Designing a home-centered life: learning, exploring, and creating with our five littles
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth forth his handiwork." Psalm 19:1Riding in the back of a truck heading into the total darkness of a bush village in Zimbabwe with my mission team members, my eyes were first exposed to the grandness the heavens hold. Stars as numerous and as far as the eye could … [Read more...]
Friends, please welcome David K. Bailey, from the Classical Conversations Writers Circle. David is the founding pastor of Crossroads Community Church in Stokesdale, NC, and a Challenge I tutor in Greensboro, NC. He enjoys playing with words, kayaking, sailing, swimming and hiking. He is attempting his first triathlon in April … [Read more...]
My husband laughed at how excited I was when I first thought of this simple trick for packing my littles' clothing for our most recent trip. But, despite his good-natured ribbing, I knew from experience that even though I carefully selected outfits for each of my littles (play clothes, church clothes, visiting great-grandma clothes, etc) … [Read more...]
Our friends once shared with us their family's new year tradition of looking at the previous year's family videos as each new year approaches. We now do a version of that each year with our littles by putting on a slideshow of our photos from the previous year. We hook it up to our television so everyone has a good view. We really … [Read more...]
Traveling with our littles is something we've done since they were the tiniest of tiny, mainly out of necessity with family living far away, but also without giving it much of a second thought. Along the way, I think we've stumbled onto some good ideas which make traveling a little easier. I'm sharing them today, in no … [Read more...]
"For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord." Luke 2:11Merry Christmas, friends! I hope you're enjoying time with dear family and friends while we celebrate the birth of our Savior. … [Read more...]
A few, fun educational ideas have found their way from my Amazon wish list into my cart for Christmas presents this year. Wanna take a peak at my list? Just don't tell my littles! ;)GeoPuzzle Jigsaw puzzles - these are amazing! The puzzle pieces are the actual shapes and approximate scale of the countries which you are building with to form … [Read more...]
Friends, please welcome Kirsten Gregoire to the blog today! Kirsten has been a friend for many years, before any of our children entered the scene, and I've been happy to be a step behind her for each part of the journey because it has allowed me to learn so much from her! Kirsten was the first of my friends to talk homeschooling (I thought she was … [Read more...]
Are you on break right now? We're on a short Thanksgiving break before squeezing in a bit more before Christmas break. Now's the perfect time to make sure those memory pegs are in before the next 12 weeks of material make an appearance. A friend's family shared with me that they do Mini Memory Master testing during this time. I loved the idea … [Read more...]
History - I love the idea of checking out maps and paintings displaying the Battle of Waterloo. My guys totally love looking at artwork and asking all sorts of questions. In this case, we'll look at images on my computer rather than printing any out. We'll look for weather, terrain, attire, weaponry, gear, etc. The map can … [Read more...]