Monthly Archives: January 2009

By any other name…

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Just Jackie

This week’s assigned Bible Reading was Genesis chapters 17-20. After reading chapter 17, we started talking about how Jehovah changed Abram and Sarai’s names.? The girls didn’t quite understand the reason for the name change, so that lead to a … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Dames!

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Just Jackie

Pardon the title.? Today, we read a book of that title.? It tells about the role of women during the American Revolution.? It was quite interesting, and we all learned something (The teen, too!) We are cooking our Revolutionary/Colonial style … Continue reading →

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Her-story… His-tory

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Just Jackie

Since the beginning of the month, we’ve been learning about The American Revolution. I started looking at the Charlotte Mason method of teaching for ideas, mainly because I was not finding any enjoyable lesson plans for teaching American History without … Continue reading →

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Another great WW!

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Just Jackie

Since we’ve began reading Genesis at the TMS, we’ve learned a lot more about Noah. So, today, we watched the DVD about Noah, and then took the quiz at the end. All did very well at paying attention during the … Continue reading →

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Out of the Mouths of Babes!

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Just Jackie

Joe took the girls shopping yesterday for a new dress. Joe found one that he actually loved, but it had no price. They ask a Sales lady to help them get a price. The Sales lady said, “Oh, this is … Continue reading →

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NEAT-Oh!

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Just Jackie

I found this while loitering around the ‘net – Do you have trouble with stitch markers? My problem with them has mainly been with them snagging my yarn (plus, I don’t like the idea of having to move them each … Continue reading →

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