Archive for May, 2010
Homeschool Supplies Giveaway Winner
It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who likes school supplies almost as much as chocolate. Your comments are delightful!
Thank you for participating in the giveaway from Really Good Stuff. I wish I could send new crayons to each of your families. But since only one of you can capture the prize, I’m happy to announce…
Jenn4Him will be receiving a package from Really Good Stuff!
Homeschool Supplies Giveaway from Really Good Stuff
Today I have the privilege of giving you the opportunity to win a prize package worth $40 from Really Good Stuff.
I was a bit surprised when Brandi Jordan approached me to write a guest post for The Teacher’s Lounge, because Really Good Stuff specializes in classroom supplies. I am a homeschooler. Our entire home is our classroom. I don’t hang up educational posters or have learning centers.
After taking a few minutes to look at what they have to offer, I realized I like school supplies almost as much as office supplies. Don’t they just go together? I’m not sure why the two were ever separated in my mind.
Here is a list of what is being offered in this giveaway:
1 set- Building Blocks of Character Pencils
2- Capture the Adventure Journals
2- Really Good Reading Strategy Bookmarks
To enter simply leave a comment on this post sharing your favorite school supplies. Contest is open until Friday, May 28th at 11:00p.m. (MST). Shipping to the continental U.S. only.
For extra entries:
- Leave a comment on my Homeschooling Through the Summer post at The Teacher’s Lounge.
- While you’re there, subscribe to The Teacher’s Lounge blog.
- Share about the giveaway via Twitter and/or Facebook saying, “I entered the @ReallyGoodStuff homeschool product giveaway at http://lifenurturingeducation.com!”
If you subscribe to the blog or share about the giveaway, please let me know with a separate comment for each. Thank you.
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Update: Comments are now closed. Winner will be announced momentarily.
Homeschooling Through the Summer
Lesson plans wait as my little girls collect twigs and pull grass. A Birds’ Nature Park emerges underneath the green-tipped lilac branches. My twelve-year-old son gathers cast-off lumber and sketches plans for a chicken coop.
These first beautiful days of spring remind me of one of the reasons I homeschool: the inherent flexibility.
Photo by Brandi Jordan
During my son’s first year of phonics lessons, our schedule matched public school. I hadn’t considered any other possibility...
To find out my plans for summer learning and get some ideas of your own, please visit The Teachers’ Lounge.
{Psst, if you leave a comment while you’re there, you’ll already be entered for the giveaway from Really Good Stuff here on Monday.}
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While you’re thinking of summer plans, you may want to click over to read my review of a very helpful website I discovered: ChoreBuster.
Only Mommy Will Do
The cereal crunches underneath my feet and the toys jab at my steps, but my littlest girl’s tears pull me through the mess.
I want you, Mommy.
Scooping her up, I trek back through the maze of laundry baskets and lay her on my unmade bed. As I cuddle close, her heaving chest calms. Her tears dry. Eyes drop and a hand, still so much smaller than my own, reaches out to question. The answer is found as her hand falls on my neck. Her burning body relaxes and her breaths grow long.
I wait for deep sleep to overtake her and then begin to pull away to carry on the day’s tasks. I lean down to kiss her forehead one more time. My eyes fill with tears.
How can I mean so much to one person? She is peaceful now because I’m here. The power of my touch. The comfort of knowing I care.
And if I mean this much to her why am I so distracted by things that don’t matter and things that will wait?
I mean the world to only three. No one else will call me mother. I get one chance with this kind of influence.
Lord, help me to remember this season is short and act accordingly.
