Career Day

10th grade has a request: career info.

10th Grade Big Dawgs

"I have a dream that one day, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers."


Martin Luther King, Jr.

My four rotties: Jeffrey, Jordan, James & Jackson

A New Start

Today we start our 2nd semester of the school year. I have been homeschooling for 5 years now and I am so blessed to be able to do this.

And on we go.

Report Cards

I just want to take a moment to tell my beautiful children that I am so proud of them and pleased to see them work so hard on their studies. We have made such progress in our little school.


Congratulations 10th grade. I know it is hard for you sometimes, but this year you have really made a turn-around in your school work.
5th grade, You Go Pretty Princess!!

1st grade, they said you would not, but you have proven yourself to be the hardest working 1st grader that I have ever known.

Preschool: What a fun 10 weeks. Nice Job

Here is a summary of the weekly themes from Brightly Beaming Steps to Reading Program Preparatory Curriculum :
Week 1 - cows, Week 2 - jungle, Week 3 - kittens, Week 4 - eyes, Week 5 - lighthouses, Week 6 - rainbows, Week 7 - stars, Week 8 - sun, Week 9 - cookies, and Week 10 - trains

Prayer Needed

A very dear blog buddy had this on her blog and I wanted to pass it on. I am copying and pasting from A Purpose Driven Life.

"A tragic situation is going on over at A Place Called Simplicity. This amazing family just brought home 2 children from Uganda and are in the process of bringing home a special needs daughter from China. This morning their house burned to the ground. Thankfully all the children got out in time... praise the Lord!!Please keep them in your prayers, Linn and her family needs the support of the adoption community now more than ever. For updates and to help this family, visit Lori's blog.(Thanks Stefanie- I copied and pasted this from your blog although I had heard about this from another friend first)PS- please copy this and paste it on your blogs if you have them! Let's get the body of Christ moving for these people! They have lost everything but each other and with six children still at home and one little one still waiting to come to their family from China...there will be much to replace. Please please say an extra prayer for the two newest family members from Uganda that this scary experience will not impair their bonding."

Origami

Today we did origami art.

Goldfish and Salt cellars.

Half-Way Point

January 16 is our half-way mark; the end of first semester. I used to do quarters, but find this much easier. Actually, everyone grades are very good this year even though I am putting less emphasis on grades and more on the importance of learning to connect all of our subjects.

We are having a good year and thank you to so many of you who have showed me that it's okay to chill out some.