I have joined a book club. We just read Debbie Macomber's A Perfect Christmas, briefly, unanimously categorized as predictable, and are on to A Friend of the Family.
Also, registered for Calvin's Festival of Faith and Writing, coming up in April of 2010.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
Tonight we saw The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry. Gavin MacLeod and Robert Guillaume share the deepest message of their careers. It was touching to visit the 70's again. So good to see older people portrayed as the sources of wisdom they can be, when given time and opportunity. A blessing.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Adventure
My cousin Ruby is teaching at Uganda Christian University on a Fulbright this year. Her husband Bob and father, Uncle Carl, are accompanying her. She recounts her experiences on Belmont University's Health Sciences blog.
Thursday, September 03, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Reading
Barbara Curtis at Mommylife just a finished a random drawing for winners of two copies of Dr. Laura's newly-published In Praise of Stay-At-Home Moms. She drew my name from a list of 75 commenters!
I've been on the reserve list for this at the library for a couple weeks. Thank you, Barbara!
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Books I've read this year include Anne Rice's Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession, Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, and Rumer Godden's In This House of Brede, all of which I recommend.
I'm currently trudging through Beukelman and Mirenda's Augmentative & Alternative Communication: Supporting Children & Adults With Complex Communication Needs.
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My New Year's resolution was to read through the Bible in 2009. I'm using The Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan, which runs on four tracks at once. So far, I've read:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
Matthew, Mark
Acts, Romans, I Corinthians
I'm thankful for the physical and cognitive ability to read, and for access to books.
I've been on the reserve list for this at the library for a couple weeks. Thank you, Barbara!
* * * * * * *
Books I've read this year include Anne Rice's Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession, Tracy Kidder's Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, and Rumer Godden's In This House of Brede, all of which I recommend.
I'm currently trudging through Beukelman and Mirenda's Augmentative & Alternative Communication: Supporting Children & Adults With Complex Communication Needs.
* * * * * * *
My New Year's resolution was to read through the Bible in 2009. I'm using The Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plan, which runs on four tracks at once. So far, I've read:
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua
Matthew, Mark
Acts, Romans, I Corinthians
I'm thankful for the physical and cognitive ability to read, and for access to books.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Midwest Homeschool Convention
This weekend I went to the Midwest Homeschool Convention in Cincinnati.
Melinda Boring of Heads Up! shared strategies for teaching different types of learners. I heard Karen Braun of Spunky Homeschool. Amanda Bennett spoke about homeschooling in general, and unit studies in particular. Real and humorous, she has a blog--and a farm, which is even better.
Stephen Guffanti, developer of Rocket Phonics, covered research on learning differences between boys and girls. Boys prefer verbs! Girls, nouns! Boys distinguish movement! Girls give weight to color! (Ok, I simplify. :-)
Durrell Dobbins, a microbiologist, gave his take on optimal sequencing of science education--from the particular unit to the complex system (physics through through chemistry, then biology). Building understanding of how things work, from the ground up, reduces need for use of rote memory in learning. His science curriculum, Colors/Rainbow/Spectrum, and Bridge Math (chemistry prep) are available at Beginnings Publishing.
I also heard presentations on early reading, classical music, and "classical" education--which seems to have its own little language, in the homeschool world.
More than 200 vendors lined the exhibit hall. Booths of used books and curriculum were fun to dig through. Ditto bargain bins of new material. Professional educators with years of experience were selling products they'd developed and found effective.
The convention was an encouraging experience.
Melinda Boring of Heads Up! shared strategies for teaching different types of learners. I heard Karen Braun of Spunky Homeschool. Amanda Bennett spoke about homeschooling in general, and unit studies in particular. Real and humorous, she has a blog--and a farm, which is even better.
Stephen Guffanti, developer of Rocket Phonics, covered research on learning differences between boys and girls. Boys prefer verbs! Girls, nouns! Boys distinguish movement! Girls give weight to color! (Ok, I simplify. :-)
Durrell Dobbins, a microbiologist, gave his take on optimal sequencing of science education--from the particular unit to the complex system (physics through through chemistry, then biology). Building understanding of how things work, from the ground up, reduces need for use of rote memory in learning. His science curriculum, Colors/Rainbow/Spectrum, and Bridge Math (chemistry prep) are available at Beginnings Publishing.
I also heard presentations on early reading, classical music, and "classical" education--which seems to have its own little language, in the homeschool world.
More than 200 vendors lined the exhibit hall. Booths of used books and curriculum were fun to dig through. Ditto bargain bins of new material. Professional educators with years of experience were selling products they'd developed and found effective.
The convention was an encouraging experience.
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