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Spending Time with Your Teens
As a family of readers, we love to discuss the books we’re enjoying. I have two sons, ages 13 and 14. Our weekly family Bible studies are always fun and let me tell you…teens see stuff we boring adults miss. Proverbs is a hoot if taken literally (beware of a woman who is a snare…
What I’m Listening to Right Now
as I relax on my porch…The sounds of my children playing in the beautiful morning sunshine. Oh, the joys of lazy homeschool days. Oh, the peace and tranquility. Chris sits on the bench petting our dog Jedi…he comes over to see what I’m doing and makes me promise to NOT write down what he says.…
The Orchard Tradition
Nothing says September like our annual fall trips to the orchard. I eye the fruit-laden trees seeing quart jars of chunky applesauce, while my children’s taste buds remember last year’s free-for-all! Between them, they wrestle the long handle of the unwieldy apple picker hoping that this rosy-blushed specimen wins “pick of the day.” Honey-crisp, Macoun,…
First Official Day of School
Today my two older boys go to the homeschool tutorial center for their first day of classes. They’ll be taking state history, Shurley grammar 6, study hall and American Sign Language. They will be in the same classes even though one is in 4th and the other in 6th grade. I know they’ll do great.…
The Way They Play
Cynthia H. Green @2006 Beneath the Ivy Wreath posted originally Wednesday, July 12th as Just Do It My son has gone nearly seven years without knowing the thrill of computing gaming. That spell was broken by the introduction of Bejeweled. In some ways it has been a great diversion for him when he is sick…
The Beauty of Learning
I wrote this for the Carnival of Beauty, but see that I’m a little late, but I posted anyway.:) I’ve always been a fan of history. I can remember my very first historical fiction story I wrote in grade school. I guess I must have been intrigued by the surrender at Yorktown and how the…
Pluto has been Voted Off the Solar System
Yes, it’s true. Pluto is not a planet any more. and my boys are really upset. They feel sad for Pluto, being demoted like that just because it’s not big and special like the other planets, and it doesn’t have a tidy orbit. Textbooks will have to be rewritten and even the School House Rock…
Homeschool Records Revolutionized
As we gear up to start our third year homeschooling I’ve come to realize that I write the way I homeschool. In the writing circles you’re classified as either a Plotter who painstakingly plans out every scene of your novel, or a Seat Of The Pants (SOTP) writer who knows nothing more than the name…
Chick Embryo Heartbeat
I couldn’t wait for Wordless Wednesday, plus I’ve got some words to go with this. We went to a museum a couple of weeks ago and were mesmerized by this chick embryo with a heartbeat. I don’t know what the PETA people would say and I don’t know what happens to this little guy (it’s…
Gracie’s First Day of Preschool
This is Gracie’s third year of preschool. The first year, when she was 2 1/2 she LOVED preschool and didn’t think twice about going into the class. Then half way through preschool things changed. She started being clingy and not wanting to let go of me when I dropped her off. It was my first…