Kingdom's Hope
Yesterday we started our new read aloud! Book Two in the Kingdom series. I blogged about Book One (Kingdom's Dawn) and we zipped through it in excitement so we could start Kingdom's Hope. This book spans the time from Moses to Malachi. It is has on the edge of our...
Day 7 Prayers for our children
Justice God, help my children to love justice as You do and to "act justly" in all they do. For the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see his face. Psalm 11:7 He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act...
Learning with Different Ages and Levels 2
In the last post, I wrote about using unit studies in the homeschool. In this post (part 2), I want to write in a more practical way and show exactly how a unit study can be accomplished. How can I plan a unit of study? Let's consider a unit on 'Ancient Eygpt", a unit...
Learning with Different Ages and Levels
Homeschooling Multiple Ages... (first written in 2002) Do you have each of your children doing separate studies? Do you long to have a more natural family oriented approach to your homeschooling journey? How do you homeschool with more than one child, and all at...
Feed on RSS
"What Is RSS? What do those orange RSS or XML buttons that abound on sites mean? They are the latest rage...but more than that they are incredibly handy and a great time saver- perfect for the busy homeschool mum! You can receive newsfeeds or feeds from many sites...
Labour Day-Public Holiday
Today is Labour Day! It is a public holiday in Queensland. Yahoo! But many people don't know what significance this holiday has for them. Do you know? Do your children know? Labour Day is a public holiday in recognition of when workers won the right to a reduced work...
Teaching Savvy Shopping Skills
I enjoy Belinda's blog...don't you? Why don't you pop over and subscribe to her blog? Anyway, today she wrote a post on shopping and how it relates to home-schooling and this led me to thinking about some of the adventures we've had while shopping. One night, John and...
Mother's Day: Teaching Children to Serve
What messages do you send your child regarding motherhood? What lessons can you teach through this day? Your children will not always be young, and the time for teaching these sorts of lessons will not always be so ripe. Make the most of it! Pray and discover how you can creatively impart life values to your child and teach them the important lessons in life.
Carnival of Homeschooling
The new Carnival of Homeschooling is over at Dewey's Treehouse! It is a truly inspirational carnival. If you can't remember when or where the next carnival is to be held, just come back to my blog, look down the left hand side of the page and you'll see that...
Day 6 Praying for our children
Day 6 A love for God's Word May my children grow to find Your Word "more precious than gold, than much pure gold; [and] sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb." The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether...
Do Your Kids Read Books?
I sometimes read the blog of Albert Mohler and I am always blessed, encouraged and informed by his posts. He wrote a post back in January about "Do Your Kids Read Books?" Interesting. Thought provoking. As a homeschool mother, what will I do about it? Does this change...
Day 5 – Praying for our children
Self-Control Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be "alert and self-controlled" in all they do. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-controlled. 1Thessalonians 5:6 .
Day Four: Honesty and Integrity
Honesty and Integrity May integrity and honesty be their virtue and their protection. May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope is in you. Psalm 25:21 .
Carnival Time
I really like visiting the Carnival of Homeschooling...it's a great way to travel around the world and read other's thoughts and see things that they do in their families. This edition of the Carnival is being over at Sprittibee's. Not only has she compiled the post...
Day Three: Prayers for our children
Day 3 of Praying for our children Love Grant, Lord, that my children may learn to live a life of love through the Spirit who dwells in them. Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up...
The Kingdom Series
The series is one continuous story with characters that portray courage, loyalty, discipline, and honor. Read chapter excerpts and reviews or listen to theme music from each book. We've just started book one in our new read aloud fiction. I have wanted this series for...
Day Two- Prayers for our children
Growth in Grace I pray that they may "grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen 2 Peter 3:18
Day One- 30 days of prayer for our children
A Parent?s Prayer Program, by Bob Hostetler http://www.gbgm-umc.org/asburyumc/parents_prayer_program.htm Salvation Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. Therefore I endure...
Why I Don't Like Seeker Friendly Churches
It's not too often that I'm at a loss for words...but I was last night when I went to bed and read over the Sunday paper. Now I love a good cappuccinos (skinny cap with a shot of caramel, thanks!) and I also like to look nice but this new brand of church has me...
Thinking Blogger Award
Thank you Belinda, for nominating me for a Thinking Blogger Award. I haven't been blogging as much as I previously have so I wasn't completely aware of the Thinkng Blogger Award. So of course, I had to have a quick look into what this was. You can learn more about it...