Tuesday 7 February 2012

Tuesdays Treasure {26} - Honey for a Child's Heart

 Welcome to Tuesdays Treasures.  I started these posts as a way of sharing great books in honour of my friend in New Zealand who would arrive with the treasures she had unearthed at her weekly trip to the library!

There are so many wonderful books out there hiding on shelves so I invite you to blog about a book on your shelf, one you're reading or one you found at the library and add your post to Learning All the Time Favourite Resource Link Up. 



This week ...



  • Format: Paperback
  • Number of Pages: 251
  • Publishers: Zondervan
  • Publication Date: 
  • ISBN: 978-0-310-24246-8
  • Author Gladys Hunt
  • Illustrator: 
When I first started home schooling this was one of the first books I invested in.  I loved the idea of twaddle free living books but did not have enough experience to pick them.  This book became an invaluable resource along with my Sonlight Catalog.

Personally I do not endorse every book that Gladys has listed but as a family we have certainly enjoyed a good many.

The book is divided into two parts:

Part One: Using Books to Help Children Grow
    Part Two: Best-Loved Books for Children.

    "Every child ought to know the pleasure of words so well chosen that they awaken sensibility, great emotions, and understanding of truth "- Gladys Hunt

    Blessings





    Gladys Blog:  Honey for a Child's Heart.
    Remembering Gladys Hunt.
    This post is linking with: Favourite Resources over at Learing All the Time.

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    Friday 3 February 2012

    Homeschool Mothers Journal {12} - Blind spots ...


    The Home school Mother’s Journal began as a single post on a Friday morning over at The Homeschool Chick, and turned into a link-up for homeschool mothers across the blog-O-sphere to share a piece of their journey with one another each week. The link party is open from Friday to Monday so join me in The Homeschool Journal and lets encourage one another on our homeschool journey.

    In my life this week…
     
    In our homeschool this week…
    • We discovered The Brick Testament.  Lots of fun. A word of caution the author does use poetic licence in some of his speech bubbles.
    • We have been watching Little House on the Prairie season 1. So much fun.
    • Sir N has renewed his desire to learn to tell the time !  So out came the watch and file folder game to learn to tell the time.  Plenty of practice happening around here.
    • In maths it so happens we are learning about skip counting in 5's. Some days the pieces fall into place and other days it's a struggle. I think I need to get the counting beans out again.
    Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…
    I am inspired by…

    Places we’re going and people we’re seeing…
    • Today we will be visiting a homeschool Mom who is going to introduce me to All About Spelling.
    • We visited my sister and sister in law this week.
    • School term swimming lessons commenced today.
    • Celebrated Miss J's graduation on Tuesday evening with a meal chosen by her and a framed replica of her certificate and a special item of jewelery. 
    • Counting down the months, weeks and days

    My favorite thing this week was…

    What’s working/not working for us…
    • Having a subscription with Library Elf.  The Elf notifies me via email when my books are due back at the library! Library Elf is free for basic service level. 
    • The service is available in the following countries: US, Canada and International pop on over and see if your library is on the list. The service is not affiliated with anyone and is independent of any school or library.
    Questions/thoughts I have…
    • How do you organise all the homeschool items that you are not currently using ??
    Things I’m working on…
    • Creating an achievable schedule to help our homeschool rhythm and maintain the areas of my home I have reclaimed from CHAOS!
    • Conquering Mount Washmore and Mount Ironmore ..... (I am a comrad in arms with Sue: laundry hater, if I had the finance I would pay for someone to come in three times a week to do it for me sigh)
    • Moving lots of things around. Paul has erected a storage shed for us as we do not have much storage space in our home.  So I am creating a mess to make an organised space !
    I’m reading…
    I’m cooking…
    •  Nothing new.  Reheating some of the extra meals in my freezer. 
    I’m grateful for…
    • Gina who wrote Blind Spots over at  Keepin' It Real I really needed to read this post today.  I have much to think about and much to pray for now.

    A photo, video, link, or quote to share…

    We are not exactly doubting that God will do the best for us; 
    we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. 
    CS Lewis


    Blessings







    This post is linking to:
    Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers and The Homeschool Chick pop on over to read what other homeschool Moms are doing.




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    Wednesday 1 February 2012

    Pinning it DOWN {2} - Snow Globes


    Welcome to the third Pinning it Down Tuesday! Do you find yourself pinning projects to Pinterest, but rarely getting around to doing them? Do you need a bit of encouragement to make some of those projects come to life? Join Pam and Sarah every Tuesday for the Pinning it Down link-up, where we're making a Pinterest project happen in our homes every week. This week is hosted over at Pams


    Sir N and I along with some friends made Snow Globes from a tutorial from over at Our Best Bites.



    • Sir N and I upcycled baby food jars.
    • Our first snow globe we used far too much glitter.
    • I found that around 1/16 teaspoon is about right.
    • We had lots of fun and the snow globes are sitting next Sir N's bed.


    Blessings







    Photo Collages done with the FREE software Photoscape . Tutorial over at Great Fun 4 Kids.

    Are you ready to play along? Here's how our link-up works:
    1. Choose a project from one of your Pinterest pinboards and make it happen. Blog a little about it. Remember, it doesn't have to be elaborate- we just want to see what you've been up to!

    2. Make sure you link back here somewhere in your post so others can find us and play along. Feel free to grab our Pinning it Down graphic if you'd like to add it to your post. Also, don't forget proper pinning etiquette and try to include a link back the original idea whenever possible. We want to be sure that cool idea credit is given to the proper person.

    3. Link up over at Pam's . Make sure you're sending us to your actual post, and not to your general blog address. You can add your link all the way through Friday, so if you haven't gotten a chance to work on any of your pins yet this week, you're not too late.
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