Sounds of mathematical facts, reading and narration fill our home. The sounds are a result of careful planting. The planting of knowledge. A unique harvest is now in our storehouses. The rafters are full of Shakespeare, mathematics, literature, art, science and history. We walked a different path and did not […]
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I had the privilege to have a test writing genius as one of my professors in college. I loved to take his tests. Crazy, huh?! Magic would flow from his hands as he wrote works of art lasting only one hour. With simple pencil,
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Striving for simple sanity is difficult as voices call you from all directions. It seems impossible as dishes pile higher and obligations mount. Another project due, another meeting to attend, another event to schedule. Stop. It’s time to breathe. But how? The voices grow louder, the
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Watching a reluctant reader find a love of reading is heartwarming. New worlds open and confidence builds. Our homeschooling year began with a voice timidly reading. It will conclude in a few weeks with the stories of Thornton W. Burgess filling the air. We never would have encountered this author
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Homeschooling is a quest, a journey. You can prepare for the days ahead-plan, organize, schedule. However, you must first step timidly upon the path to release the power that homeschooling has to offer. Choosing the quest allows you to see reluctant readers pour themselves into books, mathematical fears vanish and knowledge emerge victorious.
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If you are like me, you wish for a pause button in life. Press pause to enjoy sweet moments in time. Firmly pause so they will never fade away. Perhaps we do have a pause button, but we don’t take the time to find a
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You can observe a lot by just watching. Yogi Berra
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Nostalgic memories flow from memories of days gone past. A simpler time, an easier way. We yearn to slow down and experience life anew until we realize that perhaps our nostalgia is better left in our memories. However, the past doesn’t always have to stay in the past. There are some
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Madness. Mayhem. Incomprehensible despair. Random chaos. Sometimes the world seems consumed with darkness. Life flows as small irritations fill your day. Milk spilled on carpet. Piles of laundry. Cobwebs. Evil enters the stage. Your world changes. You call your loved ones, you hold your children closer and
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Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all
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