Tag: reading

Let’s Start May with a Sprinkle of Joy: Announcing the Giveaway Winner!

giveaways, stay-at-home mom

I want to start May off with a sprinkle of joy on the blog today. Let’s see who has won our Kids’ Summer Reading Giveaway! This winner will receive a copy of each of the three recently published books for their kids. Congratulations are in order to………. Linda Jackson!!! Hurray, Linda!! I hope your children will love these books. To read more about each of these 3 books, see my full review here. ***Disclaimer: When you purchase through Amazon links […]

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2 Must Read Character Building Fiction Books for Tweens

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2 Must Read Character Building Books for tweens

Today I have the honor of writing this article, 2 Must-Read Character Building Fiction Books for Tweens, over at LikeMindedMusings.com, as part of Lee Felix’s 30 Days of Tween Parenting Encouragement! For each day of May, Lee is featuring another blogging mom of tweens on her site to talk about this phase of parenting. There’s so much information out there for the years of parenting babies and toddlers, and then it feels like the older your kids get, the less […]

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The Bonhoeffer Book & That Famous Niemoller Quote

Bible, books, history

I loved what Bonhoeffer wrote in his Advent letter of 1938 to Confessing Church leaders. I love it because the fact is that good is not always winning. Sometimes evil is winning, but that doesn’t mean you should not do the right thing:

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Our Favorite Books from Homeschool Year 2

books, history, home school, homeschool, science

There is a time of day that is my absolute favorite. It’s the hour at the end of the day when I read to the big boys. The children love it too because it means spending time with Mom. Do you think Joshua and Caleb would ever, in a million billion years, have chosen to read the entire Little House on the Prairie series? This is a series of books that takes the time to describe the common things that […]

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EEG Results: I finally have answers to my questions about Caleb’s epilepsy.

Caleb, epilepsy, parenting

I held my breath (okay not really, but it felt like it) as I asked the question, “So did it show any seizures???” {An EEG is a test designed to measure brain waves. Caleb wore electrodes all over his head for 24 hours to get a better idea of what is going on in his brain. Caleb has a history of seizures.} She (the neurologist) said, “It was an abnormal EEG. Are his seizures on his right side, because the […]

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My Victory of the Week at Yawn City Elementary

accomplishment, books, Caleb, home school, homeschool, parenting

I stepped outside to take out the recycling. Joshua, Caleb, Daniel, and a neighborhood friend were all playing in and around the trees on the hill behind our house. I heard Caleb ask, “Master Joshua, how much longer do we have to train?” Gracious. Two new seven-year-old boys have moved onto our street in the past few weeks. Joshua and Caleb’s world keeps getting happier and happier. ******** Right now it’s recess time at “Yawn City Elementary School.” Daniel keeps […]

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New 1st/2nd Grade Reading Plan

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I mentioned in my last home schooling post that my first grader is struggling a little with reading. I also mentioned that he started off really well, but now he’s crumbling. In fact, he pretends like he’s going to sleep when he is reading to me from his “reading book”. What changed? Well, the first week of school, you have the excitement factor going for you, so there’s that. However, I think it’s more than that here. Caleb doesn’t enjoy […]

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Home schooling Progress

baby milestones, home school, homeschool, Joshua

Ah……nothing like kicking back and resting with a three-year-old… So the first four weeks of home school are done. I’ve been trying to approach this as a puzzle. What can I do to fix the things that I see that need fixing in their education and in their character? Those are the two things I’m keeping them home to work on. I feel as though Joshua has made amazing progress. Seriously. Amazing. First, he started out way ahead of where […]

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About John Smith: “Him died. Dead. Dead. Dead”

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These videos crack me up. It’s just so Daniel. He’s “reading” a book about John Smith, the best leader that the Jamestown settlement had. He kept focusing on the photo of John Smith, wounded in the Indian camp. Daniel read it as, “Him dead. Him died. meh meh meh meh meh….” Perhaps a lot of what I say to Daniel is simply translated as something from Charlie Brown’s teacher. To get the full story, you ‘gotta’ watch both movies! 😉 […]

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