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Do you have any Bible Study plans for 2009? Do you prefer to read the Bible through or study a portion/s more carefully? What are your favorite Bibles or methods? Do you study by topic, by book, or study a particular author, or time period...or maybe something else? I'm curious about different Bible Study methods/plans you all might have.
2007 I made a weak attempt to read the Bible through in a year, and I pittered out around Exodus or Leviticus. 2008 I made the attempt again, and I did a little better, but still failed to read through. This year I want to try again, and/or I'm open to other ideas/methods/plans.
Thanks!
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The end of Galaxy Quest, from the time they enter the atmosphere until the very end of the movie.
Every single time.
I'm FOTFL! :smilielol5:
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I'm am not sporty AT ALL, but I always cry when I watch a sports movie and the underdog wins. :glare:
I'm actually a Sci Fi, Science/Discovery, History Channel, HGTV, and Food TV watcher. I never watch real sports.
I've cried watching the Karate Kid movies, Rudy, this golfing one, which I can't remember the name, and several others, which I can't remember names to.
Weird!
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I put up all the cards and picture cards we get on the fireplace mantle and then I toss them all after the season is over. I don't feel guilty. I throw things out easily, even pictures.
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One year I made Tomato Bisque for a Mother's Day luncheon. It was very popular. I don't have the recipe, but I'm sure you can find one on Allrecipes.com. If you make it the night before, make sure you re-heat it by bringing the temperature up slowly.
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As a family and with our local church we take advantage of this season to review the story of the birth of Christ by reading it from the Bible, and we share the story with others in our home and in our sphere of influence where and when appropriate. We have a family tradition of reading the story from the Bible next to our Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. We also usually go to a Christmas Eve church service where we light candles and sing songs about Christ's birth.
The children know that Christmas isn't the actual day that Christ was born, and they know some of the actual history of Christmas, and that Santa Claus is a fictional character, with a few historical roots. For the last 2 years we've watched a history of Christmas program on Discovery or History Channel (I can't remember which one). We find them very interesting.
We exchange presents, but it's not a super big deal in our family. We usually use the presents as an opportunity to buy the children the clothing that they need and a favorite toy, game, Lego's, or doll they've been wanting.
We also have a tradition of eating cinnamon rolls for breakfast, and Prime Rib with my husband's famous twice baked stuffed potatoes for dinner. Yum, yum!
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I didn't read all the replies, but I noticed a particular weird sweet kind of smell, but not really sweet, just a weird sweet smell in people with diabetes. It's kind of sweet, but also odoress. Sorry, it's hard to explain. But, in several people with diabetes, I've recognized it, and it's the same smell on each one. They were all olderish, like 55+. I haven't noticed the smell in younger people with diabetes, though I've only known one.
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I just realized this thread is about a week old. How are you doing? Has any of the previous recommendations helped? Have yo gotten out today in the snow? I live in Kent. We have about 7-8 inches in our front/back yard. I got out a little today (a rarity for me). I do have some recommendations for you if you are interested in more...
I recommend a heafty dose of Cod Liver Oil twice a day. Take 1 TBSP with a lemon juice concentrate chaser in the morning, and again in the afternoon until you are feeling better, then you can cut down to 1 dose each morning.
Cod Liver Oil is a good source for EPA, DHA, Vitamin D and Vitamin A. Keep it in the refrigerator, because it can spoil.
You might burp up the taste for the first few days to a week, but your stomach will get used to it.
For overall health you might also consider adding probiotics and good fiber to your diet. I recommend kefir and buckwheat. I make buckwheat/kefir pancakes for breakfast for me and the kids every morning, and this keeps my digestion in good health. It's also good for blood sugar. High or low blood sugar can do terrible things to concentration and coping skills.
Here is a copy of my recipe for buckwheat pancakes if you are interested. A good serving of this pancake in the morning with an egg will keep your blood sugar stable until lunch, and you will get the fiber and probiotics you need for good digestions. I also posted this on a recent "number one thing you can do for your health" thread.
Makes 10 cups:
5 cups of buckwheat flour (the kind I like best is toasted, aka brown roasted, and freshly ground)
5 cups of soft white wheat flour (Again freshly ground is my favorite. This can be substituted for regular white flour if you don't like *grainy* things)
10 Tablespoons sugar (white or brown)
10 teaspoons baking powder
5 teaspoons baking soda
5 teaspoons salt
Mix all together in a big wide mouthed jar, or a small bucket. Use within 1 month.
To make 1 batch of pancakes, just add to 1 cup of mix:
1 egg
1 cup kefir or buttermilk or thinned out yogurt (thin with milk)
2 Tablespoons butter (Optional. I've tried it without, and it's not much different.)
This serves me and 4 children (Dh doesn't like my *magic* pancakes :confused:, even though he said his digestion improved after 1 serving. :glare:)
Take care of you, and those little ones! ;)
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right up there with the one where Jerry can't remember his new girlfriend's name.
"DOLORES!!!!"
Are you sure it wasn't Mulva?
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I would especially love to hear from anyone who doesn't feel like they are natural "homemaker" material who has overcome this obstacle and become one for their family, in spite of their upbringing or personality.
WOW! I can really relate to you and your situation. I think I might be a few years past where you are now, so maybe I can be of a little help. I was raised by a single mom. She was very loving and kept a clean house especially when guests were coming over, and cooked, usually on Sundays, but because she was overworked and felt like her personal needs weren't being met, she was distant and often off taking care of herself. I understand her troubles now, and why she was the way she was, and I don't hold any grudges. I caused her many of her troubles, and we have reconciled all these problems, and we have a good relationship now, finally.
Being raised by a single mother, I didn't learn anything about taking care of a husband, and I learned little about taking care of children and a home. About 6 years into marriage and 1 child added to the family, my husband and I made arrangements for me to be a stay at home mom. This was like a dream come true for me, but not one from childhood. After having my first child, like the moment after birth, I wanted to stay home with her. Our financial situation at the time prohibited me from staying at home for more than 3 weeks, so I went back to work, in our family owned print shop, and I took my daughter with me. It was a very difficult few years for me and my husband. We put our daughter in a toddler Montessori school at around 1 1/2 yrs. old and by the time she was 3 yrs. old we were finally in a place where I could work from home. We took our daughter out of the Montessori school, and I kept her home with me while I worked from my computer and phone at home. I was really out of place there; like a fish out of water. For a long while I used the TV and my daughter's ability to play pretend to take care of her while I worked at the computer and on the phone most of the day. About a year into coming home, and after our employee was getting the hang of taking over my job, I was able to engage more with my daughter. I started homeschooling to spend more time with her, because this gave me *something* to do. I didn't really know how to just play and be with her. So, we did projects and Explode the Code, and I taught her to read, and we did some math. Then, I had a baby, and most of our time together was spent playing with and taking care of the baby. A year later, we had another baby. Days were spent taking care of everyone! Then, we moved, twice! Those were some really transitional years. We didn't have too many opportunities for good quality time together, just lots of planning, doing, and planning, and doing. Now, we have 4 children.
As for engaging with my children, I go back and forth with good times of engagement, and lots of computer time, distant from them. I love to plan and research, just like you. I could spend all day on the computer, perfectly content. My children can play on their own fairly well, so I have to work hard at engaging with them. We've had a few weeks of school off, and that has taken me back to the computer again. I've been reading and posting a lot in these last two weeks. Dh and the kids are watching Back to the Future right now, so here I am at the computer. I would rather be reading and writing than watching TV, or playing games. This is one area that I really want to improve upon this year. We are done having babies (at least as much as we can control it). So, I feel like it's time to start some new habits of engaging with the children more, and really getting down to raising them right, and developing good relationships. This will take breaking some habits, lots of practice, discipline and God's grace.
Regarding cooking, it was a very slow transition to cook for the family, but eventually I learned to cook meals. A few things helped me very much. I have an old 1950's Betty Crocker cookbook, which is very informative on the basics. It has basic information like baking, boiling, and frying potatoes, roasting different kinds of meats, how to make pancakes, how to cook eggs in various ways, etc. etc. I used this cookbook first to learn the basics of cooking, and I made notes in the cookbook whenever I discovered something on my own that I wanted to remember later. I still use this cookbook all the time, but now that I have a little more background and experience, I can tweak recipes to our family liking. Later I discovered Allrecipes.com. I used, and still use, this website to find recipes of particular things that I want to make, or to just type in a few ingredients I have on hand to see what different recipes I can make with them. After about 8 years of practice, and plugging along, and grace from God and my family, I now make dinner every night for a family of 6, plus 3 international students who live with us. I also make pancakes in the morning!
As for house cleaning, that just takes practice too, and I still struggle to keep things clean and organized. My house is really clean when people come over (childhood habit), but on a day to day basis it could use some improvement. Practice, practice, practice...discipline, discipline, discipline...
One thing that keeps me going, is something that one of my good friends said to me. This is someone who I admire very much in her mothering and homemaking. She said that when you fail one day, just get right back up and try again tomorrow. I really liked that advice, because I'm the type to go 110% on something, then if I fail one day, I just give up totally. But, with my steady friend's advice, when I fail one day I am encouraged to just try again tomorrow. This also goes for weeks and months. If I find myself weeks or months into a bad habit, I know I can just start fresh the next day, and try again!
You can do it! You are motivated by love for your husband and your children, and you have the goals you want for yourself and your family in mind. That's a great place to start! If you are a Christian believer, I will advise you to pray, and trust in God. Also, you must practice those things that are uncomfortable, implement self discipline to resist those things that are easy to go back to (like the computer, and TV dinners, or dh cooking), get right back up when you fail, and just try again. Eventually, it will get easier, and your husband will cook less, and you will cook more, you will learn to engage with your children (needs improvement here), and several years later your family roles and habits will be more to your liking. You can do it! I can do it! We all can do it!:hurray:
No I never made it into highschool cheerleading, though I tried out several times. :confused:
Their loss, right? :D
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I like the brown roasted buckwheat.
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I know you probably wanted a short answer, but I really love this subject, so I just have to pass along what I've learned. Warning, long message to follow...
Reading and implementing (loosely at present) 2 books, "The Makers Diet" and "Nourishing Traditions" has been the #1 thing I could do for me and my family's health.
The main theme of good health in these 2 books begins in the gut (colon). When the gut/colon is functioning well, then food/vitamins/minerals are processed and distributed throughout the body well, and then the body can function well and do what it needs to do. That is, if the body is relatively healthy to begin with.
The main ingredient to good gut/colon health is good bacteria (a.k.a. probiotics). The gut is full of bacteria both good and bad. When the population of good bacteria is low, then digestion is poor, and the body is not getting what it needs to function well. No matter what you add or eliminate in a diet, if digestion is poor, those vitamins won't be getting processed properly.
Good bacteria can be added to the gut through probiotic supplementation, or natural foods, such as kefir, yogurt, raw milk, and other "good bacteria" type foods listed in the books I've titled above. We use kefir, yogurt, and probiotic supplementation.
The second most important aspect of good gut/colon health is good fiber (good grains), also listed in both of the books above. My favorite fiber is buckwheat (not a true grain, but acts like one). It has been great for my digestion, and I feel excellent when my digestion is good.
We usually don't get sick in our family, but this late fall we all got a terrible cough/sickness that has lasted about a month. Once I recovered from this cough, just recently, I felt somewhat better, but my digestion was terrible. I had run out of buckwheat for several months and sort of *forgot* about it. Just a week ago my husband brought home a big bag of buckwheat for me, because I was feeling so terrible, and I was complaining of poor digestion, and he knew how much I loved buckwheat and how good I felt when I was eating it. Oh, I was so happy! I ground it up right away, along with a 1/2 portion of soft white wheat, and I made 10 cups of my favorite pancake mix.
Here is the dry mix recipe below if anyone is interested. Makes 10 cups:
5 cups of buckwheat flour (the kind I like best is toasted and freshly ground)
5 cups of soft white wheat flour (Again freshly ground is my favorite. This can be substituted for regular white flour if you don't like *grainy* things)
10 Tablespoons sugar (white or brown)
10 teaspoons baking powder
5 teaspoons baking soda
5 teaspoons salt
Mix all together in a big wide mouthed jar, or a small bucket. Use within 1 month.
To make 1 batch of pancakes, just add to 1 cup of mix:
1 egg
1 cup kefir or buttermilk or thinned out yogurt (thin with milk)
2 Tablespoons butter (Optional. I've tried it without, and it's not much different.)
This serves me and 4 children (Dh doesn't like my *magic* pancakes :confused:, even though he said his digestion improved after 1 serving. :glare:)
I've been eating this every morning since my husband came home with the buckwheat, and my digestion is excellent again. I'm starting to feel like my old self again!
And as if this wasn't long enough, I have a side note. Before I got *very* sick with 2 bouts of pneumonia my digestion wasn't great then either. I hadn't been eating my buckwheat/kefir pancakes for months, and my digestion was deteriorating. So, I did a "Dr. Natura Colon Cleanse". About 1 month into the cleanse I got really sick with pneumonia, twice! Not that the cleanse caused it, or anything like that, but I just wanted to say that I will stick to the buckwheat/kefir combination from now on. I think it's a gentle and natural way to good digestion.
One more side note, he he he. I'll NEVER quit drinking coffee. (Please don't test me on this one, God.)
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I bought a Bitty Baby for my 3yo daughter last year, and I thought it wasn't much better than a *niceish* doll from Target. It still got colored on by the little one with a marker, and the clothing got marker on it, which bled onto the actual doll. So, I support you getting an alternative doll, though I don't have a brand to recommend. The high price for a BB isn't worth it, when it comes to getting damaged just like any other doll.
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"[O]nly a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
Benjamin Franklin
We will continue to need laws and law enforcers, both inside and outside the home, as long as people give way to their sinful natures.
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Lots of good ideas above. Here's another option. You can try giving her the right words and tone. I like to say, "Let's try that again...(fill in the blank with kind words & a kind tone)". I come back to this whenever attitudes are unpleasant, or the children are being unpleasant or unkind to each other, and I give them the words they should say. They just repeat after me, and there's no other consequences. It's just practicing good behavior. If they refused to repeat the model, then I would give a consequence.
One example of words you could model in the ETC case would be, "I'm sorry Mom, but you are disturbing my concentration. Can I work alone please?" I usually give my children sentences like this even if they can't remember the entire thing. In the statement and question above you would be modeling complete sentences, kind words, a kind tone, and some nice vocabulary words that she might not usually use.
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Julie,
I'm so sorry this happened to you tonight. I was so grieved to read your post, and I really wanted to reply with something useful and to be a blessing to you, so I read some of your blog to get to *know you* a little bit first.
I found this lovely post on your blog about your 12th Anniversary, and you said this about your life, and your husband, "I'm running late....my heart is full of joy for the gifts God has bestowed on us. As my dear husband always reminds me, "these are the signs of life." One of the many reasons I am thankful for him most of all."
I also saw a beautiful picture of the two of you, which you stated that you have everywhere (in your living room, on your computer screen, and you give it out whenever you get the chance).
My heart is pounding right now, because I have to go against some of the other posters who say that you are the one being abused, and that you have a right to be as angry as you are (I'm summarizing). I'm not sure that's true. Of course, I don't know you one bit, but I know myself, and many other women who have behaved just as you have tonight. In my own case I have gone into screaming fits many, many times, and in every case I can point to what made me SOOOO mad. In every case I think it was my pride being bruised. I thought I was doing something right, and my husband pointed out my fault. Sometimes he pointed it out gracefully, but many times not so gracefully. Either way, I ended up in anger, because I didn't want him to point out anything bad/wrong/in error about me.
Maybe this is the case tonight. Maybe not. Maybe your husband is under financial pressures, and the $80 just pushed him over the edge. Maybe the video game is the only time/place he can go where no one is putting pressure on him/expecting things from him. Maybe the best solution here is not to distance yourself from him, but make steps to be closer to him. If he is like my husband, and like many of the husbands of my friends, he just wants to be respected, and trusted. He wants a safe place to come home at night where he won't be nagged on. He wants to be able to tell you his troubles, or when his troubles are more than he can tell, he wants to know that you trust him no matter what to do the best he can with all the burdens he carries to provide for the family and manage his work life.
Well, my heart is still pounding, because I'm really stepping out guessing all these things about you and your husband. I really hope you can come close together again in love and trust. I can see that you had that just a year ago from your blog posts. This season can be very stressful for most people. Please give him some grace, and pray that he will extend it to you too. I will pray for you.
One more thing...If you read that list of abuses, maybe think about some of the ones on that list that you have done toward him. This might put the focus of your heart and mind off of the grievances he has caused you, and you might just see that you have caused some to him too. I know that I can point to several on that list that I have done toward my husband. God bless you, your husband, and your family.
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Us too. I've had pneumonia twice, my husband and oldest son had bronchitis, my oldest daughter a terrible cough, and my youngest daughter croup. I thank God that our little baby hasn't gotten this terrible bug. He's had a little cough, but not to the extent the rest of us have.
There have been several cases of pneumonia in our church too! Also, same as others have said we *never* (well, of course, hardly ever) get sick. This year, I cannot say that anymore.
What's going on here?
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Congratulations! My organization consists of piles of books and a one page schedule. Is there more to it that I am missing?
I used Excel up until a few months ago when I switched to The Homeschool Tracker, and my daughter's schedule looks like this (copied below). I hope it comes through once I hit "Submit Reply", but on my screen at the moment, it shows the lines, etc. that are in Excel. The first 5 lines are done with me, and the rest is done independently. I keep a "To Do" binder for her with her assignments, and any printouts she needs to complete her independent work. Her narrations are done into a digital recorder, which I check at the end of the week, or on Sunday before the next school week. I'm guessing if I had several school aged children, that I would have one of these for each child, but I'm not sure how that will look down the road. I'm curious how that looks with other mom's who make up their own curriculum with several school aged children.
OK, it didn't show up with the lines once I hit "Submit Reply" so I erased it. I can e-mail it, if you're interested in seeing my schedule with 1 child.
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Ok, that part really cracked me up.
Me too! I'm FOTFL :smilielol5:
Care to share your schedule? That is, if it's even possible to type it all out to share. I'm a visual person and a scheduler, and I'm very interested to see how this all works out. I combine several methods and resources too, but I only have 1 who is school age (4th grade), everyone else is K or below.
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I did Core 1&2 with a new baby on the way, and all the reading aloud was exhausting. With the baby taking up most of my body mass, and trying to fill my lungs with enough air to shout the words of CHOW, and the numerous other books, over the other voices of my then 3 & 4 yo's was just too much! I pittered out about 1/2 way through. I kept a few things going from Sonlight, and switched out a few other things. For History I switched to History Pockets and I assigned it to her as independent reading & craft work. I also got easy(ish) books from the library on that history period which she worked on in the History Pockets, and I assigned that to her for independent reading. For Science I used the Usborne Book of Knowledge, and I just assigned independent reading from it. It was at her reading level, so I didn't really need to be reading it aloud. For Literature, instead of the read alouds in book form, I found the same books on CD at my library, and I assigned her independant listening time. At the end of each day I assigned her a short period of "Together Time with Mom", which was on her check off schedule. She came to me, and we discussed her reading/listening for the day. I kept the other elements of Sonlight going independently such as the Memory work from "Sing the Word", and Poetry, and Geography (Geography Songs & Maps and Globes), Language Arts, and Readers. So, basically, at the end of my pregnancy she was very much independent, except for me checking her work, giving a bit of instruction on trouble spots, and listening to her talk about her reading. This year I'm much more hands on, but last year, not at all. I think it's OK to do this when you have a new baby on the way.
If you would like to take a glimpse of my schedule for last year, which was my daughter's check off list, you can PM me, and I'll send it to you via e-mail. I have it in Excel format.
Take care. ;)
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I thought the same thing (I'm addressing your first comment) - then I joined this forum and saw the long list of subjects in everyone's siggy: Example - DS 4 FIAR, BJU Science, Abeka Social Studies, HWT, ETC, LLATL, Guitar Lessons, Piano Lessons, Latin, French, Choir, Voice Lessons, Private Art class, and on and on.... And I thought, Good grief! I better catch up to these people or my daughter will fall behind!
I have met a couple of homeschooling moms but their daughters were older than mine. The mothers seemed so incredibly relaxed; I was like, How can you be so relaxed about this?!?! One mom only used two items to teach her daughter: Workbooks from Sam's Club and old videos of Schoolhouse Rock!!! :confused:
Jessie,
Oh I cracked up FOTFL when I read your description of someone's sig line! Oh, that's so funny, I'm still laughing! Then, compare that to the mom who only uses Sam's Club workbooks and Schoolhouse Rock videos! What a hoot! I'm just busting up. Aren't we mothers hilarious? I'm gong to try to read all the comments eventually (haven't yet). I'm sure I don't have anything new to say, except maybe, that you crack me up!
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I didn't read every response in detail, so if someone already mentioned this, please forgive me.
I would just suggest you stick with the same math (Horizons), if it's working. From other posters, I've read that Horizons is a good solid spiral program that's a bit advanced compared to the standardized tests/ps system. So, I would stick to that if it's working well. Singapore is a whole different approach and I think it might give you unnecessary trouble to have to decide where to place him, and learn a new system of doing math, and to try to learn a new teacher's manual, etc. etc. The Home Instructor's Guide, which you can purchase separately, is not that easy to follow IMO, and the curriculum also comes with a text book and work book, and there are mental math drills also. There are also manipulatives that, if you want to use them, you have to make. So, I wouldn't recommend it for starting out, especially if Horizons is going well, and you can follow the Teacher's Manual. JMHO. :) The least amount that you have to figure out "from scratch" the better, when starting out. ;)
I would also agree that WWE is a good place to start with writing. Regarding phonics, even if your son is reading well, you might want to look into reinforcing those reading and spelling skills with a phonics program.
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Amy, I love the Reagan quote in your signature line! Good one to remember.
I'm not a complete follower of CM, but I do use Ambleside Online for literature selections, poetry, artist study, composer study, some history and science, and "fun books", and I follow a schedule loosly simiilar to the PNEU weekly schedule on the AO website in the AM. All in all, though, I like to mix TWTM with AO.
What I like about TWTM is the strong foundation in language arts, such as formal spelling, and grammar. AO says to delay formal grammar and writing mechanics until about 5th grade. I really disagree with this, so I follow TWTM on this one. However, what I like about CM via Ambleside Online is the rich selection of many living books, reading a little of this and a little of that, giving the child the opportunity to make their own connections, and the freedom to study 2 time periods of history at the same time. So, I mix the two.
Here's a synopsis of my schedule and the books/resources I use, if you are interested.
In the AM about 9:00-10:00 or 10:30 with all the children together (baby to age 10) we do the following:
Sing a hymn
Say the pledge
Bible story read aloud (OT/NT every other day using the Golden Children's Bible)
Psalm Memory (We sound off old lines, and add a new line each week. We just finished Psalm 23.)
Picture Study (new picture each week, new artist each term)
Poetry (1 new poem every day Robert Lewis Stevenson)
Read Aloud (alternating days with 50 Famous Stories, Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans, and Exploring God's Creation through Botany)
Phonogram drill (SWR single letter & double letter phonograms)
Greek/Latin root words drill (English from the Roots Up, sound off old, and add 2 new root words each week)
This first portion of our day is AOish, not exactly, but similar to PNEU schedule.
Now, we get more TWTMish and I do the following with my 4th grader:
Spelling (SWR)
Grammar (R&S English 4th G.)
Dictation (When we have time)
Math (R&S Math 4th G.)
BREAK TIME (about 1-1.5 hrs.)
Then, the afternoon is AOish again. My oldest has independent reading assignments that are mostly from AO, but I have a few books from other sources, like Yesterday's Classics and Veritas Press. Here is her reading list:
Day by Day Children's Bible
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare
Laura Ingalls Wilder series
Parables from Nature
Theater Shoes (this is #2 in a series)
The Light and the Glory for Children (early US History)
A Story of the Golden Age of Greek Heroes (Greek Myths)
Alexander the Great by Jacob Abbott (free from Mainlesson.com)
Marco Polo by Manuel Komroff
Secrets of the Woods (Just finished this, now starting Among the Farmyard People)
At this time I put my baby down for a nap, and I work independently with my 5 & 4 yos. This part is more TWTMish. Here's what we do together:
Handwriting (Cursive First)
Phonics (SWR)
Reading (OPG)
Math (just finished MUS Primer, and moving onto Rightstart B)
Read Aloud from Lavendar's Blue (Mother Goose rhymes)
I don't know if this helps you. Probably not, but maybe you will feel free to use whatever resources seem good at the time, and even feel free to mix them up. My 4th grade daughter needs a lot of reading and assignments, so that's why I have so much planned. You just have to do what is right for you and your children. ;)
New Year - Read the Bible in a Year, or Study a Smaller Part More Carefully?
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I'm leaning toward Bible Reading.com. I like that they had an e-mail option within the yahoo groups format. I'm already a member of several groups that I read daily, and so that will just go along with my already established habits. I also like that you can choose the version of the Bible. I chose New American Standard, because I haven't read through that version yet, and it's the version that my pastor uses.
I just had a thought...with this genres type reading plan I could also incorporate a prayer routine around that particular genre. I used to have a weekly prayer rotation, Mondays - self immediate family, Tuesdays - extended family, Wednesdays - church family, etc. etc. I don't remember what the actual days and genres were, because this was several years ago. But, I've wanted to get back to more of a prayer routine this year too. For the last few years with all the new babies and changes in our family I've slacked off on regular Bible reading and prayers. I really want to get close to God this year, and feel like I know him more at the end of 2009, instead of feeling further removed from Him. Maybe incorporating a genre prayer response to the genre readings would be appropriate. :glare:
I'll post more about how that works out. So, for today I'm going to start on the Biblereading.com in the yahoo e-mail. I see it in my box, so I better get off to reading it. :D