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Nick - Age 11, 5th Grade
1. Math on the Level
2. All About Spelling Level 3
3. Institute for Excellence in Writing
4. Typing Instructor for Kids

James - Age 7, 2nd grade
1. Math on the Level
2. Beehive Reader
3. All About Spelling Level 2
4. Typing Instructor for Kids

Robert - Age 4
1. Five in a Row Volume I
• Clown of God

Together we do:
1. Picture Study: Claude Monet
2. Power Glide Spanish Junior
3. Story of the World, Volume II
4. Considering God's Creation: Animal Structure
5. Indoor Science Experiments and Outdoor Nature Study

We're currently studying the Middle Ages with these books:
Son of Charlemagne - finished
Famous Men of the Middle Ages
The Adventures of Robin Hood - finished
William the Conqueror
The Story of Joan of Arc

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Fuzzy Babies

I love it when living science happens right in our yard. A few weeks ago, the boys found a robin’s nest with two blue eggs in a bush beside our front deck. The eggs have hatched, and now we have babies.

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Cuddly (PhotoHunt 201)

This week’s PhotoHunt theme is “cuddly” … oh, so many things come to mind. Stuffed animals – I’ve had hundreds over the years and can call most of them by name – babies, lambs, kittens, the fuzzy blankets we bought at Big Lots. All cuddly and all wonderful! I looked through my photos and found [...]

A Smart and Sensitive Boy

Somehow, Nick, James, and I got started on a conversation about deep sea creatures recently. I told James (since Nick already knew) how it’s pitch black and very cold in the deepest parts of the ocean and that the creatures there are strange looking, very different from animals we see in the shallower ocean or [...]

To Nurse or Not to Nurse

I had a somewhat unique opportunity yesterday – I got to lead a breastfeeding class at the WIC office. For those who don’t know WIC is Women, Infants, and Children, a government-sponsored program that provides vouchers for nutritious food to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers and children up to age five.

The History

I started [...]

Growth Charts are Garbage – Part 1

I don’t know how the idea of using a growth chart to approve of a child’s growth ever came into the medical school of thought. What person decided that every child must grow according to an “average” determined by measuring a small number of other kids? This person must not have been a parent. This [...]