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November 21, 2007
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 We're
keeping this week's Homeschool Minute short and sweet because
frankly, we know most of you are probably really, really,
incredibly busy.
Whether you're baking and cooking, washing the clothes
so you can pack for travel, or just trying to cram in one more
Thanksgiving activity with the kids, just know that we're thankful for you.
The Homeschool Minute started just a little over a
year ago and you all have truly blessed us with your words of
encouragement, suggestions, and prayers.
May you all
have a blessed Thanksgiving with your friends and
family.
Enjoy every minute!
THM Editor
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 Mercy Every Minute
Deborah Wuehler, TOS Senior Editor
As we scurry about the
house and the kitchen, not to mention the last minute trips to
the grocery store, let us make an extra effort to turn our
focus on the One to whom this holiday belongs. God is Jehovah
Jireh, the God Who Provides.
When you are reaching
for the cranberry sauce on the store shelf, whisper your
praise to Him who richly gives us all things to enjoy. When
basting your turkey or ham, remember the One who pays just as
much close attention to the details of your life as you are
doing for this one meal.
Jesus ever lives to
intercede and pray for and bring us before His Father - may we
ever live to thank Him and glorify Him and lift Him up - this
Thanksgiving especially. I guarantee that it will be different
from the norm if you do.
Feeling far from thankful? Here's
a
devotion that you just may want to use in
your celebration to give it more meaning than just turkeys and
apple pies.
A Glorious
Thanksgiving to all of you from all of us on The Homeschool
Minute team.
~Deborah
PS - I know I said it
last week, but I want to say again, we are so very thankful
for all of you. Thank you for standing with us and encouraging
us and for doing all you do in your own homeschool circles.
May the LORD be glorified in all that we do.
"O taste and see
that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him."
Psalm
34:8
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Contest Central
November Contest Deadline - November 30,
2007
Kimberly
Garcia's classical copybooks are designed to provide writing
practice for students based on the method of copying classical
material. She has generously gifted us with two copies of her
Classical Reading and Writing
Copybook: Covering Early Modern History 1600 - 1850.
One is manuscript and the other is cursive. These are HUGE -
396 pages, 8.5" x 11" spiral binding and excellent resources
for copy work. Read our TOS review HERE and visit www.ClassicalReadingandWriting.com to
see their other products.
TO ENTER:
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with your name and mailing address and the subject, "Copybook"
for a chance to
win.
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Schoolhouse Spotlight
Dena Wood, Schoolhouse Store Manager
It is that time of year
again! We are having our AWESOME Black Friday Sale over
at The Schoolhouse Store. Want to make your Christmas budget
S-T-R-E-T-C-H???
Check out the awesome deal we
have going on now through Monday morning!
We have so
many great gifts to choose from it may be hard to decide where
to start! Here are a few great gift ideas to get you
going.
Homeschoolopoly is a
fun twist on a family favorite board game! Instead of
real-estate, well-known home school companies grace the game
board. They have Grace and Mercy cards in lieu of Chance and
Community Chest. You have to pay a "public school tax" if you
land on the wrong square. And instead of going to jail, HSLDA
lets you get out of court for free. What fun!
Messenger of Faith &
Proverb 31 Dolls are lovely Biblically based dolls for
your children.
Noah's Pals are sure to
be a hit with the animal lover on your list! Each animal pair
is packaged with an educational ID card that contains
information about animals, including home and habitat.
Check out our Exclusive Noah's Pals -
Starter Set!
The Pedal Cars we offer are
just like the ones from the good ole' days! We offer 8
different cars - including the Pink 1929 Jalopy, Police Car, and Jalopy Fire Truck.
With the All Natural Soy Wax Candle
Making Kit everything is needed to make a half pint jar
candle! Includes instructions, wax, wick, wick color chips,
fragrance (varies), ribbon, container to melt wax in, half
pint mason jar and a blank label to create your own design -
even the gift bag to give it in!
Intimately played in a
free-flowing, uninterrupted fashion, Steve Sensenig CD's
will offer hours of refreshing personal worship. This music
will bless the hearts of everyone who hears it! Christmas Solitude CD
is Steve's third CD. This CD celebrates the Christmas
season with 16 tracks of Christ-centered Christmas worship.
Make sure to listen to the sample tracks we have in the
store.
Still not sure what to get? We also offer
gift certificates in
denominations from $5.00 to $100.00!
Have fun
shopping!
~Dena
PS - Don't forget that we're
going to have a VERY special bonus package worth
over $600 for our
21,000th Store customer. It's a great time to shop with
us!
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 It's Just Common Sense
Ruth Beechick, Curriculum
Specialist
Thankfulness. I remember when teachers tried to
teach this directly, or academically. "We'll go around the
circle and each of you tell us something you are thankful
for." So I tried to think what answer the teacher might expect
and approve of. And what would my classmates think? Someone
else would probably say parents or family or Sunday school, so
I couldn't use those. Ice cream flitted across my mind, but I
knew that was not serious enough. My mind worked hard, but not
on the real question of what I am thankful for.
So if direct teaching
is not ideal, then what is? Will children "catch" thankfulness
from us? Not likely, unless we put out some effort. I call it
immersion learning. Immerse children in a thankful atmosphere
and they will catch some of it. So speak up once in a
while.
"I'm so thankful Daddy
knows how to fix the car."
"I thank God that He
healed Ellie's sickness."
"Boy am I thankful
somebody invented ice cream."
--Ruth |
The Familyman
Todd Wilson, Familyman Ministries
From my family to yours, "Happy
Thanksgiving!"
Be Real . . . and get rid of
that Martha Stewart Thanksgiving picture in your head right
now!
It aint gonna happen.
Todd
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 Homeschool Freebies
Jamin!, Freebie
Finder
I love
Thanksgiving. It is my favorite holiday. Why? Because it
is a time to focus on thankfulness! Somehow it has managed to
avoid the commercialism of Christmas. It is about family, food
and thanking God for the blessings He has bestowed upon us!
That is my kind of
holiday!
Here are some Freebies for you to enjoy with
your family tomorrow.
Here are some Discussion Topics for
Thanksgiving .These will get your family talking around
the dinner table and remembering what they have to be thankful
for.
Writing Activities for
Thanksgiving cover topics from serious to silly! There are
a lot of great ideas to chose from.
Want to include a
little history at your Thanksgiving table? How about
reading The First Thanksgiving
Proclamation before you eat your turkey?
Learn how
to make a couple of simple toys like the
children may have played with at the first Thanksgiving and listen to some examples
of English words, greetings and phrases that might have been
used back then.
I pray you have a wonderful
Thanksgiving full of blessings and gratefulness!
...Solemnly and seriously to keep
the same Beseeching that being perswaded by the mercies of God
we may all, even this whole people offer up our bodies and
soulds as a living and acceptable Service unto God by Jesus
Christ.
- from The
First Thanksgiving Proclamation, June 20,
1676
Happy
Homeschooling!
~Jamin
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