Renae asked recently where I find information for my posts, so I thought I’d share for newer readers. Outside of my own ruminations, which accounts for a bit of my blogging, here are several other sources, although they generally only catch my eye if I am already thinking about the topic. I don’t [...]
I was raised with the itsy bitsy spider as a role model for perseverance. The plucky little spider may get washed away by a rain storm, but she will not be discouraged. While reciting this popular nursery rhyme with my daughter (2), however, my son (4) gave me new insight into the true [...]
A few links which caught my attention while surfing:
Principles of Liberty, 101 Explained clearly and visually, with no room for misunderstanding.Grade the paper of a future educator. Do you have “too many letters at the end of [your] names,” or do you just expect a bit more in the writing department from someone [...]
Pick up a bouquet of flowers at the Carnival of Homeschooling, hosted this week at Tami’s place.
And for those of you interested, we finally got the next lesson in our Australian unit posted. With illness and traveling, it sort of fell by the wayside for a bit, but now we should be back on [...]
For obvious reasons, the title caught my eye. I could make the same argument about the Department of Education and No Child Left Behind. But I think I have done that already. Probably more than once.
A while back, we heard about teachers dropping the Holocaust from their lesson plans in order to [...]
In elementary school, we released hundreds of balloons one day to see if any would be found and the messages answered. And I dreamed for months about the exciting adventures mine undertook. Mine was not among the few that were answered.
I have always wanted to find one of these balloons for some odd [...]
Judy has done a wonderful job with her first time hosting the Carnival of Principled Government. Ten entries for the tenth edition so you should be able to zip through them pretty quickly. Enjoy!
Also, the Carnival of Homesteading is up. I believe the next one is to go up today already, but [...]
That a pastor can so succinctly summarize my thoughts on the condition of the family doesn’t really surprise me. The 1861 date did a little. It sounds so much like today (emphasis mine):
It is a fact conceded by all, that the constitution of the Christian family, and its social and spiritual relations, are [...]