OLD HOMESCHOOLERS NEVER DIE . . . THEY JUST WRITE CURRICULUM


"Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew,
like showers on new grass,
like abundant rain on tender plants."

Deuteronomy 32:2

Courses of Study

To view the Course of Study for each grade level, you can click on the "Course of Study" label
or "Search This Blog" for the specific grade level you wish to see.
To date, I have courses of study completed for kindergarten through fourth grades.

Newsletter Articles

In 2013 the Lord started me producing a newsletter for the homeschool group we are a part of. Every other month I write an article on a topic the Lord has put on my heart. I've decided to add these articles to this blog. I hope you will find encouragement through some of my ramblings. You can click on the label "Newsletter" to find the articles.

Tuesday, September 28

Police Officers' Job

I borrowed two books from the library about Police Officers. The first was A Day in the Life of a Police Officer by Heather Adamson. This book had great photographs and the information was presented simply, but it was really just a list of facts.

The second book was Policeman Small by Lois Lenski. Policeman Small is a traffic cop who stands in the middle of the street and directs the traffic. It is written as a story, but isn't factual for today -- at least not where we live. However K. did enjoy this book. I had a problem with the story line -- I'm just not sure how the children could go to school at 8:30 in the morning and then be at the circus parade with their parents at 11:00.

If anyone knows of a book that presents the job of a modern day police officer in a story, let me know!

Labor Day

We used the book Labor Day by Geoffrey Scott for school on Labor Day. The book tells the history of Labor Day. It is written as an interesting story instead of a collection of facts. It also has nice pictures/drawings. It glorified present day labor unions a bit more than I liked, but on the whole it was very good and I would recommend it. The final paragraph is:
We celebrate Labor Day to honor American workers. We think about how working hard helps make our country strong. And we remember that all workers are important, no matter what their job.

Soon, Annala

This is another picture book that K. enjoyed having read to her again and again. It is about Jewish immigrants who left their two youngest children in Europe with relatives. Annala, the youngest daughter, wants to know when her brothers will be coming to America, but meanwhile she starts school and begins to learn English. After a year her Aunt and Uncle come to America and bring their new baby and her brothers.

At one point when the family is all together again, the Aunt uses a dresser drawer for the baby to sleep in. After we had read the book a few times I saw K. doing the same with her dolls. I did point out that they didn't close the drawer with the baby in it.

Monday, September 20

Card File

Sorry I haven't posted lately. I've been busy creating a card file (I know, rather old-fashioned) of all the "homeschool stuff" I've downloaded. I just knew that if I didn't, I'd be looking through things and find myself saying, "Oh, that would have been so great to have used last week/month/year." I did find that I have some really neat stuff that I can incorporate into our kindergarten curriculum, and I hope to update you on all this in the next couple weeks.

Something to Think On


the teacher's knowledge

is not a hammer,

it is a light

quote from thomas tapper