Showing posts with label homeschooling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homeschooling. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

The many faces of Ronny

Hi, everyone!!
   My 7 year old Ronny was especially expressive on Friday while doing homework.  As he did his assignments, I could not help but photograph him.  I hope you all enjoy the pictures as much as I do.  







I am just really thankful there is no one around to photograph me when I am deep in thought.  I am sure I do not look nearly as cute as he does.

Have a blessed week!

In Christ,
Melody

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Making homemade Play-Doh

   Today two of the kids in our homeschool made some homemade play-doh today.  The boys helped measure out the ingredients, stir them all together, and knead the dough until it was the right consistency.  They had a blast.  Now they both say they only want to play with the homemade stuff instead of the kind you buy at the store.  I think it is because they made it themselves but also the homemade kind is softer.
The Recipe we use
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
4 T. vegetable oil
4 T. apple cider vinegar PLUS add enough BOILING water to equal 2 cups
food coloring
glitter

   Help the children measure up and pour the flour, salt and vegetable oil into a medium sized bowl.  Have the adult measure and pour in the vinegar and water.  Stir well.  Once it is mixed up fairly well, divide the mixture up into 4 equal sizes.  Place each glob into a separate bowl and add a few drops of food coloring.   Stir in glitter.  We used blue glitter with the blue food coloring, etc.    Once it is mixed up, place on a table and knead.  This dough is soft and fun and easy to make.   Store in baggies.



Conner showing off his final creation



Ronny with his final project he created.




If you try the recipe out, please share how you like it and some photos!




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In Christ,
Melody

Loving wife of Ronald and incredibly blessed home educating mother with fantastic children.

"Tough times never last, tough people do." -Robert Schuller

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Birthday & Puppet making

     Well, yesterday was our youngest birthday.  Ronny turned 7 yesterday and we just praise God for the past 7 years.  For those of you who do not know, on the day Ronny was born he was airlifted to Tulsa and was not supposed to make it.  When the helicopter lifted off, prayers were being lifted up.  By the time he reached Tulsa, he had stabilized (a miracle) and we have just felt blessed ever since.  He still has heart problems (mainly pulmonary stenosis) but he is with us and has brought such joy to our lives these past 7 years.

    We celebrated with a birthday cake, pinata and then hamburgers and swimming at the lake.  We invited some good friends and just had a great day.  Please remember to pray for Ronny and his ongoing heart problems.  Pray for healing and for the doctors caring for him.

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     We homeschooled our daughter from 2nd grade-8th grade.  Our boys have always been homeschooled.  Brandon (aka Bubba) is 13 and Ronny is 7.  This year we are also homeschooling our best friends' son who will be 7 in October.  It has been a challenge but a blessing.  Yesterday we made puppets and had a great time.  I just wanted to share some photos...

Bubba and his puppet





Ronny and his puppet




Conner and his puppet




And finally, me and my puppet
 

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In Christ,
Melody

Loving wife of Ronald and incredibly blessed home educating mother with fantastic children.

‎"Tough times never last, tough people do." -Robert Schuller

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher


Thursday, July 21, 2011

Our School Room

Hi, everyone. 

Well, our school building had to be put off for a bit so we converted a bedroom to our school room and we all absolutely LOVE how it turned out.  We are also excited because we now have a trumpet and 2 violins that we will be teaching our boys how to play. 

I hope you enjoy seeing the pictures.








In Christ,
Melody

Loving wife of Ronald and incredibly blessed home educating mother with fantastic children.

‎"Tough times never last, tough people do." -Robert Schuller

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Little School House in the Woods

We are in the process of building our very own school house and are absolutely thrilled.  My husband and our 2 boys (age 13 & 6) are helping with the building.  Ron is teaching the boys basic use of the tools, construction techniques, and math (measurements, fractions, angles, etc.). The building itself will be 20' x 16'.  We are so excited and will post pictures regularly to show our progress.