As I go through the motions of getting through each day, I carry in the back of my mind the goals I have for my children’s education, but I feel as if I am moving in slow motion getting there, while time is speeding by in fast-forward. I wonder, when they think back on these…
Tag: Homeschool
Time Marches On…
Katie, Cody, and fellow homeschooler Haley at the Tennessee Aquarium More time has passed here at our little homestead, and time again brings changes. On July 13th we lost our beloved dog Sue to cancer. We miss her very much, and we still find ourselves looking for her now and then. There have been good…
Printing our school-books
As Katie is finishing her World Geography course, it’s time for me to prepare her history books for her high school World History Curriculum. One of the sources we will use is called The Great Events by Famous Historians, originally published in 1905 and available in part on gutenberg.org. I found a the complete set, in…
Making Homemade Soap and New Friends; Celebrating Autumn Blessings
Last Friday, October 23, the kids and I, along with my mom (Maw-Maw), were blessed to attend a soap making class with Miss Olivia, who is a governess for a friend of the family. I had the pleasure of meeting her for the first time at the class. She is a remarkable young woman, and she taught…
