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.…
Telling Our Children Why
June 12, 2008 by Leave a Comment
When God tells us to remember the Sabbath day, He gives us the command to “remember” and “observe.” These words give us the reasons behind His command. They also give me two great ideas for parenting.
First, while not all my commands to my children will contain the reason, it’s helpful to be sure that I don’t exclude the reason completely. …
Friday Night
March 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
We’ve been enjoying a special dinner together as a family on Friday nights. I found a really nice song, written by Martha Zimmerman in her book, Celebrating the Feasts, and we sing it as our blessing over the food on Friday nights:
(to the tune of “Edelweiss”)
Bless our home, bless our food;
Come, O Lord, and sit with us;
May our talk glow with peace,
May your love surround us;
Friendship and love, may they bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever;
Bless our home, bless our food;
Come, O Lord, and sit with us.…
Got New Books!
March 4, 2008 by Leave a Comment
The big event for me yesterday was receiving a box with all our new homeschooling books (for next fall) in it. We order from many different companies (including ABeka and lots of used books on Amazon and Ebay), but our biggest order this year was from Rainbow Resource.
Spelling that has helped my daughter…
February 12, 2007 by Leave a Comment
I really like the Bible-based spelling lessons I found for free on the Internet. My oldest daughter spells very phonetically… you know… fonetikly. 🙂 But for some reason, this spelling has helped her. It’s not fancy, but I like how it combines dictation with old-fashioned review. …
Teaching Handwriting
February 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment
I wrote the following e-mail to a friend this morning, and I thought it might be helpful to someone else, too….Her question:
My question is about handwriting. This seems to be my weak area of teaching. My almost 9yo has deplorable writing and my 7 year old is no better.…
Well, so much for using ABeka…
August 14, 2006 by 1 Comment
God provided everything we need for school this year, but I don’t have everything ABeka like last year. My son (going into 5th grade) will be using ABeka math, science and history. I purchased the math workbook and speed drills, plus a teacher’s key because his work is getting harder so this will save me time. …
Useful Commentaries Online
As we read through the Bible each day with our children, my husband and I find that the reading brings up a host of questions for us. We have enjoyed reading various commentaries to get some unique perspectives on a passage of Scripture.…