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Whistle While You Work
Work is Good. In the beginning, God made man. He put him in the Garden of Eden and gave him work to do. “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” (Genesis...
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Forest School
“The best kept classroom and the richest cupboard are roofed only by the sky” Margaret McMillan (c1925) Nursery Schools and the Pre-school Child NSA Publication I was so proud when I could finally...
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“All by myself” Dinner
I’m Rose. I’m four, but I’ll be five in eight days. Tonight I made dinner for Mommy – all by myself! I made Pizza and Slushies. First, I gathered all the ingredients for the pizza. Opps – Mommy forgot...
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Celebrating Rose
Today on Rose’s birthday – we celebrate her. We celebrate and praise God that he saw fit to place her into our home. She was totally unexpected. Her very life is a miracle, the fact that she is in our...
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Kinder Rhythm & Verse
Daily Rhythm Mom – Inner Work: Bible Study Breakfast & Bible Memory Storytelling While Cleaning Outdoor Work & Play Lunch & Bible Memory Daily Focus Family time Yoga Bath Bible Story,...
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Freedom From Expectations
I had something to prove. I homeschooled when it wasn’t cool to homeschool. My kid couldn’t fall behind; in fact he should be smarter than everyone else his age. I played the one upmanship – like...
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Confessions of a Slob
When I told my son I was writing a blog on organization – he laughed. It is kind of funny. I admit I have no authority – other than my own struggle. I hate to clean. I hate that I hate to clean. Over...
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Grandpa Needs a Teddy Bear
Me: Grandpa’s heart is broken, he has to go to the hospital so the doctor’s can fix it. Rose: Will they give him a teddy bear first? (Rose’s last surgeon brought her a teddy bear before surgery) Me: I...
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Media Addiction Withdrawls
I admit it. I use the screen time as a babysitter. Having only a teenager and a preschooler left at home, it was so easy to turn on the tube when I wanted to discuss Plato’s Republic. Call it lazy...
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Take it from Herb: Have Patience
My older kids HATE the Herbert the Snail song which I would sing to them when they were impatient – “Have Patience. Have Patience. Don’t be in such a hurry …” Now I’m singing it to myself. After...
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Finally Found Our Forest!
“Little soft clouds played happily in a blue sky, skipping from time to time in front of the sun as if they had come to put it out, and then sliding away suddenly so that the next might have his turn....
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Creating Beauty: Wet-on-wet Painting
“A hunger for beauty is at its heart a hunger for God.” Michael Card Once upon a time, in a beautiful garden, lived a flower fairy. One morning she woke up ready to play. She climbed out of her rose...
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
As the pastor started a sermon series called, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” I leaned over to my husband and whispered, “He’s probably using ‘”‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your...
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Hello Kitty or God … Should Have Been a No-Brainer
Today I had an “Aha” moment. I was journaling in my Bible and Rose was sitting next to me coloring in a Hello Kitty coloring book. Rose: What are you drawing, Mommy? I show her my drawing and read the...
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Psalm 1
“Man must have some delight, some supreme pleasure. His heart was never meant to be a vacuum. If not filled with the best things, it will be filled with the unworthy and disappointing.” (Spurgeon) Read...
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Psalm 2
“Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.” ― R.C. Sproul (and God laughs – Joyce Pinero) Read Psalm 2 What’s it say? List everything you learn about God:...
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Biblical Justification for Homeschooling
What is your Biblical justification for homeschooling? For 24 years I’ve been ask why I homeshool. I can give you a running list of all the reason. The answer I give will depend on the year, which...
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Storytelling 101
“Thought of in terms of the painter, the voice is the pigment which gives color to the story-teller’s pictures. He paints in spoken words, and his canvases are the minds of his listeners. So the...
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I lay my Idols, my Children, at Your Feet
“I’m a Homeschool Mom.” That’s my normal response when ask to tell about myself. “My kids mean more to me than anything.” I’ve found myself saying this time and time again. “Look at me. I’m a great...
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