COH #176: Some Things Moms Love
Posted By Jacque on May 12, 2009
Happy Mother’s Day to you all! I hope you had a blessed Mother’s Day, celebrating with whomever you are Mom to or call Mom. When asked what I want for Mother’s Day my children can all tell you what I am going to say: “All I want is for you to get along and do what you are supposed to do. And straighten up your rooms.” Of course that’s not all moms want, but it is a start!
I hope you will enjoy the great submissions we’ve had this week. In honour of Mother’s Day, I tried to come up with some coinciding things home school moms might love! The pictures are of items I was blessed with for Mother’s Day this year.
Smiling Faces and Little Giggles, who can resist?
Shannon shares the story and photos of Wild and Wonderful Weather: Thunder and Lightning posted at Song of My Heart.
HappyCampers shows you why she says, I’m Glad My Son Can’t Spell…, posted at Reese’s View Of The World.
Pretty Flowers, Coffee (or Tea) Breaks, and
Faith
Jennifer gives a brief exploration of the doubts and anxieties of a new homeschooling mother, and how God is proving faithful in calming those fears and providing financially in Busy, Busy Planning posted at Quiverfull Family.
Of course, Home Schooling
Tami Fox presents this week guest columnist, Jessica Hulcy of KONOS, On Your Questions Answered about Homeschooling who answers the question, “Why did you and your husband choose to homeschool your four boys?” posted at Your Questions Answered about Homeschooling.
Christine Guest presents a flying description of the standardized testing time my son was at, with the rest of my family taking the chance to play in the gym with other kids, or consult with friends in Dispatch from “Testing” posted at Our Curious Home – Homeschool Blogger.
My Own Terms is Learning TJED and Implementing it into her own home school, posted at Living Life on My Own Terms.
The Arts and Crafts and Projects
~Kris~ shows you in photos and instruction the Step-by-Step: Making a Castle Presentation Board posted at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
Denise asks, “How could you use this image as a springboard to doing math? What questions would you ask? What concepts would you try to get across? What would you follow it with? Please comment!” as she presents Quilt: What Can You Do with This? posted at Let’s Play Math!.
Kerry – A Ten O’Clock Scholar presents modern art resources for art appreciation, art history or picture study in her Art Links for Homeschoolers: May posted at Kerry – A Ten O’Clock Scholar.
Good ‘Ole Natural Learning
Alison is Feeling Unschooly and discusses what she really wants for her kids from homeschooling, and how less structure may help her meet that goal posted at Everyday Best.
Belinda Bullard shares about how education can set the stage for how our children discern how to treat each other, and how to negotiate with one another in that process in the Bullard Family Constitution posted at With A Taste of Chocolate.
Shannon tells us what happens in home school when life happens to home school in Confessions from my “Inner Schoolteacher” posted at Mountaineer Country.
Lizzie presents an example of narration from their homeschool on Pilgrim’s Progress posted at A Dusty Frame.
Janine shows how homeschooling provides a setting for younger children to learn in Another “Me too” posted at Why Homeschool.
I must agree with Lara DeHaven when she says, “Learning at home has no beginning or end. It is constant. Your children are learning different things all the time whether you like it or not. ” and also, “As a homesteading family, I feel we have even more opportunities than most to explore learning practical skills. We have plenty of room to explore out of doors. We have animals to raise, love, and doctor. We have a garden to tend, vegetables to harvest, etc. Homesteading and home-schooling go hand-in-hand.“. This is what I call Living Learning moments. Read more as she shows what her Dad did in Construction 101 posted at Texas Homesteader.
Belle shows us how to cook up a home-raised, home-cooked meal, including delicious ice cream in her post, Fried Fish, a LaMancha Dairy Goat, and Homemade Goat Milk Ice Cream posted at Homesteaderbelle’s Blog.
Books and Reviews
Janet is stepping back to share with us the curriculum she has used in her Second grade curriculum review posted at Across the Page.
Tonya Power believes it’s always good to look back over the year and consider the good and the bad. Read how she describes what they learned from her daughter’s first grade year in End of School Evaluation posted at Domestic Entropy.
Robin reviews the differences between the Greek and Hebraic methods of learning. One appeals to the heart and one to the intellect. Discover which one and take the Homeschool Wordview Quiz at the Heart of Wisdom Blog.
Fun and Practical Tips
Tracey gives some great tips for moms of younger home schoolers in Letter Names and Sounds posted at GIRLS TO GROW.
This came to my Inbox at such perfect timing! How to Make Graduation Announcements on the Computer It is possible to create an attractive and unique graduation announcement on your computer at home.
Frugality
Renae tells about trying to focus her eyes ahead and ignore the lure of silver buttons tempting her to buy, buy, buy, In Defense of Frugality, posted at Life Nurturing Education.
Kristie, of This Side of Eternity, gives oodles and oodles of money-saving ideas to plan, implement and be successful in your home school. From choosing curriculum to planning and other resources, she tells you how Frugal Homeschooling can work for you.
Beverly shares how with these economic times, it’s hard to keep up with the kid’s expenses and spending money. As young entrepreneurs, kids learn valuable life lessons. She presents Kids earning their spending money posted at Beverly’s Homeschooling Blog (About.com).
Silicon Valley Blogger discusses teaching our children good financial skills as she presents How Would You Grade Your Money Management Skills? posted at The Digerati Life.
FREEBIES and Contests!
Katie Glennon presents a new series about using Charlotte Mason methods in your homeschool: How to Use Charlotte Mason Methods posted at Katie’s Homeschool Cottage. This week: Living Books and enter a chance to win an ebook entitled Nature Study, Nature Journal, and Poetry.
Miss Amanda, a home school graduate, also has some videos that may interest you for your home school in her Vision Forum Reclaiming the Culture DVD Giveaway! posted at The Daily Planet. Hurry! This contest ends SOON!
Speaking of FREE, Did you get your complimentary issue of the nation’s longest-running Christian homeschooling magazine? offered by Gleaning the Harvest to help Home School Widows and single mom households.
Oh, and also: Win Mom Some Scrapbooking Supplies – until May 15, ‘09
Blogging and the Internet
Mia presents A post expressing thankfulness for the wonders of the Internet! in No More Kings! posted at MiaZagora’s Homeschool Minutes.
If you like lists, here is a list from Erika Collin presenting 100 Amazing How-To Sites to Teach Yourself Anything posted at Rated Colleges.
Patricia Turner presents another list, this one of the 100 Most Inspiring and Innovative Blogs for Educators posted at Online University Reviews.
Long Walks, Vacation Time…
Knowing Home Schooling is The Right Choice!
Mama Squirrel presents Is public high school all that perky? posted at Dewey’s Treehouse.
Cristina presents a little inspiration from tragedy in The Bookstore posted at Home Spun Juggling.
Living By Learning presents information about her home schooled children compared to their -and others- public school experiences in Who’s Minding The Gap In Your Child’s Education? posted at On Living By Learning.
Hall Monitor shares the public school news about the San Francisco Educators Hail Jimi Hendrix As Role Model for Teachers posted at DetentionSlip.org.
Thanks for your submissions. Thanks for reading. Be sure to check the posts out. Let me know if I have a wrong link so I can correct it.
Have a great week! You will find the next COH hosted on 19 May at Home School Dad. The simplest way to submit your articles to the next issue is through Blog Carnival by going here.
blessings~
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It looks like you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I got felt flowers, a key chain, and a clean house. I’m thrilled!
The carnival looks great. Thanks for hosting and including my entry.
Renaes last blog post..Meeting a few imaginary friends
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May 12th, 2009 at 11:50 am
I did have a great Mother’s Day. I was blessed to start it on Jocelyn’s birthday Saturday night. We rarely go out to eat, but went out for her 18th.
A clean house is the BEST! Glad you had a great day too! We got to finish putting up 100 foot of goat fencing ON Mother’s Day.
Working together, accomplishing much. I was BEAT though!
LOL
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Thanks for hosting today. The carnival looks great!
I had a lovely Mother’s Day, full of the little things I love that maybe no one else would. It’s great to feel known.
Janets last blog post..Second grade curriculum review
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Wow – lots to read!! Thanks for hosting the carnival.
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Great job with the carnival and the Mother’s Day treats! I love how homeschoolers are such a varied group, and that we are able to learn from each other in these carnivals.
Sandra Foyts last blog post..Twitter Shakes Up Homeschool Math Lesson
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Thank you for hosting the carnival and including my article. I really appreciate your kind words. I had a lovely Mother’s Day as well. My 7 year old son built me a portable deck platform all by himself. I guess he really learned a lot about construction. An article about it with a picture posts this week. Check it out if you are curious. Thanks again.
Laras last blog post..Writing an E-Cookbook
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The carnival looks great, Jacque! I love the Mother’s Day theme and pictures.
Thanks for hosting.
Shannons last blog post..Thundercake and Tea Party
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Great carnival theme!
LOVE the pics and I am sooo glad you liked all your gifts!
I blogged it for ya: http://superangelsblog.com/?page_id=133
love ya Mama
Amanda
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