Our school year ended this spring with a Nature Study that the kids both loved and talked about all the time. In an effort to keep their interest alive, I thought it would be fun to study Botany for science this year. There have been a lot of big science words this time around, and […]
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Guarding Your Heart
July 1, 2013 – 1:07 pm
Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” This was the verse the kids focused on during C3 Camp this summer. And it’s so, so true. It ranks right up there with Matthew 15:18 “But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, […]
1 Samuel 16:7
March 5, 2013 – 11:29 am
“But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.” Emery’s translation: “God looks at your heart. Not your coolness.”
The Boy who Cried Wolf
February 19, 2013 – 3:40 pm
One day last week I got to a point in our homeschool day where the kids didn’t need my help. They had the rest of their work laid out in front of them and I desperately needed a shower. So I left them with the following instructions: “Okay, I’m going upstairs to take a shower. […]
And so it begins….
February 14, 2013 – 8:18 pm
I printed out some Valentine’s coloring cards for the kids to make today. It was the end of our school day and I was still in my jammies, so I told them to color them however they like, and they could give them to whomever they wanted. A little while later, as I was getting […]
