Who has the greater influence over YOUR children?

 

Who has the greater influence over YOUR children?  Is it the state (what is being taught in the government controlled public schools) or YOU (the parents, via homeschooling or private tutoring/private schooling where the parents either choose the curriculum or have viewed and approved it ahead of time)?

 

Think about that for a moment.  Now, answer this question...WHO do you WANT to be the primary influence over your children?  Oh, yeah?  Then WHAT are YOU going to do about it?

 

(Note:  When I quote statements that I agree with, it does not necessarily mean that I agree with other viewpoints of that particular person. So, please don't assume that I have endorsed Ron Paul or any other person for political office unless I so indicate.)

 

 

Spring Arts/Crafts Projects: Birds and Nests

Paper Plate Bird in Nest

 

(Bird, eggs, tree branch made from construction paper.  Nest is made from shredded, crumpled brown paper which can be purchased from Walmart.)

 

 

 

Painted Handprint Bird in Nest

 

Paint the underside of child's hand.  Press open hand to paper.  Paint nest underneath bird. Paint tree branch with leaves under and to the side of the nest.  Let dry.  Add construction paper wing and wiggle eye, or paint on the eye.

 



2012 Spring Classroom Decorations...

 







Images of flowers can be copied free from the internet and colored.  Chenille stems were used for flower stems.  Construction paper leaves.  Craft foam butterflies and bees (purchased as is).  16 oz. drinking water bottle covered with construction paper.  Small vase is made from a cardboard toilet paper roll with a cardboard circle cut for the base and covered with construction paper.

 

Spring "Holiday/Seasonal" Tree

 



A close-up view of our 2012 Spring Bulletin Board



Teaching Handwriting Is Important...

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704631504575531932754922518.html

It is not what you do for your children...

Quilt I Made for My New Grandbaby...

These puppies were "painted" using fabric paints.  This was done many years ago by my MIL or SIL and stored away.  My SIL found them a couple of years ago and gave them to me.  Over the last few days I pieced them all together into this fabulous "hand-tied" quilt for my new grandson.

 

My new grandson:

Future Homeschooler

Big Brother Loves His New Baby!

 

Big Sissy Loves Her New Baby, Too!

Child Training...

2013 Spring Bulletin Board Idea...

 

This bulletin board idea for Spring can be used as a visual aid in Preschool and Kindergarten for:

Social Studies - The Family Unit / My Family / Farm Life

(My new grandbaby's name will be added next week, after his birth.)

Science - Birds/Chickens

(Info about birds/chickens maybe found on the internet.)

Arts / Crafts 

(Similar images of chickens, eggs, and flowers may be copied from the internet. The grass is made from green construction paper.  The nest is made from brown and tan construction paper, cut into thin strips and "fan" folded to make crinkled paper strips. The strips are then glued together into a nest shape.)

Math - Introduction to Addition

Health & Nutrition - Chicken & Eggs as Food - Protein

Home Economics - Cooking

(Your child can help gather and measure ingredients for your favorite chicken recipe.)

Cooking is also a great way for teaching your child about fractions.

Malice or Incompetence (of the public schools)...

http://accordingtohoyt.com/2013/03/11/malice-or-incompetence/

Bunny Cake from Betty Crocker...

 

I believe the picture is fairly self-explanatory.  So cute!!!

We Are Given Life...

Homeschooling: Through the Bad and the Good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcYAHR3mRiM&feature=youtu.be

This lady's views on homeschooling reflect my own!  

"V v" is for "Volcano"...

This week we have been learning the letter "V" sound, and some words that begin with that letter.  This is what we have done with the word "volcano":

We read a book about volcanoes and then drew a picture of a volcano.  

We practiced writing the letter "V".

The book we read was by National Geographic.  Great pictures, but it did mention ...millions of years.  If you don't believe in evolution and the earth being millions of years old, you can just skip tht part of the reading.  We did!

This is the volcano eruption kit that we obtained from Amazon .com.

If you prefer to make your own volcano, you can find instructions online. 

 

 

 Of course, we had to supply the ingredients for the chemical reaction to make our volcano erupt and look realistic.

 

 

My grandson adding the final ingredients...

 

Watching intently...

 

Looking into the cup and trying to figure out how that stuff worked...

 

Of course, the stuff must be touched!

 

 After looking at those amazing photos in the book about volcanoes, my grandson was rather disappointed in how his own volcano erupted.  "Where's the smoke?"  he asked.  "Where's the fire?"

LOL !!!

"T t" is for Turtle (paper plate craft project)...

 

This turtle has a Bible verse displayed on its back which speaks of one of the traits of the typical land turtle:  SLOW.  The turtle can remind us that there is one area of our lives in which we must be SLOW:  "...be slow to speak, (be) slow to wrath."  James 1: 19.

 On the underside of our turtle, we put the letter "T t" and added a few facts about turtles to bring in a science lesson.

STEPS FOR MAKING A PAPER PLATE TURTLE:

 1. Color the bottom of two paper plates.

 2a.  On the inside of the paper plate, glue/tape the turtle's head, tail, and legs.

When flipped back over, it should look like this:

2b.

 3.  Flip upside down and put a wadded-up plastic grocery bag or gift wrap tissue in the center.

 4.  Place the other paper plate on top.

 5.  Secure edges of paper plates with paper clips.

6.  Staple around the edges of the paper plates, securing the top plate to the bottom plate.

Remove paper clips.

This idea was obtained from the book Christian Crafts from Paper Plates by Mary Currier.  Published by Shining Star Publications.  

Easter Crafts for Children...

 

Handprint Chick and Egg

(construction paper and wiggle eyes)

- a good way to introduce the 'oval' shape -

 

 

 

The Empty Tomb - Matthew 28:6

"He is not here; for he is risen."

(construction paper and brass fastener)

 

 

Jesus Christ - Lamb of God

(Copy onto cardstock an image of a lamb.  You can find one to be copied free from the internet. Glue on cotton balls.  Add a construction paper heart with these words:

 

Jesus Christ - Lamb of God

Perfect Sacrifice For My Sins







I guess you have noticed...

...that I am gradually taking our last year's holiday photos off of my main page, and putting them on my main blog as posts. I am dong this to eventually reduce the length of my main page.  It IS getting rather out of hand!  lol!

Also, my daughter is soon expecting her third child, and is having some complications (prayers, please!).  I am having to do 24 hour babysitting of my grandson and my 2 year old granddaughter, so I am not able to spend as much time planning new holiday projects or bulletin boards.

I must post something periodically to keep my blog active.   If I don't, it will automatically cease to exist.  I learned this the hard way with another blog I had.  I hadn't posted in a while, and when I finally went back to it, it was no where to be found! 

So, please bear with me.  Thanks so much! 

2012 St. Patrick's Day Jewelry / craft projects...

 My grandson wearing his claddagh (pronounced "clod-uh") bracelet.  The claddah is the Irish symbol for love, friendship, and loyalty.  The image was obtained from the internet, copied onto cardstock, and colored.  "With these hands I give you my heart, and I crown it with my love."

   

"Pinch - Free" Badge

 

(image obtained from the internet, copied onto cardstock, and laminated; two holes were punched to accommodate the safety pin latch; not recommended for children under 6 unless well-supervised by an adult.) 

(my grandson wearing his "Pinch - Free" Badge)

 

(an Irish "wise saying")

This craft was obtained from Easy Paper Crafts - Book 2 published by Christian Light Publications.
 

The Cartel - Corruption in Public Schools...

http://www.TheCartelMovie.com

2012 St. Patrick's Day Activities & Decorations...

 We learned some geographical facts about Ireland and located it on a globe.  We made an Irish flag and displayed it in our classroom alongside our Christian flag.

As you can see, our little mini-Dachshund, Sassy, must be part of everything we do.  If she is excluded, she is not happy at all! 

 Our St. Patrick's Day Bulletin Board and Holiday Tree. 

We learned the history of St. Patrick, the Christian symbolism of the shamrock, and a few Irish superstitions - the Blarney Stone , Leprechauns, and the Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow.

St. Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the concept of the Trinity.