we had some rain this week, to spend some of the time, i gave the kids paint, paint brushes and sent them to the tree house to paint. and that they did. they spent hours out there!
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Winter Walk
3 years ago
a little this, a little that
we had some rain this week, to spend some of the time, i gave the kids paint, paint brushes and sent them to the tree house to paint. and that they did. they spent hours out there!
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to rapture or not?
so, a few weeks back, while sitting around the camp fire, chris discovered one of my secret secrets. i shared with him, that im scared ill miss the rapture! not only that, i do secret 'tests' to make sure chris is still here and i havent missed it
you see, i grew up Pentecostal, there is nothing with with the poac, but we left it a few yrs back to join more nondenominational churches. so growing up paoc, a fear and the warnings put a holy fear in me, one that i still fight with as an adult! that you do not want to mess with the rapture! the horrors you will endure, the fear of me missing this event kept me up at night and looking over my back...
now, with all the talk of the blue moons, the economy crisis, the predictions, the middle east, the state of isreal, the global climate and shift of morals/beliefs mixed in with the right and freedom to be what ever you want, act how ever you feel and do what you wish...with a lot of political correctness...cough...makes a lot of ppl look towards the main event. the rapture is coming. maybe in sept?
last night we had good friends over and towards the end of the night we shifted conversation to a new topic. one that i have never really thought of before....the theology of no rapture.
this opened a lively and fun discussion, well past midnight! on a school night! on this topic. it really had me thinking...and i havent stopped
each chance i have had today im googling and reading....and my old school, church teachings are being questioned. now to seel and explore for myself and have the holy spirit show me new things....
for a quick but deep read check out
http://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm
no longer do we ponder the old school questions. pre-post-mid rapture beliefs but now, this is a whole new topic....no rapture
so, what do you think? are you riding the rapture bus or hoping on the no rapture plane?
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you see, i grew up Pentecostal, there is nothing with with the poac, but we left it a few yrs back to join more nondenominational churches. so growing up paoc, a fear and the warnings put a holy fear in me, one that i still fight with as an adult! that you do not want to mess with the rapture! the horrors you will endure, the fear of me missing this event kept me up at night and looking over my back...
now, with all the talk of the blue moons, the economy crisis, the predictions, the middle east, the state of isreal, the global climate and shift of morals/beliefs mixed in with the right and freedom to be what ever you want, act how ever you feel and do what you wish...with a lot of political correctness...cough...makes a lot of ppl look towards the main event. the rapture is coming. maybe in sept?
last night we had good friends over and towards the end of the night we shifted conversation to a new topic. one that i have never really thought of before....the theology of no rapture.
this opened a lively and fun discussion, well past midnight! on a school night! on this topic. it really had me thinking...and i havent stopped
each chance i have had today im googling and reading....and my old school, church teachings are being questioned. now to seel and explore for myself and have the holy spirit show me new things....
for a quick but deep read check out
http://www.bible.ca/rapture-origin-john-nelson-darby-1830ad.htm
no longer do we ponder the old school questions. pre-post-mid rapture beliefs but now, this is a whole new topic....no rapture
so, what do you think? are you riding the rapture bus or hoping on the no rapture plane?
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nate!
this is a total brag post about nate...
yesterday morning he came to me and showed me the trailer to the movie hotel Transylvania 2. it was a cute clip, i chucked along with nate at the silliness of it...when it was over i decided to use it as a teaching moment. the movie its self is cute and silly. nate really wanted to see the movie
i told him that there is a fine line between cute and silly and serious and leading you down a road...the movie is about vampires and what not. i shared with him what i feel, that althou the movie itself is harmless, not scary but funny and silly, it still talks about vampires. which could lead him into some not so silly things in the future...
when the girls went to nap, nate and i sat down at the computer. with a pen and paper in hand (nate likes visual charts) i wrote down
Transylvania
then we did some reading up on the place, which lead us to our next google search (wikipedia)
Dracula. so we read up on him which lead us to the next search
vampires and after reading up on that we found
\folk lores/stories which opened up a lot of not so funny things
i asked nate to ask god about it, ask him if he should watch the movie. i told him i was leaving it up to him.
a few hours past and nate came back to me and he said he felt in his heart that god said it was not a good idea. and he was ok not seeing the movie
i gave him a hug and we talked some more about how easy it is to go down the wrong road, making bad choices...
i shared with him my own revelation back in june. i felt that i was watching too much t.v. so i stopped watching t.v (all but 1 show, once a week) so 6 nights a week i am doing other things, mostly reading. ive gone through a dozen books or more! spent time with chris, gone on a few *cough* 4 HOUR coffee dates with friends...enjoyed the outdoors all because what started as watching a few shows turned into a lot of shows....resulting in watching tv every night! not good for me!
even as adults we have to be careful! anyways, i am SO happy that nate and i were able to spent time figuring out his problem and come to a solution.
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yesterday morning he came to me and showed me the trailer to the movie hotel Transylvania 2. it was a cute clip, i chucked along with nate at the silliness of it...when it was over i decided to use it as a teaching moment. the movie its self is cute and silly. nate really wanted to see the movie
i told him that there is a fine line between cute and silly and serious and leading you down a road...the movie is about vampires and what not. i shared with him what i feel, that althou the movie itself is harmless, not scary but funny and silly, it still talks about vampires. which could lead him into some not so silly things in the future...
when the girls went to nap, nate and i sat down at the computer. with a pen and paper in hand (nate likes visual charts) i wrote down
Transylvania
then we did some reading up on the place, which lead us to our next google search (wikipedia)
Dracula. so we read up on him which lead us to the next search
vampires and after reading up on that we found
\folk lores/stories which opened up a lot of not so funny things
i asked nate to ask god about it, ask him if he should watch the movie. i told him i was leaving it up to him.
a few hours past and nate came back to me and he said he felt in his heart that god said it was not a good idea. and he was ok not seeing the movie
i gave him a hug and we talked some more about how easy it is to go down the wrong road, making bad choices...
i shared with him my own revelation back in june. i felt that i was watching too much t.v. so i stopped watching t.v (all but 1 show, once a week) so 6 nights a week i am doing other things, mostly reading. ive gone through a dozen books or more! spent time with chris, gone on a few *cough* 4 HOUR coffee dates with friends...enjoyed the outdoors all because what started as watching a few shows turned into a lot of shows....resulting in watching tv every night! not good for me!
even as adults we have to be careful! anyways, i am SO happy that nate and i were able to spent time figuring out his problem and come to a solution.
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peek a boo
my little monkey. she's growing too fast! 4 comments
sunday parkness
camp out!
the kids, weston, jake, nate and nelson. the big boys, jason, chris and pat
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sunny days of summer
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school 2015/2016 part 1
Nathaniel
Grade 3
Math
-math u see.
gamma
Flash cards,
work sheets
Bible
-god leads
his people. Units 1-5
Work book
units 1-5
This is a
newbie. We have never used rod and staff
before, but having the chance to peek at the books at conference, I bought them
to try out this year. I plan on reading
the text book with nate and have him read the scripture from the bible, then he
works indep in the work book. I decided
to invest in the books, buying them new and plan on using them with the girls. Last year I did not spend much time with a
formal bible study/lesson because I found nate was just tired of it and I
really don’t want it to become religious.
I am excited with these books and I hope they are worth the money!
Social Studies
Discovering
Canada series
-new france
-The
defenders
-The loyal
refugees
-The fur
traders
-Black
heritage
-Native
people
-The
railways
I scored
these books used for 50.00, they are in mint condition and have already
finished the Vikings last year, I plan on doing the series with nate and making
up the assignments as we go along J
I also plan
on accomplishing
-spectrum geography
-clearly
geography
And read the
book a trip across Canada…
Science
-apologia exploring
creation with zoology 1
flying creatures
I will read
the text book with nate (I enjoy the books!) and he can work indep in his work
book after. We really enjoy the exploring creation series, so I bought the text
book new and plan on using it with the girls, that way I only have to buy them
their own work books when the time comes
Language Arts
Cursive
-photo copy
work sheets from the internet in a binder…free! Ha
Spelling
-all about
spelling! We love this program. I have
the white board for the tiles, but its put away behind my a/c unit so I cant
snap a pic! I bought it new at the conf,
unfortch I couldn’t find it used anywhere. But again, ill use it with the girls
and it will be free then! I do work with
nate on the spelling, he does his work in a note book…which cost .5. ha
Writing
-daily
review- I found this for free on the free table at conf! so I photo copied it and stuck it in a
binder! Free curric is awesome. Har har
-daily
journal- I write out questions for nate to answer on a daily base. He actually enjoys this! It’s a bit time
consuming, but worth it. I love to read
his answers and its often creates fun conversation. Nate does needs to put
effort into it and fill the page up…which is a struggle bec this kid LOATHES
writing!
-just write-
I haven’t prepped this yet…so I am not sure exactly what im gonna do with it.
Haha
-grammar-
grammar work book…I haven’t prepped this yet….cough
-homophones
(all about reading). I still have to prep this…cough…..someday….no pressure
Reading
-reading
review and book reports. This year I am going to try something new. Each day
nate gets to pick a book, read it and do a mini review on the book. Im hoping this will boost his lack of
eagerness to write…ha. The books will be
small, say 20 pages tops but mostly it will give him a great opportunity to
work on his own, or do ‘busy’ work while im with the girls…
-independent
reading. Nate will choose a novel and read 20 mins a day. Once he’s done he will write out his report
and at the end of the book he will do a proper review
Independent
reading list
-
The
hunch back of notre dame
-
Ivanhoe
-
The
wizard of oz
-
The
wind in the willows
-
The
call of the wild
-
The
count of monte cristco
More Enjoyable books J
Two minute mysteries
Doctor dolittle
How to eat fried worms
Chocolate fever
Thomas Edison
Knowing me, this list will change as I find more books during
the year. Har har
I also have poetry and 3 more writing books on back up, in
case he gets all this done…or something is not working and I need to switch it
up.
My goal this
year with nate is to really crack down on his writing, or rather his lack there
of. He really doesn’t like to write (pen
to paper) and I have to force him to take pride in his work. We have studied the writing type (narrative,
persuasive, objective etc…) but im wanting to boost his writing skills,
spelling and penmanship
This year I
am not doing any electives with the lad (art, music etc) he really doesn’t like
them, so im not going to force him. I
rather fight with him on his writing. Haha
My ideal
day/plan is going to be something like this…
8ish-wake
up, showers, dressed clean up rooms
8:30ish-
breaky at the table, all together with a quick devotion
9-nate
starts school in the school room working independently while I clean up, start
laundry, prep supper and keep the girls in tow
10ish- ellie
starts her loose preschool with jo and nate in the same room (im expecting a
gonk show till Christmas, it take time to intro a new routine) nate works on
his school alone
11ish prep
lunch, eat
11:30ish
girls nap. Jo in her napping hammock in the basement (totally made her an
awesome nap area) ellie naps./reads in her room
11:30-1 one
on one with nate for his school, im thinking an hour and ½ should work
1:00ish Get
ellie up ( she cant nap more than 2 hrs or she will be up all night)
2:30 get jo
up, yes, she really naps that long in her hammock
3-4 clean
up, kids play, I check emails (ha ha like I can with 3 kids up!) prep supper
4 CHRIS IS
HOME AND I GET A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fyi-the main
reason why I typed this out is 2 fold
-it will
help me stay on track! I actually used last years plan a lot and felt great
satisfaction by checking off the list and making changes on the way, as to what
did not work and what did
-its helping
me start practicing how to record keep from an early age!
Ellie
Preschool age 3
I have a
drawer for ellie with all kids of fun things for her to play with, she is
amazing at keeping herself busy/playing on her own, so on the days she needs
help J I will toss a baggie on a tray and
help her come up with something to do during nate’s school time. For the most
part, she likes to sit in my lap while I read out loud to nate or play with jo…
I am not
doing a formal preschool program for her. She’s 3. I want her to play and laugh
and love life. When she shows interest,
I will set her up with crayons and what not at the table. Althou, she really
likes making pictures with me…yeah! Haha
I think just
by having her see how we do school, it will get her into a routine of sorts,
which will help when she starts k…but honestly, I truly believe, that just
having ellie with us is what is best for her.
I am not going to run myself taking her to preschool and play
groups. God has really shown me a lot in
this area, and I have asked him to show me what he desires for my school this
is…as well as what is best for my kids/family
I truly, even
on the bad days, love that we home educate.
For us and our family, it is the right thing to do…and the older nate
gets, the more independent he works. Sob sob.
school 2015/2016 part 2
this post is a photo blog to show you the books i have and as always, a record for moi. ha
above, ellie was helping me get her preschool ready. haha
math u see. nate's work book, i do have the test book that i use with him. he did 6 chapters last yr before we stopped, so im thinking a week or 2 in sept/oct will be spent on review
the bottom shelf books are nate and ellie's to pick up and read. the rest are curric/school ref books
i scored these 3 trays at micheals for 3.00!!! i went back and got 1 more pack of 3. they are the best at keeping her school stuff together
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