January 12, 2009 – 7:32 pm
Last winter my kids listened to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe on Focus on the Family’s Radio Theater. This year, they are listening to Prince Caspian. After they’re finished listening, we’ll rent the recent movie theater version and pop some corn! I bought the 18 CD Narnia series for a mere $14.99 at Library [...]
December 9, 2008 – 2:17 am
The more “relaxed” and interest-led I become in my teaching approach, the antsier my husband becomes. Not because the children aren’t learning, but because he can’t measure them with his “stick.” So I’ve done what any rebellious, hard-headed wife would never do. I’ve gone back to teaching the “traditional” way in the mornings. Really, what good will [...]
October 28, 2008 – 5:52 pm
July: Mom peeks through the KONOS book to find a unit the kids will enjoy for fall. August: Mom writes out a few months’ worth of plans so she doesn’t have to get up each morning and figure out what to do. September: Mom tries to follow her plans, but finds out they’re not what [...]
October 22, 2008 – 4:12 am
Today I combed our local library for books for our KONOS Frontiersmen unit. There were less than a dozen! The librarian said the local public schools have stopped teaching about the Westward expansion. Can you imagine?! They teach Plymouth Rock and 2008, but not how we got to the west coast! I also learned our [...]
October 6, 2008 – 12:55 am
Sweetness is…reading Emily Dickinson with your girls on a princess quilt in their bedroom just before bed. What’s even sweeter is…hearing your eight year old’s voice reading Emily Dickinson to your two year old, on a princess quilt in their bedroom just before bed. What’s the sweetest is…putting down the book of Emily Dickinson poems, [...]
September 24, 2008 – 11:34 pm
The first time my husband kissed me, he slowly leaned in met my lips with a gentleness which begged a soft response. Over and again God kisses us our home schooling family tenderly, and all we have to do is respond. Today He kissed us twice: Next week we begin our Eyes and Seeing KONOS [...]
September 19, 2008 – 9:27 pm
I stepped into a crowded but quiet library on a weekday morning with two antsy boys, one sweet girl and one ornery two year old who wants to walk “myself!” bypassed the computer directory (to save time) and headed straight to the librarian to help me find a book on the Atkins diet. What I ended up with [...]
