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The Best Drawing Lessons!

Friday, October 24th, 2008
Drawing Together

Drawing Together

Looking for a great and inexpensive curriculum to teach your children to draw?

Drawing Textbook is our favorite book for teaching the basics of sketching. Written by the late Bruce McIntyre, this little book has lessons for young and old alike.

Drawing Textbook

Drawing Textbook

Sketches in the lessons in the Drawing Textbook are drawn in black and white. It is fun to draw them in color. My favorite colored pencils for beginners are the one by Crayola®.

If you prefer to stick with graphite pencil drawings, then you can find them at your local craft or art store. When you gather the art supplies, look for a nice sketch pad or book. Your student can record his progress since each lesson has a small picture to draw.

Blessings,

Harriet

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Cursive Handwriting for First Grade?

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Would you like a simple and lovely cursive handwriting that your first grader can learn? Iris Hatfield, author of New American Cursive, says to teach cursive handwriting before you teach printing. With this new handwriting book, you can do it.

New American Cursive Penmanship

New American Cursive Penmanship

All of the information you need is in the consumable New American Cursive book. There is not a separate teacher’s manual.

Once your child learns cursive handwriting, you don’t have to repeat it every year until grade 6. You reinforce the handwriting skills of your child as handwriting happens.

You can thank the folks at Memoria Press for publishing this book for homeschoolers.

Blessings,

Harriet

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Not a Homeschool Super Mom?

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Mom on the Beach

It is ok NOT to be a “Homeschool Super Mom.” She is a mythical creature, that perfect homeschool mother.

We all want to be the perfect homeschool super mom, but it’s not going to happen on a permanent basis in this lifetime.

You may ask, “How do you know?”

“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1 John 1:8 KJV

Does that give you permission to go be a really bad homeschool mom? No, but it does give you permission to do this:

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 KJV

Then we have a chance to be a Perfected Homeschool Mom–in Him!

Blessings,

Harriet

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