OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

I’ve got some school-year planning to do, but I’m really putting it off. I think I’m trying to get the most out of summertime. I have a few ...

A Summer Re-run (originally posted 7/22/07) This question has been resounding in my spirit for a few weeks now. In separate conversations wi...

A re-run, but one I want you, my readers to understand: what I believe about home education. Add to my list. What makes a parent a “home edu...

Addition Through 20 There are a few tricks that are helpful when teaching addition to 20. Here are a few that helped all my children. *When ...

Report Night A fun thing we did for a few years when the kids were young was to have a weekly “report night”. This was an evening that we lo...

It was “one of those days” ---again. Maybe because it’s Monday. Maybe because we worked hard this weekend and we’re tired. Maybe it’s becaus...

Newspaper School One year I had the Daily Oklahoman deliver a newspaper for each child in our family every weekday morning. The Oklahoman o...

So, we started school work again today after returning from our vacation. The boys were left with instructions to get some work done while ...

We started back with our academics today. Before we began, we averaged the ma th scores from last semester. This is necessary for Kody, sinc...

*You teach your children to love God *You teach your children obedience *You teach your children to love and respect others *You teach your...

Addition to 10 Recently, I’ve talked with some people who are teaching their children reading and math, but didn’t understand the importance...

In December, former New York Yankee great and fellow Oklahoman, Bobby Murcer, a neighbor of my husband’s dad, underwent surgery in Houston....

It was one of “those” days. It started off okay, but from there everything just went downhill. There seemed to be interruption, after interr...

Last week I experienced again what it was like trying to teach older children while caring for young ones at the same time. My grandsons, K...

Sometimes we all just need a “time out”. Things escalate to a point that is so overwhelming that we just need to stop what we’re doing and r...

So, I’m just now getting around to posting again because it’s been a little busy around here. Last week our two grandsons, Kaden, 4 and Wil...

You’ve heard it before, “if you aim at nothing, you’ll probably hit it”. That’s the reasoning behind having a schedule. It’s a plan for my d...

Today was our first day of school. It went really well, except for: An interruption to help my husband figure out the cell phone bill Sendin...

5:30 am – get up, COFFEE or hot tea, Bible reading, personal reading 6:30 nurse a baby, put back to bed (hopefully) 6:50 get dressed (if I w...

My daily schedule has gone through many changes over the years. Mine is so easy now, I hate to even share it with you. 6:00-6:30 am Arise CO...