Homeschooling A Houseful

I Just Love.... Mommy Inspirations! The Duties of Parents Being Examples Oh this speaks so true, in so many wonderful ways! I just printed the sermon at the bottom of her post. This will be my good night story, tonight! My SIL gave me a framed photo of the one above, it is well... not only the nicest piece of art I own, but also one that inspires me, daily! I just love it!!!

I have been compiling some booklists for our upcoming (slow coming) school year. Well I don't want to get into all the details, or should I simply say all the excuses! However it's time to get the ball rollin'!! Here's a few lists specifically for boys! Books for Boys, and other children who would rather make forts all day.   Ha love that title! Raising Real Men, Character Building Books for Boys

Here's a link to a nice website with nice cute pages with poems on it. This link will take you to the poem  True Nobility  but there are many more here. This will be our first poem for the year. I just thought it might be nice to print it pretty like that!

I love this idea, another idea for our memory time, morning routine.  using your hands to remember the bill of rights

This is another great resource I will be adding to our memory time.  preamble to the constitution in sign language

Back in my beginning days of homeschool, we did memorization. I don't know what happened, but it's time to pick it back up! What we use to do and will start again is Memorizing Poetry. I just pick a poem that sounds good, that stands out to me, something I know our family will treasure. I will print it out, and put it in a clear sheet protector with magnets attached to it. Then each day before we eat lunch, we repeat our poem. I typically try to do one a month. I will also have the children who are able to copy it, as copywork, and put in their copywork notebook. They also illustrate or decorate the page. Then the older children will do one of the following; a word study on a word in the poem (I will probably give them a few options, or have them choose one and make sure I think it's a good word), or have them narrate it as a story, or graphic summary, or maybe do an activity related to it. I might even give them the option of all those, as inspirements and let them go with

I just read this  most amazing, and inspired post! It was definitely what my heart was aching for today. I have felt like I am loosing the battle today, the battle of life and children and everything. However we can't give up, we can't give in...... we can't get tired.  I know that when I want to give up, that's when I must fight harder.. Ephesians 6:12-13 King James Version (KJV) 12  For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13  Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. We must do all we can do, to be able to stand in the judgement day to say... yes, I did all I could do! I know that when these times come, I must do as Abraham Lincoln said, "I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming convi

Ready to be inspired!??? Get out your pen and paper, and watch this!