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- Chelsea's Creative Project this Week Our Cajun Cottage under the Oaks is transformed into a Children's Museum! Don't you just love the twig "peg" holding the sign? Read more...
- Does this portend a general attitude toward the Judaeo-Christian tradition that made this country great? On May 1, 2008, World Net Daily, in an article headlined "Ban on bowing for prayer challenged: 'This ruling will mean teachers will have no free speech or academic freedom rights,'" reported that members of the legal team for the Rutherford Institute have asked the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals to re-hear a case in which school officials ordered a football coach not to bow his head while his players voluntarily took part in a pre-game prayer. Read more...
- HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY JOCELYN What do you say about a daughter who is like a best friend? What do you say about a young lady who makes decisions based on her convictions and denies herself those things that are harmful to her, both spiritually and physically or things that are dear to her because it is God’s will?That I am amazed? That I am proud? That I am thankful?I say, “I love you.”I say, “Thank you, Lord, for the opportunity to know her, to be her mother.”Honestly, I can write these words about Jocelyn or Amanda. Read more...
- Happy 17th Birthday, Dear Jocelyn! My dearest sister, Jocelyn, HAPPY 17th BIRTHDAY, DEARY! I hope you have the most terrific day ever. I hope your *real* birthday party is over and beyond what you expect! You are THE best and most wonderful in my life. Every time I am starting down a road I shouldn’t be going, you are there to point me back to the right road. You are my guardian angel and I THANK GOD for you everyday. Read more...
- Structure and learning in the homeschool environment I have been thinking a lot about this recently as I prepare to include my son in more formal learning. My daughter thrives on being given as much independence as possible. My son thrives on structure. I am trying to find some sense of balance, a happy medium. Then I found this question:The formality and structure created by going to school everyday is lost in homeschool. Monday through Friday there is a routine, a sense of purpose. No confusion or ciaos. Read more...
- Happy 17th Birthday, Jocelyn! My dearest sister, Jocelyn, HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY, DEARY! I hope you have the most terrific day ever. I hope your *real* birthday party is over and beyond what you expect! You are THE best and most wonderful in my life. Every time I am starting down a road I shouldn’t be going, you are [... Read more...
- Reading I just wanted to make a quick note and brag on Little One a bit... Hee hee... Today we were working on the word family -ad and he was sounding out the words!!! Yay!!! He is doing such a great job. Read more...
- Computer Guru Son’s Summer Reading List: 2008 I am asking my children to read at least ten of the books on their individualized list before August 18, 2008. I will take each child who does so out to eat to the restaurant of his choice, and I will also buy a book for each child who finishes the challenge. This list is [... Read more...
- Home Spun strip #223 I've spoken before of the news that New York will be ending its special services for homeschoolers. The New York Times published an article about the issue on April 20. This is an issue that should be of great concern to homeschoolers in my state, whether or not they receive special services. The following quote is particularly troubling to me:"Now the state is urging school districts to offer students the opportunity to enroll in their local public schools, where services would be continued. Read more...
- Keianna Just because she wanted me to take pictures of her summer "do" Read more...
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from contributing blogs
- African Food for Africans Who Are Starving?
- Planning for Next Year
- Maybe we should have our babies born in Canada
- I am glad I'm not the principal at this school
- The Invisible Woman
- A Mother's Worship
- School 1957 vs. 2007
- Earth Day: The Doomsayers Were Wrong
- Everything you wanted to know about Daisy but were afraid to ask.
- Blooming Cactus!
- May 8, Homeschooling High School College Admissions Tips
- A super duper sized mess (Can I SAY that?)
- How To Cook a Family Dinner DVD
- Beginning chapter books
- Game Review: Rock Band
- Television show attacking fathers
- Popping the Higher Education Bubble?
- Good exposure for homeschoolers
- We have our two winners for the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World contest…..
- Prayer in our Daily Occupations
- Finally!! That Right Brain Post
- Answers to Prayer in Spite of our Oppressive Government
- Simple Woman's Daybook
- Rough Finish
- I mean...
- Notebooking Page: Memorial Day
- Heart of the Matter is posted/Homeschool analogies
- Carnival of Homeschooling #123
- Homeschooling and special needs
- Is God Trying to Tell Me Something?
- Communication Corner ~What'd You Say?
- Homeschooling is Life! ~ What is UP with Unschooling?
- Educational Choices
- Dipping Into The Onion Again
- Homeschooling curriculum for preschoolers?
- Heart of the Matter online is now a magazine site and a blog.
- How to get kids to turn off lights or how to keep them from wasting money
- Gardens
- A Homeschool Art Lesson
- Weaving in Ends...
- Cat Distractions and Early-Onset Before-Summer Burnout
- Overcoming Perfectionism
- Crazy-Hazy
- Two Tickets to Vegas, Baby
- Red Rover Daughter’s Summer Reading List: 2008
- Begging, er, requesting your support
- Loolie's First Oreo
- Begging, er, requesting your support
- Sugar and Brazil
- Crazy Busy… Eating Newman-O’s
- Taking A Picnic -- Part 2
- Economic Stimulus Unstimulating
- Book Review -- Elizabeth 1 of Royal Princess Diaries series
- Wordless Wednesday: Bee
- Book Review -- Pocketful of Pinecones by Karen Andreola
- Brand New! Now You Can Subscribe Via E-mail or RSS Reader!!!
- Contest Time — Ancient History
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World as Discussed in Ancient Primary Sources
- Remembering a Friend...and a Legend
- Becoming an Author - Part Two
- A Few Good Books
- Wake County school board has the right to assign students to year-round schools against parents' wishes
- The start of something big: Manufacture and Sell Anything — in Minutes
- Electricity facts my teacher got wrong
- Teacher appreciation week
- False Doctrine
- Family Projects
- Notebooking Page: Mother baking cookies
- The kids and I went to the zoo,... um, Queens Wildlife Center
- The kids and I went to the zoo,... um, Queens Wildlife Center
- Legislature Closes with Freedom Intact
- A Request From My Daughter
- a sad epidemic in public schools
- How technology may destroy public schools
- Bush Signs Bill To Take All Newborns' DNA
- Simple Machines and Play
- Guitar Prodigy
- Graduating with Honors
- Free cooking magazine for diabetics
- Book CloseOuts - Children's Non-Fiction and Misc. Titles!
- Birthdays, Birthdays, Where Does the Time Go?
- Productivity
- Carnival of Homeschooling - Mother's Day Edition
- Mom signed my diploma and…
- Disappearing Japan
- Interesting thought on how to get what we crave most
- The Carnival of Homeschooling
- Brown Bear Daughter’s Summer Reading List: 2008
- Homestead Simplicity e-Book Giveaway
- Homeschooling Through High School ~ Reaching Their Hearts