Like last year, our third term will be interspersed with vacation, VBS, and summer camp, and will probably last at least through July. And as usual, some of the books are continued from last term’s Morning Time. Daily Bible & Catechism: Still reading through Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds Memory Work: Scripture: Psalm 138, a Psalm very… Continue Reading
I’m busy prepping for Term 2 this week: printing out weekly checklists, switching out books, and finalizing Morning Time plans. School starts again on Monday! Daily (4-5 times a week) Hymns: January: All the Way My Savior Leads Me; February: Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise; March: We Lift Up as Our Shield God’s Name Bible and… Continue Reading
For Today Looking out my window…the sky earlier today: I am thinking…September might be a bit crazy. I am thankful…we were able to get a second vehicle a few months ago, for the first time in 15 years of marriage. We definitely need it in this season of life. One of my favorite things…brotherly hugs.… Continue Reading
I’ve written previously about how we are familiarizing ourselves with the Heidelburg Catechism using Starr Meade’s Comforting Hearts, Teaching Minds. We started Morning Time up again yesterday, and it turned out to be a very brief one because I had forgotten that Miss A’s Latin class is now at 11:00 on Tuesday – we will… Continue Reading
You never know when inspiration might strike! I wasn’t expecting to be motivated to be a bit more intentional with Little L’s kindergarten year by a book about music appreciation, but that’s what happened… I had already been thinking about starting reading lessons with him, using The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading. I’m also… Continue Reading
It looks like our 2016-2017 Morning Time will have a strong American flavor, which should be fun! Here’s what I’ve chosen for Term 1. Daily (aiming for 4x a week) Hymns: September: Amazing Grace; October: A Mighty Fortress is Our God; November: Come, Ye Thankful People Come; December: Christmas carols! Bible and Catechism: We will continue with Starr Meade’s Comforting Hearts, Teaching… Continue Reading
Here’s the plan for our next term! Morning Time tends to fizzle in the summer, so I’m anticipating that most of this will take us through until September. I do hope we’ll be more consistent that last year, though. 😉 Daily Hymn: O God, Our Help in Ages Past by Isaac Watts Prayer and Devotional… Continue Reading
I enjoy making St. Patrick’s Day a special day for our family, not only because of my husband’s Irish roots, but because I am inspired by the faith and love of St. Patrick himself. Each year is a bit different, but making some Irish food is definitely a must! 🙂 This morning, I made Irish… Continue Reading
In my Rule of Six, I listed Catechism under the Knowledge of God heading, and today I thought I would share a bit about how we’ve used a few different catechisms in our home. The older ones have memorized some of the First Catechism, and I know they have done it in Sunday School as well. We… Continue Reading
It’s been a fairly normal week school-wise, except that music lessons were cancelled because of colds. We enjoyed our Art with Friends Valentine’s party yesterday. Miss A and I made heart-shaped pretzels – well some of them looked like hearts, anyway. It was kind of fun. 🙂 We exchanged Valentines (we made bubble ones) and the kids… Continue Reading