Apr 21
2008

I have 3 things in the works – and even 4. Participate or pray as you’re able.

1. Our Anniversary Tax Sale is currently in swing! In honor of our 31st Wedding Anniversary on Tax Day, April 15th, we’re having a 15431 SALE! giving you your choice of several FREE Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ resources with qualifying orders of any L.E.D. resources.

This is a GREAT time to order L.E.D. resources and get other L.E.D. resources FREE! to add to your understanding of our teaching of Freedom & Simplicity™ through Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™. Sale ends May 9th. See details here.

2. The Ultimate Home School Expo! Coming April 28-May 3, is a HUGE online home school convention – complete with key note speakers, vendor booths and workshops, and a TON of free give-a-ways! BUT MINUS the driving, motel and meal costs, taking vacation time, and even the need to get dressed! You can come to this one in your PJ’s when ever it is convenient for YOU!

It costs no more than a “regular” convention registration alone, but you get ALL the speakers’ and workshop audios for FREE! to download and listen to you’re able. Great Grab Bags of Free Goodies! And many of the vendors are offering additional Free products!

Lisa @ Me and My House will be there as a Speaker and Vendor. You can click here to Register! If you’d like more details and a FREE MINI WORKSHOP by Cindy Rushton, the organizer of the Expo, read this post from last week. I will post another of Cindy’s FREE GIFTS for my readers here on Wednesday.

3. Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar LIVE! 2008 – Full day + of teaching to Seek Biblical Wisdom through Universal Principles with Unique Applications™!

The Seminar takes you from Philosophy and Principles of Biblical Education to practical application in the multi-level homeschool – all with Freedom & Simplicity™! We believe education should be a Lifestyle of Discipleship, intentionally teaching our children to reason from the Word, to the Wisdom, Ways and Will of God. Details and Registration here!

4. Writing continues on new L.E.D. resources! Several are nearing completion. I need God’s timing and wisdom in completing these – which to finish first, quiet time to work, etc. Thanks for your prayers.

I have more to share on this too, either later today or tomorrow. God is GREAT! I am so excited for what He is bringing about in these new resources!

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Apr 16
2008

My internet went down yesterday, so here I am NOW posting the Anniversary Tax Sale. Hmm, seems Jim Erskine at Homeschool Radio Shows had the same problem with posting his sale last week. Think something is trying to keep great sales for home educators from getting out? Here’s our Sale!

It’s our 31st Wedding Anniversary on April 15th! Yes Tax Day!

And Yes, we had to Pay!

In Honor (of our Anniversary – not paying taxes) we’ve created a unique sale, just for you!

Purchase $31 or more of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Exclusives

and get your choice of 4 resource groups worth up to $15! For FREE!

This Sale will last until we get our Tax Rebate – May 9th!

Here’s the details:

If you order totals $31 or more, in the Comments box of your order, type the coupon code – 15431 – and the letter denoting which FREE resource group you want. Do NOT use the order buttons for the FREE items (unless you want to pay for a set, and send the Free ones to someone else.)

A. Choose Ye This Day AND The Beginning of Wisdom audios – Value $14 – code 15431A

B. Sorting it Out and Putting it Together – Value $10 – code 15431B

C. Book of Remembrance Journal Pages – Value $10 – code 15431C

D. Freedom & Simplicity™ in Handwriting – Value $15 – code 15431D

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Apr 15
2008

It’s my Anniversary and you get the gift! Since it’s also tax day, you may need a break – or maybe you have a little extra to spend that you wouldn’t normally.

When spring has sprung, home educating mommas are looking to next year and getting prepared with helpful resources – and they need all the helpful breaks they can get in that. Whichever way it works for you, we’re here to help you save some of that cash.

Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ Exclusive resources will help prepare you to teach Biblical excellence in Freedom & Simplicity™. Our goal is to equip you to Seek Biblical Wisdom through Universal Principles with Unique Applications™. That means to lay a foundation for teaching everything upon the foundation of God’s Word and it’s application to all of life and learning.

Stay Tuned!! I’ll be announcing what the Sale is later today. Time to go teach my dc.

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Apr 12
2008

Terri Johnson at Knowledge Quest has a good article on Homeschooling with Toddlers this week.

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Apr 11
2008

Feature Friday – sharing a Recommended Resource for Freedom & Simplicity™

Graphic organizing or conceptual outlining or “mind-mapping” is a memorable way to outline ideas through diagramming, using colors, symbols, levels, and relationships.

Inspiration is one of my favorite computerized mind-mapping apps. I use it to plan lessons, workshops/seminars, and just about any other brainstorming, planning, researching, organizing, presenting, etc-ing that needs to be done. Although my dc do most of their Learning Maps (mind-mapping/graphic outlining) on paper – generally as we walk through a lesson or they study it more in depth, Inspiration can be a more fun tool to use when it is handy to do so for them.



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Apr 10
2008

Last week I told you I am "Gearing Up!" for

Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar LIVE! 2008

our foundational teaching for biblically principled education ~ Seeking Biblical Wisdom through Universal Principles with Unique Applications™

Our Poll was posted and the results were what I expected. Early Summer is the best time for most people. Dh and I sat down with the Calendar. God had it all planned out. There is only one Saturday in Early Summer that is available. It is after our dd’s wedding (VERY good thing). That will put the Friday evening session on youngest ds’s birthday, but I’m sure he won’t mind moving his celebration up a day, especially considering he isn’t old enough to read a calendar yet. :-)

Here’s the details:

Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar LIVE! 2008

June 27-28
Friday evening and all day Saturday

North Platte, NE
venue to be announced

Pre-Registration Required
LIVE! Seminar 2008 – $25

LIVE! Seminar 2008 PLUS Audio Downloads of it – $40
that’s Half-Price for the Audio Downloads when purchased with your Registration

See the Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar webpage for more information on The Seminar and to Register.



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Apr 8
2008

The Ultimate Homeschool Expo is almost here! I just got an email from my friend, Cindy Rushton, who is hostessing the Expo. She is so "pumped" that she has just shared a sneak peek into her Membership Site.

One of the neat things about the Ultimate Homeschool Expo is that everything is ONLINE. Cindy builds a private, exclusive Membership Site that includes everything from the UHSE in one place–it has audios (from all of the sessions and from the bonus gifts that her speakers give to us), ebooks, complete unit study guides, articles, printable notebooking pages, cookbooks, on and on. I can’t believe all of the things that we receive for ONLY $40! It is truly ULTIMATE!

Want to take that Sneak Peak into the Membership Site?

Cindy just sent me permission to give you a sampler of one of her free gifts that is included on the Membership Site. It is a audio and ebook set that she actually sells on her website, but she is giving away on the Membership Site. The sampler is:

A Quick Start for Notebooking Mini-Set!

Need ideas for encouraging your young writers and QUICK? Ready for a FUN way to encourage your most reluctant writer to write AND like it??? This fun-filled, hands-on workshop is one that you simply CANNOT miss!! Cindy Rushton, who has become known through the years as THE BINDER QUEEN, uses Notebooking for EVERYTHING!

She will show you how to begin whether your child is a toddler or the most skeptical high schoolers. This workshop is sure to light a fire that will equip YOU to help your children deepen their studies and document learning all along the way!

TOPICS FOR THIS WORKSHOP INCLUDE:

  • Hey! Do I Have A Chance At This??
  • Why On Earth Notebook???
  • Down to the Nitty Gritty…WHAT Do I Need and HOW Do I Do It?
  • Step-by-Step Through Notebooking
  • Scrapbooking! YES! You CAN Have Fun Homeschooling
  • Hey? What is Legal? What All Goes Into A Notebook???
  • Developing FUN Studies That Teach and Inspire!!
  • Copywork…Answers to ALL of Your Questions
  • Taking the Writer From Reluctant to Researching
  • Ideas, Ideas, Ideas, There’s Gotta Be One for You
  • PLUS Much, Much More! PLUS!
  • Cindy doesn’t stop with the workshop, she also includes the Q/A Session after the workshop AND her handouts/samples of student notebooks. Awesome!

Your sampler audio and ebook set from this workshop are at these links.

Let’s Try Notebooking Audio Mp3
(Cindy’s Workshop)

Questions and Answers – audio Mp3

Handouts

Samples of Student Notebooks

This is a GREAT sampler! And you get it FREE! before you even register for the Expo. And, just think…this is only ONE of the awesome gifts included on the Membership Site after you register. There are hundreds more!

Take my word for it, you will WANT a ticket to this event and access to all of the wonderful resources. Grab your ticket here!

Want MORE?

Cindy is also doing Preview Chats leading up the the Expo – that is NOW! You can listen to these sessions LIVE for FREE! This week’s sessions are:

Tuesday…
I Want to Teach the World How to Play the Piano
Merrilee Webb from http://www.readingkeyboardmusic.com
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – 10AM CST

Stumbling Blocks to Writing: What Stands Between Your Child and the Blank Page?
Kim Kautzer from http://www.WriteShop.com
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – 1 PM CST

How You Can Homeschool When Mom is Sick
Wendy Shaw from http://www.MyMorningSickness.com
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 – 8PM CST

Wednesday…

How to Talk to Your Children About Salvation
Robin Khoury from http://www.salvationkids.com
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 10AM CST

Get Me OUT of This House! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Field Trips!
Jube Dankworth from http://www.TexasHomeEducators.com/
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 1PM CST

Heartache vs. Emotional Purity: Is Purity ONLY Physical?
Kelly Boggus from http://www.BeforetheKiss.com
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 3PM CST

Real Beauty: A Peek into God’s Beauty Tips!
Rachel Larkin from http://www.RachelLarkin.com
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 5PM CST

Testimony of a Godly Woman
Molly Evert from http://www.counterculturalmom.blogspot.com
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 – 8PM CST

Thursday…

Multi-Level Schooling: Managing the Multi-Age Home School
Malia Russell from http://www.homemaking911.com
Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 1PM CST

Teaching Timelines
Amy Pak from http://www.homeschoolinthewoods.com
Thursday, April 10, 2008 – 8PM CST

Friday…

Beyond Learning Styles
Christie Berry from http://www.ChristieBerry.com
Friday, April 11, 2008 – 8AM CST

Motivation 101
Christie Berry from http://www.ChristieBerry.com
Friday, April 11, 2008 – 10AM CST

Identifying Difficulties
Christie Berry from http://www.ChristieBerry.com
Friday, April 11, 2008 – 1PM CST

Behavior Interventions
Christie Berry from http://www.ChristieBerry.com
Friday, April 11, 2008 – 3PM CST

Courtship: Let’s Start at the Beginning
Ron Wright from http://www.BeforetheKiss.com
Friday, April 11, 2008 – 8PM CST

Sunday…

How to Have a Spiritual Retreat
Rachel Larkin from http://www.RachelLarkin.com
Sunday, April 13, 2008 – 5PM CST

To get the info you need to listen to these Complimentary Preview Chats LIVE, go to the UltimateHomeschool Expo site, and scroll about half-way down the page, under #7, sign up to get the free Expo Updates by email. Continue to the bottom of the page to Purchase your Ticket to the Ultimate Homeschool Expo.

And, after our new blog posts are added, and this one goes down into obscurity, there is still a banner link in the sidebar to register for the Ultimate Homeschool Expo.

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Apr 5
2008

Day 7 Home Education Week!

What are your goals for home education? What do you hope to instill in your children? Are you planning any changes to how you educate your children?

Well, right now I’m looking forward to finishing blogging. My blog-a-thon is nearly over – 1 week in one afternoon and evening. Well, I guess I’ll leave the "real time" on this post. :-) And this was actually a week that I already had several OTHER posts.

Now you’re talking my language, and I can speak from the perspective of a philosophical mom. You saved the best question till last!

My goals are simple, that our children would love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength and glorify Him in whatever they do. (I know, broad and philosophical.)

I hope to instill in them the ability to look at all of life through the Wisdom of God’s Word, therefore they must know, REALLY KNOW His Word and how it applies to all of life – their life.

In order to live that out they must be submitted to God’s Word, walking in "self-government" with Christian character.

I am not planning any foreseeable changes. We have found a good path, and we are walking therein. I am doing the best I know how at this point. However, since everyday is growth and change, we will continue to do that. Growing and changing day by day, to be conformed more into the image of God’s own dear Son. That will mean that the best of plans will be "tweaked" along the way.

Soli Deo Gloria!

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Apr 5
2008

OK, I’ve announced it 2 other places already, and my newsletter will come soon to spread the news even further abroad. But right now it’s your turn to hear!

I’m gearing up for Freedom & Simplicity™ of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ ~ The Seminar 2008 – LIVE!

Moms, if you are in need of biblically principled education training – or just plain refreshment! – we are here to serve!

The Seminar is one FULL Saturday (+ Friday evening if you can make it) of seminar sessions, Q&A discussions, Discipleship yoU!™ exercises (to get hands-on experience in what you are learning), and just plain relaxing and chatting over lunch. Friday evening is a fun, practical, hands-on session.

The Seminar will be held in North Platte, NE – in the middle of EVERYWHERE! and central to you all.

BUT before I pour everything into this, I need to know how many of you think it’ll be worth the trip here to hear The Seminar – LIVE! If you plan to try to make it say, “Hey! I want to be there for The Seminar LIVE! 2008!” Well, actually you can just take our poll below.

When is it?
That part isn’t nailed down yet. We want to make attending as convenient as we can to as many of you as we can. (I KNOW how hard it is for a mom to get away!) I’ve created a poll for all of you interested in attending. BUT feel free to comment or email me with anything else you’d like to ask.

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Apr 4
2008

Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory is where you can begin to apply Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™ after getting the Big Picture of L.E.D. through The Seminar.

I designed Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory to help you build a strong foundation in Providential history and biblical principles, and then apply it. It contains everything you need to learn how to lay a biblical foundation in HisStory and teach it by biblical principles. It does not contain specific history lessons (beyond the foundation) but teaches you how to learn and teach history. My goal was to make it simple enough to understand for someone new to biblical principles education, yet comprehensive enough to really lay a good foundation in a biblical philosophy of ed. – all three aspects, philosophy, methodology, and content.

From the first section of it you should be able to lay the foundation fairly easily. It presents the Biblical Foundation – source/origin and purpose of HisStory, as well as the Rudiments – P.I.P.E. & the P.I.P.E.line of HisStory (what we study and the context), and 7 Biblical Principles of Liberty (goal of HisStory). IOW, what we study, how, and why. This is where we should all begin.

The second section teaches you the process of learning, the components of reflective learning – how it goes beyond traditional "pour it in and spit it out" learning, then covers 7 Pillars of Excellence – 7 tools we utilize to walk us through the process contrasted with other ways education is done (such as, we focus on ideas and principles rather than random facts, discipleship through discussing and guiding rather than lecture, real resources rather than text/work books, etc.)

The third section goes into the application, planning the lesson – what to keep in mind as you are planning, suggestions of steps to follow when planning, then presenting the lesson – components of the actual lesson and ideas of how to do them and questions to utilize for digging into various types of studies. Then some practical ideas such as long term scheduling, learning journals, high school, beginners, integrating subjects, some resources I recommend, etc.

I close with a summary review for you to work through, called Discipleship yoU!™, and resources to begin with, then several appendices of extra helps.

If you need more practical help, after digesting Freedom & Simplicity™ in HisStory, you can find several things on my L.E.D. blog, as well as email me questions.

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