http://www.asliceofsky.com Life is a Journey ... Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:15:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Came across this homeschooling blog written by someone who calls herself a feminist. I was pleasantly surprised by what I read in her intro: "What is feminist homeschooling? Feminist homeschooling is educating your children with the understanding that feminism is as much a lifestyle as it is a movement. It ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/short-reflections-on-feminism/ Why did you have to do it Lord of nails, whips and stakes. piercing the Mother-Cry , come look , sons and daughters are reborn. cradled safe by dark deserts where a bush casts coiled shadows of thorns burning like manna on wet gethsemane. weeping quails soaked in fresh blood; prints of peace splashing the midnight blue hills scarlet ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/advent-poem-on-a-rainy-evening/ I am reading a wonderful book right now about mothers and daughters by Lisa Graham McMinn. The writer looks at mothering from a different angle than does Sally Clarkson in her parenting books ( Seasons of a Mother's Heart, The Mission of Motherhood). I find McMinn's book liberating and ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/growing-strong-daughters/ Joy typed this review of a book she'd read ("The Tinker's Daughter" by Wendy Lawton). Btw, Fara is Arabic for "joy". "My name is Fara. I read about a book titled Mary Bunyan. It’s about Mary, a blind girl, who refuses help from her family and friends. She does not change ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/joys-book-review/ "The Disappearance of Childhood" by Neil Postman. Vintage Press. 1982. This is one pessimistic book. Like most pessimistic books, it’s also a thought provoking one. I read Elkind’s “The Hurried Child” some years ago and it spurred me to make some decisions about the way we’d raise (and not raise) our kids. ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/disappearance-of-childhoodmini-review/ I have been looking for audio books for our family. Well, maybe not Abel who think they are cure-alls for insomnia. I love audio books -ones that are well read, with expression and no drawl- and prefer them to movies. I like having that space to conjure images up myself. I ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/talking-books/ Here is an idea for making colored rice. 1.Mix quarter cup of water and several drops of food coloring in a jar. 2. Add the rice in. 3.Stir the mixture. 4. Let the rice sit for 5 minutes. 5. Then, pour out extra water with a sieve. 6. Spread rice out to dry on a ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/coloured-rice/ I am so excited! A few moms and I started a homeschool co-op some weeks ago. We've had three meetings so far and things look really grand! There are about 10 kids in all, ranging from 3 to 13. We, mum, take turns to run each session, doing two- three ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/co-oping-for-homeschool/ We’re holding a small birthday party for Joy tomorrow. There’ll be about 8 kids and 10 adults. I don’t have a clue as to what to do with the adults but I’ve prepared some party games for the kids. Hopefully everyone will have a ball, the adults with the food ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/party-games/ I have written some more templates that will help ( I think) our kids to focus when doing written narration. The next two templates are the Science Template and the Story Template. My kids have now taken the flu bug off me and are hosting it. I hope it clears before ... http://www.asliceofsky.com/resurfacing/