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Come on in & make yourself at home as you catch up with the happenings of our little family. I'm Karla, the "scribe" for our family, and am better known as "Momma" to our two blessings, "Honey" to my hubby, and "the maid who provides for our every need" to our 2 kittens. I hope you will call me "friend."
We are a homeschooling family that has our mix of funnies and failures, along with triumphs & successes. I am a recovering perfectionist, who is ever so grateful that I serve a perfect Savior. He teaches me that I have a lot to learn, but also that He has brought me a long way.
I have been the bride to the most gracious, sweetest man in the world for the last 11 years. What I love most about him is that he is always striving to be a better husband, father, and child of God.
I am also the blessed mama to
OUR TWO GIFTS:
a creative 9-yo Darling Daughter who loves pink, being a little lady, having tea, reading, being creative, and riding horses
and a 5-yo tremendously adventurous Little Man-in-training who loves helicopters, bugs, dirt, running, and the sport of eating.
(If you are wondering about the curlers, go down to the Sweet Monday section of the sidebar. It's a women's ministry that was started in Richmond, Va, and when we moved from there, I decided to start one down here. While Im not doing it this year, please feel free to glean away from my entries of all the past programs & devotions.
Please let me know any of them have blessed you, and if you would like permission to use anything I've written. Thank you!)
S&T Fri -- Little Man's Birthday Extravaganza
Week in Review -- August 10-16
We Found Our Fill, On Blueberry Hill.... (with recipes!)
"This is the Best Bread" -- "Just Like a Restaurant's!"
S&T Fri -- First Week of School
Personal Quiet Time Goal Outline for 2008-09 School Year -- Paul's Epistles
Padems Visit, Part 2
Padems Visit-- One of Our Favorite Moments of the Summer
S&T Fri -- "Farm Families Have Always Gone Green"
2008-2009 School Plans
Creation Camp
School Year Preparations
S&T Fri -- Darling Daughter's Riding Lessons
Home-Schoolers Threaten Our Cultural Comfort
New Twist Chocolate Chip Cookies
Show&Tell Fridays
Family Funnies
From My Recipe Box
Homeschooling Helps & Ideas
Homeschooling
Wondering about the curlers?
CLICK HERE to get the scoop!
It's just one of the silly things I did at my monthly "Sweet Monday" meetings!
Past Meetings & Devotionals
Information On Sweet Monday
Sweet Monday's Main Website
"The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties." ~Noah Webster~
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"Gradually we have become aware that family life is God's classroom for shaping us into the kind of people He wants us to be."
Catherine Marshall, A Closer Walk
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2008 Habits:
1. Gentle voice, gentle heart
2. "Peruse&Purge" magazines
3. Have hot tea every day
4. Wake up between 5-6 am
2008 Goals/To Do's:
1. Complete top of DS's quilt.
2. Tackle reading list.
3. Organize fabric.
4. Make blocks for charity quilts
Jan. 8, 2006
What We Did to "Start" Homeschooling
This was the 2nd question I got asked via email by a new homeschooler starting out and I'm adding it to our blog...
"What did you do to "start" homeschooling?
What curriculum did you use for younger ages?"
I think the main thing to do when you are starting out, is to "Read and Research" to see what you might think your philosophy will be and what curriculum(s) you may want to use to reach those goals. (The library in Richmond had tons of books -- not so down here.) I also subscribe to The Old Schoolhouse magazine and that helps keep me up-to-date, encouraged and informed, along with browsing homeschool websites and other moms' blogs, etc.
We "started" young, but didn't push. I like your statement of "letting learning happen." A group of 3-4 friends and I swapped "teaching" a-once-a-week preschool co-op we created for our kids in Richmond (DD was 3 & 4). That got our feet wet. I did buy cheap thick workbooks at Sam's/Walmart and got free resources and worksheets from the net for early math, handwriting readiness, reading readiness, etc. We did "school" for about 15 to 30 minutes max./day. Then we played a lot of games and read. We did silly & fun stuff that made her learn without realizing it.
DS (age 2.5) is already learning by "just living." We also have a set of 8 flashcards that introduce shapes, colors, numbers, and letters that we did with DD and are doing with Tyson sometimes. Also, everything can become a learning lesson: counting and sorting toys, laundry, etc; cooking in the kitchen; finding answers to all of those wonderful questions your kids come up with -- if mommy is learning too, I think that is a VERY good sign.
For reading, we do "Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons." Started DD at 4; she didn't quite get it, so no big deal -- just stopped and reintroduced at 5. She learned to read in a few months. I really think this method has helped her attain her high reading level. It's around $20, everything is in the book, and you sit with them on your lap and do a lesson, and then have them work on handwriting if you want. Super easy and effective.
This is what we used for Kindergarten:
1. Math-U-See Introduction
2. 100 Easy Lessons
3. http://penmanship.donnayoung.org/ for handwriting, along with 100 Easy Lessons; I also wrote using a highlighter on handwriting paper and had her copy that.
4. KONOS
5. Her interests -- trips to library, researching on internet, etc
6. Occasional Nature Study
On a side, note Cindy Rushton has a great free on-line seminar that you might like to hear called "15 FUN and EASY Ideas for Making Homeschooling Great!":
http://members.audiogenerator.com/postcard/?3323308X1166
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"Watch for the storms of God.
The only way God plants His saints is through the whirlwind of His storms.
Will you be proven to be an empty pod with no seed inside?
That will depend on whether or not you are actually living in the light of the vision you have seen.
Let God send you out through His storm, and dont go until He does.
If you select your own spot to be planted, you will prove yourself to be an unproductive, empty pod.
However, if you allow God to plant you, you will "bear much fruit" (John 15:8)." ------------ My Utmost for His Highest, March 11th
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