Fruitbearers

For You They Signed: The Spiritual Heritage of Those Who Shaped Our Nation by Marilyn Boyer How many signers of the Declaration of Independence can you name?  I could only name a few.  I wasn't born and raised in America so I had a good excuse :).  I am now an American and I want to teach my children the Christian heritage of this nation.  It is important to let them know that our Founding Fathers feared God, not men.  It is important for them to understand that the signers of the Declaration of Independence relied on God's principles, provision, and power.  It is important to teach them to value and preserve their freedom.  Our youth in general today tend to look at athletes, musicians, and celebrities as their heroes.  I desire to show my kids that Jesus is our #1 Hero.  And then godly Christ's followers whose lives demonstrate righteousness, faithfulness, devotion to God, integrity, moral values, and Biblical virtues are the ones who deserve to be called heroes.  That

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- http://www.vocabulary.co.il/   - http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/writing/Kids_Writing.html - http://www.spellingcity.com/ - http://www.storyit.com/wgames/wgames.htm - http://www.manythings.org/cts/ - http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-games-play-and-learn.htm - http://www.kidsspell.com/ - http://www.agameaday.com/ - http://www.ozspeller.com/ - http://www.spinandspell.com/ - http://www.bigiqbee.com/ - http://games.aarp.org/categories/word.aspx - http://word-games.pogo.com/?pageSection=free_home_category

- http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/math_games.html - http://nrich.maths.org/public/search.php?search=All%20Games - http://www.prongo.com/math/ (addition, multiplication) - http://www.aaamath.com/ (Kindergarten to eighth grade) - http://www.mathgoodies.com/games/ - http://www.coolmath4kids.com/   (for ages 3-12) - http://www.coolmath-games.com/ - http://www.mathcats.com/explore/mathcatsgames.html - http://www.mathmastery.com/cyberchallenge/index.html (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) - http://www.mathmovesu.com/ - http://www.cut-the-knot.org/Curriculum/index.shtml#games - http://www.ictgames.com/resources.html - http://resources.kaboose.com/games/math1.html - http://www.aplusmath.com/Games/index.html - http://teacher.scholastic.com/mathhunt/index.asp - http://www.theproblemsite.com/math_games.asp - http://jmathpage.com/index.html - http://mathematics.hellam.net/ - http://www.kidsnumbers.com/ - http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers

We took the kids to the free preview concert by the Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra .  I really enjoyed it.  Jun Iwasaki, the violin soloist, was fantastic.  David Hattner, the conductor and music director, did a great job.  We listened to Variations on America by Charles Ives (orchestrated by William Schuman) and Serenade after Plato's "Symposium" by Leonard Bernstein.  We left during intermission. We learned that Portland Youth Philharmonic Orchestra was America's first youth orchestra.  It was founded in 1924 by Mary V. Dodge, a schoolteacher in Burns, Oregon. Links to explore: http://www.oklahomahomeschool.com/musicApprHSU.html http://www.squidoo.com/musiclapbook http://www.squidoo.com/orchestraunit http://homeschooling.about.com/od/musicorchestra/Orchestra_Resources.htm http://webspace.webring.com/people/bt/thephunnyfarm/alice.html http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/orchestra.htm http://www.homeschoolshare.com/bach_big_adventure.php

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Welcome, everybody, to our family's blog.  You can read about us on the left sidebar.  Our homeschool's name is "Children of Light Christian Academy".  " For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.  Live as children of light  (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord ."  (Ephesians 5:8-10)  Our homeschool's motto is "Let's shine brightly for Jesus!" We homeschool our three precious blessings: 17 year old daughter , 12 year old son , and 9 year old son.  We have been homeschooling since 1999.  We mix and match our resources to meet our kids’ individual learning styles and interests .  Grade level is not emphasized.  Their skills and abilities are taken into consideration more than their ages.  We have flexible structure/routine.  We take time to dig deeper when there’s an interest.  We read (a lot), research, create, experiment, write, memorize, an