x children + y games = TRIPLE THE FUN!

Most days, we stick to a more traditional style of schooling.  Saxon math, Abeka readers, flashcards, ... paper and pencil.  However, today we set the books aside and enjoyed the great outdoors (Man alive was it a gorgeous day!) and a day of schooling with our friends.  This is one of the many reasons I LOVE homeschooling my children.  I have the opportunity to take the word "work" out of schoolwork and be creative!  The idea is to get their creative juices flowing and develop a love for learning!  The goal is to not burn them out by 5th grade. Please note, I cannot take the credit for today's creative activities.  I give all the credit for today's schedule of events to my wonderful friends, Kristin, Carolyn, and Amanda.  When we left San Antonio 2 1/2 years ago, it grieved me to say goodbye to this sweet group of friends because friendships like these are a gift from God.  We are grateful to have this time with them, even though it is only for a short season.  

Kristin started us off well by reading a bible story and reminding the kids the importance of being attentive.  :) 

Then almost all, except for some of the very little ones, stood  up and recited a verse or poem they had memorized.

The kids put together puzzles, searched for hidden sight words... learning can be fun!

Lunch break

Outdoor games

 

Prayer For Home And Family

Lord, behold our family here assembled.  We thank Thee for theis place in which we dwell; for the love that unites us; for the peace accorded us this day; for the hope with which we expect the morrow; for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies, that make our lives delightful; for our friends in all parts of the earth.  

Let peace abound in our small company.  Purge out of every heart the lurking grudge.  Give us grace to accept and to forgive offenders.  Forgetful ourselves, help us to bear cheerfully the forgetfulness of others.

Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind.  Spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.  Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors.  If it may not, give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we may be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and inall changes of fortune, and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving one to another.  

As the clay to the potter, as the windmill to the wind, as children of their sire, we beseech of Thee this help and mercy for Christ's sake.

-Robert Louis Stevenson