Homeschooling
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moreMemorizing the Word
On Saturday, November 11 th, 2006“If I had to find one word to describe how belief came to take hold in me,it would be ‘repetition.’ “~Kathleen Norris “I know of no other single practice in the Christian life more rewarding…than memorizing Scripture…No other single exercise pays greater spiritual dividends…”~Charles Swindoll“Then the...
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moreLiving on the Bread of Life
On Saturday, November 11 th, 2006From the inbox: “My ds (7) and dd (4) have been enjoying poetry memorization but not scripture memorization…. I’m feeling convicted to teach my children God’s word and I like to learn larger sections. I’m just not sure how to go about it. Do you have any suggestions or resources you would recommend? I’d love to hear your opi...
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moreThis Week’s Memorization: 1 Jn 1
On Saturday, November 11 th, 2006We have worked our way, 3-4 verses/week, up to reciting 1 John 1, had a week to review the chapter as a whole, and will be reciting it to our memorization partners tomorrow. I am struggling with confusing two similar verses, so will keep reviewing today. We have been reciting as a family the chapter as a whole 2-3 times at the close of every meal throughout t...
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moreHabits and Self-Discipline
On Tuesday, November 07 th, 2006Words scrawled this week on the blackboard over the oak farmtable: Consider Future Consequences Lunch time reading this week at the oak farmtable: Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet “A landmark Stanford University study: Children were left in a room, each with a marshmallow, and given a choice of eating it then or fifteen minutes later, when they were pr...
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moreTen Commandments in Verse
On Wednesday, November 01 st, 2006From our Morning Gathering for this week: The Ten Commandments in Verse You shall have no gods but Me;Before no idol bend your knee.Take not the name of God in vain;Dare not the Sabbath Day profane.Give both your parents honor due.Take heed that you no murder do.Abstain from words and deeds unclean;Steal not, though you be poor and mean.Tell not a willful lie, ...
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moreThe Teacher is Out…. Considering….
On Wednesday, November 01 st, 2006The Teacher certainly isn’t where one might expect to find Him–He is out. Instead of enlightening seekers in hallowed lecture halls, His voice reverberating off the rafters, we find Jesus, Teacher, sitting on a hillside overlooking the sea, watching the bees drone amongst the lilies, listening to the lapping of waves on the pebbly shore. This Teacher was radical—no ra...
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moreKingdom Living 101
On Monday, October 02 nd, 2006The blue jar, with its clamp and seal lid, stands as the center-piece of our living space, the essence of life’s lessons. Day’s first rays illuminate the vessel’s indigo curves, sunset’s last glow washing the blue in soft gold. At the close of the hours, a child takes a turn to dangle on stool, reaching to bring the jar down from its countertop ledge o...
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ADD Awareness Day….
On Wednesday, September 20 th, 2006For further resources on ADD … Be encouraged over at HealedWaters.com
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moreQuiet Time: Listening
On Friday, September 15 th, 2006The house is quiet this morning, full with words and silent prayers. A row of bowed heads hang over open Bibles and lines of inspired letters, with only the sound of a crayon scratching across the preschooler’s coloring page. Thin Bible pages turn, pencils carefully carve verses into journals, eyebrows knitted in concentration. We are making Him part of us, ...
