This week, my thoughts turn to celebrations of our nations birth and of the high price we’ve paid for freedom, both then and in the time up until now. Freedom is never free. It comes at a price. I’m thankful that we live in a country that respects and protects freedom. I’m thankful for the […]
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Global Twister: A Tutorial
As promised, here is the tutorial for our Global Twister game! There are a variety of ways you can play it. The cards allow for selecting a continent and then right/left, hand/foot options. For younger one’s it is possible to make the game even simpler. My previous post outlined some of those options! Materials: * […]
Grateful for Him!
I’m so grateful for him! My friend, my lover, my partner in this grand adventure of parenting!
Me on the Map
As we embark on this adventure around the world, we felt it best to get a firm handle on where we are on the map! The book, Me On the Map, was a perfect way to introduce this idea! Afterwards, we set out to make our own map books! The boys mapped out their room, their […]
Going Global
We plan on traveling all over the world this summer… …without ever leaving home. That’s right, this summer we embark on a journey around the world and discover where we fit into it!Xander already has my love of maps. Sometimes I wonder if it can be genetic. Afterall, I am the daughter of a cartographer dad and […]
For the Children’s Sake and other reads…
For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay After a friend had mentioned reading this book, I scanned my mom’s bookshelf and found her well-worn copy that she bought back in the mid 1980’s. The cover art is obviously different from the new edition, pictured here, but I didn’t want to scare anyone away from […]