“All your children will be taught of the Lord, and great will be your children’s peace,” (Isaiah 54:13).

Monday, May 28, 2012

Curriculum



Hello Everyone!



I know we just finished up our school year, but there are many families who begin planning next year's curriculum right away. In light of that, we are going to have some curriculum reviews posted soon.

Please leave a comment, if there is a particular curriculum you are interested in, and we will do our best to post a review for it. (And, if you are willing to write a review for a curriculum, please leave a comment regarding which curriculum you've used.)


One more thing --  there is a new homeschooling mom who is interested in the Sonlight readers for this coming year (this is the 4-book set with the yellow word list book, and the red, blue and green readers). If you have this set and would like to sell it, please leave a comment.


Monday, May 21, 2012

THESIS Picnic

Dear THESIS Families, 
 
Next THESIS event is our End-Of-Year Cookout at the DeRoos Homestead! 
Monday, May 28, starting at 3 pm.  Bring chairs or blanket, a side dish and 
dessert to share, and your swimming stuff, if you like! 
 
The following families have already signed up.  To add your family to the list, 
just drop me an e-mail or phone message. 
 
Guire 
Sturm 
Sprenger 
Horne 
Cogar 
Campbell 
Jackson 
Dalton 
Keener 
Markle 
Schoonover 
Hoskins 
Moore 
Lacaria 
Tomko 
Richman 
Lueken 
Keener 
Allen 
Beevers 
Pollutro 
St. Martin-Brown 
 
Call 304-534-5822 for directions or questions.  See you then! 
Warmly, 
Liz 

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Feeling Overwhelmed?

If you are glad the school year is done, please don't feel guilty. And if someone has told you they are doing school all through summer, please don't feel tempted to copy them.

As we all go down the lane of our homeschooling journey, every family--every teacher-mom--will take a different approach, even if using the same curriculum as someone else. We all have our own personalities and our children have theirs. To try to copy another mom, to exactly (and perfectly) pattern your homeschool adventure after someone else's, is a recipe for disaster (or at least burnout).

Here's a great devotional that I read today. While not specifically about homeschooling, I think each of us can relate to what the author wrote and will be encouraged. Click here to read it.


On another note, the THESIS end-of-year picnic at the DeRoos homestead is coming up on Monday, May 28th (weather permitting). If you are planning to come, please be sure to bring the following:

--chair(s)
--a side dish
--a dessert

If you have any questions, please give Liz a call at 304.657.1354.

Have a great day!