This book has everything I like in a story: an intriguing plot, some good history thrown in (of the World War II variety, which is my favorite period to read about), a hint of romance, and charming voices. I won’t bother to give a synopsis here since they are readily available. I’m just glad that [...]
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This week’s Carnival of Homeschooling has been published at Homegrown Mommy! I have an entry in this week’s carnival. To find out more about the Carnival of Homeschooling, visit Why Homeschool?
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This is really unusual for my blog, but I can’t resist posting about it because a.) I love this jewelry and b.) I don’t usually buy things like this for myself and c.)by posting, I’m one entry closer to winning a piece of it. There you have it–justification for this non-bookish, non-schoolish post. Simple Mom [...]
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I have grand plans when it comes to crafting with my children, but I don’t usually carry them out. The mess factor deters me too often, but I am turning over a new leaf as a homeschooling mother. My goal is to do something intentionally artistic with them at least once a week. Often [...]
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Things that are making me happy this week: a great first week of school a wonderful book (so far!) a (very) part-time job that is shaping up to be just enough a five year old who tickles me by saying things like this: “These notes really bless me!” (This said while practicing the piano, at the conclusion of [...]
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I began this week full of anticipation. I even skipped out on Sunday evening church last Sunday to stay home and really get in some nitty gritty planning for our week. Although Steady Eddie and I had spent a whole Saturday a few weeks ago lining out the year and what we hope to accomplish, school room construction [...]
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I received The Quarter Mile Math software from Barnum Software as a member of TOS Homeschool Crew, and I’ll admit that when I received it, I wondered how on earth I could ever incorporate this software into our homeschool day. After all, I have a kindergartener and a preschooler. However, upon closer inspection, I realized [...]
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I just finished reading E.B. White’s The Trumpet of the Swan yesterday during our lunchtime read-aloud session. I have a very faint memory of owning this book when I was a child, but that’s it. This book really surprised me: both the girls and I enjoyed it immensely. (Why am I surprised by this? It is [...]
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If you’ve been reading here at Hope Is the Word for very long, you already know a little bit about our sunflower saga (part I, part II, part III). You also know that not many opportunities go by that I can’t find a book for! I knew for a couple of weeks that we [...]
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I should probably just save myself the effort and you all the time and just say not much. Life has been going at a breakneck pace here lately, and my reading time has suffered. Much of our work on the school room has taken place after the girls are in bed, so a consistent bedtime [...]
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