Into Depression
Overwhelmed
Defeated
Abandoned
Alone
Lost hope
No Strength
Beyond
Inward
Despondent
Small
Defensive
Angry
Sigh
Pushed
Cry
Empty
~April Mitchell
©November 1, 2009
Homeschool Support, Only A Podcast Away
I love using my MP3 player and one of my favorite uses is to listen to Homeschool Podcasts, while I clean, cook, and exercise.
A podcast is like a talk radio show produced by everyday people then uploaded onto the web for sharing. For more information on what a podcast is check out this article from HowStuffWorks.com: How Podcasting Works
I really enjoy listening to the other homeschool mothers share information, resources, and inspiration with me via their podcasts. Below are a few of my favorites:
Blog Talk Radio, type in Homeschool in the search-many are older archived shows
Homeschool.com Podcasts
Cindy Rushton's Mom to Mom Radio Show
A few non homeschool related podcasts:
Satellite Sisters
Vicky and Jen
A podcast is like a talk radio show produced by everyday people then uploaded onto the web for sharing. For more information on what a podcast is check out this article from HowStuffWorks.com: How Podcasting Works
I really enjoy listening to the other homeschool mothers share information, resources, and inspiration with me via their podcasts. Below are a few of my favorites:
Blog Talk Radio, type in Homeschool in the search-many are older archived shows
Homeschool.com Podcasts
Cindy Rushton's Mom to Mom Radio Show
A few non homeschool related podcasts:
Satellite Sisters
Vicky and Jen
A Science Experiments You Can Gift!
I get emails from the Home School Enrichment Magazine email list and this fun recipe was in their last one:
Science experiments you can use as gifts:
Fizzy Bath Bombs
This science-gift project, when mixed together with water, creates a chemical reaction. Don't be scared: you will not be blowing your grandma up when she uses her bath bombs. The chemical reaction occurs when the combination of citric acid and baking soda gets wet in the bath and forms carbon dioxide. Grandma will see fizzing and bubbling in the tub, but no explosions.
Items Needed:
• 2 tablespoons citric acid (look in canning supplies or health food stores)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• Baking soda
• Fragrance oil (optional)
• Food coloring (optional)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Mixing bowl
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Waxed paper
• Small cup or bowl
What To Do
Mix all the dry ingredients (citric acid, cornstarch, and baking soda) in mixing bowl. Next, in a small cup, mix the oil, fragrance, and coloring together. Slowly mix the liquid into the dry ingredients. Be sure to mix it very well.
Form 1-inch balls and place them on the waxed paper to dry. They should be semi-hard within 2–3 hours. However, let them dry 24–48 hours before placing them in a storage or gift container.
Label the container: "Add two or three to your bath and enjoy!"
This Enrichment Tip was excerpted from the "Give it a Try!" column by Melissa Pinkley in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Home School Enrichment Magazine.
Science experiments you can use as gifts:
Fizzy Bath Bombs
This science-gift project, when mixed together with water, creates a chemical reaction. Don't be scared: you will not be blowing your grandma up when she uses her bath bombs. The chemical reaction occurs when the combination of citric acid and baking soda gets wet in the bath and forms carbon dioxide. Grandma will see fizzing and bubbling in the tub, but no explosions.
Items Needed:
• 2 tablespoons citric acid (look in canning supplies or health food stores)
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• Baking soda
• Fragrance oil (optional)
• Food coloring (optional)
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• Mixing bowl
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Waxed paper
• Small cup or bowl
What To Do
Mix all the dry ingredients (citric acid, cornstarch, and baking soda) in mixing bowl. Next, in a small cup, mix the oil, fragrance, and coloring together. Slowly mix the liquid into the dry ingredients. Be sure to mix it very well.
Form 1-inch balls and place them on the waxed paper to dry. They should be semi-hard within 2–3 hours. However, let them dry 24–48 hours before placing them in a storage or gift container.
Label the container: "Add two or three to your bath and enjoy!"
This Enrichment Tip was excerpted from the "Give it a Try!" column by Melissa Pinkley in the Nov/Dec 2009 issue of Home School Enrichment Magazine.
Where's My Muse?
I glanced at her and took my glasses
off—they were still singing. They buzzed
like a locust on the coffee table and then
ceased. Her voice belled forth, and the
sunlight bent. I felt the ceiling arch, and
knew that nails up there took a new grip
on whatever they touched. "I am your own
way of looking at things," she said. "When
you allow me to live with you, every
glance at the world around you will be
a sort of salvation." And I took her hand.
~William Stafford
Love this quote, reminds me to not be embarrassed if my way of looking at the world is different from someone else's. It shouts to me, be yourself and let your muse speak!!!
off—they were still singing. They buzzed
like a locust on the coffee table and then
ceased. Her voice belled forth, and the
sunlight bent. I felt the ceiling arch, and
knew that nails up there took a new grip
on whatever they touched. "I am your own
way of looking at things," she said. "When
you allow me to live with you, every
glance at the world around you will be
a sort of salvation." And I took her hand.
~William Stafford
Love this quote, reminds me to not be embarrassed if my way of looking at the world is different from someone else's. It shouts to me, be yourself and let your muse speak!!!
There's a point...
I Stumbled this quote and had to blog about it, because this week I reached 'the point'. You get tired of caring about people who really could care less about you when it comes down to it. So really, it's a total waste of your time and energy. If you have to try too hard in a relationship ALL the time, it's not a relationship and you are probably better off without that connection in your life. Maybe this is not true for everyone, but in this one particular instance it is true for me. I feel a huge weight has been lifted just from the purge of that person from my life. So long, been nice knowing you, I'll take what you've given me and move on...have a nice life!
Got Worksheets?
WOW what a find!
Check out this post over at Freely Educate.
Need Free Worksheets? Check out Super Teacher Worksheets
One of her readers sent in this incredible find!!
Lori's blog-Freely Educate is amazing, I love seeing what she finds next.
Check out this post over at Freely Educate.
Need Free Worksheets? Check out Super Teacher Worksheets
One of her readers sent in this incredible find!!Lori's blog-Freely Educate is amazing, I love seeing what she finds next.
An Adventure
Today we headed to the Deer Flat Wildlife Refuge for a little day out. It's on Lake Lowell in Nampa, ID. We had a little trouble getting there, my google directions were WAY off, but lucky for us we had tanya with us who has a knack for directions. Once we got back on track after our little scenic trip to Bowl Island near Marsing, we finally made it to Lake Lowell the round about way.
We ate our lunches outside and saw a beautiful Blue Heron fly over the lake. Then we toured the visitors center.
Finally we drove around the lake and found a spot to get out and hike near the lake. We had so much fun!
We ate our lunches outside and saw a beautiful Blue Heron fly over the lake. Then we toured the visitors center.
Finally we drove around the lake and found a spot to get out and hike near the lake. We had so much fun!
Like little ants on a log
Goofy ants
Oliver and Me
Kaleb says " You can't go hiking without a trusty stick!"
Sometimes Thou may'st walk in Groves,
which being full of Majestie will much advance the Soul.
- Thomas Vaughan, Anima Magica Abscondita
which being full of Majestie will much advance the Soul.
- Thomas Vaughan, Anima Magica Abscondita
Thanksgiving Unit
My computer may have been down the last couple of weeks but I wasn't! We've been busy with a Thanksgiving Unit Study. I love Kendra's 30 Days of Thanks and Giving. I always love Homeschool Share and here are some great Thanksgiving Lapbook plans by the infamous homeschooling mom Jimmie. We have a membership to ABCTeach and I got lots of good printables there.
So there's lots of ideas- now just make it work for your family! We made a big sign saying "30 Days of Thanks & Giving" and hung it up in our dining room; we do our traditional thankful journals every morning (well, the kids do, my mother-in-law correctly pointed out that Mom and Dad should, too... maybe next year!); we love hand-print crafts here (so far corn, the Mayflower and of course turkeys); we're reading Dora's Thanksgiving a bazillion times each day... enjoy the season!
So there's lots of ideas- now just make it work for your family! We made a big sign saying "30 Days of Thanks & Giving" and hung it up in our dining room; we do our traditional thankful journals every morning (well, the kids do, my mother-in-law correctly pointed out that Mom and Dad should, too... maybe next year!); we love hand-print crafts here (so far corn, the Mayflower and of course turkeys); we're reading Dora's Thanksgiving a bazillion times each day... enjoy the season!
Just a thought...
"I was my failing and my actions-period."
from The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb
This is as far as I got reading this book as the author was perhaps too honest and too graphic.
This is as far as I got reading this book as the author was perhaps too honest and too graphic.
