I wanted to write a quick recommendation for my friend Candice and her preschool curriculum called Sonbeams. As a firm believer in chores for little ones, I especially love her dry-erase chore charts, one for boys and one for girls.…
Archives for 2008
A few little gems
November 4, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Here are a few little gems I found while “surfing” my blog subscriptions this morning:
- Some thoughts on 1 Corinthians 13 by Jess at Making Home. Thanks, Jess! A friend and I were discussing how to show respect to our husbands (practically, I mean).
REVIEW: 102 Camp Songs from Twin Sisters
October 27, 2008 by 2 Comments
My kids love these CDs. It provides hours of silliness that’s clean and fun. Even better, if we register on their website, we can download a PDF with lyrics to all of these camp songs at no cost.
We like to play these CDs at breakfast.…
Simchat Torah
October 18, 2008 by Leave a Comment
This coming week, our family will be joining in on the traditional Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, which means “Rejoicing in the Torah.”
As Wikipedia explains, this holiday celebrates the completion of another year of reading through the Torah.…
Activities for the Day of Atonement
October 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Here is a fun study on the biblical Day of Atonement! In our house, we took one week to do this study.
Memory Verses – “For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.…
Christian Education in the Home
October 1, 2008 by Leave a Comment
The following is a quote from the introduction to a wonderful book, Celebrate the Feasts of the Old Testament in Your Own Home or Church, by Martha Zimmerman. I thought it was very good…
…“Hey, Mom! You’re right! Habakkuk is in the Bible.”
The Month of Preparation
September 4, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Just as the sixth day of the week is the preparation for the seventh, the Sabbath, so also the sixth month of the year is the preparation for the seventh, the month of the fall feasts. Well, we’ve just started Elul, the sixth month of the year. …
How to Pray for Missionaries
August 15, 2008 by Leave a Comment
I read a fabulous post on another blog this week:
This writer shares a great plan for praying for missionaries every day of the week. At our house, we tape pictures of the missionaries we know on the front of our refrigerator. …
New Scripture Memory Resource
August 10, 2008 by Leave a Comment
While I was surfing the Internet this morning, I saw an ad for Scripture memory. God’s Words to Live By is a company run by a homeschooling family. They provide simple books and music CDs that you can use to memorize entire chapters of the Bible. …
Memorizing the Lord's Prayer
June 24, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Our family has been memorizing the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) this summer. Our method is simple. We recite it together each morning at breakfast. Daddy or I say it all the way through once, then we ask all of the children to join us as we say it two or three more times.…
