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Bombus The Bumblebee – book review

Bombus The Bumblebee – book review
Written by Elsie Larson
From the back of the book:

“An encouraging story celebrating the diversity of God’s beautiful creation.”

Bombus The Bumblebee is definitely an encouraging and heartwarming story.  It is a book that uses a bumblebee created by God to show how God created everyone just the way He wanted them.  Not only does it have an awesome story telling about God’s creation, the book has awesome information in the back of it.  On a couple of the pages it tells all about the bumblebee’s body and how it works.  Did you know that the scientific name for the bumblebee is Bombus?  The book also continues with questions about the story, as well as activities to go along with the book.

I also have to mention David and Elizabeth Haidle, the illustrators.

I read this with my 5 and 7 year old children and they truly loved the story.  They even enjoyed answering the questions about the book.  I would definitely recommend this book for anyone with children.

I received this book free from New Leaf Publishing for an honest review.
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Multitude Monday #456-460

Multitude Monday #456-460

Last week started off with a wonderful celebration.  It was our youngest son’s birthday. We had cupcakes at the park with some friends and then came home and had a small celebration with the family.  Here are just a few of the little blessings that we had on this special day.

456.  A bicycle given to Samuel by his grandparents.

 

457.  Siblings who loved celebrating the life of their brother.

 

458.  Chocolate cake!

 

459.  A brother who gave Samuel the game he had been wanting!

460.  Being given 7 wonderful years with our son and looking to spend many more with him.  He truly has been a blessing to our family.

While we had so many other blessings throughout last week, these were just a few that I wanted to highlight.  God gives little blessings every day.  All you have to do is take a few minutes every day to see what He has given you.

You can also take part in the Multitude Monday by visiting A Holy Experience.

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Multitude Monday #456-460

Multitude Monday #456-460

Last week started off with a wonderful celebration.  It was our youngest son’s birthday. We had cupcakes at the park with some friends and then came home and had a small celebration with the family.  Here are just a few of the little blessings that we had on this special day.

456.  A bicycle given to Samuel by his grandparents.

 

457.  Siblings who loved celebrating the life of their brother.

 

458.  Chocolate cake!

 

459.  A brother who gave Samuel the game he had been wanting!

460.  Being given 7 wonderful years with our son and looking to spend many more with him.  He truly has been a blessing to our family.

While we had so many other blessings throughout last week, these were just a few that I wanted to highlight.  God gives little blessings every day.  All you have to do is take a few minutes every day to see what He has given you.

You can also take part in the Multitude Monday by visiting A Holy Experience.

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Back To School!

Back To School!
learning by sisterlisa, on Pix-O-Sphere

It is that time of year again when most start to back to school.  Which means that most homeschoolers are in the process of ordering new curriculum, organizing their homeschooling area and preparing lesson plans.  I am no different from others as we will begin our 9th year of homeschooling this year.

I have already mentioned in an early blog post our curriculum choices for this coming year.  The choices that I have made are totally different than what we did last year.  That my friend, is the joy of homeschooling!  If it isn’t working, you are able to choose something else to fit your child’s learning style.  There are so many different curriculum’s out there that you can look at that will accommodate the different types of learning styles.  I recommend researching your children’s learning styles first and then search for a curriculum that will fit that learning style.

Now that I have chosen our new curriculum, the time has come to organize our area that we use for our homeschooling materials.  While some families are blessed with an extra room to have an actual school room, I use a corner in my living room.  At this time, I have two bookshelves that store all of our books.  On top, I have organizing containers that hold our writing utensils and art supplies that we will need access on a daily need.  For the books and other materials that we don’t use on a daily basis, I store those on bookshelves in our hallway.  Daily, we will take the books that we need and come to the dining room table and sit together to get our work completed.  This is another joy of homeschooling.  You can school wherever you have room.  Some older children, who are more independent with their schooling can even go to their bedrooms to complete their work. Every family is different and must make the choice to do what is best for their family!  Again, what might work for me, may not work for you and that is okay.

Since, I don’t have all of my curriculum just yet, I have started with what I do have.  It has been a lot easier starting out slow and just doing a couple of subjects each day.  It has also helped us ease back into a routine. We will work another couple of weeks at this pace and then add in the rest of our book learning.

Once all of our curriculum has arrived, I will then sit down and begin to prepare the lessons. I make sure I have a great calendar and lesson planning book.  Don’t fret if you can’t find one that you think will work for you and your schedule. You can make one very easily by using an excel spreadsheet.  I just use a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon to sit down and plan for the upcoming week. I look at our calendar to see any extra curricular activities that are planned and I make sure the core of our work is completed before the fun begins.

Always remember that the joy of homeschooling is being able to choose what will work for you and your family. I would love to hear some ideas and suggestions that you might have for the homeschoolers that are just now starting their journey with their family!

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Back To School!

Back To School!
learning by sisterlisa, on Pix-O-Sphere

It is that time of year again when most start to back to school.  Which means that most homeschoolers are in the process of ordering new curriculum, organizing their homeschooling area and preparing lesson plans.  I am no different from others as we will begin our 9th year of homeschooling this year.

I have already mentioned in an early blog post our curriculum choices for this coming year.  The choices that I have made are totally different than what we did last year.  That my friend, is the joy of homeschooling!  If it isn’t working, you are able to choose something else to fit your child’s learning style.  There are so many different curriculum’s out there that you can look at that will accommodate the different types of learning styles.  I recommend researching your children’s learning styles first and then search for a curriculum that will fit that learning style.

Now that I have chosen our new curriculum, the time has come to organize our area that we use for our homeschooling materials.  While some families are blessed with an extra room to have an actual school room, I use a corner in my living room.  At this time, I have two bookshelves that store all of our books.  On top, I have organizing containers that hold our writing utensils and art supplies that we will need access on a daily need.  For the books and other materials that we don’t use on a daily basis, I store those on bookshelves in our hallway.  Daily, we will take the books that we need and come to the dining room table and sit together to get our work completed.  This is another joy of homeschooling.  You can school wherever you have room.  Some older children, who are more independent with their schooling can even go to their bedrooms to complete their work. Every family is different and must make the choice to do what is best for their family!  Again, what might work for me, may not work for you and that is okay.

Since, I don’t have all of my curriculum just yet, I have started with what I do have.  It has been a lot easier starting out slow and just doing a couple of subjects each day.  It has also helped us ease back into a routine. We will work another couple of weeks at this pace and then add in the rest of our book learning.

Once all of our curriculum has arrived, I will then sit down and begin to prepare the lessons. I make sure I have a great calendar and lesson planning book.  Don’t fret if you can’t find one that you think will work for you and your schedule. You can make one very easily by using an excel spreadsheet.  I just use a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon to sit down and plan for the upcoming week. I look at our calendar to see any extra curricular activities that are planned and I make sure the core of our work is completed before the fun begins.

Always remember that the joy of homeschooling is being able to choose what will work for you and your family. I would love to hear some ideas and suggestions that you might have for the homeschoolers that are just now starting their journey with their family!

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