountingDrillSheets.pdf (recommend)

(First Grade, just turned 6)

Our Favorite Books of the Quarter

Wed, 4 Mar 2009 19:13:00 -0600

We have been busy enjoying life the past few months, just soaking up family time and enjoying one another as we focus on schooling,life-and-character training, etc. I also tutor for Classical Conversations, which along with homeschooling, cleaning, cooking, mothering, etc, limits my free time. (Hence why not so much posting on the blog. I may go back and back-date some entries from our Homeschool Tracker Journal and post some pictures. Spring & summer lends us a little more free time, as Classical Conversations classes end in 5 weeks.)

This quarter, we are enjoying two wonderful books. First, our family read-aloud is the classic "The Secret Garden." Darling Daughter has the Focus on the Family Theater radio drama, and in the past we've borrowed the audiobook from the library. This time around, I'm reading a chapter a day, either in the morning after devotions or at bedtime. We are noticing the difference between the radio drama and the book and are learning about gardening. DD has even confiscated a spot in the front yard for her own "secret" garden. The book also reminds us of our dear friends who live in India and we know from them just how hot it can get in India, so we understand why Mary was sickly, sallow, and had languished from its heat.

Our historical living history is "Rifles for Waite." We are learning about American History this year, and looking through the library audiobooks, I stumbled across this Newberry Medal winner. We have loved it! It contains what happened in the middle of the US during the Civil War and follows a young Kansan, Jefferson Davis Bussy, through his time with the Union Army. You get to view the war from both sides, learn about life as a soldier, and grasp some of the history of the Cherokee Indian Nation. We have 2 more CD's to go and can't wait to see how this ends. What a rich, full book!

(Update: March 5, 2009

Received an email about Homeschool in the Woods free sample of their Civil War package. I will browse through it today to see if there is anything of interest for us.

Little Man on the Race for President

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 08:02:00 -0500

Little Man has been extremely interested in this year's Presidential Race, in his own little five year old way. He's caught glimpes of the canditates on TV when Daddy & I watch debates, news shows, etc. He chatters on and on about the little bits he hears and sees.

His latest quips that have sent us putting our hands over our mouths trying to cover our giggles....

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"I would make a great president someday." When asked why he said, "Because I'm talkative!" (Yes, Little Man, very important as a president.)

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"Daddy, McCain doesn't look angry anymore. He's smiling. (When he saw McCain on the news at a rally.) He's not looking at Obama like this..." (and proceeded to make a hilarious "grumpy" face like the one McCain made at the final debate.)

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"When are they going to be done racing and who is going to win? Who is the fastest?" We think he is picturing the Presidential "Race" as a track and field event.

S&T Fri -- Little Man's Birthday Extravaganza

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:56:00 -0500

Join the rest of us over at Mary aka CanadaGirl as we share our weekly Show&Tells.

Our Little Man turned five last Friday, so we celebrated in our traditional family way -- A week-long BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!!

As the birthday boy, he chose the breakfast and then played all day with his new workbench. (When he sees you next time, he'll be ready to help you, Grandpa Mel & Grandpa Farmer!)

On Saturday, we went up to the city where we went to the park as a family...

After a stop at Barnes and Nobles to read some books and play with their Thomas the Train table, it was time to eat.

"So, Little Man, where should we go to eat for your special birthday dinner?"

"Should we go to Saigon? Or Manila? Hanoi ? Or Seoul?"

"No? Hummm... well all those did seem terribly far away. Oh, what did you say? The white sign on the bottom tells us where you would like to go? Well, sure! Indochine it is!"

Our family's pick of "bday dinner" restaraunts (so far this year -- 3 out of 4 of us have chosen it, and the fourth person hasn't had his birthday yet) has been a delightful place called Indochine. The owner is half Vietnamese and half French, and has created a place that pleases all of your senses.

The rickshaw, the beautiful lush vegetation and fish ponds, the artistry of the decor, even the little bathroom made us feel like we really had travel thousands of miles to Vietnam.

It was nice enough for us to eat in the garden in one of the little outdoor "houses." Everything is good here and we ordered pad thai, mamsaman curry, and chicken with basil. YUM! We came hungry and enjoyed every bite!

As our tummies were getting contented and the leftover food was ready to be boxed up, the birthday boy was not shy about letting the waiter know, when asked, "Are you folks going to have any dessert?", that it was his birthday. Our excellent server laughed and then graciously brought out Little Man's chocolate cake topped with five lit candles for him to make a wish with.

[And, his week is not quite over yet. After all, it's not every day/year you turn five. This Saturday, we are having a few families over to swim at our neighborhood pool and join us for lunch. Little Man even planned the menu for his friends: grilled hamburgers, baked beans, homemade strawberry lemonade, grapes, watermelon, and ice cream cake.]

Last Friday, while he was playing, I looked back through the pictures of him through the years and reminised...

We Found Our Fill, On Blueberry Hill.... (with recipes!)

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:04:00 -0500

Well, not a hill really. Just a few acres that a wonderful family has owned along one of our local highways for several generations and has a U-pick blueberry farm on it. Even though neighborhoods are popping up around it and a Dollar General has built a store next to it, they continue to bless the area with their wonderful blueberries.

As the population grows and more people hear about it, due to demand (lots of people pick their fill quickly) they are only open a few Saturdays in the summer. You just watch as you drive along the highway for their sign to change from "CLOSED" to "OPEN THIS SATURDAY 7-11."

I was thrilled to over-hear last year the conversation between someone I was behind in the "pay here" line and one of the family members who owns it. The customer asked them when they were going to sell and reap the benefits of the "land boom." "Never," was the family's reply. (How I hope that determination lasts.)

Every year, we pick bucketfuls of blueberries to enjoy throughout the rest of the year. Last year, we picked 40-some pounds in one day (due to the late, hard frost of 2007, they were only open that one day last summer). This summer, we picked 98 pounds during our two mornings of gathering. One-third of our freezer is packed with blueberries for fruit smoothies, muffins, cobblers, etc., which will last us until next summer's picking.

Here are some of our family's favorite bluebery recipes which have gotten rave reviews from family and friends....

Blueberry Smoothies

In blender (or Magic Bullet), add the following in about equal parts until it fills the half-way point of the blender: Banana; frozen blueberries; frozen strawberries and/or other mixed berries.
Then add a heaping tablespoon of Green Max Powder or your other favorite green powder for extra nutrition, if you prefer (our DD doesn't, but still we will sneak a smaller amount in hers).
Add orange juice to the top and blend until smooth.

Blueberry Cobbler aka Blueberry "Brownies"

I make this for potlucks, etc. This summer, during a fellowship dinner after church, a friend's son told her, "Mom! You have GOT to try the blueberry brownies!" When she told me, I had a good laugh and told her to let her son know that I would now call it by the new name he gave it. It doesn't "look" as pretty as a regular cobbler, so his name of Blueberry "Brownies" fits perfectly.

3 1/2 c.blueberries
2 c. sugar (I use raw or turbinado)
1 Stick of butter
1 c. unbleached flour
1/4 t. baking soda
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
1 c. buttermilk
1 t. vanilla

1. Melt butter in 8 x 11 baking dish, or a 2-quart pyrex pan. Heat Melt Melt Melt 1. Melt butter in 8 x 11 baking dish, or a 2-quart pyrex pan. Heat blueberries in 1 cup sugar to boil, stir frequently. Pour blueberries in baking dish over melted butter.

2. Mix 1 cup sugar, baking soda, flour, buttermilk and vanilla by hand; pour over blueberries. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour or until top is golden brown.

Blueberry-Apple Crumb Pie

Filling

3 c. fresh/frozen blueberries
3-4 Granny Smith apples or any other tart apple - thinly sliced
2/3 c. raw, turbinado, or other natural sugar
1 1/2 T. unbleached flour
1 T. lemon juice
1 1/2 T./ cornstarch
1/2 t. cinnamon
Dash of nutmeg

Topping

1 c. unbleached flour (can substitute whole wheat pastry flour)
1 c. turbinado sugar (or other raw sugar)
1/2 c. butter
3 Tablespoons milk

Directions

Prepare filling by mixing together blueberries, apples, flour, cornstarch, lemon juice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Place mixture in unbaked pie shell.

Prepare topping by mixing together brown sugar and flour in a bowl.Cut in butter until crumbly. Pour over filling mixture, then pour milk over this combined mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 to 60 minutes. Topping should be golden brown and mixture should be bubbling. Serve warm with vanilla ice-cream!

Easy as 1,2,3 -- Blueberry Pancakes

This is our typical Saturday morning breakfast meal. I make the big batch that follows so we will have left-overs for snacking and for a quick Sunday morning breakfast before church. I named it this to help remember the measuring amount of the ingredients. There is 1 one, 2 twos, and 3 threes. You can also just mix the dry ingredients together and store in the freezer as a "quick mix" to pull out. It would just be 1 cup of the dry mix to 1 cup of water and 1 egg.)

1 c. dry milk (I've gone to using dry milk in many of my recipes for economical and storage reasons. -- if you want to use regular milk, substitute the 3 c. of water listed below for milk.)

2 T. baking powder

2 T. turbinado sugar (or other raw sugar)

3 c. whole wheat flour (can use whole wheat pastry, unbleached, barley, or other flours -- sometimes I will add a little of each)

3 c. water

3 eggs

A couple of cups fresh/frozen blueberries (Darling Hubby LOVES lots of blueberries in his pancakes, so add as many or as few as your family likes)

Mix dry ingredients together and then add the wet ingredients. Mix until combined.

Pour about 1/4 c. of batter onto hot (greased if needed) skillet or griddle.

Cook over medium heat for about 2 minutes on each side or until the pancakes are golden brown, turning to second sides when pancakes have bubbly edges or edges are slightly dry.

"This is the Best Bread" -- "Just Like a Restaurant's!"

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:09:00 -0500

Those are the comments I got from Darling Daughter when she took a bite of the bread I had made from a new reciepe. I had run out of whole wheat flour last week and needed to make some bread, so I grabbed the unbleached flour and doctored up a recipe I found. It give you the lightness of white bread, but with the healthy-ness of unbleached flour and wheat bran.

1 ½ c. lukewarm water

4 c. unbleached flour

1 c. wheat bran (can also use oat bran)

2 t. salt

3 T. raw sugar

2 T. dry milk

2 T. olive oil

2 t. dry yeast

Mix all ingredients together in mixing bowl or bread maker and knead for recommeneded times. Let rise for 1 hour or until doubled. Punch down and form into loaves (can also make dinner or cinnamon rolls). Let rise. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. COVER with foil and cook for another 5-10 minutes or until done. (I've only made free-form loaves out of it so far -- if using bread pans, it may take longer.)

Week in Review -- August 10-16

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:45:00 -0500

This week was a full one, but the kind I like -- what a blessing it is to be healthy, have chores to do, and places to go -- it means you have a home to care for, food to prepare, and family and friends to share life with.

Sunday, we went mini-golfing after church. Little Man requested this last Friday, so Daddy made a phone call and we were able to enjoy 18 holes in the town where we attend church. (We live in a county that has more neighborhoods than actual towns. Everything is spread out and driving to get to places is just the norm for us.)

After sun-set, we focused on taking time to clean the house (I call it our "House Blessing"). The kids tended to their weekly chores, and I did the others. We try to keep things up, so it's not so bad most of the time and takes us under an hour. I'm going to try to do this every Sunday night so we can start our week off fresh and not have to do it during the school week (which eats into our school time). Saturday is usually our true day of rest unless we have some major house chores to do; Sundays DH gets up before 6 am to help set up at church (we meet in a movie theater) and I help with the children's ministry, and then we get home around 1pm, have lunch and usually nap, read, play with the kids, etc.

Monday, we went to DD's riding lessons in the morning and afterwards went to the "hometown" library. We have started volunteering there a couple days a month. DD gets to learn the library system and we both get to give back to the community -- Little Man hangs out and looks at books and plays. We came home where I did several loads of laundry and made a call to the children's pediatrician to set-up routine annual check-ups for them for later this month. We had a delicious dinner of homemade rotisserie chicken & couscous for supper.

Tuesday, I cleaned the master bedroom and washed the bedding. I also made it my "Bread Day" and baked 2 loaves of wheat, 4 of unbleached with wheat bran, and a batch of cinnamon rolls that I freeze for a quick grab-&-go breakfast for Sunday mornings. There is nothing better than fresh bread! Unless it's fresh bread with homemade chicken soup, which I made with the leftovers from the night before, as DH felt like he was coming down with a sore throat and wanted to nip it in the bud (the soup worked!). Little Man was thumbing though an atlas and saw a page on Mexico. He got the art supplies and made the Mexican flag, and from there was spurred on to ask many questions about that country -- I love his love of learning (Maybe he was drawn to it, as we are learning Spanish this year?)

Wednesday, we left early to drive up to the city for a day of errands and meetings. Our kittens had their appointments to be spayed/neutered at the Humane Society, so we dropped them off at 9am and were told to pick them up at 5pm. We went to the city library and Little Man wanted books on Mexico, so we checked some out.

We met the director of our Classical Conversations group and the other four tutors at Monkey Joes to have tutor meeting in order to go over the first 12 weeks of our co-op (we were to meet at a park but changed plans due to the rain). We were able to get a party room and spent 3 hours discussing our year. I'm so excited for our upcoming classes. We've doubled our enrollment and are adding 2 more Foundations classes (last year we had 3). Another tutor & I are returning (the 3rd is moving) and the 3 new ones are going to be fantastic. I love every family in our group and can't wait to meet the new ones and the students I'll be tutoring. I also need to say a big thank you to DD who watched her little brother with such care and unselfishness so I could focus on the meeting. She is the best big sister! (And daughter!)

Afterwards we did a quick shopping trip to Old Navy were I had a $5 credit and I ended up buying 2 pairs of children's flipflops with the credit. Then to Sams for our grocery run and gas, and finally picking up the kittens (who did just fine) and headed home.

Thursday was a work day for me as I finalized all the helps for the Foundations weekly memory work, etc I had created over the summer for Classical Conversations (CC) and sent them to the other tutors. I also finished my parent letter, and other odds and ends for the Pressentials class I'll also be teaching. Foundations will be Tuesday mornings starting after Labor Day and Pressentials will be in the afternoons (where I'm teaching Writing Trails in American History, Shurley English Level 3, and all 3 Cycles/years of CC's English Grammar weekly facts) .

The kids did school and drew more Mexican flags and I pulled out our Ancient History Pockets book for Little Man who wanted more information on Mexico. So copies were made for him of the Ancient Aztecs material. Since DD had already did the entire book two years ago, she was content to spend the afternoon reading.

I simmered pinto beans on the stove all day for beans & rice for supper, which we had along with a big spinach salad. In the evening, since it was gloriously cool after several weeks of very hot weather, the kids and I slept in the playhouse (Daddy prefers his own bed).

Friday, we had french toast for Little Man's 5th bday and then he opened his birthday gifts from us. He played with his new Home Depot play workbench and tools all day while listening to his new CD/radio. He is truly one happy "Big 5 Year Old Boy."

I finally made much needed phone calls to friends to invite one family over for a swim next week, while the other friend told me about some co-op classes down here in our county that her group is going to do. (They sound wonderful, but we will need to see if we are able to do them since we are involved in our weekly Classical Conversations group, and two groups may just be too much for us. They are doing a very wise thing though and planning for them to take place from 2:30 to 5:00pm, as they understand having a morning out of the house makes it hard to do your needed homeschool studies.)

Hubby came home and took the kids to the neighborhood pool to swim so I could make homemade tortillas to go with the beans & rice. We relaxed as a family in the evening and watched a little of the Olympics. After putting the kids to bed, I had a cup of tea, read a little of the new Court Reporter magazine for HSLDA, and drifted off to sleep listening to the book of James from our audio bible CDs.

Today, Saturdy, we slept in until almost 8:00 am (a big deal at our house) and enjoyed blueberry pancakes. We watched the video replay of Michael Phelps record-tying 7th gold medal swim. Later this afternoon, we plan to drive up to the city to continue celebrating Little Man's birthday by going out to eat at one of our favorite restaraunts. (So far, 3 of us have had birthdays this year and we've all requested to go there -- wonder if Daddy will also pick it when it is his turn...)

Tomorrow, Sunday, we will go to church and then come home and get ready to go to our church's Baptism Celebration later that afternoon. We always have it at a local Baptist camp that over looks the ocean -- truly a beautiful place. I think I'll take Blueberry "Brownies" (a great story goes with their name) for the big potluck we'll be having.

S&T Fri -- First Week of School

Fri, 8 Aug 2008 08:00:00 -0500

We do school year-round, but took time off from heavy academics during the month of July. We started back this week, and what a great week it was! (Our curriculm outline is HERE.)

Every year, we give the kids a large gift bag with their school supplies, books, etc and we sit around and the excitement begins as they pull everything out one-by-one. Afterwards, they decorated the outside covers of their school planners.

Little Man is wonderfully creative, like his sister, and came up to me on Monday and said, "Mommy, I want to make an American flag." Before I could finish what I was currently doing to help him, he had gotten some paper towel, a kite stick, and the markers out and was busy doing it all on his own. Our little guy is getting big and more independent!

We also did some really great nature study this week, so go on over to our "For the Beauty" blog to check it out. (Was a "C" Week theme -- Crickets & Cicadas!)

Please join the rest of the crowd for Show&Tell every Friday! Get all the information over at:

Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles

Mon, 4 Aug 2008 07:30:00 -0500

I began my journey today of working through the Paul's Epistles during my quiet times as we start our school year. These letters, or epistles, were written for doctorine, reproof, instruction and correction, all areas I'm desiring to grow in.

I'm am reading them chronologically, in the order he wrote them (some scholars disagree on the exact dates), studying his inspired teachings as he traveled around building and exhorting the early Church. I study from The Reformation Study Bible and www.bible.crosswalk.com, along with listening to the bible on CD as we drive around in the car, hang out around the house, and drift off to sleep at night. (Deut. 6)

Books Written by Paul

Missionary Journey #	Books	Description	Date
2	1 Thessalonians & 2 Thessalonians	Written during 2nd missionary journey in Corinth. Called the "eschalogical epistle." "escha" = last "logical" = study of Are about the study of "last things" -- the 2nd coming of Christ 1 Thes. is about the history of Paul's ministry among them; Instructions in Ethics, Eschatology, & Congregational Life 2 Thes. is about Paul's cause for boasting ; Instructions regarding the Day of the Lord, Prayer & Exhortation, and Labor	50-51 AD

The following 4 letters written during Paul's 3rd missionary journey are called the "Doctrinal Epistles"
3	Galatians	Discusses the problem in Galatia (Dif. gospel from false teachers; Defends Paul's Apostleship; Paul's Defense of the Gospel	54-55 AD
3	1 Corinthians	1 Cor was written in Ephesus. Describes the divisions of the church (The Gospel & True Wisdom; Ministry & Apostleship); Responds to the Corinthians letter	55 AD
3	2 Corinthians	Written after Paul left Ephisus but before he arrived again in Corinth. Explains Paul's ministry; Shares about the Christians in Jerusalem; Defends against the false apostles	55-56 AD
3	Romans	Written in Corinth, before his visit to Jerusalem Themes are: The righteousness of God for Jew & Gentile Mankind's universal sinfulness God's righteousness for justification Grace reigns through God's righteousness God demonstrates His righteousness in Jews & Gentiles God's righteousness grasped & expressed in His people's lives Paul's plans & Concluding greetings	55-57 AD

The next 4 books were written during Paul's first imprisonment, which was a 2-year house arrest in Rome (Acts 28). They are called the "Prison Epistles." The theme of these letters are "Christology" or the "study of Christ" because the doctorine of the person & work of Christ is prominent in them. I remember these books with the acronym that comes from a popular soft drink: "PEPC" (click to read a devotion I taught on Paul's prison epistles titled: "One Believer's Journey: Would We Sign Up for This Trip?"
	Philemon	Written to Philemon, a Christian brother & slaveholder, asking him to welcome Onesimus (Philemon's slave who had run away and met Paul in Rome, where Paul led him to Christ.) back not as a slave, but a Christian brother.	60 AD
	Ephesians	Ephesus contained the Temple of Diana, which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Themes are... Our Position in Christ Our Walk in Christ: Toward Unity & Purity Our Stand Against the Spiritual Forces of Darkness	60-62 AD
	Philippians	Themes are... The Truth of the Gospel Truth Against Error	61-62 AD
	Colossians	Themes are... God's Son as Head over Creation & the Cosmic Powers, as well as Head over Re-creation & Reconciliation The Purpose of Paul's Ministry & and His Interest in the Colossians. The Sufficiency of Christ Life in Christ	61 AD

The final 3 books were written during Paul's release and 2nd imprisonment. Called the "Pastoral Epistles" or Ecclesiastical because of the emphesis on church adminstration.
4	1 Timothy	Written in Macedonia to Timothy Themes are... Dealing with False Teachers & the Law Paul's Testimony & Charge Instructions for the Life of the Church The Problem with False Doctorine Guidelines fr a Young Pastor	62-65AD
4	Titus	Written in Macedonia to Titus, a Gentile Christian. Paul wanted Titus to complete the organization of the churches, deal with false teachers, give instructions to the churches on proper conduct. Themes are... Organizing the Churches in Crete Instructing Various Groups Instructing on Doing What is Good.	62-64AD
	2 Timothy	Written in Rome while awaiting death Themes are... Exhortations to Boldness & Faithfulness The Problem of False Teachers Paul's Final Instructions to Timothy	66 AD

Padems Visit, Part 2

Sat, 2 Aug 2008 07:30:00 -0500

Here are some more pictures that I just received from a friend* from church of Sunday's events while the Padems were here visiting.

Yesupadem & Monika meet and greet people outside the cinema our church is renting on Sundays. Yes, Virginia, we DO meet in a movie theater!
Pastor Troy & Yesupadem joking around.
The prayer before the sermon.
Yesupadem sharing his testimony and challenging us from God's Word.

*We have a wonderful servant at our church who takes pictures every week to capture the events of our church. What a blessing she is, as it allows a chronicling of the history of our church, day by day, which all too soon turn into years. As they use her pictures for slide shows, etc, I am always grateful that Ms. Bev is always there, quietly and consistently taking wonderful pictures. She had snapped some the Sunday Yesupadem spoke, and graciously sent me some copies this week.

Classical Conversations	History, Science, Latin, Geography, Math, English Grammar
History	Story of the World, Vol. 1
Bible	Bedtime Bible Story Book, Memorizing Verses as directed by daddy
Character	Noah Webster's Moral Catechism; Character Sketches

Reading	McGuffey Readers, Books from Library & Home
Math	Ray's Arithmetic, Workbooks from Dollar Store, Calculadder
Handwriting	Donna Young's site, copywork

Math	Saxon 65, Calculadder
Spelling	Apples Daily Spelling Drills for Secondary Students
Writing	IEW: Ancient History
Grammar	Essentials of the English Language