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Schooling two active boys has never been more... interesting. That's the word I'm looking for!
I love my boys! God has given them the blessing of strong, active bodies and minds. We continually pray the first will remain intact, and the second will remain engaged with Him first, and then the school work. You'll meet my sweet sons, both entirely different, but both loving God to the best of their ability in the way He made them. I lovingly refer to them as my Bell Pepper Boy and my Habanero or Hambone. That should say it all!
This blog is an eclectic mix. The events, conversations, and the thoughts behind it all will be in here.
Every once in a while I'll try to capture something I don't want to forget. I hope you find things you enjoy. Please let me know if you do!
Blessings!
Our Curriculum
- Mystery of History vol. 1
- Saxon 5/4
- Horizons Grade 2
- A Beka Language
- Spelling Power
- Apologia Zoology 1
Books I'm Reading
- The Bible
- Adam and His Kin by Beechick
- It by Groeschel
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
A Little Professional Development?
Posted in Celebrations!
Those who have been reading along for a while know that I've been looking to some solutions to our home schooling dilemmas (anger issues, history headaches, and such). Well, lovely people suggested so many terrific resources, and I've got most of them either read or purchased...or better...loaned to me.
I've been reading terrific resources on anger, learning styles, and we've purchased things to help us out next year. Want to hear how cool God is?
He provided The Heart of Anger for me to read on loan. Then He provided the book for my own personal library. He provided a brand new copy of The Way They Learn at a public library sale. Yesterday He provided Mystery of History very reasonably at Vegsource.com (my favorite book selling source).
He is obviously not done with me yet because I just received notice that I WON a book in a HSB contest! (Say whaaaaaat?) Didn't I say I never win, but my friends often do? I guess God moved heaven and earth and some kind of random selector thingy so that I would have a resource that I probably need more desperately than ever! We, my friends, are apparently going to have a home school that WORKS...by His hand!!!! *Insert stunned look followed by happy dance here!* Here is where I won the book.
He's even moved on our behalf in the curriculum areas I hadn't necessarily thought to lay before His feet. (Sorry about that, Father!) He provided brand new penmanship and creative writing books for Bell Pepper for next year. He provided a practically new math workbook for the first half of Habanero's year next year. I could go on and on! My boys' favorite "God sent" book was one that is about the human body. The pages are like a board book, but there is a plastic model that shows the "innards" as you turn the pages and learn about that part of the body! (How cool is THAT? I might have paid more attention if they'd had books like that when I was in school!)
All this is to say that our very loving, gracious, attentive God has been richly blessing us...wretches that we can be at times. Praise Him! *Insert girlie crying here.*
Are there things yet to be done? Absolutely! I'm working on following His lead in everything. I have decided that I need to lay our curriculum and needs at His feet and wait for Him to move. I'm waiting on the Lord!
As a little side note, I thought I would share that we are working on prayer right now in our Bible time. We were talking about "big asks" with the boys. We have need of some materials for repairs and for general living. You might see the lists as odd, but we thought we'd lay all of our deepest needs down for God to resolve. As He leads and answers, I'll let you know how it goes. ;')
Thanks for reading along and celebrating with me. I appreciate it!
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Jenn