Recently we started drinking goat’s milk after we finally faced the fact that Haven is sensitive to pasteurized cow’s milk. We had a feeling but when it got worse the more he had, we knew. Thankfully, we found a sweet young family with 2 extra gallons of goat milk we could buy each week. The [...]
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2 Heads? For sure! I mean I must if I homeschool, right? That’s certainly what many people think when you tell them you homeschool. It’s interesting that the fact that we homeschool always comes up after they’ve raved incessantly over the local schools. Ever noticed that everyone who sends their kids to public school resides [...]
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(originally posted June 21, 2009 at Do I Need A Bigger Plate?) Over the past few weeks, life in the Beck house has changed dramatically. I am so humbled by God’s ever present hand in my life. For years we have known of the book Teaching the Trivium by Bluedorn. We knew of this book [...]
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Since we’ve moved to Kerrville (in Feb.) everyone – EVERYONE – tells us there are “tons” of homeschoolers here. But where are they??? There is virtually zero presence on the web for anything homeschool related in Kerrville. That’s why I decided to start this blog. I have a family blog called Do I Need A [...]
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I began compiling this list in July 2009. Reading is a very large part of our homeschool day. I read to the children for 45 minutes in the morning and the afternoon, my husband then reads 45 minutes before bedtime. If you have questions about any of the books please ask! Me * Charlotte’s Web [...]
Currently our family is reading: As a family in the evening Michael is reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. I am reading A Christmas Carol to the children in the morning and The Miserable Mill (book 4 in the Series of Unfortunate Events) in the afternoon. On going reads are Systematic Theology (year long Sunday [...]
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