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Lent & Easter ideas

Lent and Easter· Scriptures and thoughts· Spring· Unit Studies

I have shared about how I will be taking a break from alot of my computer time during Lent. I did want to leave you with a list of Lent/Easter ideas…as I’m so excited about some of the resources I have found!Books & Resources *this first book, Journey to the Cross, will be our “main” text in addition to the…
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Lent…and taking a break

Holidays· Lent and Easter· Scriptures and thoughts

Dear friends, I am not a part of a church that celebrates the liturgical year and/or the Lenten season. However, the more I have been reading about Lent, the more I feel the Lord leading me in this direction. Alot of the resources I have found are from more liturgical settings: Catholic, Lutheran, etc. However, as I read through some…
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Albert & Bird study!

Five in a Row· Homeschooling Reviews (TOS Crew)· Nature Study· Unit Studies

Our unit study for the coming week is going to be FOR THE BIRDS! We are going to be doing a unit from Five in a Row, a book titled Albert, which is in FIAR vol. 4. Along with this book, we will be doing a bird-nature study! I hope to spend 2 weeks on this study. We have studied…
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Be still…

Prayer· Quiet· Scriptures and thoughts

This week I am memorizing Psalm 46:1-2a, “God is my refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. What then shall I fear?” As I have been reading through that verse this week, I have also been reading the rest of the chapter and making it my prayer this week. Verse 10 of this chapter has often been a…
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Bible in our Home

Homeschooling - General· Parenting· Scriptures and thoughts

UPDATE: one more question from a reader on what I’m doing with Hannah for her devotions. I found a LOT of helpful hints over at Higher Up and Further in. She had a series of posts called Cultivating Spirituality in a Child. Under part 2, she mentions having your child read a portion of a book/Bible each day and gives…
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