Crossway sent me the ESV Personal Size Study Bible to review. I'm not obligated to give it a favorable review. So when I say this is my favorite Bible of all time, it has nothing to do with it being sent to me. It is just a fantastic Bible. (Even the Pastor is jealous.) I …
I Was Wrong
When my children were young, I found myself in a homeschooling predicament. The problem was that we are Wesleyan-Arminian Christians, and most Christian homeschooling curriculum is not Wesleyan-Arminian. We haven't been very good in our tradition with publishing, and we're especially anemic when it comes to homeschooling resources. I tried a few Reformed resources, but …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Rhetoric Plans
The Rhetoric Stage is roughly high school. These students should be completely independent. Though, I do still include mine in Morning Basket, and choose at least one subject each year to do with them-- not because they cannot do it on their own, but just to connect. For Bible, all my kids who can read …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Logic Plans
The logic stage is about fifth to eighth grade. These students are largely independent, though I do try to pick a subject each year to do with them just to connect with them a little more. For Bible, all my kids who can read use the SOAP method of Bible study to do their own …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Grammar Plans
The grammar stage is roughly first through fourth grade. I group my kids together by stage because it allows me to work with them more easily. I still do phonics and math one-on-one during this stage. By the end of grammar stage, I expect my kids to be self-sufficient learners. So that is something I …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Morning Basket Plans
Morning basket is just a time that the whole family can be together each day. It is the thread that connects all the various ages together. We spend about an hour each morning together for Morning Basket before we break off into our three groups. We start morning basket by praying together. I usually ask …
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Godbold Academy: Medieval History
This school year, we'll have 6 students, plus a preschooler and a baby. I arrange my kids' education so that they are all in the same time period and the same science subject each year. This allows us to do more exploring and learning as a family. It allows the kids the opportunity to share …
How Have You Done?
This past year gave us a lot of opportunities to show real faith in action. Through all the turmoil of the year, what is the take away that your kids will remember? Let's give ourselves a bit of a performance review, shall we? Not to beat ourselves up, but to see where we have failed …
Cloth Diaper Buying Guide
Rumparooz Diaper Cover (newborn size) over a Green Mountain Diaper half flat I've talked a lot about cloth diapers here on the blog. And I get quite a few questions still about cloth diapers. One thing I'm asked over and over is "if I want X... what do I buy"? So, I figured I'd answer …
2020 Favorites
I figured instead of giving a run-down of my reading this year, I'd just give you my favorites. Since I wasn't doing the full book list, I also thought I'd add in some of my favorites in other categories, as well. Our 2020 was full of good things. I know everyone is focusing on what …
