And yet, here we are on the eve of our ninth year of the learning journey together: 8th grade. Ready or not, here we come!
I think I (mostly) feel ready, though I'm not sure how ready the sweet girl feels. She's had a very good summer in many ways and is reluctant to let go of it. I am hoping that some of our new learning ventures will spark her curiosity and her love of learning -- still there, I know -- and that will help to propel us forward.
Here are a few of the things we're using in the journey this year...for fun, I am mixing up the tangibles and intangibles. (And yes, this is just a small taste of our resources.)
- Lots of love and prayer!
- Patience and gentleness!
- Seeds Family Worship Scripture CDs
- Dad taking the lead in history! (Mom doing overviews, literature and church history tie-ins)
- Horizons Algebra 1
- A new location for the sweet girl's desk (in our living room, in what she calls "the thinker's corner")
- High speed internet (coming soon! The installation got delayed a week)
- Forgiveness
- Laughter
- Middle School Physics (and a whole bunch of other great physics resources)
- Word Up! Latin and Greek root words on DVD
- Chocolate
- More drawing and poetry time (I hope)
- Second year Spanish
- Some international cooking
- Philosophy for Kids
- Seventh and final year of Writing With Ease/Writing With Skill Program
- Hugs
- Youth group
- Family read-alouds
- Ticonderoga pencils
- Irish Dance class (out of the beginners! Onto to Group A!)
- New whiteboard markers and new whiteboard
- Old whiteboard turned into place for verses and encouraging/inspirational quotes
- Loving help and support from so many friends and family members
- First day of school muffins (could we start the year without them?)
- Perspectacles (eyes fixed on Jesus!)
- Lots of love and prayer! (just to bring it full circle)
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