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RSSHave you ever heard of letterboxing? I'd never heard of it before today. But it's little wonder I haven't heard of it before today; after all it is a fairly new "sport" I mean, it's only been around since the mid-1800s! (Am I really that unobservant??) Letterboxing can be described as a "modern-day treasure hunt," [...]
March 11, 2008
Can we learn something from Hitler?
March 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to us already… What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.'" Adolf Hitler November 1933, quoted [...]
March 6, 2008
Recess in the snow
March 6, 2008 By 3 Comments
It's snowing again today—big, beautiful flakes! And being the kind, loving mother I am, I sent the kids out for recess in the snow. Well…that's not entirely true. The kids asked begged to go outside to play in the snow this afternoon, and I simply gave in. After all, how many Texan kids get the [...]
February 29, 2008
"Food Network" for the Homeschooler
February 29, 2008 By 1 Comment
Our local homeschool club, which I helped found just over a year ago, meets every Wednesday at our local library. We're mainly a social group, and we don't have much structure when we meet, but we did hold a very structured—and very fun—event this last Wednesday. There's a man in our church, who along with [...]
February 4, 2008
Learn how to differentiate between the letters "d" and "b"
February 4, 2008 By 6 Comments
Joely's been learning to read, and as is typical for children her age, she was having trouble differentiating between lower-case "b"s and "d"s. I'd been trying to figure out a good way to solve the problem, so I came up with this little illustration to help her remember which way "b" and "d" face. Associating [...]
February 1, 2008
HAA (Homophone Addicts Anonymous)
February 1, 2008 By 5 Comments
It's a strange story—revealing how truly weird my father and I are—but it's worth telling. More than 20 years ago, some time in the mid-1980s, I stayed home sick from school. My father happened to be sick that day as well, so both of us found ourselves bored to tears, desperately searching for something to [...]
January 31, 2008
Challenging word puzzle
January 31, 2008 By 2 Comments
Our pastor gave this interesting puzzle to us last night at our prayer meeting. I love word puzzles and games, and this one was satisfyingly challenging. The goal is to find thirty (30) books of the Bible in the following paragraph. This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found in an airplane seat pocket [...]
January 8, 2008
Two fantastic book series for kids…especially for reluctant readers!
January 8, 2008 By 1 Comment
My son is not a recreational reader. In fact, it's almost like pulling teeth getting him to read sometimes. But there have been two book series in particular that really grabbed his attention—even to the point that he sat down and read when he wasn't required (gasp!). Needless to say, I would highly recommend these [...]
November 3, 2007
Why we chose to homeschool (The Mayans made us do it!)
November 3, 2007 By 7 Comments
For some, the decision to homeschool is made before their children are even born. Others decide to homeschool because of a negative experience with public schools. The list of reasons why families choose to homeschool is nearly endless. Why we chose to homeschool My son, Jaden, attended first and second grade in a small public [...]
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