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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Sea Kettle School </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1">{A Charlotte Mason Home School}</span><br />
<span class="s1">2016-2017 </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">“This idea of all education springing from and resting upon our relation to Almighty God-we do not merely give a religious education because that would seem to imply the possibility of some other education, a secular education, for example. But we hold that all education is divine, that every good gift of knowledge and insight comes from above, that the Lord the Holy Spirit is the supreme educator of mankind, and that the culmination of all education (which may at the same time be reached by a little child) is that personal knowledge of and intimacy with God in which our being finds its fullest perfection.” </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: "merriweather" , "georgia" , serif; line-height: 21px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/106311.Charlotte_M_Mason" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Charlotte M. Mason</a></div>
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<span class="s1"><span class="s1" style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "josefin sans"; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>This year we continue to home educate with the <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/what-is-the-charlotte-mason-method/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Charlotte Mason </a>method using <a href="http://www.amblesideonline.org/">Ambleside Online</a> to help guide our curriculum/book choices. O</i></span></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;">ur aim is to provide our children with <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/this-years-feast/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">a feast</a> of the great ideas, literature, art and music and to gently foster an insatiable curiosity, love of learning and knowledge and love of God. </i></span><br />
<span class="s1"><i style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "courier new", courier, monospace; font-size: 17.6px; line-height: 24.64px;">Levi will be 5 (Kindergarten, Year 0), so we are slowly adding in some very light phonics/reading and math games alongside a lot of the things we've been doing all along- reading living books and poetry, playing great music, looking at great art, working on habit training, enjoying time outdoors and observing the world around us. Magnolia joins in whenever she can and wants! </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(Note: We are in the third week of school and I have realized quickly that my schedule is good to keep in mind, but flexibility is the key to having an enjoyable and natural feeling day. For example, we have been going outside to a park, garden or nature reserve on every nice day, so any other activities get pushed to after lunch or to the next day. We're making the most of the beautiful warm weather while we can!) </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Math</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">“Family Math For Young Children” by Stenmark and Coates</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I might start using <a href="http://rightstartmath.com/">Right Start Math, Level A</a>, later this year. I'm waiting for a sale on the manipulatives!</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Basket of math-y games</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Early reading activities from <a href="http://www.discoverreading.net/">"Discover Reading" by Amy Tuttle</a></span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Poetry Tea Times</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Tentative Read Aloud Booklist:</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>Fairy Tales and Fables Illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa</i></span></span><br />
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>A Child's Book of Poems Illustrated by Gyo Fujikawa</i></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">All Beatrix Potter Books</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Stories by Thorton Burgess</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">My BookHouse Series</span></span><br />
<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Charlotte's Web by E.B. White</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Homer Price by Robert McCloskey</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Bear’s on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dagliesh</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Handwriting/Copywork: Practice letters in the air, sand, shaving cream etc. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Jot it Down Book: I write down his stories as he tells them at any point in the day. He may illustrate, if he’d like. (idea from <a href="http://www.bravewriter.com/program/brave-writer-lifestyle/jot-it-down">Bravewriter</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">The Papa Post: He dictates a letter or story to Papa, writes a few of the words himself and then Papa writes back. </span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Memorize a habit motto for each term. (ie. "respond with gratitude" or "obey, right away, with a joyful heart, everyday", "there is a time for everything")</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Work on habits from “Laying Down the Rails” by Sonya Shafer.</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Eggleston</span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Listen to music by one composer each term. This year we will study Dvorak, Medieval Music and Von Dittersdorf.</span></span><br />
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Learn folk songs and Hymns from <a href="http://www.littlesongster.com/">“A Little Songster”</a> and from Ambleside's term </span></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">selections.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-66825409356296460142016-07-13T13:43:00.000-04:002016-07-13T13:47:37.397-04:00from my common place<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">(In my study of Charlotte Mason's educational methods, I have found so many useful and delightful habits to use in my own life and continuing education. Something I have started this year is keeping a commonplace journal, just as Charlotte Mason and her students once did. The common place is simply a journal to copy meaningful quotes, poetry, scripture or other ideas you stumble upon in life and in your reading. It has been such a lovely way to keep and record these thoughts and passages that have influenced my thinking during a given season of life. I thought I'd share some of these passages every so often in hopes that they might also be inspiring to you...and of course, feel free to copy them into your own commonplace! :)</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">-C. S. Lewis</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">-Plato</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Education is a life. That life is sustained on ideas. Ideas are of a spiritual origin, and God has made us so that we get them chiefly as we convey them for one another, whether by word of mouth, written page, scripture read, musical symphony; we must sustain a child's inner life with ideas as we sustain his body with food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">-J.R.R. Tolkien</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those which anything splendid or wonderful happens, but must those that bring simple pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">-L.M. Montgomery/Anne Shirley from "Anne of Green Gables"</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 22.4px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Even though we've been enjoying the slowly warming days for a while now, the fourth of July always feels like the official start to summer. We began celebrating on the 3rd with a Spokes and Stripes parade for kids around the town common. The next day we enjoyed the parade that our family has been going to every year for decades, a big ol' BBQ and then music and fireworks on the wharf, just steps from our front door. The fireworks this year were particularly spectacular! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"><i>This weekend I refreshed our daily Morning Basket for the summer months; new memory work, poetry, songs, art and stories have been collected, printed and are ready to go. An important aspect of a Charlotte Mason education is offering an abundant "feast" of living ideas. Our Morning Basket is one way I provide my children a feast to nourish their minds, hearts and souls. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: small;"><i>An important note: we do not do </i><b><i>all</i></b><i> of these elements every day. At the bare minimum we do the invocation, prayer, scripture and doxology. We rotate many elements and review old memory work/songs depending on the time we have on that particular day or the kids attention/mood etc. Even though I like to have each part planned and ready in our basket, we are very laid back and sometimes do more and sometimes do less. It is important to me that this is delightful and not a chore. Read more about our Morning Basket habit <a href="http://seakettlediaries.blogspot.com/2015/11/our-morning-basket-introduction-and.html">HERE</a>.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. <b>Invocation-</b> Light a candle, say together: <i>"The Lord is my light and my salvation".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. <b>Calendar/Nature Study-</b> Review plans for the day, look outside and record weather and nature observations. Identify common local birds with Sibley's Birding flashcards.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. <b>Bible-</b> Read a story from "The Children's Bible in 365 Stories" and a Psalm or Proverb from Scripture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"> <b>Folksongs:</b> "The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night", "The Crabfish"</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- enjoying the sunshine, earth and open air as much as possible</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">4. <b>Prayer:</b> Write down what each person is thankful for and record prayer requests (including our Compassion child and someone from our photo prayer book). Then we pray; the kids thank God for what they are thankful for and I usually pray for the requests. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> <b>Folksongs:</b> <a href="http://www.littlesongster.com/#!oro-the-rattlin-bog/csv9">"Oro the Rattlin' Bog"</a> and "The Water is Wide"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">7. <b>Picture Study/Art History:</b> Auguste Rodin (an exhibition of his work coming to the Peabody Essex Museum, so this spring/summer we will be able to walk to see 175 of his sculptures!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Easter was: waking up to flowers and an empty grave in our Easter garden; excited and fully dressed kids at 6am; heading to church early to watch Papa practice from the balcony; a full and good resurrection Sunday celebration; cotton candy, hot crossed buns and baby animals; a ham feast at the James', a treasure hunt, lots of treats, a photoshoot; dessert and egg hunt at the McKenna's, matching sisters; tired, happy children on a sugar high; thoughts of Dad and the promise of the resurrection; Levi and Maggie ending the night dancing around the kitchen shouting "Jesus is alive!".</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-83679820631697054672016-03-28T16:19:00.000-04:002016-03-28T16:19:06.963-04:00Dying, Waking: Easter Musings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; color: #001320; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">"I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, </span><span class="highl" style="background-color: #fff4ec; color: #001320; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" John 11:26</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Ever since my father's death, I've regularly had to explain to Levi and Magnolia what happened to their Grampy. They ask about where he is and what happened to him. Just the other day Maggie looked at a picture of him and said "Where did he go?". It can be very difficult to answer these questions over and over, but it has also given me the chance to regularly tell them the gospel in a real and meaningful way. I tell them about Jesus' sacrifice, about His miraculous resurrection and the hope that their Grampy had as a follower of Christ. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Last Easter was difficult. My father was declining fast. I asked him if he could try to make it to church to see Magnolia's dedication, but he was too weak. He stayed in bed all day on Easter and when we sat on the bed with him, he seemed so incredibly sick and tired. I didn't realize it then, but he was a few weeks away from the end of his earthly life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This Easter, I thought of him often. In our devotional reading on holy Saturday, the kids and I read "Dying, Waking" from "Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing". It said, </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"God meant for us to live forever. But sin has broken everything and now we - all of us - die. </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jesus came to destroy death. He died on the cross and was buried - but death couldn't keep him dead. On the third day he burst out of the tomb!</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">And now death can't keep us dead either. The preacher, Charles Spurgeon said that Jesus has turned the tomb into a bed- <b>and dying into just waking up.</b> </span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">We will still die. But after we die, we will wake- as if from a refreshing night's sleep and Jesus will lead us by the hand into Life that won't ever end."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">It reminded me of something that happened a few months ago, when the kids and I were reading the story of Joseph. We read the verse, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good, to accomplish what is now being done." </span></span></i><i><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Genesis 50:20.</span></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">"Because when he died, he just opened up his eyes and he saw Jesus."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">Yes. <i>Yes!</i> Ever since that day, I have been encouraged by</span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> those true, beautiful and faith-filled words that my four year old spoke. Someday,</span><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> </span><i style="line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">we will just open our eyes and we will see Jesus</i><span style="background-color: #fdfeff; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;">. And all things bad and sick and painful will be forgotten in an instant. The very worst thing has been redeemed. </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-20005937092272926042016-03-04T18:23:00.002-05:002016-03-04T18:23:52.555-05:00These days...<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 25.2px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: 25.2px;"><b>Looking:</b> out my window onto my garden and neighborhood covered in a light snow fall; hoping it doesn't stick or freeze my bulbs! </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Listening:</b> to Levi play with legos while he blasts Brian's old high school/college band music. He recently re-discovered them and they have been playing ever since.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 25.2px;"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Drinking:</b> my coffee mixed with a spoonful of a homemade cocoa mix one of my students gave me for Christmas (and now I'm going to have to figure out how to make some of my own!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; line-height: 25.2px;"><b>Feeling:</b> excited that my sister and her husband will be moving into our apartment downstairs..party house!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Wearing:</b> the fleece robe that I pretty much wear in the house all winter. It has a big hood, which of course I utilize, so Brian refers to me as his Jedi wife. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Creating:</b> master seasonal/monthly plans by combining my seasonal lists with many new ideas gleaned from "The Life Giving Home" by Sally and Sarah Clarkson.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Reading: </b>"The Charlotte Mason Companion", "Pride and Prejudice" (with Brian) and "The Scent of Water" by Elizabeth Goudge (new favorite author!), the gospel of Mark...and piles of children's poetry and literature.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Learning:</b> how to be a better steward of our resources. My brother is leading our extended family through Dave Ramsey's "Financial Peace University" $$$ ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Finding: </b><i>so</i> many literary treasures in my Nana's book room recently</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Cooking:</b> lots of quiche recently</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Baking:</b> <a href="http://a-life-from-scratch.com/shauna-niequist-gaia-cookies/">Gaia Cookies</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Loving: </b>our weekly homeschool co-op; the support and collaboration; a smart and happy group of kids engaged with good art, music and stories. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b style="line-height: 25.2px;">Teaching:</b><span style="line-height: 25.2px;"> my art students; Picasso collages inspired by "The Three Musicians", fantasy creature collages inspired by Eric Carle and collagraph printmaking.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><b>Hoping: </b>to solidify my plan for Levi's kindergarten books and resources for next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">"From dust we've come and dust we are and dust we shall return...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Be still my soul, Lord make me whole...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Glory to God, Glory to God in the highest."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: xx-small;">-<i>Dust We Are And Shall Return</i> by The Brilliance</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">- keeping the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Christ on the forefront of our minds: reading through the gospel of Mark and reading stories of Jesus in various Children's Bibles as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">- setting out objects to remind us of the season: candles, an iron sculpture of Jesus carrying His cross (by a local artist)and our Easter garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;">- using our Lenten/Easter garden to remind us of the story of cross and the grave. On Good Friday, we will close the tomb with a rock and light candles on the path to the tomb. On Easter Sunday I will fill the garden with flowers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;">- forcing forsythia to bloom in a vase on the kitchen table; another reminder of spring and the promise of new growth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- listening to more mellow music, for the most part; "Brother" by the Brilliance (especially <i>From Dust You Are and Shall Return</i>); "Songs for Lent" by New York Hymns; "Resurrection Letters" by Andrew Peterson.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- during Morning Basket time with the kids, we are singing the hymn "Nothing but the Blood of Jesus" and memorizing Psalm 23.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- As a way to focus on Jesus' sacrifice for us, we have set out a small goblet on the table. Each time a family member makes a sacrifice for someone else, they may put a bean into the goblet. The kids don't know this yet, but on Easter morning their dried beans will turn into jelly beans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- attempting to slow down, observe and enjoy the journey from winter to spring, darkness to light, death to life</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>“You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul...You shall teach them to your children, talking of them when you are sitting in your house, and when you are walking by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.<span class="reftext" style="line-height: 14px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 2px; vertical-align: text-top;"><b style="text-decoration: none;"> Deuteronomy 11:18,19</b></span></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Recently I've been thinking and reading a lot about family life, family discipleship and homeschooling. Brian and I have been discussing and processing our own upbringings/educations and deciding together what influences and values will make up the culture of our own family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I'm inspired by the idea of a rhythmic life, small daily habits and rituals that give anchor points throughout the day and build up over a lifetime. We are feeling more and more clear about what our goals are for the life of our family and now is the time to solidify habits and rhythms so that we can begin to work toward those goals. To that end, it seems like the perfect word to direct our year would be "rhythm". </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">The following are some daily rhythms we'd like to continue and commit to in the coming year:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Morning Basket with the kids at breakfast (this includes Bible, prayer, memory work, hymns, poetry, nature, art study etc.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Have my personal devotions right after Morning Time (ideally I would do this before they wake up, but it is not the season of life for that)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Read alouds scattered throughout the day. Afternoon poetry tea times, when we can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- As much time spent outside as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Family worship after dinner; a passage of scripture read aloud by Brian, prayer and singing of a hymn or worship song (with instruments!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Books and a blessing for the kids(Numbers 6:24-26) before bed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Brian and I read aloud a chapter or two of a book before bed (currently it's Pride and Prejudice).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We hope these daily rhythms will help us be intentional about our days as we disciple our kids and encourage truth, goodness and beauty in our family culture. It's already been a huge blessing to carve out these intentional pockets of time and we've seen the fruit of these habits for ourselves and our children. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-9302138058651375072016-01-10T14:30:00.001-05:002016-01-10T14:30:37.908-05:00The Winter List and Preparing for Deep Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I've always been inspired by the changing of the seasons and I love embracing the special parts of each time of year. Despite my love for the seasons, I also kind of dread our long New England winters. For years I called my seasonal winter bucket list my "winter <i>survival</i> list", but this year I'm taking the "survival" out and just trying to embrace winter and the parts of the season to look forward to. This year, I won't just survive, I'm going to live it to the full!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Evidenced by our Christmas gifts this year, I'm inspired by the Danish concept of "Hygge" and I want to bring the warm, cozy, communal nature of winter to our home as much as possible. I look forward to constant candles burning, string lights and lanterns, warm drinks, piles of blankets, baked goods, good books, crock pot meals and plenty of communal gatherings to share it with friends and family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">We'll see how I'm feeling come March when the snow is still knee-deep, but at the moment, I'm feeling rather excited for the deep winter setting in and all the good and beauty it has in store for us.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-85278826101285053522016-01-09T21:26:00.000-05:002016-01-09T21:26:11.390-05:00Christmas Project: Hygge Kits<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This year, I did less Christmas crafting than usual, but we did come up with a fun concept for our gift giving. Brian and I have recently read some articles about the Danish word "Hygge" and we were inspired to create kits for encouraging hygge in our family's lives this winter. What is hygge, you ask? Brian wrote the following explanation for our kit:</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><i>It’s called Hygge (pronounced “Hyoogah”). Popular myth credits Hygge for making Danes some of the happiest people in the world. Hygge seems to indicate a feeling of comfort, cheer, and familiarity (the word cannot be succinctly translated into English). It’s a sense of home, and a sense of casual festivity. </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Though Danes use the word for gatherings and settings throughout the year, winter is considered high season for Hygge. They surround themselves with warm, low lights, comfy socks and sweaters, and treats like cake and mulled wine to stave off the bitter twilight framed in every window pane. They create an intimate day, an inner-light, and they share it. </i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>So enjoy your Hygge kits. Though Hygge could never be contained in a jar, each item can add to the atmosphere ripe for true Hygge happiness. And as you enjoy the light and warmth in the cold dark, let it be a reminder of our Savior’s incomparable, conquering radiance as well:</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Our kits included items such as candles, tea, hot chocolate, mason jars to house flowers or candles, comfy socks, twinkle lights, hand cream, lip balm, a good book, hand warmers and chocolates; all things that we hoped would encourage a warm and happy winter. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Here's to a hygge season for us all!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-24370105892163657802016-01-09T21:10:00.000-05:002016-01-09T21:10:10.200-05:00Levi's Christmas Project: Beaded Snowflakes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Levi worked very hard this year to make his own Christmas presents for family members. These beaded snowflake ornaments took quite a few sessions to complete (we made quite a few!), but they were worth the effort and it was a very do-able gift for an energetic little 4 year old to make. I'm proud of him for sticking it out and I only had to bribe him a couple of times with a hershey kiss or two. ;)</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">To make these, I took 3 silver pipe cleaners (cut in half) and twisted them together in the center to create the 6 parts of the snowflake. Next, Levi slid metallic beads onto each of the pipe cleaners, leaving about a half an inch at the end for me to fold and twist so the beads stay in place. A simple ring of wire was added for hanging.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-a new "Christmas Adam" tradition(the day before "Christmas Eve", get it?)with just our family in the Sea Kettle and </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">an intentional quiet end to advent; </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">a homemade candle-lit meal, </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">meaningful letters written and read to us by Papa, hand-painted tea cups for me from Levi, liturgical books and oratory elements for Brian, an adventure pack for Levi and dress up clothes for Maggie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- cinnamon rolls and singing to celebrate Jesus' birthday on Christmas Eve morning and a candle-lit service with our church family</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- A comfort food "Hygge" dinner at my Mom's house with a last minute guest who was missing her family in Pakistan. Gifting some Hygge kits (more on that later!) and our traditional all-family sleepover</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Christmas morning excitement with my family and stockings, presents and excited, well-loved kids</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- Christmas lunch and gift exchange with Brian's family and a christmas movie to end the day </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- a bittersweet first Christmas without my father; in-between the good food, family, thoughtful presents, happy children, more than ever before I felt the tangible need for Emmanuel, God with us. Which is hard but okay, really, because that is what it's all about. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-5419807105080330262015-12-13T20:46:00.000-05:002015-12-13T20:46:37.462-05:0020 years from now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I recently read the book, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Rest-Homeschoolers-Guide-Unshakable/dp/1600512879" style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;">"Teaching From Rest: The Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakeable Peace" </a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">by Sarah MacKenzie </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">and it was </span><i style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;">wonderful. </i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I am so thankful to have found it right at the beginning of our homeschool journey. It held such good insight, wisdom and practical tips to keep anxiety and <i>un</i>rest at bay. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">One of the simple challenges the author gave was to imagine our children, 20 years from now, being asked about what it was like to be homeschooled. Next, she asked us to write down the words or phrases that we hoped our children would use to describe their childhood. It didn't take me long to come up with my words: <i>w</i>a<i>rm, conversational, full of stories and laughter, peace-full, beauty-full, wonder-full, and characterized by grace. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Brian and I can't control how our kids turn out- what their SAT scores will be, what college they will get into, what job they'll choose, what good/bad choices they will make... but one thing we CAN do is to pray for them daily and create a family environment that encourages goodness, truth, beauty and grace. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For the foreseeable future, my short list of words will serve as simple reminders to direct how I interact with my kids; how I speak to them, what we'll study, what activities we engage in, how I set up my home, what books we read and how I love and serve my kids day in and day out. Thinking about my parenting/education goals this way has been much more inspiring and positive than giving in to anxieties that can sometimes take over my thoughts and motivations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">I created this image to place at the beginning of my homeschool binder and to hang in my kitchen as a constant reminder of the type of childhood and education I want to give the precious people God placed in my care. This simple exercise made a huge difference in my approach to schooling and parenting this year and I pray our home environment will live up to these chosen ideals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- thankful for slower days, the natural cloistering in of winter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- lighting candles, wearing slippers, sipping tea, cuddling under quilts with my family - making the most of the cold weather settling in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- playing my favorite advent albums on repeat: "Prepare Him Room" by </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Sovereign Grace Music, "Behold the Lamb of God" by Andrew Peterson, "Sounding Joy", by Elizabeth Mitchell, Handel's "Messiah" and the local Christmas radio station thrown in for good measure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- savoring our daily homeschool morning times, particularly hearing my children happily memorize true and beautiful things</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- working on some fun wintery lessons with my students before classes end for winter break</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- treasuring Levi's funny, curious, insightful and interesting thoughts </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- listening to Magnolia start to assert herself and communicate her wants, needs, jokes and sweet little sayings. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- excited about plenty of Christmas festivities planned in the coming days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- painting a commission for a friend and hoping I can finish in time for it to be wrapped up for Christmas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- trying to have "tea" time with the kids as regularly as possible while reading through our current pile of advent/Christmas stories from the library.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- smiling at Brian, as we watch our kids play, talk with and love each other well(<i>most</i> of the time, that is) ;)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- full of excitement in my research and reading of homeschool methods and philosophies; folding laundry and doing dishes to the tune of some amazing, inspirational podcasts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- missing my Dad, at expected and unexpected times and places</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- finishing a purposefully slow read through "For the Children's Sake" by MacCaulay and soaking in every word.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- saying some "no's" so that I can say more "yes's" (not easy for me)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">- almost done putting together Christmas presents for our family; a little less crafting than usual, but a very fun concept for Brian and I to work on together</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> enjoying advent in a more peaceful and purposeful way than ever before</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">(Note: I wrote an introduction and explanation of our Autumn Term morning basket <a href="http://www.seakettlediaries.blogspot.com/2015/11/our-morning-basket-introduction-and.html">HERE</a>.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Read the activity for the day and plan when we will do it (is it something we'll wait to do with Dad? Do we need to get anything for it?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. Light a candle ("The Lord is my light and my salvation") and read the day's selection from the Jesse Tree devotional "Unwrapping the Greatest Gift" by Ann Voskamp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4. Prayer: Write down what we are thankful for and prayer requests, then pray for them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Part of a poem by Christina Rossetti: <i>"What can I give Him, poor as I am? If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb, If I were a wisemen I would do my part- Yet what can I give Him, Give Him my heart."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>-</i>This month's motto/habit training: <i>"No fussing, no whining, no complaining, respond with gratitude!" </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6. Hymn: Joy to the World!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">7. Picture Study/Art History: Rembrant's "The Adoration of the Shepherds" (see below)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">8. Benediction: Sing Doxology</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">9. Read alouds (to be read aloud throughout December):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A Christmas Treasury Illustrated by Christian Birmingham </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Legend of the Poinsettia by Tomie dePaola</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Birds of Bethlehem </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">by Tomie dePaola</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Merry Christmas Strega Nona </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">by Tomie dePaola</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Story of the Three Wise Kings </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">by Tomie dePaola</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Erik and the Christmas Horse by Hans Peterson</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree by Gloria Houston</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; text-align: start;"><i>I have taken particular joy in planning our advent activities this year. Levi is getting older and able to participate in more aspects of the season and in general, Brian and I have been trying to add more ritual and liturgy into our home throughout the year. Advent is an especially meaningful time in the church year; it has been enlightening to learn about different traditions and choose which ones would work well in our family during this time of life. I'm excited to continue some old traditions and start some new ones! </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; text-align: start;"><b>Friday after Thanksgiving:</b> Pick out a tree with my Mom and siblings, take Christmas photos for each other </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; text-align: start;"><b>Thanksgiving weekend:</b> Decorate the house and tree. Set out the Christmas/winter books. Prepare the advent calendar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; text-align: start;"><b>Starting December 1st:</b> </span><span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">I made an advent calendar with 24 tiny baskets hanging on twine. Each basket holds a piece of paper with an activity written on it that we will do that day (see ideas below). I have scheduled these out very specifically, so the activity makes sense for what is happening in our schedule on that day. Some days, I </span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">might add a little treat to the basket, like a piece of chocolate or lollipop. I'm putting these in at the last minute, for obvious reasons (aka, a smart and mischievous</span><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> 4 year old sweet tooth!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Each basket also holds the Jesse Tree ornament for the day. We are using <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unwrapping-Greatest-Gift-Celebration-Christmas/dp/1414397542/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1448844633&sr=1-1&keywords=unwrapping+the+greatest+gift">"Unwrapping the Greatest Gift" by Ann Voskamp</a>. Each night, Brian will read the passage/devotion and one of the kids will hang the corresponding ornament on the Jesse Tree (simply some branches in a vase). While we do the devotional reading, we also light the candle on our wooden advent wreath and move the wooden figurine of Mary along the spiral.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Throughout Advent, we are trying a new tradition called "Preparing the Manger". I put out an empty "manger" (another small basket) and I cut pieces of raffia to lay around the manger. When someone in the family does or says some especially kind or loving, that person can put a piece of hay into the manger to make it more soft and to prepare it for baby Jesus. The idea is that one way to prepare our hearts for Jesus is to treat one other with love and kindness. (</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px;">‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these </span><i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span class="crossreference" data-cr="#cen-ESV-24045C" data-link="(<a href="#cen-ESV-24045C" title="See cross-reference C">C</a>)" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 0.625em; font-size: 0.625em; line-height: 22px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;"></span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; line-height: 24px;">my brothers,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; line-height: 22px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><i>you did it to me.’ Matthew 25:40.)</i> On Christmas Eve, one of the kids will lay baby Jesus in the manger which will hopefully be full of soft hay!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This year we began the homeschooling practice of Morning Time. I fill a "Morning Basket" with readings, prayers, memory work and other activities that we engage in each morning, usually around the breakfast table. Our morning basket is always changing, but I try to keep the four "R"s always in rotation (Ritual, Recitation, Reading, Relationship). This practice has proved to be a beautiful way to begin the day and a blessing to our life, schooling and relationships.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">At the beginning of each month, I read a poem from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Childs-Calendar-John-Updike/dp/0823417662/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1448847283&sr=8-1&keywords=a+child%27s+calendar">"A Child's Calendar" By John Updike</a> and we talk about what is special about the month that we are currently in (holidays, nature etc.)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We also use this time to look over a nature calendar that we get from the Audubon society quarterly magazine. This lists things that we might see in nature during the month on our nature walks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Each month I choose a new artist to study. We read a book about the artist (as an art teacher, I have MANY to choose from) and then I choose 2-3 paintings that we spend a few moments looking at each day. We look at it, describe it, find the beauty in it, become "friends" with it!</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>This year we continue to do light preschool activities at home. Our "curriculum" is mostly <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/what-is-the-charlotte-mason-method/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Charlotte Mason inspired </a>(with a <a href="http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/v2/index.php?page=3">Classical</a> twist? haha) and o</i></span></span><i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">ur aim is to provide our children with <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/this-years-feast/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">a feast</a> of the great ideas, literature, art and music and to gently foster an insatiable curiosity and love of learning. </i><i style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We don't do every subject every day, and our schedule varies, but here are some of the intentional activities we are engaged in these days. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">This year we have started a morning basket time(inspired by <a href="http://edsnapshots.com/your-morning-basket-podcast/">Pam Barnill</a>). We begin each day at the breakfast table and go through the activities in our morning basket. At it's most basic level, our morning basket includes the four R's; Reading, Recitation, Ritual and Relationship. We light a candle, list things we are thankful for and things we need to pray about, pray, memorize Bible verses, read from the Bible, sing our monthly hymn, memorize and read poetry and read aloud. Some days we do more, some days we do less, but this is a habit we have formed this year and it has really transformed our days. Most of the activities are geared more for Levi, but Magnolia has picked up on many of our rituals and readings and will participate quite a bit. She is actually sometimes more attentive than her big brother and is a good role model! The books, songs and poetry in our basket will change throughout the year and I hope to share what's in our basket throughout the seasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We continue to work through various booklists inspired by <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/blog/choosing-books-like-a-connoisseur/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Charlotte Mason's philosophy</a>(here is a great one from Ambleside Online (<a href="http://amblesideonline.org/00bks.shtml" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">year 0</a>). When I choose books, I'm looking for books that are well written, aren't dumbed down and encourage goodness, truth and beauty. Current favorites: A Child's Garden of Verses, The World Treasury of Children's Literature, Beatrix Potter, Just So Stories. Sometimes I </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">ask Levi to explain what happened in the story or encourage him to draw something that happened in the story. These are our little beginnings of </span><a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/narration/" style="color: #888888; font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; text-decoration: none;">narration</a><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">. In general, I try to read aloud to the kids as much as possible. We read around the breakfast and lunch table, at various points throughout the day and </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Brian reads to Levi before bed at night. Recently we started inviting friends over for "Poetry Tea Times" where we gather around the table to drink tea (or hot chocolate, as the case may be), eat a small treat and read poetry. I have been listening to a great podcast, <a href="http://amongstlovelythings.com/read-aloud-revival-the-podcast/">The Read Aloud Revival</a>, which is wonderful inspiration for those of us who aspire to "build our family culture around books". We aren't doing any formal reading program yet, but Levi recognizes all of his letters and numbers from books we've read and works on writing them every so often at his new (picked up from the side of the road) desk. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For Math, we continue to talk about numbers throughout the day as we do our daily tasks. We count, add and subtract as we cook, walk, work, read and play. This year, I also bought a simple math activity kit. This kit has some fun little games to play that involve counting, sequencing and number recognition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">For Science, we work on <a href="https://simplycharlottemason.com/planning/curriculum-guide/math-science-language-arts/nature-study/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">nature study</a> throughout the week. We meet with other homeschooling families regularly to go on a nature walks and to draw/make observations in our nature journals (although I'm not pushing this right now). We also collect things to put on our seasonal nature table, such as shells, rocks, pinecones, colored leaves, seed pods and wildflowers. We make careful observations of the world around us, notice the seasons changing, watch the birds in our window feeder, ask questions and read books about things that interest him. (As a sidenote: he's also really into watching old episodes of Bill Nye the Science Guy) :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">We listen to it, sing it, play it, dance to it. I play music all day in the background; classical, folk, jazz, rock and roll, you name it. Family </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">jam/dance sessions happen regularly and there are a plethora of instruments around the house to play. Levi is quite partial to the drums and he even got a few real drums for his birthday this year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">Levi is much more interested in drawing/art this year (which is good for his Mama's soul, haha). We try to keep drawing, painting, lacing materials easily accessible at all times. We spend a lot of time at the Peabody Essex Museum, especially enjoying their special exhibits, maker lounge and expansive children's area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- I don't know how to get back into this old blogging habit of mine, but after probably a little TOO much time and effort mulling over the pros and cons, I think I will try. The desire is there, so if I can just find a little smidgen of time to do it, I'll be golden! I'm working on creating more margin in my life, so hopefully this is something that can come back in some way or another.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- In the days to come, I'd like to do some catch-up and post a bit about our summer. The plan all along has been to print out hard copies of my blog eventually and have it as a diary of our life as a family. I'd like to try and close that huge gap, if possible! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- This fall, Brian and I have spent a great deal of time thinking, reading and praying about our family life and homeschooling philosophy. In particular, I've been thinking critically about how to use time wisely and thinking through what our family rhythms and habits will be. I imagine that it's harder to put these in place when the kids are older, so I'm doing my best to order our days and priorities accordingly. It's been a joy-filled process and I'm quite excited about what lies ahead for our family and our little home school. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Levi and Magnolia are growing and learning and I love being a part of it all. Of course we have our moments (PLENTY of them), but overall our days are slow and happy and full of discovery. We are starting each day with our morning basket (more on that to come), reading piles and piles of books, reading and reciting scripture, making art, listening to music, memorizing poetry and spending lots of time outdoors. It all feels very right and good. (a more specific and detailed post about this year's homeschool is forthcoming!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- Brian graduated with his Master's in English and Creative Writing in May, so his time has freed up in a lot of ways. He is enjoying more time to work on his own creative (non-school) projects and we are enjoying our less busy and less stressed Papa. He is currently using his degree in very important ways like telling his children the most magical stories every night before bed and writing his wife beautiful love letters on his typewriter. We're not complaining. ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">- I think one of the reasons I stopped writing here for so long is that I didn't know how to write about the death of my Dad. I still don't know what/if I'll process through any of that in this space, but know that my broken heart has good days and bad days and I imagine it will be this way for a while. The last months of his life were the most precious and hardest of my life. But, my hope is in the Lord. I put my Dad's picture where I see it often and I cry a lot and I make sure my kids remember their Grampy and we talk about happy memories. I think often about the day in January when my Dad broke down, knowing he was in his last days and he just wanted all of us to lay on his bed with him, just like when we were young. I am <i>living</i> those days right now and I'm well aware that these are very days that I will probably long for when I'm looking back at my life. So, I guess you could say that I'm savoring these seemingly mundane moments like never before. </span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-48760793856969332192015-10-31T20:08:00.000-04:002015-11-11T20:21:45.993-05:00Halloween 2015 - Cops and Robbers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This was the first year that we had a child who cared what he was for Halloween and that certain little boy wanted nothing more than to be a Policeman. For the past few months he has been quite obsessed with all things "police", in fact almost every morning when we list what we are thankful for, the first thing on his list is "police motorcycles". ;) Anyways, I'm not quite ready yet for all of us to go our own ways for Halloween, so "Cops and Robbers" it was! Levi and Maggie thought it was hilarious that Mama and Papa were dressed up as robbers and there were plenty of funny antics throughout the night. We even taught Magnolia to yell "Stop, thief!". After visiting the grandparents and aunts and uncles, we met some friends in Salem for dinner and our very first "real" trick or treating. Such fun! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2443763154480358110.post-6278018319354621082015-10-14T20:15:00.001-04:002015-10-14T20:58:53.742-04:00these days<div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- wanting badly to blog again, to record our days and count our blessings; wondering if I'll have the time or motivation to continue to do so</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- grieving the loss of my dear Dad and breathing <i>"to live is Christ, to die is gain".</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- rejoicing at the recent wedding of my littlest sister, thankful for a new brother and heartbroken that Dad didn't make it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- cutting out as much extraneous "stuff" as I possibly can and trying to focus on what counts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- in the groove of a new school year with wonderful students who are making beautiful art</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- enjoying my ninth year of marriage with the one I still can't get enough of and excitedly planning and saving up for a celebration of our 10th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- doing yet a little more schooling with Levi and enjoying (almost) every minute ;), finding endless inspiration from Charlotte Mason</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- listening to Magnolia laugh and say new words and mimic everything she hears and sees from her beloved older brother</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- spending as much time outside as possible and soaking up October; the blushing trees, golden light, crisp air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- thankful for this season of slowing, simplifying, cloistering in.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><i>(Most years it's late October and the apples are almost gone before I end up finally going apple picking. This year, somehow we went 5 times at 4 different orchards! Needless to say, it was quite the apple-y autumn for the James family. Apple crisp, anyone?)</i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0