So if you haven’t noticed already, I have a thing for books. I’m building our library with good supplemental and living books to keep on hand. Having kids from age 5 – 11, here’s a list of anatomy and health related books for my library. I’ve marked the books that we have already and the others are books that I hope to add to our library soon. The Kingfisher First …
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Why the Apologia Live Retreat Was So Stinking Awesome
Last weekend I had the distinct pleasure of attending Apologia Live in Austin. They had invited me (and a few other bloggers) to come attend so that we could come back and let you all know just how stinkin’ awesome it is. Okay, they didn’t say that but I will. ; ) It was just so good. Apologia Live is neither a conference nor a retreat,…it’s a little bit of …
Abc’s of Homeschooling ~ C is for…
Cookie! Ok, not really. (Well, it is but I’m not Cookie Monster, so, moving on…) At first I thought I would talk about “character training.” We have had some really great discussions, and I mean really GREAT ones, coming out of our character “classes.” For Instruction in Righteousness has proved to be a valuable tool for topically finding bible verses for whichever character trait we are studying. But then… I …