You ARE an Artist!
Sometimes rearranging refreshes learning. Sometimes it also helps remedy the winter blahs. Me? I like to rearrange furniture. Especially in the dead of winter. But this idea took me a while. It took giving myself permission. See, I thought a mantel was supposed to look a certain way. A touch of formality. But when the library books for our studies overflowed the library cubby –
It’s a one year anniversary of a new red wall in the Hodgepodge homeschool room. This is what we were doing this time last year… Yes, while we are taking a week off, we are alternating a bit of having fun and getting stuff done. A field trip, paint a wall. Family walk, paint a wall. Nature study, bake a cake 🙂 The Hodgepodge classroom
Keeping the habit of sharing a helpful habit on Fridays… That title might make you cringe or it may make you curious. Really, this post is somewhat selfish on my part. See, I need the motivation. Preparing for a new school year is not really something I’m ready to tackle. Yes, I’ve been to a homeschool convention, I’ve picked out curriculum, I have in mind
In repentance and rest you will be saved, in quietness and trust is your strength… Isaiah 30:15 As mothers we sometimes live in the urgent. This hungry child, that weepy one, another needing a push on the swing… However, it’s beneficial to step out of the urgent into the quiet, out of our regular spot and look to our source of strength. Jesus set the
VBS has been really fun so far! I am teaching one-year-olds. Since I am a teacher this year, I get some of the teacher food, which is really good stuff like nachos and sugar cookies. I also like taking them on the playground, which we do two times. The second time we go when the 2nd graders are in crafts, and we usually go to
