Comments on: I’ll Take My Stand Finale (part 1) http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/ 1 Corinthians 2:2 "I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified." Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:44:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: reddingmountain http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2042 reddingmountain Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:24:51 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2042 Amen! A hurried life does not produce a peaceful home either! People ask me how I get my children to read. How would I keep them from it? I'm as baffled as they are just in the opposite direction! Amen! A hurried life does not produce a peaceful home either! People ask me how I get my children to read. How would I keep them from it?
I’m as baffled as they are just in the opposite direction!

]]> By: mrs darling http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2041 mrs darling Thu, 19 Jan 2006 16:42:00 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2041 All I can say is that I'm sad. I devoured every book I could get my hands on as a kid. I got many spankings for reading when I should have been working. Now my own daughter cannot read and to read to her brings out all the ADD and autistic tendencies that we deal with around here. I call it a good day when I get to read one story to her from a childs golden book. All I can say is that I’m sad. I devoured every book I could get my hands on as a kid. I got many spankings for reading when I should have been working.

Now my own daughter cannot read and to read to her brings out all the ADD and autistic tendencies that we deal with around here. I call it a good day when I get to read one story to her from a childs golden book.

]]> By: Mandy http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2040 Mandy Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:27:14 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2040 "spark of humanity that is uniquely Southern"--I'm married to such a man, too, and I love it! He grew up on a 50 acre farm, raised by his "real Texas cowboy" grandfather. Sadly, the farm was bought by a country music mogul and now has a 3 million dollar mansion on it, surrounded by million dollar home neighborhoods. The difference in him and those who live where he used to--lots, but they think the gardens and cows are "quaint." “spark of humanity that is uniquely Southern”–I’m married to such a man, too, and I love it! He grew up on a 50 acre farm, raised by his “real Texas cowboy” grandfather. Sadly, the farm was bought by a country music mogul and now has a 3 million dollar mansion on it, surrounded by million dollar home neighborhoods. The difference in him and those who live where he used to–lots, but they think the gardens and cows are “quaint.”

]]> By: Spunky http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2039 Spunky Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:09:33 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2039 Excellent post. I just talked about what I am reading on my blog. I'm going to link to this as a reminder as to how important it all is. Excellent post. I just talked about what I am reading on my blog. I’m going to link to this as a reminder as to how important it all is.

]]> By: kerri http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2038 kerri Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:55:08 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2038 When people ask me what we do for homeschool, I kind of just mutter, "Well, we read a lot." I am terrible about science experiments, we have never done a field trip, (And my oldest floats somewhere between 7th & 8th grade. I mean, we've had chances.)We don't do sports. But we read. I read aloud, they read alone and they read to each other. Just when we think "There can't be a book as good as the last" we find another. There is nothing like little anticipating faces slapping books into you lap, saying "read, mommy." Or a older kid looking up from their quiet activity, saying "You aren't going to stop are you?" It's a wonderful thing. When people ask me what we do for homeschool, I kind of just mutter, “Well, we read a lot.” I am terrible about science experiments, we have never done a field trip, (And my oldest floats somewhere between 7th & 8th grade. I mean, we’ve had chances.)We don’t do sports. But we read. I read aloud, they read alone and they read to each other. Just when we think “There can’t be a book as good as the last” we find another.

There is nothing like little anticipating faces slapping books into you lap, saying “read, mommy.” Or a older kid looking up from their quiet activity, saying “You aren’t going to stop are you?” It’s a wonderful thing.

]]> By: lady laura http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2037 lady laura Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:49:56 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2037 Linked! Linked!

]]> By: Brandy http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2036 Brandy Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:17:52 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2036 Wow...thanks...I think I'll go scour our local used bookstore now. Wow…thanks…I think I’ll go scour our local used bookstore now.

]]> By: Cindy http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2035 Cindy Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:10:06 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2035 Oh, I love the Angus books by Marjorie Flack !! Oh, I love the Angus books by Marjorie Flack !!

]]> By: Jeannine http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2034 Jeannine Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:06:49 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2034 Also books by Eric Carle, Marjorie Flack, and Richard Scarry. My boys also enjoy the Happy Lion books,Madeline books, and Babar books. Also books by Eric Carle, Marjorie Flack, and Richard Scarry. My boys also enjoy the Happy Lion books,Madeline books, and Babar books.

]]> By: Sandy http://DominionFamily.com/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2033 Sandy Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:02:05 +0000 http://mintsnet.com/cindy/blog/2006/01/ill-take-my-stand-finale-part-1/#comment-2033 Could I throw in a suggestion too? When I was a young home schooling mom just starting out, _Honey for a Child's Heart_ was a great resource. I would have never survived library days without it. BTW, Cindy I ordered Farmer Giles, and it should be here from Amazon any day! Thank you for the recommendation. The "not reading" trend has to be fairly new in home schooling. The moms who I knew when I started out tended to be "bookish" themselves and had loved reading and playing school as children. I agree home schoolers now are WAY too busy. Now that is a legitimate alternative, the new breed of home schoolers tend to be more curriculum and/or classroom dependent and less keen on self-education through reading and personal research. Could I throw in a suggestion too? When I was a young home schooling mom just starting out, _Honey for a Child’s Heart_ was a great resource. I would have never survived library days without it.

BTW, Cindy I ordered Farmer Giles, and it should be here from Amazon any day! Thank you for the recommendation.

The “not reading” trend has to be fairly new in home schooling. The moms who I knew when I started out tended to be “bookish” themselves and had loved reading and playing school as children. I agree home schoolers now are WAY too busy. Now that is a legitimate alternative, the new breed of home schoolers tend to be more curriculum and/or classroom dependent and less keen on self-education through reading and personal research.

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