GUESS WHAT??????

We have accepted a referral!
Hop on over!


PEACE.

Found Something GOOOOOOOD!

Wal-Mart is clearing some of the school supplies to
make room for the Halloween decorations and candy.

There was a box with tons of "Mead" activities......
Construction Paper, raised line tablets, coloring pages and SNIP IT!


Your "Little Bitty" snips away at the colored papers of their choice....


they peel the marked cover from the stick' um ....


then they cover the stick' um with the snip it.
Color the picture and add your own drawings.....



Voila! A Kiddie Work of Art!

Kept them busy for a LONG LONG time.

You should have seen the smiles on the faces of my 5th grader
and my 9th grader.

They read the History assignment in peace.

Nice.

Quiet Time

I have a friend who is the mother of 12 biological children.
No, that is not a typo-12.

She and her husband have always educated their children at home.

"How is it that you never look frazzled?" I once asked.

"Quiet Time", she answered.

Home school Moms often find themselves pressured to"perform".

Daily schedules that include house work, school work, outside obligations, and our children's activities often leave us tired, mentally exhausted, and emotionally unavailable when our children and husbands need us the most.

Quiet Time is the first thing that I add when making out our schedule for the year.

The rules for Quiet Time are simple:
1. Everyone must be in his/her room with the
door closed.
2. Activities may vary. Reading, Writing, Naps,
Drawing,Paper Dolls- anything that you can
do quietly.
3. No T.V. , No Hand-Held games, No Music,
No Computers .
4. No one is to leave their room unless it is to
go to the bathroom, you are bleeding, or
you smell smoke.
5. No one disturbs Mom's Quiet Time unless
you throw up, you are bleeding, or you smell
smoke.
6. Mom will let you know when Quiet Time is over
If you ask- You get 30 more minutes.
7. The Ringer is turned OFF.

Our Quiet Time lasts from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

This is the same time that Nap Time is scheduled for the babies and the toddlers.

Everyone knows what is expected of them and the house is calm and peaceful.

Little ones (who may have had a difficult morning) have a chance to rest and re-group.

Older children who did not quite finish their Literature or writing assignments have a chance to catch up.

Journals can be updated and pen-pal letters can be addressed and stamped.

Mom can throw that load of laundry into the dryer and sit down with a hot cup of tea and read her Bible, return e-mail and calls received, read a few pages from her favorite book, and catch her second wind(before the evening activities) without the fear of being interrupted.

I believe that it is important that we teach our children that it is O.K. to slow down, it is O.K. to spend time playing alone, it is O.K. to take a nap, it is O.K. to be still, and that it is O.K. for Mom to have some Quiet Time,too.

Our Intro

Hi! My name is Andrea.
We live in the Deep South.
Stacy & I are the parents of 5(and counting) wonderful children.
Caleb is 15 and a HS Freshman, Hannah will soon be 10 and is
in the 5th grade, Ben is 7 and is in the 1st 1/2 grade(you can do
that when you Home school), Rachel is 4 1/2 and is
a Kindergartner and Mary Elizabeth is 3 and is sitting in on
Rachel's session-doing everything but the writing....so I'm
not really sure what that makes her.
We have been educating our children for 9+ years.
All of my children learn differently ,so we do not used
a boxed curriculum.
We buy what best suits the child.
This year we are using Abeka, Alpha Omega,Apologia,
Explode the Code, Wordly Wise,Horizons Math, Teaching
Textbooks,Pathway, and Rosetta Stone.
Phew!
Although it gets a little crazy...O.K. A lotta crazy...we love
having our children home with us and can not imagine
growing them any other way.
I am thrilled to be a part of this forum and look forward
to getting to know each of you.

Peace.

Andrea