My children enjoy making "forts" to sleep in or read on, whatever. It's becoming clear to me that my children hate to use items in the manner for which they were intended. Whether it's playground equipment, stairs, dowel rods, couches, beds (that's a big one), they would rather create a new use for it because …
Author: GriffithsKL
Spring Soccer Tsunami
One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind. – Ecclesiastes 4:6 Right about now the outdoor soccer tsunami officially crests over our calendar, and we become helpless little crustaceans, tossed every which way by the soccer tide until it subsides again in June. “You can do anything …
A Proverb a Day
In February and other short months I get a break from that perfect woman, the Proverbs 31 woman who likes to taunt me with her godly perfection. You know what bothers me about her? She wakes up while it’s still dark outside, and she doesn’t even live in Alaska. Is that a requirement for excellence? …
Thoughts On The Painful Examination We Endure When Critiquing Our Own Parental Decisions “We are just God’s instruments. It’s all up to Him.” My friend Nancy sent that to me today. I count myself richly blessed by the friendship of Nancy and her husband, who often encourage me, challenge me, and have literally “been there …
The Prince and the Pupil
Were I a sailboat I'd presently be foundering on the homeschool doldrums. By chance I also happen to be reading The Prince by Machiavelli, a sort of rule book for tyrants. Machiavelli writes, "Men ought either to be well-treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot." So is it …
Stairs That Avail Much
Do you get stir crazy in winter? We do. But thankfully we have these super spiral stairs that double as a jungle gym. My kids find alternate uses for just about any apparatus* around, including the walls, couches, mattresses, even the dog. They stave off the winter blues by finding creative ways to enjoy/destroy whatever is …
I’m taking the good with the bad
This is me doing Algebra II with Tory, who refuses to have her picture taken (she would be to the right). Notice the birds on my back and arm. They are waiting for me to die so they can eat me. The cat is hoping I'll survive the lesson on experimental data equations so that …
A Most Useful Fruit… Patience
A mom I know was about to administer some discipline (aka the rod of correction) to her 6-year-old when he cried out, "Stop!" Alarmed at his sudden and unusually-timed outburst, she paused and asked, "What's wrong?" "We have to pray for you to get some patience." He informed her. So I applied this to myself (after laughing …
Spontaneous Learning
My boys were fighting over legos during school time- super distracting to our learning groove. Grrrr So I told them I intended to take all their legos out of their rooms and put them in a common area for them to play with whenever. No one would "own" any legos. Sharing would prevail and peace would abound. …
Homeschool Blues
Oh, Despicable Me! My minions were reeling at the injustice of having to do school on MLK day. Nevermind the fact that we have off on gazillions of other days when "the rest of the world" is in school.
KL Griffiths 