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This might have been my first homeschool purchase
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. McGuffeys Eclectic Readers (Seven Volume Boxed Set, paperback) In 1978 we bought a set of McGuffey’s Eclectic Readers. I think it was my very first homeschool curriculum...
Gardening in 2017 with Ovarian Cancer
There would have been no garden without Harv. He did it all. Every morning I take his arm and we hobble out to check the tomatoes and see what flowers we should pick. Fragrant peonies -- the queen of flowers Which color of zinnia do you like best? My fuzzy wuzzy...
Words to liven up your August
• jettison = to throw something from a ship, aircraft, or vehicle in distress in order to lighten the load; to discard or abandon something such as an idea or project • kakistocracy = a state or country run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens...
Are you looking for a beginners self-teaching text in music theory and part writing?
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Norton Programmed (self-teaching) Texts in Music Theory Scales, Intervals, Keys, Triads, Rhythm, and Meter by Claire Boge, John Clough and Joyce Conley This programmed...
Homeschoolers are raising a generation of custom-built children
If you try to follow a classroom model in your homeschool – dragging in the desks and chalkboard, conforming to a one-size-fits-all scope-and-sequence method, following a rigid bell-ringer schedule, and the like – you will probably buckle under the burden. That kind...
Pre-Logic Textbook for Age 12 and Free Logic Books
Elsewhere we have discussed a suggested course of study for pre-logic and logic. You don’t learn to swim by jumping in the deep end first, and it is my opinion that children benefit from a progressive study of logic. Right now, I'd like to show you more details on...
Free homeschool book with Young Living Essential Oils Starter Kit
Please join me in my journey to learn how to use essential oils. I love how the smell of essential oils moves throughout my house, making everything smell fresh and wonderful. I love how when I apply essential oils to my skin and it gives me a sense of well-being and...
Ten books you’ll love to read aloud to your teenagers this summer
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Don't make the mistake of abandoning your read-aloud routine once the children grow older. Reading aloud to older children is just as valuable a use of your time as well as...
The Brain, It’s Plain, Is Sprained If It Is Strained
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Excerpts from Endangered Minds: Why Children Don't Think And What We Can Do About It by Jane M. Healy [Page 66] [T]he axons, or output parts of [brain] neurons, gradually...
You will see the reason
Edward Payson 1783-1827 What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand. John 13:7 Above all, I would say to the Christian: Never distrust the kindness, the love, the wisdom and faithfulness of your Savior, but confide in Him who has...
Ten books you’ll love to read aloud to your children this summer
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Here are some read-alouds which will liven up those long, lazy days of summer. Tell us what you think. Have you read them yet? The Matchlock Gun -- Walter Edmonds Will Edward...
Trivium Pursuit Sale This Week
Order $40 or more (not including shipping -- media mail is usually around $5) from the Trivium Pursuit Catalog and choose one book from the following list. We only have one copy of each -- all are new books, direct from Critical Thinking Press. Order early so you can...
Words to liven up the month of July
• cockamamie = trivial, having very little importance or meaning; ridiculous, not making any sense or lacking plausibility • contumely = insulting, scornful, or contemptuous language or treatment; an openly insulting, scornful, or contemptuous remark • fete = a large...
Wisdom can readily transform memory into an angel of comfort
Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon May 28, Evening This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. --Lamentations 3:21 Memory is frequently the bond slave of despondency. Dispairing minds call to remembrance every dark foreboding in the past, and dilate upon every...
He who asserts, must prove
What is the biblical answer to this question. Can a woman who is not married work outside the home and have a job? Or, does she have to be a keeper at home (homemaker)? Thank you very much! I am not aware of anything in the Bible which directly addresses your...
Charlotte Mason resources for art and music appreciation
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Speak what you know, and testify what you have seen
Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon May 25, Evening And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem ... and they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them. --Luke 24:33-35 When the two disciples had reached Emmaus, and were...
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He found me in a waste howling wilderness indeed
John Newton's Letters My Dear Friend, My history is briefly expressed in the following verses: In a desert land He found him -- in a waste howling wilderness. He shielded him and cared for him. He guarded him as the apple of his eye. Deuteronomy 32:10 I will lead the...
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I feel incredibly loved by you all
Had second appointment with the gynecological oncologist in Peoria yesterday. We discussed the CT scan (CT scans detect tumors larger than 1 cm). She said it looked good, which means there won't be a second surgery. We will proceed with IP (intra-peritoneal) and IV...
I always carry an oil can in my pocket
J.R. Miller Intimate Letters on Personal Problems 1914 There is a good illustration in one of Dr. Parkhurst's books. He tells of a workman who was in a trolley-car one day. As the door was opened and shut, it squeaked. The workman quietly got up and, taking a little...
Learn 12th Grade Physics On-Line
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. Ron Paul Curriculum 12th Grade Physics From the instructor, John Hamilton This will be a course in physics. I will assume that many of the students have gone through my...
Words to Liven Up Your Vocabulary This Month
• absquatulate = abscond, to leave, especially in a hurry or under suspicious circumstances • affray = a fight or noisy disturbance in a public place • anencephalous = congenital absence of part or all of the brain • argle-bargle = a lively discussion •...
One downcast believer makes twenty souls sad
Morning and Evening by C.H. Spurgeon May 11, Evening Only be thou strong and very courageous. Joshua 1:7 Our God's tender love for his servants makes him concerned for the state of their inward feelings. He desires them to be of good courage. Some esteem it a small...
Classical Education and Charlotte Mason
The Classical Approach and the Charlotte Mason Approach -- opposites or compatible? In the narrowest sense of the term, a classical education might mean to study, in the original languages, the literature written during the classical periods, the time when Greece and...
Pride is blinding
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. From Pride to Humility: A Biblical Perspective by Stuart Scott (this is an excerpt from the book The Exemplary Husband: A Biblical Perspective) Contained in this small volume...
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More Favorite Books to Read Aloud
Post may contain affiliate links to materials I recommend. Read my full disclosure statement. I started reading aloud to my children in 1981 after the birth of our fourth child. Naturally, all along I had been reading the baby picture books so often read to little...