Thanksgiving Eating
Solomon enjoyed Thanksgiving every day:
I Kings 4:22-23
Solomon’s daily provisions were thirty cors of fine flour and sixty cors of meal, ten head of stall-fed cattle, twenty of pasture-fed cattle and a hundred sheep and goats, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks and choice fowl.We seem to prefer the last item this time of year!
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Blogging for Kids
I’ve been thinking about ways to use the internet with my kids to further their knowledge and interest in the world around them, and I ran across this article at The Tempered Radical about teachers using blogging as a tool in their classrooms.
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WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling
There is a review of WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling By Robert Kunzman at Home Education Magazine. Mr.
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Handling Social Media with Our Kids
I know some parents aren’t very computer or internet savvy, and they are a bit mystified as to how to keep their kids safe and yet allow them to use the resources available on the internet. There a list of tips for parents outlined here.
Set Appropriate Boundaries and Provide Intentional Oversight for Social Media.
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Free Internet Content Filtering From OpenDNS
I just started using this service:
They offer among other things a web content filtering service at no expense to the household user. I like it because of 1.) the cost (free), and 2.) because you can filter at the router level, which is becoming more and more important with the influx of wireless devices that can come into a home. You are able to adjust the content filtering at several levels:
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Q&A with a Single Parent Homeschooler
Kysha is a recently divorced mom who is now tackling the task of being a single-parent homeschooler. She answers some common questions about how she manages it on her blog, Love’s School.
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Valley of Vision question
Question about the introductory prayer from Valley of Vision
This phrase:
... in the daytime stars can be seen from deepest wells, and the deeper the wells the brighter thy stars shine …
Does anyone have a thought about whether the statement is true?
Thanks
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Failure
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Christoper Klicka of the HSLDA fought a good fight
“A longtime champion of homeschooling rights around the globe, Home School Legal Defense Association Senior Counsel and Director of State and International Relations Christopher J. Klicka was called home by his Lord on October 12, 2009, at age 48, following a 15-year battle with multiple sclerosis. An attorney, spokesman, lobbyist, and homeschooling husband and father, Chris is survived by his wife, Tracy, their seven children (ages 11–21), and his parents, Ardath and George Klicka.”
Read the rest here.
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