Family Read Alouds for Advent
Submitted by kim on Mon, 11/26/2012 - 12:18 in Character Building, Homemaking, Parenting
I have a box of Christmas things marked "OPEN BEFORE THANKSGIVING." It contains the items we need to celebrate Advent: our wreath and candles, booklets of Advent readings from previous years, our Christmas music CD's, homemade nativity scenes, and three of our favorite family read-alouds for the Advent season.
Jotham's Journey - A story of young Jewish boy, the son of a shepherd, who gets seperated from his family. In the process of searching for them, he finds the Savior!
It's Monday? Write Again! #8
Submitted by kim on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 13:25 in Homeschooling, Writing
I am doing a case study this month of a young man who is a published author. I've spent time watching his writing process and discussing his drafts and finished pieces of writing. Yes, I've spent hours sitting next to him just watching him write! You can learn amazing things about writing by watching people write and reading case studies of individual writer's processes to get words on paper.
It's Monday? Write Again! #7
Submitted by kim on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 01:08 in Homeschooling, Writing
Hello Monday!
Are you excited to write with your children this week?
I thought we'd stick with the topic of revision. Remember revision is not editing for spelling and grammar usage. Revision goes deeper and gets at the ideas presented in the writing. Enjoy the printable I created after reading Teacher Adolescent Writers by Kelly Gallagher.
Building Relationship Bridges
Submitted by kim on Fri, 10/26/2012 - 21:56 in Character Building, Marriage, Parenting
We had the opportunity this fall to visit the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin with a group of volunteers. We spent a Saturday cutting firewood for the tribe's senior citizens. As our group processed what it meant to be invited onto the reservation, we were challenged to think of ourselves as bridge builders from one culture group to another, and then further challenged to think of tangible things we could do to build bridges.
Our list, written on wood, became an actual bridge of simple things that establishes and deepens relationships.
A bridge builder:
It's Monday? Write Again! #6
Submitted by kim on Tue, 10/23/2012 - 18:48 in Homeschooling, Writing
When you revise a piece of writing, think of yourself as a photographer. Sometimes a photographer takes a photo using a wide-angle lens, getting the whole picture. Sometimes he or she takes a photo close up, zooming in on just one part.
Writers use both approaches when they revise. They focus on the big ideas of the whole paper, and they work with individual sentences and words.
The Wide Angle
