Eight years ago, our family started on a wonderful adventure. We were introduced to a local, self-taught luthier. A luthier is someone who makes violins and other stringed instruments. This luthier (Mr Morgan), has spent 8 years teaching Andrew, Timothy and Danny how to make instruments. Every Thursday afternoon while I teach private lessons, they … [Read more…]
This is the second post about “Things We Taught Our Boys”. For most people, the phrase “Keep your shirt on” would mean the same as “Be patient”. In this house, we taught our boys to literally keep their shirts on. Modesty is a hot topic amongst groups of women/girls. Some women look at modesty as … [Read more…]
For the past 27 years, my husband and I have been in the process of raising 6 boys. We are “finished” with the older 3 and are still actively engaged in raising the last 3. Over the years, we have learned a lot about raising boys. Some of what we have learned has been through … [Read more…]
I love to read. It is fascinating to think that with just a few strokes of a pen someone can write their thoughts down on paper to be read by others. Some of these writings have lasted centuries. We can actually sit down and read the thoughts of people who lived years ago. A really good … [Read more…]
The word “family” gets thrown around a lot these days. Our society seems to be struggling with who or what a family is. There are times that the word “family” is associated with any group of people who spend a lot of time together. I have been asked to join a home school support group … [Read more…]
I’ve been working this Summer on organizing my Bible class activities that have been collecting in the hall closet. I ran out of Summer but, thankfully, I’m just about done with the project. I have four more boxes to go through and I hope to be able to whittle those down to two boxes. … [Read more…]
I am about to begin my 22nd year of home schooling. You’d think that after 21 years I’d have this thing figured out. You’d think that I knew exactly what works and what doesn’t work. Well, I can probably tell you a lot of things that don’t work but figuring out what does work is … [Read more…]
“‘State in your own words’. That suggests the best test we know for telling whether you have understood the proposition, or propositions in the sentence. If, when you are asked to explain what the author means by a particular sentence, all you can do is repeat his very words, with some minor alterations in their … [Read more…]
As with most things, the better prepared I am the smoother it goes. Last school year, I struggled with making a menu every week. I don’t know why I didn’t just go ahead and make a monthly menu. I’ve done it off and on through the years. One problem with a monthly menu is that … [Read more…]
When I first got married (nearly 32 years ago) my husband and I were at the mall. I was asked if I would take a few minutes to participate in a survey. I agreed. I was taken to an office and was asked a series of questions about laundry. I had been married less than … [Read more…]
