Walking Therein

Wish Lists, Book Lists, and Other Fun Stuff

Posted By Jacque on January 13, 2009

I ran Mom into town today to the Salon and went on to WalMart to get some things for the special dish for Matt tonight: Frito Pie (story and recipe to come). Some of my favorite people went with me, and we had a great time! Jocelyn, Eric, Hannah, Caleb, and LucyLillie and I looked at knitting needles, yarn, bed sheets and then got all we needed for Daddy’s Frito Pie. Hannah was pleased to pay for her own needles and yarn and buy some for Eric with money from her birthday. She was beaming. I love living learning.

When I got home, I realized it was Monday…. MY Memo Monday at The HSBA Post. What I really wanted to do was post the memo there that Jocelyn made for when she forgot to get the Homeschool Memoirs done a couple of weeks ago. Instead, I am going to post a couple of wish lists I made out for our home school books last night. Seems to be a lot of that going around here lately. Funny how we still get all the things done we need to, even if it is a bit late. Work’s done, school’s done, and no one is starving. Life happens.

Lamplighter Books

We have some gift certificates for The Old Schoolhouse Store, so I was looking for the Pilgrim’s Progress Curriculum set last month, and I found out they don’t have it. So, I was looking at the Lamplighter books, and I made a pretty good list. I will give you the name and the price. If you want to see the descriptions, go to the Lamplighter category at TOStore.

*Mothers of Famous Men – Lamplighter $18
*Mary Jones and Her Bible – Lamplighter $17
*Little Threads – Lamplighter $17
*Stepping Heavenward – Lamplighter $20
*What Is Her Name? – Lamplighter $17
*The Duties of Parents – Lamplighter $7
*The Three Weavers – Lamplighter $13
*The Stranger At Home – Lamplighter $14
*Tom Gillies – Lamplighter $18
*Tomorrow – Lamplighter $16
*Children of Cloverley – Lamplighter $18
*Teddy’s Button – Lamplighter $17
Christie’s Old Organ – Lamplighter $16
Christie, the King’s Servant – Lamplighter $16
The White Knights – Lamplighter $18
The Lost Ruby – Lamplighter $14

The ones marked are the ones I definitely want. We have a copy of Christie’s Old Organ and Christie the King’s Servant, so I moved those to he bottom. I tried to pick out a good balance of girls’ interests and boys’, and mom’s – like the one on procrastination (Tomorrow).

While I am listing books, here are the book suggestions I gave a friend on Twitter last week. Sisterlisa asked me if I was going to post them somewhere, so, here it is (they’ll be on my blog too). Several of them are Lamplighters, too, that we have read for the Book Club:

Books for Boys/girls: The Inheritance, The Hedge of Thorns, Heroes for God, Explorers For God, the Kingdom Series, the Little house books

Books for young men/boys: Titus Comrade of the Cross, Enoch Roden’s Training, Boys of Grit, Tiger&Tom/Other Stories, Christie’s Old Organ

More books for young daughters: Anne of Green Gables, ,Rosa of Linden Castle, Little Faith, Christie’s Old Organ, The King’s Daughter/Other Stories, Daughters of Destiny, Hero Tales, Helen’s Temper, the Hedge of Thorns

HOW Wisdom Internet-linked Unit Study

The second wish list I made out is what I need for the HOW Wisdom Unit Study. I made a CHECKLIST and Planning Sheet so I can check off each unit and the steps in the HOW Teaching Approach. It’s a short list, but fortunately, I found some other awesome resources I need for our children. Our children, not me, I tell you. These are the resources I am looking for, and the grades they are needed for:

K-3
[ ] Wisdom and the Millers by Mildred A. Martin

4-8
[X] In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon
[ ] Noah Webster’s Advice to the Young by Noah Webster
[X] The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
[ ] Walking Wisely: Real Guidance for Life’s Journey by Charles Stanley

9-12
[X] In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon
[ ] Noah Webster’s Advice to the Young by Noah Webster
[X] The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
[ ] Our Father Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith by Marvin R. Wilson
[ ] Walking Wisely: Real Guidance for Life’s Journey by Charles Stanley

I would love a nice copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress, but for now, we can rent them two at a time from the library. We already have the books with the X on them. I am going to check and see if any of the rest are at the local library, though I think it would be better to get our own copies for the fifteen-unit study. I have an account at the HOW store, and I love that I can keep a wish list. I can email one to myself too, which is a great help to just grab it out of my email, instead of going to the site and logging in.

If you are interested in learning about the Purpose of Sabbath, as we are, or any of the Jewish Holidays, Robin has many different sites to help you out. I was on her Biblical Holidays site just last night looking.

**JUST got this tweet from Robin:

“Homeschool Book Sale limited offer up to 60% off http://is.gd/8qBS“

Take a look. I think my wish list just got bigger…

Ultimate Women’s Expo

This week I have a special treat for you: Cindy Rushton is having her Ultimate Women’s Expo.

Ultimate Women’s Expo 2009!
New Year, New You!
Our NEW YEAR Expo!
January 29-31, 2009
(PLUS! Preview Chats from now until Expo Week!)

You have heard of the Ultimate Homeschool Expo? Well, now you can sit back in your own home and listen to some wonderful speakers at the ULTIMATE WOMEN’S EXPO! That’s right!! You can chat with other women, home school moms and listen to your fave speakers in your own home! Or – you can crank up the speakers on your pc or laptop while you clean or cook, care for your children, or blog!

Giveaways

I can’t go without reminding you to check A Pondering Heart for her Winter Bundle. Over $700 worth of awesome home and home school products being reviewed and given away! There is even a gift for you just for entering! She posts about 5 different prizes a week up for grabs, so check and keep checking back for the next few weeks!

I just found out about a contest I do NOT want you all to enter. It is for some products for my favorite movie, FIREPROOF, so just stay away, ok? The package includes the Love Dare Book and a few other things over at my friend, Jessica’s, blog.

“I ordered two of the ‘Fireproof’ pre-buys (one for us and one to pass around), so have extra copies of the ‘Fireproof Soundtrack’ CD and the ‘Love & Respect’ CD by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs! I also have an extra copy of the book ‘The Love Dare’ by the Kendrick Brothers!”

Prayers for Little Sweeties

Pray for these little hearts, ok? If you have any others, let me know in a comment with a link, and I will put the info here.

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Comments

6 Responses to “Wish Lists, Book Lists, and Other Fun Stuff”

Martha says:

January 13, 2009 at 1:03 pm

Wow, what a lovely post filled with helpful information. Thank you for taking the time to share!! I’ll try to stay away from the Fireproof giveaway but I almost can’t resist, I have never seen the movie before and I can’t wait until it comes out on dvd (so I can watch it with subtitles, yippee!!). I am off to the store today to buy some yarn and needles too my sister influenced me with her “Needles for the Needy” mission.

By the way, Anne of Green Gables is one of my favorite series of all time. It’s lovely and I often think of it as I grow up. It’s a classic and I recommend it to all females… young and older, oops, I mean wiser*

With love, “Marta”

Marthas last blog post..Call on Him* A Page from my Life

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Christina says:

January 13, 2009 at 1:21 pm

Jacque,
We are done with Pilgrim’s Progress Bible Study/Unit Study. If you would like it I have them up for sale right now. ($10 plus shipping… it’s in a 3 ring binder already to go!)

Let me know!

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Molly@ Counter-Cultural School says:

January 13, 2009 at 10:15 pm

I’m working on a post about this for HSBA. What a great topic!! It will fit well into the Library Builders series I am doing right now on my blog.

I just wanted to let you know that you can get Stepping Heavenward (one of my favorite books) for about $6 through http://www.cbd.com, and many of the Lamplighter titles you mentioned are available for less than $4 each through http://www.libraryanded.com.

Perhaps you really love to shop at the sites you mentioned, or maybe their copies are much nicer (hardback!!) but I just thought I’d mention these bargains!! I try to get my books as inexpensively as possible….so I can buy MORE books!!

Blessings,
Molly @ http://counterculturalschool.blogspot.com

Molly@ Counter-Cultural Schools last blog post..Whatever is Pure: Books that Teach Theology and Illuminate the Scriptures: Part One

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Jacque says:

January 13, 2009 at 10:30 pm

Thanks for the tips, Molly! I do want the hardcover. One thing about books is that I love them, and I HATE to see one with a bent or torn cover. The Lamplighter books we already have are off-limits for the Littles to just get out, and they know it. As a matter of fact, we have so many old hardcover library books with no pictures, that I think they just expect that these don’t either, so they leave them alone! lol
We do have gift certificates right now, and I actually went looking for the HOW resources we needed, but TOS store doesn’t carry them, so I looked at their Lamplighters. I don’t much care for simple twattle either, so these are very good choices. And, I love the look and feel of an old-ish hard cover!
We honestly don’t spend much money on curriculum or books, either, so I guess I don’t mind spending the $ for a nice book. [Though I remember the time I saw how much the Lamplighters were, and I about passed out! haha!! Then we got a few, and boy, are they nice!]
I am sure that my friends who read will be glad for your info though! so thanks!
blessings~
Jacque

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Max Elliot Anderson says:

January 14, 2009 at 10:07 am

Author James Patterson has a ten year-old son who doesn’t like to read. So Patterson has established http://www.readkiddoread.com to help other reluctant readers.

I, too, grew up as a reluctant reader. And my father was the author of over 70 books. Now I write Christian action-adventure and mystery books especially for tween boys. My blog, Books for boys, http://booksandboys.blogspot.com is # 4 on Google today.

Max Elliot Anderson

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Charlene says:

January 14, 2009 at 12:25 pm

Ooh, can’t wait for the recipe to the Fritos Pie! I heard about it on twitter and it sounds yummy! I am working on crocheting too! My hands aren’t used to it but they will be soon! I haven’t found any homeschooling books, but Landon absolutely loves the Numbers book that Lisa got him last month where he can write on it and wipe it off easily! Can’t wait for Pilgrim’s Progress to come out (new ones have CC) and Ive heard great things about it! Also, I am psyched about your upcoming training sons to be men blog!!

Charlenes last blog post..The Attack on Parental Rights (UNCRC)

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