So the hard part is over–you’ve chosen to homeschool. Many people have different ideas on how long a child should stay at home. I know the conversation comes up regularly in our household and we may be choosing a private school setting in the future. What’s your ‘game plan’? Does it change with the seasons as our’s does?
July 10, 2009 By 13 Comments
May 18, 2009 By 12 Comments
Happy Monday y’all!! Hope you have a Lovely and Lively day full of Love and Learning! Share your thoughts on the LETTER L.
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May 15, 2009 By 4 Comments
Share your thoughts on the LETTER K. Hope you all have a fantastic weekend and be sure to join us on Monday for Letter L.
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May 15, 2009 By 4 Comments
Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online Meme.
Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Please share with us your thoughts on the following: End of the Year Reflection: Biggest Triumphs and Biggest Challenges
Okay, so the title of this meme is self-explanatory.
You may have noticed that I left the title for next week’s meme out today. There is a reason.(Can you tell I am excited?) You won’t want to miss the way we are changing this feature…and I wish I could give details, but you will have to wait until next week! I look forward to letting you in on it personally!
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May 13, 2009 By 8 Comments
Share your thoughts on the LETTERS I and J. And join us on Friday the 15th for Letter K.
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May 11, 2009 By 6 Comments
Sorry about forgetting to post this morning. Share your thoughts on the LETTER H. And join us on Wednesday the 13th for a combined day of I and J.
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May 8, 2009 By 1 Comment
Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online Meme.
Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Please share with us your thoughts on the following: A Mother’s Love
Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: ”Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”
-Proverbs 31:28-29
Tell us about A Mother’s Love. In honor of Mother’s Day I encourage you to honor:
- The mother who gave birth to you.
- The mother who adopted you.
- A step-mother.
- A mother-in-law.
- Your grandmother.
- A wonderful role model in your life that stood in when you needed a mother.
- Your mother in Heaven if she is no longer with us.
What have these incredibly important women in your life contributed that you hope your children will see in you?
Have a very blessed Mother’s Day.
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May 1, 2009 By 2 Comments
Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online Meme.
Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Please share with us your thoughts on the following: What’s in Your Garden?
Remember last week when I mentioned how wonderful the weather had been? Well, before the rain came we had a chance to build flower beds and carefully pick the greenery that we would enjoy this summer. Having only lived in the Midwest a little over a year I have been enjoying planting things that the southern heat refuses to nurture.
If you have ever visited my website you know that I love poppies. (Actually, I love anything and everything that is red!) These do not grow in areas that have extreme heat. I was elated to find out they grew wonderfully here! I planted several of those, lavender, peonies, snapdragons, dahlias, freesia, hydrangeas and wisteria. (Oh, and calla lillies!) I am so looking forward to all of their blooms!!
What is in your garden?
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March 7, 2009 By 3 Comments
Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online Meme.
Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Please share with us your thoughts on the following: Sharing the Resources: What are your favorite printables and why?
Oh yes, I am late this week. Call it ‘Mommy Brain’, (you can still get that when your baby is almost 6, right?) but yesterday flew right by me. Actually, I know exactly what it was. It was the “8 Ways to a More Organized Homeschool Carnival“. I am organizationally challenged and I love hearing about how others keep up on the clutter!
So, let me make it up to you by giving you a list of my favorite printable sites, m’kay?
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February 26, 2009 By 2 Comments
Welcome to the Heart of the Matter Online Meme.
Every Friday we will feature a different topic for our meme. Please share with us your thoughts on the following: Real Life Subjects: What Your Family Does Ordinarily That Teaches Your Child an Abundance of Lessons
As homeschooling families we have an opportunity to reach parts of our children’s lives that are missed during public school hours. What are some of the ‘life lessons’ that come naturally within the walls of your home?
In our house some of the most important lessons revolve in how we demonstrate our love for others. One of the major lessons being servanthood. If the kids leave learning nothing else we hope that they gain insight on respect for their elders, and on a broader scale, our community. My husband and I choose to be ‘living examples’ for them. This includes being kind and respectful to our neighbors, to the teenager running the drive-thru window, and to people that have frustrated us. This last one is most important in my mind as I have seen teachers being ripped apart by parents in front of their kids, cashiers being degraded by adults who know the person has no power to change their situation, volunteer coaches who have lost the love for the game because of the unfair demands placed on them each week. I have witnessed these kids standing next to their parents. They absorb it all. My husband and I never wanted to be those parents. How could we teach them properly without demonstrating the actions ourselves? How could we teach them the love of Jesus and not participate? I believe that by taking the extra effort to make sure that our kids see us give up a chair for an elderly person who joins a group, bring a meal to a sick mother, and any other number of things that demonstrate servanthood that they will grow up with servant’s hearts.
What does your family do that teaches many lessons? I immediately thought of servanthood, but there are so many things that homeschooling gives us the freedom to teach. What are your lessons?
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