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I picked up this magizine last week and they have a web site by the same name, if you have not seen it before check it out, home school today


Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

summer reading

summer is fast approaching, and that means summer reading programs, why not start a reading journal, have your child draw a picture if thety can not yet write on their own, while having them copy the title. have older ones pratice handwriting, and sentence structure and work on grammer, verbs, adjectives, and have even older ones make outlines, fact check something they found interesting, or have them draw a picture of their favorite part to mix things up. but read, read, read, and have fun,

Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

Borders

Borders Book Store is offering free books for kids who read 10 books and then bring in a reading log signed by a parent. We got our reading logs at our local library. The free books are from a list of about 10-15 GOOD books. My son was geeked when I told him one of the books was "The River" by Gary Paulson. He is reading the series for his personal reading. So pull up some good books and start reading, its while supplies last.
Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

We have chickens!! wow I am so excited, we have 2 araucanas, 1 polish which the breed did not devlope in Poland, and one leghorn. the Araucana should lay blue/green eggs. I cant wait
Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi

so much going on....

wow, long time since I've posted, so much has been going on. The girls have started making a quilt for their beds, and I have been very impressed so far. Ellen has done a lot better then I would have thought. Her quilt will turn out well. I started a new scheduling system for school work, I make a calendar on the computer and list out special things that we will do on the days, like days they will be kitchen helper, the bible theme, if they are to start a new book, and then do a week schedule with the subjects, at the end of the week we staple them together, then at the end of the month we staple it to the calendar and put it to file. Maria has started a new work book. it is a compelte curriculum book and it is pretty nice, we just add on as need. I have been scheduling crazy, but after 3 months of just tring to be loosy goosy with everything, we need it. In January I tried "unschooling" and it was fun at first and it might be for some families, but not us, by March the house was a mess the kids were running around fighting and I had no idea what was going on, I couldn't keep track of anything, so I spent the last 2 weeks orginizing, and scheduling EVERYTHING!! And already you can tell the differnce, we are much better ready to face each day, when we know what the plan is. I really like the meal calendar I made, it makes my day go a lot smoother when I don't have to think about what I will cook. Well that is probably enough for know, I will be posting more often.
Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words. - St. Francis of Assisi