Homeschooling for His Glory

Come Behold the Wondrous Mystery Come behold the wondrous mystery In the dawning of the King He the theme of heaven’s praises Robed in frail humanity In our longing, in our darkness Now the light of life has come Look to Christ, who condescended Took on flesh to ransom us VERSE 2 Come behold the wondrous mystery He the perfect Son of Man In His living, in His suffering Never trace nor stain of sin See the true and better Adam Come to save the hell-bound man Christ the great and sure fulfillment Of the law; in Him we stand VERSE 3 Come behold the wondrous mystery Christ the Lord upon the tree In the stead of ruined sinners Hangs the Lamb in victory See the price of our redemption See the Father’s plan unfold Bringing many sons to glory Grace unmeasured, love untold VERSE 4 Come behold the wondrous mystery Slain by death the God of life But no grave could e’er restrain Him Praise the Lord; He is alive! What a foretaste of deliverance How unwa...

Week 4 of school is over. What did we do this week? 1. We had our outdoor time. Yea for mommy to actually taking those boys full of energy outside 3 times this week. Now to keep this up. 2. We covered most of our subjects this week: Vocabulary, Handwriting, History, Math, Science, Latin, French, spelling and Writing. 3. Our History/Bible Survey topic this week was on Egyptian Gods and mythology, as well as a study of the exodus and the plagues. Interesting discussions going on. 4. I am enjoying the book we are going through for our Art study this semester: A Child's Introduction to Art 5. My oldest son's activity on his free time: Soccer has been his new obsession since the beginning of soccer. This is but a small fraction of hat he has been up to.

This week-end I came cross a song I had never heard and was touched by the lyrics, so I thought I would share it:  He Will Hold Me Fast When I fear my faith will fail,  Christ will hold me fast;  When the tempter would prevail,  He can hold me fast.   Chorus: He will hold me fast,  He will hold me fast; For my Savior loves me so,  He will hold me fast.   I could never keep my hold,  He will hold me fast;  For my love is often cold,  He must hold me fast.  I am precious in His sight,  He will hold me fast;  Those He saves are His delight.  He will hold me fast.  He’ll not let my soul be lost,  Christ will hold me fast;  Bought by Him at such a cost,  He will hold me fast.

It is week 3 since school started and we are already behind. Tell me I am not the only one. Anyway I am fine with it. We did some catch up this week, along with some of our regular subjects. It would seem that I have packed our week a bit on the heavy side, so I need to spend some time this week-end to rethink our whole schedule. Here is my random 5 for this week ( and last week as well, since I missed last week): 1. We got some hands-on projects in, and started on a timeline, yeahhhh   2. Last week Friday we had a field trip on a ship. It was really cool and the boys learned a lot. 3. So thankful for the discussions our Tapestry of Grace curriculum allows Zach and I to have. Such questions on the afterlife, how we know the Bible is true and more. 4. Our library crate is getting fuller. 5. I got to meet another homeschooler this week. How exiting! On that note I am in the process of starting up a homeschool group with a friend of mine. Lots to...

I have always struggled with planning and keeping a schedule. My youngest son, on the other end, thrives on schedules and check marks. So, that is why I was more than happy to try a new system for his school organization that catered to his bent.  Here comes My Student Logbook . My Student Logbook is a student planner of a kind, put together by a homeschool mom to help her and her kids keep on track of what needed to be done in their homeschooling. She talks about accountability and peace in the home. She then created her product which she sells at My Student Logbook . You can read her story on her website . So what is My Student Logbook? It is a fold-over logbook where you list all of the tasks, topics, subjects that you want your child to do, and then he/she proceeds to mark them off as he completes them. The genius of it is that as you move along in the weeks, all you have to do each week is flip the page, and you can replace the list page very easily as well by folding ...

Legoland Epcot Daytona Beach Fireworks Random at a restaurant on the road Loved the mountains of NC

A new school year has started and it is time to resume Random 5 on Friday as my way of summing up our week. 1. School got done 3 days this week, due to Monday being Labor Day here in Canada.I am pleased to report that our new school schedule held up, hooray!!! I mean not without any hiccup, but held nonetheless. 2. My parents offered me an iPad recently and the boys have been enjoying doing some educational activities on it. Zach's new French program, Duolingo , is done on it, and he is very happy with it. They've also enjoyed watching the free daily video from Brainpop . 3. We had a playdate on Thursday with a  new homeschooling Friend. Gym and swimming for the kids and good chatting for the moms. Don't I love those? 4. We've decided to do Transparency maps for our geography map work with Tapestry. This is going to be interesting. New territory for us. Zach working on his base map of Ancient Egypt 5. We enjoyed our discussion of Tapestry accountabilit...

For our last post in the Summer Planning Series, we have Kemi Quinn talking to us about how she plans her homeschool year around her DVD curriculum. Planning Our Homeschool Around our DVD Curriculum We’ve been using Bob Jones University Press DVD Homeschool program since our daughter was in preschool. We're getting ready to enter the 4th grade and through the years I’ve experimented with ways to fully use this great program while not overdoing it for the family. I say overdoing it because BJU Press makes sure you get a COMPLETE homeschool program for your child. They basically try to accommodate every learning style from visual to ESL and more. And make sure that anything you may need to overcome in teaching your child is addressed in the program. Phew! I think it took me two years before I realized I didn't HAVE to do everything. That I needed to take note of my daughter's learning style and customize her learning experience. I also noted how they said to...