The Bronze Bow
A few months ago I read The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare to my four youngest children. I have read it many times before. My sixteen year old son asked if I could please not cry so much this...
View ArticleIn Praise of Soap
Our daughter's...fiancé's...brother's...wife...(really, Bonnie?), is a soap artist. I've been buying natural soap for a very long time, I won't even tell you how long because then you might know that...
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Artemis
Sometimes you turn eight and need a kitten. That's all yours. Cuddling a kitten gets you through a lot. That's what I know.
View ArticleWarm and Loving Manner
I was asked recently what I mean by my by-line "attempting to raise children in a warm and loving manner."Here goes. I'm a mammal, and I do, honestly believe that culturally we need to act more like...
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Theme Thursday: Panic
The Clan Strike a Chord.My panic isn't about mess or planning. Some days I wish it was. It's about this:Number four, out the door. Just recently brushing past 17, acting anywhere between 12 and 30...
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Discernment
Discernment is hard. In fact, I think it is the hardest aspect of the Christian life, to try to find the will of God in our lives. To try to understand the grand scheme and how our little life fits...
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Teaching History, the Catholic Eye
I've recently been asked a question about what we use for Catholic history. There are some great resources available, but I think from the outset, I need to qualify how we learn history.We use...
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Homeschool History, walls are not just for holding up your roof or separating...
Learning history primarily with literature as your backbone, some support materials are in order. Like maps. And globes. A world map is a homeschool essential, and when we study a particular era in...
View ArticleMore Resources that I ADORE
Classics on the Catholic homeschoolers bookshelf, my friends: Christ the King, Lord of HistoryChrist and the Americas both by Anne CarrolWhile these books are effective as "textbooks" for lack of a...
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Oh, A Garden Linkup!
Today, just exactly today, I was taking photos of my spectacular zinnias. I was compelled to take such photos because truly the only thing singing in my garden this year is the zinnias. The last two...
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Teaching History, using resources well
When we read together, learning is fostered primarily through discussion and example.Most frequently asked question at our table..."What do you think?"Most frequent comment..."Let's look that up."Our...
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Forming our Children
How do we bring our faith into an organic study of history?How do we catechize our children?What program/workbook/curriculum/syllabus do we use to teach our children the faith?Oh. Preach the gospel at...
View ArticleForcing Kids to Learn Stuff We Think They Should Know
Even the earthiest of us all sometimes have an agenda. My husband, for example, memorized all of the Prime Ministers of Canada. If he was homeschooling our children, he would probably want them to...
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Doesn't This Look Inviting...
Feast of King Saint Louis IX, and an end of summer goodbye party for a wanderlust.
View ArticleFor Those With a Heart For Babies, Girls and Dreams
This is really lovely.One girl's dream.
View ArticleTeaching History Organically: What Does It Look Like?
Well. It looks an awful lot like they way adults discuss and discover. It looks a lot like formation.We read together. We ask questions, we get out books and find answers, the encyclopedias, the...
View ArticleWrapping Things Up
Well, a good way to wrap up this little series of posts is to talk about ways to wrap up a history study.There are a few fun ways to take all that information and excitement and turn it into something...
View ArticleLearning History for Catholic Homeschoolers or Anyone Else
Teaching History, the Catholic Eye.What your walls are REALLY for.What resources are essential?More resources for learning history for Catholics.Bringing faith into all our learning.What does it look...
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The Terrors of the Butterfly
Yesterday we went to a long overdue field trip to Butterfly World in Coombs. Rosebud has been doing a unit study on butterflies, moths and dinosaurs for the last three or four years, and I've been...
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