Uncategorized
-
The Best of Loves
We experience love in various ways. With today being Valentine’s Day, it’s a day to focus on those we love. I’ll have to admit, this is a tough day for me personally as it’s my first Valentine’s Day without my husband in… Continue reading
-
Learning from Teaching
During my time teaching in public school, I spent many years teaching Ancient World History. There were five basic themes within our history curriculum: culture, history, economics, geograhy, and human-environmental interaction. Honesty, I absolutely loved what I taught. Why? Well, because the curriculum was interesting!… Continue reading
-
Winter Weeding
When I was initially thinking of a title for this week’s blog, I thought of “Winter Weading” with weading implying reading. Our son used to say W for R when he was a little guy, so cute. Then I thought, well maybe… Continue reading
-
New Year, New Perspective
“One Thousand Gifts” by Ann Vosjamp is the name of the book that my dear friend Liz just gave me. Our family has recently suffered a loss, a great and unexpected loss, and the writings of authors like Lysa Terkeurst and… Continue reading
-
A Job About JESUS
As parents of faith in this world, we have a job during Christmas. It’s our most important job, our responsibility, but in its true essence, it’s our privilege. We plan: we take pictures for a family card, we check addresses, we shop… Continue reading
-
The Book Goes On (The Book Keeps a Poundin’ Rhythm to the Brain)
One of our kids liked to read more than the other. Curt would sit and read book after book, and then he would reenact scenes from the story. He would imagine he was part of the story. Gina liked to… Continue reading
-
CHOOSING
When I was teaching, yes, I had to focus on content. Reading and writing strategies and patterns in ancient history were carefully planned as daily goals. But what I didn’t “plan” was equally as important. There were endless opportunities to… Continue reading
-
What’s Hiding in a Problem?
Problems and worries are too much to bear alone. It seems as if this is affecting our kids as much as us. There’s an author of children’s books that I only discovered as a middle school teacher, Kobi Yamada. I… Continue reading
-
THINK UPON THESE THINGS
(repost) Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy–think about such things. Philippians 4:8 Let’s just face it. There is a battle for… Continue reading
-
Phooray for Phonics!
Merriam Webster defines phonics as: : the science of sound : ACOUSTICS : a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words by learning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and especially syllables There have been back and forth trends in education regarding the… Continue reading
-
“How to” Books Instead
We have certainly become accustomed to getting answers immediately. What is that actor’s name?-Google it. What do you put in a shephard’s pie?– Google it. How long do you boil that kind of pasta?-Google it. How deep should those tulip… Continue reading
-
What Matters
As parents in this “modern age” of history, we have to be able to sift through the STUFF that doesn’t matter and focus on what does. Life, even for our little ones, has become much busier. There are multiple reasons… Continue reading
Nina Wheeling 