Time

I'm ridiculously blessed to find that so many friends out there have missed my posts here. Thank you for caring! In truth, I can't seem to find the passion to write much lately. Life is very hard with Zeb and much of the joy in our lives has been sucked out and we are desperately trying to find it again on a minute-to-minute basis. I devote every waking (and that includes the wee hours of the morning) hour to our school lessons and to creating an atmosphere of loving learning and living, despite the chaos that engulfs us daily. It is exhausting and draining and saddening. I have little time to chronicle our weeks like I used to, but I hope to someday soon find that place of peace again. I am maintaining my curriculum page here since it's my virtual notepad, but aside from that, I need time to just be quiet in the evenings ... time with Him, praying, learning to knit, reading, lesson planning, crying, whatever keeps me sane in order to face the next morning. Perhaps I'll share photos of the week if I'm so stirred. Talk soon ... we deeply covet your prayers. 

Lessons ~ Bible, Science, History, & Nature

The really good stuff ...

Scripture Memory

Adventures in My Father's World ~ science

Interaction of yeast and sugar ... Jesus is the bread of LIFE.

Notebooking our discoveries.

Yeast interacting with salt ... not so impressive.

Adventures in My Father's World ~ History

Oiled paper windows, in the spirit of the Pilgrims.

The Dutch Pilgrims ... well, coloring the Dutch Pilgrims.

Unusual concentration for this one.

Homemade butter.

James was not a fan.

All Nature Sings, Queen Homeschool

Studying oak leaves.

Aging trees.

Picking moss.

Lovely lichen.

Weekly nature walk.

Or, skip.

Or, climb.

Back home ...

to notebook our exploration.

Viola, age 5

Mae, age 7

Birds, Nests, and Eggs (Take Along Guides)

This week we read about the Chickadee in the Burgess Bird Book for Children, listened to its song, watched a video of it in flight, then enjoyed a little fellow on our bird bath outside the kitchen window.

Each of my girls keeps a nature notebook to chronicle our bird studies, ala Burgess.

I am crazy thankful for the gift of home schooling these children and witnessing their amazing growth and learning and wonder. So very thankful.

Lessons ~ Necessaries

Good stuff put to good use ...

Language Arts, Math, Handwriting

Math Lessons for a Living Education, Book 1

Rod & Staff PreK Workbooks

Robert Frost poetry

Language Lessons for the Very Young 1

Noah's Ark by Poortvliet ... gorgeous

Math Mammoth

Math Lessons for a Living Education, Book 1

Draw Write Now

"Stopping By Woods On a Snowy Evening" --Frost

Cheerful Cursive

School is good and lovely.