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Give Me Liberty -

Thoughts on an outing to the post. . .

The week before vacation. . .
Our chronological reading of the Old Testament has been going fairly well, and we have finished off the book of Joshua and started Judges this week.  Along with the scripture studies, I try to have the girls read about one Ancient Civilization mentioned in the book we are reading.  This week we studied the Phoenicians.  [...]

Totally Polar!
The view outside our front door is just gorgeous.  Our neighbor has some young trees that have just turned the most golden color.  On the side of his house, he has planted sugar maples that will one day turn a deep brick red at the onset of fall. It made a perfect backdrop for my mom [...]

New Bold Believers Workbooks. . .
During my husband’s last deployment, I went in search of some materials to study Iraq and the Middle East for our homeschool. I decided upon Bold Believers in Iraq from Voice of the Martyrs because of it’s easy workbook format and the fact that it not only taught about the country, but also the persecuted Christians, [...]

Exodus through Conquest Lapbooks!
We have finished our reading through the Exodus out of Egypt and the wilderness wanderings and have jumped right into the story of Joshua.  I decided to wait on the specifics of the law until we have more time, so we covered the major themes and moved onward. The last couple of days we have found [...]

The Mitten Lapbook
When I was not feeling well a few weeks ago, Denna and I read several books that had coordinating lapbooks at homeschoolshare.  The Mitten was one of her favorites, and so we created the lapbook this week for fun. | View Show | Create Your Own The big mitten was her favorite project, as [...]