The art and heart of homeschooling
I realized a few weeks ago that the royal wedding is a perfect opportunity to celebrate. To fix a big breakfast and all gather ’round and watch the festivities. But I also realized what a learning opportunity it is. It’s a mini homeschool unit! We shall have a royal wedding breakfast tea. Oh all the questions I’ve already been fielding from the children. So who
Last Thursday we enjoyed a wonderful study of chickadees and other backyard birds. However, I got a little side-tracked and never shared because of the incident with the wiffle ball. I love the variety of birds we see at our feeder each season. The woodpeckers stop by more frequently to eat the suet we share in winter. Or at least we notice them more. Earlier
When I find good resources I always want to share. This list of devotionals would be great to start with this new year or any time of year. Here’s our virtual stack: For the youngest ones: Big Thoughts for Little Thinkers Tween Girls: A Girl After God’s Own Heart – A Tween Adventure with Jesus by Elizabeth George. Middle Girl, age 9, is reading this
Post Father’s Day weekend. Post breakfast Saturday morning – we load up. Head to the hills north of us. Two hours and we’re there. We hug necks, visit with Grandma L. and then get the honor of a garden tour. And this tour included so much of the nature that we’ve recently studied. Oakleaf hydrangea bigger than biggest boy. Mary Todd, prairie dawn, little joy…just
