I got the idea of a Sequence game for review from another CC Mom, and created the template! You can download it here, or from my freebies column on the right! Basically, the template will need to be printed on cardstock that is similar to the colors used for your review cards. I also added white for the History Timeline. Just one sheet per color, cut and you're ready to play! (you can also laminate, if desired). I just grabbed some coins around the … [Read more...]
Even Puppy’s Grow Old!
Gabe's birthday party was a great time. To those who couldn't make it - WE MISSED YOU! To those who could - such fun! Thanks for coming! Gaber turned one of course, and his party was a "puppy" theme. We had puppy chow in a dog bowl, Dog bone-shaped soft pretzels in a dog biscuit bin, and a hydrant for a water cooler! The cake was a paw print, and of course the man of honor was in his puppy costume!He had a great time. When it came time for the cake, he … [Read more...]
Blankets and Jurisdictions
One of the CC Smart Mama's in my sons' class lent me this book (check your library), which I completely devoured. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the book. It basically tells their story and how God has been at work in their life. But I absolutely had to share my two favorite parts that have practical application. My all-time favorite was "Jurisdictions". Now - I have always been in favor of giving my children chores to teach them responsibility, have … [Read more...]
Wild About Widsom
First thing first, it's our "Gaber Baber"'s brithday today - ONE YEAR OLD! I cannot believe how fast this year went! So many blessings! Here is a pic of him enjoying his brithday cookie for breakfast! It's a little blurry, but you can see he wasn't asking for rice cereal!!! :) Our Wild About Wisdom homeschool group met this morning and it was my turn to plan the day! We started out with a wonderful story in rhyme about the Baby in a Manger, and then made fun Pop-up nativity sets using … [Read more...]
Simple Memories
Our house doesn't celebrate Santa because a few years ago someone had pointed out that if we tell our children about Santa, who they can't see, and also tell them about God, who they can't see, then when they find out Santa isn't real, it might make them question God. I thought that was fair reasoning. We do however, mention that many families celebrate in that way, and that it is a game parents and children play just for fun. Our kids know not to tell other kids that Santa … [Read more...]
Advent Experience {Truth in the Tinsel}
I found a fun Advent resource by Amanda White with all kinds of great projects that walks you right through Advent! No more tedious planning! Perfect for the younger grades!I love that the scriptures are repeated several times throughout the month so that the kids really understand and remember the Truth! This is all about Christ, and leads us to the cross - you can't love the manger, unless you know it was ultimately for the cross! Check it out!When you BUY THE … [Read more...]
LAPBOOKS
I am attempting to make it easier for everyone to find the resources you are looking for (specifically, Lapbooks). I have added a toolbar to the top of this page that links to the Posts with the Lapbooks. Further improvements should be coming.....~Karen … [Read more...]
When a lesson is caught…
He hands me the small yellow square - a message scratched out by a five-year-old on a yellow sticky note. He says, "I wrote Mommy Loves Daddy, because you do" and I smile. It is the same thing a woman leaned over and said during church fellowship time, that when I walked in and that love of mine put his arm around my waist while we sang hymns, that my daughter noticed and her eyes sparkled. Sometimes it is scary that they will learn more from what they see in us than what I try so hard to teach … [Read more...]
True Education
I read a post on A Holy Experience and feel like it was meant for me - a term I threw around a few times this weekend at my women's conference being used right there in the post, as if to taunt me. I remember what I want my children to learn most of all today - His compassion, His Mercy, His Grace to His people. That there are people that God gave needs to, and others he gave an abundance to, and if we would just open our hands, to let go of our grasp on the abundance, and … [Read more...]
The Journal
When anyone asks about why I choose homeschooling, I try to do my best to explain to them that we yearned for a "one-piece life" with no division between secular and sacred. A life lived to glorify God Sunday through Sunday. Now that I am in the thick of it, I have found that sometimes our one-piece life gets lost in the laundry and all that is clean is our underwear. Maybe that's too wild of an analogy for all of you... :)I went to a conference this weekend that was so … [Read more...]
