We’re excited to announce the official re-launch of our orphan and widow care ministry. The new website is live at www.thegrafted.com. We are also launching online area collaborations. If you’re interested in starting one in your area, let us know.
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Day 240 – Day 246
Day 240 The girls repainted their room recently. This is what one of our biggest complainers enscripted above her bed. We will be walking her in to read it frequently. Day 241 A streak of warm spring weather got us out to the beach to celebrate PJ’s birthday. It was Kayla and John’s first time...
Guest Post on Play
Check out my guest post at the Kidville blog.
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 24 Science
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
Day 233 – Day 239
Day 233 We learned a lot at our field trip to the home of the Preakness. Day 234 The girls decided to beautify the exterior of the house. Day 235 Kayla’s working on her vertical for next season. Day 236 We studied rain forest animals. Aren’t these toucans great? I love colored pastels as an...
{Classical Conversations} Cycle 1 | Week 23 and Week 24 History
In addition to the specific resources for this week, we are also listening to Story of the World (SOTW) on CD, watching selected episodes of Drive Thru History, and keeping a cummulative timeline of things we learn in history. I am planning appropriate activities for Mia that are a little less complicated than last year...
{Review} Vocabulary Spelling City
When we started homeschooling, PJ was already spelling above grade level and Mia wasn’t reading yet. I falsely assumed that she needed to be reading better to spell so we started the year without spelling. Then, I started doing more research and realized that reading could be taught using encoding (spelling) and decoding (reading). We...
Trust-based Parenting Outtakes
Grace takes very well to art and play therapy. The other day I was able to re-regulate her by agreeing to her demands that we switch roles. I (as the child) begged her to read me a story which she consented to. By the time she was finished reading, she had re-regulated and we were...