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This is one of the rules that I love:
“3. Teach them to solve problems. This is really the main job of unschooling, which is the philosophy we follow as homeschoolers. Our kids don’t learn facts or even skills. They learn to solve problems on their own. If they know how to do this, they can learn any facts or skills they need to solve their problems. Want to learn how to write a computer program? That’s just another problem that you need to learn how to solve. Want to cook Thai food, or write a blog, or start a business, or build something? Problems that you can solve.”
HEROES FOR OUR CHILDREN http://www.doorposts.com/blog/2011/10/27/heroes-for-our-children/
UNCLUTTER BLOG: ARCHIVES ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS http://unclutterer.com/category/relationships/
BEING ORGANIZED BEFORE A DOCTORS VISIT http://unclutterer.com/2010/11/22/being-organized-before-a-doctors-visit/
CREATING AN “IN CASE OF…” FILE http://unclutterer.com/2011/08/16/creating-an-in-case-of-file/
HEATHER’S BIGGEST HOMESCHOOLING MISTAKE http://simplehomeschool.net/heathers-mistake/
DOES PAIN AFFECT OUR BEHAVIOR TOWARDS OTHERS? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-chen-md/pain-affecting-behavior-_b_1027659.html
COMPARISON CHART OF DATING, COURTSHIP AND BIBLICAL BETROTHAL http://boldchristianliving.com/articles/youthful-romance/comparison-chart-of-dating-courtship--scriptural-betrothal.html
The kids and I watched the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” last night. http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/slumdog-millionaire
“What's the story?
In SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, Jamal (Dev Patel) is an 18-year-old tea service worker for a telecommunications company who has somehow managed to make it to the second-to-last question on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? He's dragged in for questioning by the police, who want to know how he's cheating -- which, in their eyes, is the only way an uneducated boy from the slums like him could possibly be winning. Beaten but unbowed, Jamal tells his interrogators stories from his life that explain why he knows the answers. He also talks about the long-lost love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto), who he's trying to get in touch with and save through the unlikely mechanism of being on the show.”
“Talk to your kids
Families can talk about the nature of Indian society -- from class to religious conflict to the nation's role as a growing economic superpower -- and about the way the film depicts hard work, good morals, and quick wits. Are they seen as virtues?
Discuss the film's depiction of the differences -- and similarities -- between Indian culture and American culture. How are they different? What do they have in common?
What does the movie say about the growing process of globalization? What does it mean when British customer service calls are answered in India? Or when an English game show becomes immensely popular in a completely different nation?”
Tonight we watched a documentary called “Facebook Follies”. It sparked much food for thought and discussions afterwards. http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episode/facebook-follies.html
“Facebook Follies is a one-hour documentary that takes a look at the unexpected consequences of people sharing their personal information on social media. Viewers meet people who lost their jobs, their marriages, their dignity, or who even ended up in jail - all because of their own or someone else’s Facebook posting. To give a broader context to the events, these stories are intercut with reflections from experts in the areas of social change, internet security and contemporary media.”
The kids just finished watching this video - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466947/
Ride Around the World
Journey across Morocco, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, Patagonia, Texas and British Columbia, to meet vaqueros, gauchos, baqueanos and cowboys - all part of a single global horse culture, an unbroken trail stretching back 1,500 years.
http://www.ridearoundtheworld.com/
It must have been pretty good. Both kids said they want to watch it again. 
Now they are going to watch Mythbusters (http://www.zip.ca/Browse/Title.aspx?f=clid%28109783%29).
“You can’t save others from themselves because those who make a perpetual muddle of their lives don’t appreciate your interfering with the drama they’ve created. They want your poor-sweet-baby sympathy, but they don’t want to change.”
― Sue Grafton, T is for Trespass
snagged from: http://gettingdownwithjesus.com/god-filter-and-loudspeaker/
A prayer for today:
Dear Lord,
I will do many things today, and I’m bound to mess a bunch of it up.
Father, be my filter, sifting out things I’ve done or said that neither helped my neighbor nor advanced Your Kingdom.
And Lord, be an amplifier, cranking up the decibels on the things I do that might bring your glory.
I give this day to you.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.
http://lifewithoutcollege.wordpress.com/category/gen-ed/
Isn't the Real World preparation for the Real World?
found here -- http://www.facebook.com/inspiredtoaction
Day 1: Lord, let salvation spring up within my children, that they may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (Isaiah 45:8, 2 Timothy 2:10)
Day 2 - I pray that they may grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (2 Peter 3:18)
Day 3 - Grant, Lord, that my children may learn to live a life of love, through the Spirit who dwells in them. (Ephesians 5:2; Galatians 5:22)
Day 4 - May integrity and honesty by their virtue and their protection. (Psalm 25:21)
Day 5 - Father, help my children not to be like many others around them, but let them be alert and self-controlled in all they do. (1 Thes. 5:6)
Day 6 - May my children grow to find Your Word more precious than gold, than much pure gold; and sweeter than honey from the comb. (Psalm 19:10)
Day 7 - God, help my children to love justice as You do and to act justly in all they do. (Psalm 11:7, Micah 6:8)
Day 8 - May my children always be merciful, just as their Father is merciful. (Luke 6:36)
Day 9 - Father, grant that my children may show proper respect to everyone as Your Word commands. (1 Peter 2:17a)
Day 10 - Help my children develop their identity in Christ that is rooted in the realization that they are God's workmanship created in Christ Jesus. (Ephesians 2:10)
Day 11 - Let love and faithfulness never leave my children, but bind these twin virtues around their necks and write them on the tablet of their hearts. (Proverbs 3:3)
Day 12 - Lord, may my children always be strong and courageous in their character and in their actions. (Deuteronomy 31:6)
Day 13 - Create in them a pure heart, O God; and let their purity of heart be shown in their actions. (Psalm 51:10)
Day 14 - Lord, may my children always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else. (1 Thes. 5:15)
Day 15 - Grant that my children may be generous and willing to share and so lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age. (1 Tim. 6:18-19).
Day 16 - Father, let my children make every effort to do what leads to peace. (Romans 14:19)
Day 17 - May my children be filled with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. (1 Thes. 1:6)
Day 18 - Lord, teach my children perseverance in all they do, and help them especially to run with perseverance the race marked out for them. (Hebrews 12:1)
Day 19 - God, please cultivate in my children the ability to show true humility toward all. (Titus 3:2)
Day 20 - Lord, please clothe my children with the virtue of compassion. (Colossians 3:12)
Day 21 - Grant that my children may learn responsibility, for each one should carry his own load. (Galatians 6:5)
Day 22 - Father, teach my chldren the secret of being content in any and every situation. . . through Him who gives them strength. (Phil. 4:12-13)
Day 23 - I pray that faith will find root and grow in my children's hearts, that by faith they may gain what has been promised to them. (Luke 17:5-6, Hebrews 11:1-40)
found here - http://www.facebook.com/becomingastrongwomanofgod
Prayer calendar - http://inspiredtoaction.com/2010/01/how-to-pray-daily-for-your-children-a-free-calendar/
.....The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.....♥
1. what can the body of Christ do to redeem and preserve marriage? (part one) -- http://www.thatmom.com/2011/10/13/what-can-the-body-of-christ-do-to-redeem-and-preserve-marriage-part-one/
2. Feast of Booths (Tabernacles or Ingathering) --- http://retroculture.net/content/feast-booths-tabernacles-or-ingathering
3. reading the Bible --- http://iamalongfortheride.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-10-little-light-reading.html?spref=fb
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.Winkler, Henry
found here - http://quotationsbook.com/quote/33863/
How Would Jesus Schedule?
Jesus had obvious long-term goals but He practiced daily as a responder. He prayed daily and allowed the needs of the people around Him to set His agenda. He saw people’s needs as opportunities to minister. We need to ask God to help us learn to schedule by faith.
read whole article here -- http://heartofwisdom.com/blog/homeschool-planning-how-would-jesus-schedule/
A Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Lord, so often times, as any other day
When we sit down to our meal and pray
We hurry along and make fast the blessing
Thanks, amen. Now please pass the dressing
We're slaves to the olfactory overload
We must rush our prayer before the food gets cold
But Lord, I'd like to take a few minute more
To really give thanks to what I'm thankful for
For my family, my health, a nice soft bed
My friends, my freedom, a roof over my head
I'm thankful right now to be surrounded by those
Whose lives touch me more than they'll ever possibly know
Thankful Lord, that You've blessed me beyond measure
Thankful that in my heart lives life's greatest treasure
That You, dear Jesus, reside in that place
And I'm ever so grateful for Your unending grace
So please, heavenly Father, bless this food You've provided
And bless each and every person invited
Amen!
--Scott Wesemann
