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This week, we memorized Psalm 34:10 using Seeds Family Worship Volume 1 Seeds of Courage. Using the printable from BibleStoryPrintables.com, Jonathan colored, traced, and copyworked his way to memorizing this verse. Can’t see the video in your email or RSS reader? We started Kindergarten on August 22 which means we jumped into Sonlight Core…
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Book Review: 31 Days to Build a Better Spouse by Ashley Pichea
Do you pray for your spouse every day? Do you want to pray for your spouse but get stuck and wonder what to pray or how to pray for him (or her)? Do you ever try to change your spouse? If you answered yes to any of those questions then I have just the resource…
{Live} in the Moment ~ Freezer Cooking
I have to {live} in this moment. It’s a messy moment, but most are, aren’t they? The mess is the product of: 4 meals of browned turkey for tacos 3 meals of homemade spagetti sauce 1 loaf of gluten-free bread 6 gluten-free hamburger buns 2 pounds of garbanzo beans soaked and prepped for bean burgers…
Educating the Wholehearted Child ~ Chapter 5
We’re in chapter 5 of Educating the Wholehearted Child this week. “… to be educated is something you become. A truly educated child is one who has the desire and the ability to learn and grow as a whole person. The desire to learn (will) is from the heart; the ability to learn (skill) is…
A Day in the Life of The Pelsers 2011-2012
What does a “typical” day look like at The Pelsers? Of course every day is a little different, but here is the general flow of a day for us. Wake up, breakfast, play, get read for the day. The timing of this really varies, but I am doing my best to be up by 6…
Homeschool Mother’s Journal ~ August 26
In my life this week… What a crazy week this has been at The Pelsers. Josh was busy getting everything taken care of for his motorcycle: safety class all weekend, insurance, registration, license, inspection, etc. He drove the motorcycle to work yesterday for the first time and it broke down a few miles from work….
3 in 30 Check-in ~ August 26
Checking in for my third week of August! {See the details of my goals for August.} Reclaim my mornings: I did pretty well on this goal this week. Josh is up before me most mornings to get ready for work. He has started checking on me to make sure that I’m up or getting up…
Apologia Astronomy: Some Facts About Astronomy
These are just a few of the things that we have talked about in our first two sessions of Apologia’s Exploring Creation with Astronomy. Do you like the telescopes on the bottom drawing? {You knew those were telescopes, right?} The Jr. Notebook is perfect for Jonathan. He can do some writing in it without being…
Jonathan Learns to Ride a Two-Wheeler
Jonathan watched his friend from across the street ride a two-wheeler. He desperately wanted to do the same. He tried about a month ago and he just couldn’t do it. About a week ago, he told us that he needed to ride a two-wheeler because “that’s what Kindergarteners do.” So, Daddy took the training wheels…
Kids in the Word Wednesday ~ August 24
We continued our verse from last week: Romans 8:38-39. Jonathan and I both really had trouble memorizing this verse, even with the song. Jonathan wanted so badly to be able to say it. He was actually in tears one day because he was so frustrated by all the neithers and nors. I tried to get…