When we first started to homeschool my two youngest we were faced with a choice to either homeschool them at their individual grade levels, or homeschool them at the same grade level. You see my two youngest are only 16 months apart, and honestly it seemed as though I could homeschool them the same grade as the older of the two – which was Kindergarten – rather than taking time to teach individual lessons to them both. Deciding to go with homeschooling my youngest a grade level higher really ...
Freedom By Definition
We all define ourselves in a variety of ways. Some of these definitions are inherited, some are given to us when we are young, some we self-assign, some come attached to careers, behavior, or lifestyles we have chosen. Trying to live up to our definitions can enslave us. Lately, I have been pondering the fact that even positive, Biblical titles for the roles in my life can become suffocating if I define myself by them. "Wife" - If this is the foundational definition for my life, I become ...
Enjoy The Moment
“Hurry up,” the young mom told the little boy. “Walk normal,” she added. Sometimes taking two steps, sometimes three, the toddler was enjoying his walk down the stairs. He was oblivious to his mother’s time table. He was lost in his own little world. I knew the mom’s frustration. My son lives in his own world. His personality is the exact opposite of mine. I’m the oldest child, a Type A driven person. My son is a dreamer. He doesn’t get in a hurry. Ambition is not in his ...
Next Week’s Line-up…
I love summer. It means lots of down time and vacations for our family. When I'm away, I love to have guests featured here. Next week, we're going to be in and out some of the week traveling. While I'm away, I'm excited to bring you to you some fantastic bloggers who will be sharing some awesome posts with you. Thank you to each of you for contributing and to all of you for reading. If you blog and are interested in guest blogging over here sometime, click here to let me know. Now on ...
Twitter Party Alert: Seeds Family Worship
It's time for another awesome twitter party announcement! I'm excited to be hosting a twitter party with Seeds Family Worship. Not familiar with Seeds Family Worship? "Who is Seeds Family Worship? “Seeds Family Worship is dedicated to planting the Seeds of God’s Word in the hearts of families through its Scripture songs with the goal of equipping and encouraging them in God’s Word.” My boys love memorizing scripture with Seeds Family Worship. I even find myself listening to it ...
Top 10 Tuesday: Why We Chose Heart of Dakota Curriculum
We are anxiously gearing up for our homeschool year starting early fall. Come September 6th, we will be starting Kindergarten in this house! I have a sister who has been homeschooling for almost 10 years and homeschools all 6 of her children. She's talked and talked about different curriculums every year and what she has put together herself. We have lots of friends who homeschool and hearing them talk about curriculum really had us scratching our heads as to what we were going to use for my son ...