I find that one of the first questions when starting to homeschool or considering homeschooling has to do with the finish… How do I graduate them? J What do I do to prove that they have graduated from high school? The good news is…from what I’ve found, it’s not that hard. While the answer is […]
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That cold air…the kind we aren’t used to yet…hit me recently as I opened the door to walk outside into the dark morning for chores around the farm. I hunched over to keep more focused on staying warm as I tried to hurry between the house and the barn. Meanwhile, I was evaluating the ground
Years ago as I searched for relevant advent activities for our young kids, I found Focus on the Family creates annual advent family calendars. You can access their current advent devotionals on their website. We have enjoyed many of these over the years as we prepare our hearts for the Christmas season. Most are not
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In part 1 we briefly talked about who Nehemiah was and the situation he and the Jews of his time found themselves. They were a scattered people who had been defeated and displaced. During this time, the Israelite nation lacked hope, chapter 1 verse 3 says, “Those who survived the exile and are back in
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A brief devotional about the life of Nehemiah and the lives of believers today.
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I have been very, very thankful this year for mulch. Sounds like an interesting thing to be thankful for, but I am. Let me explain. I LOVE to have a garden. I LOVE to have flowers blooming around the yard. I just LOVE the outdoors and the beauty that comes from seeing nature
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Preparing to Homeschool …where to start In an earlier post, I shared how we started homeschooling. Over the years, I have been very glad for how easy that decision and the process of starting ended up being for us. However, reality is, life circumstances can cause a person to consider homeschooling (or even
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It’s hard to believe we have reached this point in school, much less homeschooling. The last couple of years have been years where “on the sideline” of schooling I have also been stocking up and taking inventory as to what/how high school will look for us. So, some of our decisions along the way
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Since this whole COVID-19 hit in the USA I’ve been quiet on the blogging front and I don’t really know why. It may be because throughout this ordeal there has been an incredible abundance of information and I thought that one more voice (my meager voice nonetheless) may add more muck than clarity to the
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This year we found ourselves utilizing a lot of the same processes and curriculum as we did in sixth grade. However, we did add a couple new things within our learning. For Bible, we had a memory verse where we learned it by writing it in cursive, identifying the parts of speech for each
