We all want more peace in our lives. There is chaos all around us: in the world, in our communities, and for some even in our own families. The Prince of Peace provides the peace we need when our world seems to be falling apart. C.S. Lewis observed, “God cannot give us a happiness and […]
Archives for March 2017
Ira’s Pinewood Derby
Ira’s Cub Scout Troop held their Pinewood Derby last night. It was so much fun! Ira designed his car on paper and then Joseph helped cut it out. Ira didn’t want anything fancy. Just stripes. Of course, it is green and yellow for John Deere colors. The Cub Scouts all did a great job creating […]
Happy Birthday Jason!!
Jason turned 4 last Sunday! Can you tell he was excited about his dinosaur cake? He couldn’t decide what kind of cake he wanted so I told him I would surprise him. He LOVED it! Jason loves trains and animals. He is also very meticulous when he colors and draws. Here’s an incident from last […]
Learning Styles: Kinesthetic, Tactile Learners
My second daughter, Marie, is a highly tactile learner just like her father. She learns best when there are things to touch and feel, when she can move her body (she is also a musical learner but that is for another post). We first became aware of this while trying to teach her math. She […]
Am I New or Old?
Tuesday morning Abby went out to unlock our dog, Molly, and found she had died in her sleep during the night. Molly was such a good dog. Someone abandoned her and she wandered onto the farm about seven years ago. We knew she was old then but didn’t know exactly how old. She was perfect […]
Learning Styles: Linguistic, Read, Write Learners
I think that linguistic learners have it the easiest in that our world deals with words – whether in speaking, reading, or writing. Because of this many linguistic learners are considered to be the ‘gifted’ ones because they do so well in this environment. Hopefully in this journey through each of the multiple intelligences we’ll […]
My Messy Life
Anybody noticed the lack of posts lately? I’ve been having trouble with certain parts of WordPress. Some days it works totally fine and others I can’t even access it to post or look at stats or even get behind the scenes to see what is wrong. I thought I had it fixed but now its […]
Learning Styles: Multiple Intelligences
Today we are going beyond the basic learning styles of Visual, Auditory, Read/Write, and Kinesthetic/Tactile (VARK). Most of us don’t fall strictly into one of those categories – and neither do our children. There are also several other factors that are not taken into account with the VARK learning styles – art, music, nature being […]