Dialogue Assignment

 We had a lesson this week on using dialogue in our writing.  The assignment was to write a paragraph using dialogue.  This one is LB's.  I especially like her sentence structure....


    Jeff's stomach growled for the eighth time that morning. He glanced at the clock, and hesitantly raised his hand. "Mrs. Wrong? Is it almost time for lunch?" He asked, realizing too late that he had interrupted her mid-sentence. Mrs. Wrong turned and glared at him from underneath her giant pink heart-shaped glasses.

 "Lunch?" She spluttered angrily. "Lunch? You just got here! Lunch is in..." She glanced at the clock, clearly anticipating his reaction at having to stay for two more hours. Her sneer, however, quickly vanished as she realized that she had been lecturing them for three hours. "Lunch is in two minutes." She mumbled sourly, daring anyone with her eyes to have even a wisp of a smile.

Her students, having learned their lesson long ago, and not wanting to miss lunch, quickly wiped any traces of amusement off their faces. The two minutes seemed to take forever to Jeff, but when they ended, he was the first one out the door.

Scripture Memory Box

Every school morning after breakfast we have our morning meeting.  

I read the Bible, we pray, and talk.  

We discuss the happenings of the day.  What's on the menu.  If Daddy's coming home for lunch.  

And we also do our memory work.  I love this little tool.  We've been doing this for a couple of years now and as far as memory work goes, it is the best we've ever used.  

It's easy.  The first tab says Daily.  

This is the verse we are currently working on.  

After we have that one down and are ready to move to a new daily verse, the previous one goes behind one of the next two tabs.  Even or Odd.  This stands for an even number or odd number day on the calendar.  

As we add more verses, the odd and even move behind one of the days of the week.  

Behind them are tabs labeled 1-31 for each day of the month.  

Eventually the days of the week move behind the numbers.  

So everyday we review the Daily, Even or Odd, Day of Week, and Number.  

The biggest advantage to this program is that you are constantly reviewing the Bible verses you've learned so they are never completely forgotten! 

Welcome!

Welcome to our new blog.

It's such a joy and privilege to homeschool my sweet kids.  So often the days run together and I don't fully appreciate it as I should.  I forget the little things that tend to be so important and I want to stop doing that.

So here is our homeschool blog.  A place to showcase my kids' hard work and uniqueness and a way to remember the goodness that so often I forget.

For example.... this cuteness as Jes and Birdy check out the caterpillar nest together.  One of the greatest things about homeschooling is the time we get to explore God's awesome creation!