16th IN A ROW BABY!!!!!

I am very grateful for books!!!

Yes, that’s right.  BOOKS.  I love them.  I learn so much from them, and you can (well, I can) learn almost anything from books by reading them. 

I love the internet, too!!!!   

Day 15, here we are at halfway…..

I have numerous things to be grateful for. 

I am grateful to be able to have physical things in life.  I am grateful for the modern luxuries I have.  I was able to drive to the grocery store today and buy food.  I was come home to my nice warm home to prepare the food in my oven.  I was able to talk on the phone to my husband and my mom.  I am typing on a laptop.  I am watching TV.  I am sitting on my couch.  I am grateful for so much. 

However none of this is a part of the big picture. 

I am the most grateful for my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  All of these earthly things DO NOT MATTER!!! 

 

Homemade Art Prints

We recently completed a fun art lesson for 1st grade. 
I let Katey paint onto an old cookie sheet. 

  I showed her how to create designs in it by taking away some of the paint using a pencil eraser. 

Then we took a piece of paper and pressed it on the sheet, creating the print.

She thought that it was the coolest thing ever to paint on a cookie sheet.  


Click on the Virtual Refrigerator button at the top to see other art ideas. 

Grateful for Freedom!

 

It's day 14 of the challenge and I should have probably posted this on Friday, Veteran's Day, alas……

 

 

I am grateful for FREEDOM!!! 

Heavenly Father gave us free agency.

Our government allows us many freedoms. 

I am FREE to choose to homeschool.  I am FREE to choose my religion. 

I am FREE to ………….. so much!!!

Learning Vocabulary Through Reading.

College Prep Genius is a company that offers SAT prep classes and more.

I received a series of books known as Vocab Café

  I can’t think of many ways to increase your vocabulary other than to study flashcards, or read a dictionary.    Sure you can do flashcards in game form and try to make them fun, and, well, reading a dictionary, hmmmmm.  

What if the dictionary had an appealing storyline?  What if it focused on 300 SAT words?  What if it was written at your child’s reading level, except for the new words? 

Sounds great, right? 

That is just what the Vocab Café books are. They are written geared to an upper Jr. High to High School teen.  They are written as wholesome books, which is a matter of perspective.  I say that because these books contain no foul language, no illicit sexual themes, and no sorcery. 

 

So far there are 4 books in the series. 

I.M. for Murder

Operation High School

Planet Exile

Summer of St. Nick

Each book is based in a school based High School setting.  With a group of High School kids as the main characters. 

Based on a three-step approach to increasing vocabulary, each book highlights 300 advanced words by using DEFINITION, REPETITION, and REINFORCEMENT.

Readers find the definition of every highlighted word at the bottom of the page — a word review and appendix complement the learning process!

Each book does make learning the vocabulary more interesting.  There is a list of the words that you learn in each chapter at the end.  You can just quiz yourself, or make up a game. 

The idea behind these books is really a great one. 

The books cost $12.95 each, however as of this writing they are on sale.  You can get all 4 books for $38.85 instead of $51.80.

College Prep also offers many other SAT Prep items.  Such as the College Prep Genius DVD set.  Which some crew members reviewed also. 

To see what others though of this check out this post. To see a wide variety of reviews check out our crew blog.

As a member of The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew I review products like this, which I receive for free in order to be able to write my review.

Day 13 Gratitude Challenge

 

I am really enjoying sharing with you many of the random things I am grateful for. 

 

I am grateful for my blog.  It has been a wonderful outlet for me to get things off my mind.  It has created incredible opportunities for my family and I.  It is a wonderful way to keep in touch with my friends and family about happenings in our life.   It has been a wonderful opportunity for meeting bloggy friends as well. 

 

I enjoy reading blogs and getting ideas from them.  I can only highly hope that I am a blog that inspires others!

Day 12~~ I am grateful for……

Yep, you guessed it, the The Old Schoolhouse Homeschool Crew.  You knew this was going to have to be in here somewhere, right?

 

They have given me support and guidance through friendships.  They have give me the opportunity to bring many homeschool products into my home to create an incredible learning environment.  I even get to share my opinion on products with all of you.   They have been an incredible opportunity.  I cannot express my gratitude for them enough.  I am so blessed and grateful to be a part of this amazing opportunity!