Apr 29
2009

2 of the companies we have partnered with for Mind Mapping software have upgrades coming up with some pretty exciting new features. Click their links to check them out. If you don’t know what Mind Mapping is, or how we use it in Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™, read our article on Learning Maps™.

iMindMap will release its new version this week! (See blog post from last week for details.)

And NovaMind will be upgrading this fall. But don’t wait until then if you want NovaMind. One plus for NovaMind is that there is a corresponding mind mapping app for iPhone/iPod Touch called iBlueSky that integrates with NovaMind.

When you purchase NovaMind now, you will receive a license key that will work for both NovaMind 4 and NovaMind 5.

This means you will not have to pay the upgrade fees and you therefore get NovaMind 5 for the price of NovaMind 4.

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Lisa @ Me and My House ~ Discipleship for Life!
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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Apr 25
2009

NEW! Handwriting Practice Pages uploaded! Use with Freedom &
Simplicity™ in Handwriting, or any other italic handwriting program.
http://frommeandmyhouse.com/led-fshandwriting.htm



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Apr 24
2009

The question came up recently on an elist I’m on about Kindergarten. Below is my reply. (BTW, everything here doubly applies to “homeschool pre-school”.)

We don’t “do” Kindergarten,* but continue informal learning, with no “planning and scheduling” until they are about age 6-8. If they are interested in something, we work on learning it.

They are involved in our Family Worship, Bible Study and Recitation, and Character studies time. If they want to draw a picture or other notebooking page, they can. They usually ask for their own “Notebook” binder when they are about 3. They are also a part of Family read-aloud times, as well as individual times of reading with them.

They learn letter sounds along the way as we are reading, and start writing when they want to learn. I teach them proper letter formation (and pencil hold,) but they do most of their early writing “in the air” (finger writing) or in a salt tray. When they know many letter sounds, and are ready, they start blending and spelling.

They also pick up quantity solving just around the house, as we go about our day. We talk about “calendar” and “time” things, as well as money and measuring things.

They narrate informally on their own.

And I think that’s about it. It covers all the “subjects” but isn’t following any curriculum or structured formal study. (Our state requires “filing” when they are 7, but we can cover all the subjects they want us to do, informally through real life, even if we don’t start structured studies then.) Lots of games and play, exploring and family time. Lots of helping and beginning household responsibilities.

*Note: Kindergarten – For a highly enlightening research project, look up the source, origin, and intent/purpose for this modern, progressive idea.



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Apr 21
2009

9 more days until the release of iMindMap 4! On April 30, Buzan will release v4 of iMindMap. But you don’t have to wait until then. Buy version 3 today and you will get a FREE UPGRADE to version 4 when it is released.

iMindMap is the computer app we use to make our Learning Maps™ for Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™.  “A Learning Map™ is an AWESOME and POWERFUL tool for learning, for gaining and retaining understanding! It is a natural with biblical principles learning because it shows relationships!”

iMindMap is my favorite computer mind mapping app. (I should know I’ve tried all of them I know about, and own 4 different “not-free” programs.) If you want to know more about Learning Maps™, read our article here and follow the links there back to posts on this blog, for even more info.

iMindMap - Free Download

Special Offer for ALL new users: Buy iMindMap V3.1 (any Edition – Elements, Professional or Ultimate) before end of April and receive iMindMap V4 (same Edition) for FREE upon release! Download v3 today to give it a try for FREE!

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Lisa @ Me and My House ~ Discipleship for Life!
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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Apr 20
2009

Are you waiting for the release of Freedom & Simplicity™ on R Road to Biblical Wisdom? Until it is available for purchase, I will post various portions for short, unannounced times on its webpage. Check it often to read bits and pieces from Freedom & Simplicity™ on R Road to Biblical Wisdom.

Don’t know what I’m talking about? R Road to Biblical Wisdom is the Freedom & Simplicity™ methodology we utilize in all our learning. It is a process of learning through biblical reasoning and application. This methodology forms the Framework of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™, a biblical approach to home education.

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Apr 12
2009

We serve a Risen Savior, who suffered and died for our sins, but rose
to life victorious over sin, death, and hell, that we who believe in
Him would also have eternal life.
Halleluia!

Why seek ye the living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen:
Luke 24:5-6

May you all have a Blessed Resurrection Day!

If you haven’t been by our Clear Vision blog for a while, check out our last four posts on What is the Gospel?

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Apr 1
2009

Lapbooking is one of our favorite activities for documenting our studies. Especially with our younger children, but the older ones enjoy it too. We prefer to design our own Lapbooks, to document our own studies. Lapbooks then become a creative “narration” of what the child personally learned from our studies, and the unique, creative design is part of the child’s learning process also. But just because we enjoy designing our own instead of buying prepackaged lapbook kits, doesn’t mean I don’t like to get other ideas for incorporating in our lapbooks.

862001: The Ultimate Lap Book HandbookRecently I read Tammy Duby’s (from Tobin’s Lab) Ultimate Lap Book™ Handbook and watched the companion DVD, Tammy Teaches Lap Books™. Have you been holding back on lapbooking? Just not sure how to begin? In Tammy’s Ultimate Handbook she teaches you a few basic folds, (the ones you will use most often,) and then gives you a lot of practical ideas for applying them. But, what makes this book ULTIMATE is that it includes not only Lap Book™ instructions and ideas, but other unique book making ideas also. Plenty of practical applications for Pizza books, Peek-a-Boo books, Stick books, and more are also included, as well as instructions for making them. Need creative ideas for studies and subjects? They’re in there. In the DVD Tammy shows you plenty of ideas put to use in real lapbooks – from a pile of kid-produced lapbooks.

I really enjoyed these resources and recommend them to anyone wanting to know more about producing their own lapbooks.



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