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P.E. and Math
Most everyday my kids do a sheet of math facts practice (like Saxon or Calculadder). They were getting rather tired of doing this. To make it less tedious we are mixing it with a little physical activity. I give the problem 6×4 and throw a ball to them. They throw the ball as they give the answer. Simple, but fun. Sometimes we do exercise. For every row we do a different type of activity. It may be leg stretches, push-ups, jumping jacks, running up and down stairs, putting our arms straight out from our sides while turning them in small circles -whatever I can think of. We even use a…
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Family Fun – Logic Puzzles
Tonight we played a game called SUDOKU. It is a puzzle that usually comes as a 9×9 grid and within that are 3×3 grids called regions. Certain squares already have numbers in them. The objective is to fill all the empty squares with one number in each, so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1 to 9 only once. We printed off a copy of one of the puzzles in the book for each family member. To our 8-year-old girl we gave a simpler puzzle. The rest of us had the same puzzle. My son wanted to be sure we didnt have it too easy so he…
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Recognizing If or Where My Child Needs Training
This really struck a chord with me today. In his book Hints on Child Training, H. Clay Trumbull (who I believe is the great-great grandfather of Elisabeth Elliott) wrote: Child training is, in many a case, the bringing of a child into purely conventional ways, instead of bringing out into freest play, in the child, those qualities and characteristics which mark him as a unique and individual personality among the sons of men. How to learn wherein it needs curbing or changing, is a question of questions in child training.” This is really making me think. So often I think I train my children with an eye for making them look…
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Help Wanted
The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.-Swedish proverb Now why didn't I think of that? Always looking for someone to lend me a hand and here I had everything I needed all along.
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Wash Day
Laundry – I dont know why but I like to do laundry! When this new attitude crept up on me Im not sure; I didnt always care for it. Hearing the washer and dryer running makes me feel good inside. The room feels cozy and it can look tidy and clean for awhile, not like the kitchen which gets messed up so quickly. Mondays are my laundry day. This is the day that I try to get everything washed, ironed and put away. I dont always achieve this but I come close, at the very least making a pretty big dent in what has accumulated over the weekend. My kids fold…
