Getting ready to leave....

Last night I made an itinerary for our trip to the Cincinnati Homeschool Convention.  We will be leaving on Friday morning.  The kids are just full of excitement.  Along with the convention, we will be going to the Creation Museum in Kentucky, the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and Science, and possibly the Dayton Air Force Museum.  At the convention, we will be seeing Tim Hawkins and the Duggar Family.  I believe it will be a great time of learning and exploration :)  Our teens will be attending a few seminars focussed for young people.  I am praying they receive a blessing from everything they hear. 

Today I will be making a list of everything we need to pack up tomorrow.  I am a list maker.  I love organization!!!  It is so much easier to do what needs to be done if things are organized. My youngest 2 children are just like mama.  They love to have everything organized.  They thrive on a schedule, which makes me very happy :) 

My prayer for the next few days is that we all stay well and that we have a safe trip.  Please pray for us as we travel. 

Good Morning.... Thank God it is Friday and Spring break is here :)

We have been so busy lately.  I am looking forward to having a week off, although next week, I will be packing for our trip to Cincinatti.  My kids are counting the days until we leave.  They are so excited to see Tim Hawkins and the Duggar family.  We will also be visiting the Dayton Air Force Museum and possibly the Creation Museum.  I am going to enjoy watching them all learn while they have fun. 

I have a few ideas to share with you all today.  One is our Morning Board. 

You can adapt it to what you want to teach your child/ren

I also want to share some websites with you.  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/storytime/index.asp  Each month they add a new book to their online storytime.  My kids love it.    Another website that is great for homeschoolers is http://www.thehomeschoolchannel.tv/  I encourage you to check it out :)

Have a wonderful day!!!!

Good morning all

It has been a very busy time for our family.  We have been doing so much that I haven't had a lot of time for blogging. 

God is leading our family in directions we never thought he would, but we are glad to follow His plan.  We would appreciate prayers for us as we follow God's calling. 

Fruit of the Spirit Lapbooks

We are really enjoying making lapbooks for different subjects.  Today we started working on a Fruit of the Spirit Lapbook.  I got online yesterday looking for things to work in our lapbooks and we found everything we needed at Homeschool Creations.  I love this site :)  Check it out!!! She has so much for homeschooler and parents who love to do things with their kiddos.

Got very sad news this morning :(

A family who we know through my husbands job just got news that their 18 month old daughter has RETTS Syndrome :(  I went online to see what this disorder was and it just broke my heart.

What is Rett syndrome

Rett syndrome is a neurological and developmental disorder that mostly occurs in females.  Infants with Rett syndrome seem to grow and develop normally at first, but then stop developing and even lose skills and abilities.

 

I can not tell you how blessed I feel to have 6 healhty children.  I thank God everyday for them. 

 

Please join us in prayer for this family. 

Lapbooks

We have been having a lot of fun learning the last couple of weeks.  The little ones are really enjoying making lapbooks. I had never done one with the kids until about 2 weeks ago.  I am going to post a website to show you all what a lapbook is and how easy it is to make one.  They are a great learning tool.

http://homeschoolcreations.com/lapbooks.html

Here are a few pictures of our Solar System lapbooks.  We also did ones on weather and the seasons :)

Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little ears what you hear, Oh be careful little mouth what you say....

Recently, I have been really careful with what I allow my children to hear, say, and see.  My husband and I have always been cautious when it came to what our children watch on tv or the music they listen to, but lately I have become even more aware of the little things that we say, hear, and see.   We made a list of hurtful words we are not allowed to use, we only watch shows that are educational or inspirational, and the music in our home has to be uplifting (most of it is worship music).   In Proverbs 4:23 it says "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."   We need to guard what enters our mind and hearts.  If we are constantly letting wrong things enter our minds and hearts that is what will come out. 

It warms my heart when my 3 year old hears something that an older sibling says, and she tells them "that is not nice, or that is on our list of words not to say"   She is guarding her heart at a young age!  The older sibling is always quick to apologize and that  puts a smile on my face.  They know and understand that what she is telling them is right and that they need to change their habits.  Most of the time we say and do things out of habit.  It is hard to change, but with God's help and our willingness to allow Him to change us, it will happen.  We also have to be willing to allow others to respectfully remind us that we are falling into old habits. 

I pray that each of my children will learn to guard their hearts.  I pray that even as adults, they will chose to allow God to work in them and through them.