Growing Minds of Wisdom

Our New Weekly Schedule

Published on 2009-02-18 15:35:00

I finally took some time to re-evaluate the rest of our year, making a few changes. I examined where we are and our new daily lives and created a new weekly school schedule for us... I am excited about this new schedule that includes all three of my "scholars" into the mix giving me a better picture of each week. I plan 2 weeks in advance the first time and then take some time to re-evaluate and plan for next 2nd week. We followed it this week and it was perfect. JOYfully in Him,Kelli

Returning Soon

Published on 2009-01-06 14:53:00

I am currently re-evaluating our 2nd Trimester of our 2008/2009 school year. I will be returning renewed and revived in a few days with more thoughts!!

GMW joins the Journey!!

Published on 2008-11-11 14:29:00

Oh... wow, I am finding rather hard to keep up with my weekly reports!! I just can not find the time to get them up each week and I also find it hard to get in here each week. So after thinking about it for awhile I have decided to shut down this blog... but not completely, I am going to just simply joined it with my Main blog. So if anyone really did read GMW just follow me over to Embracing the Journey, that is where you can find me sharing things that we are doing!JOYfully in Him,Kelli

Our Year at a Glance

Published on 2008-10-23 16:15:00

I have been wanting to share our Year at a Glance for some time but have run into computer problems when attempting and time issues :0). Here is the plan that I have set out for us but as usuall it is not set in stone just a guide to make things easier for me and to pull me along. We are behind in somethings and ahead in others.I can not tell you how much this helps me out when I am evaluating our progress. I love having it there. We will be moving at some point and I thought it was going to be

Mushroom Madness

Published on 2008-10-21 10:57:00

We are enjoying our study on fungus!! Imagine that... today we watched some pretty cool videos on mushrooms:

Recovering

Published on 2008-10-15 10:01:00

Wow, what an amazing 2 days we had at Six Flags and the Texas State Fair :0), the Lord blessed us greatly at both. We are taking today OFF to recover from our 2 very busy and exhausting days. I have so many things that I need to do here at the house. The original plan was to push hard through today, tomorrow and Friday but I am just not feeling it and I know that if we forced our lessons for today they would come up dry and unfruitful. We will get as much done tomorrow and Friday as we can for t

Our Adventures: Week 5

Published on 2008-10-12 15:58:00

Weekly Reporters!!(Connection is to weak to upload pictures)This last week was probably one of the toughest weeks that I have had personally in a long time. I struggled daily with my own personal demons and that effected our overall day of homeschooling... but with the Lord we got through it and rejoiced in His grace. I am going to turn these little weekly reports down a more detailed path. I have been just vaguely updating on each subject but need to be more specific with them. Each subject I w

A Pitiful Week 4 Report

Published on 2008-10-09 17:08:00

Math: We just took it really easy with our math lessons. I have been trying to shorten his workpages and then just work with him on concepts and facts that he struggles with. Grammar: Taking it slow... he is beginning to come around in what I will call "creative thinking" in forming sentences. It was really hard at first for him to think of any sentence at all and if any they were very short and dry. He is getting much better and I am impressed :0).Spelling: I have not been force feeding him in

Boys, Books and Bikes

Published on 2008-09-30 11:59:00

Reading... I love the fact that my boys love books and for the most part love to read but I also love how much they love to just enjoy and experience being alive. They can engulf themselves contently one minute in a mass of books and then jump on their bikes the next and ride off onto the sidewalk. It amazes me how AWESOME they are and I can't help it but to watch in fascination as they simply be themselves.I have boys, boys who love books and bikes and if they could do both at the same time I k

Seasonal Encouragement

Published on 2008-09-29 21:40:00

I love my children and I love homeschooling but there are moments when I tell myself, "This is to much, you can not handle this." and tonight I am so thankful for the blessing of those veteran homeschooling moms who are letting me know that I am not alone and encouraging me to gain perspective, look to the Father and press on...Sally Clarkson is a name and woman you need to know as soon as possible if you don't already. Her book Seasons of a Mother's Heart is a must read for all homeschooling mo