Comments on: This I know

By: /tim

/tim — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 20:14:28 +0000

Umm, Amy, I’m in the same boat with you on this one, but actually, Jupiter has more than 16 moons. Try 63.

Yeah, imagine my suprise…

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The Examined Life » Blog Archive » Saturday Summary — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 21:30:36 +0000

[...] culating grades. He also is asking for a Mercedes. Amy lets us know that her children have surpassed her in intelligence. Inkblots reminds us of an “odd holiday”. Jared h [...]

By: The Examined Life

The Examined Life — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 15:30:00 +0000

Saturday Summary

Hube’s Cube discusses the “mishandling of the Quran” at Gitmo and in his post “another image problem for teachers” he ruminates on what the Brooklyn School of Education is requiring. (you may have to scroll down…permalinks d…

By: Mx5

Mx5 — Sat, 04 Jun 2005 01:09:16 +0000

I remember when my oldest son (now 15yrs. old and taller than I am…yikes) was about 5yrs. old and would go on and on about things he’d learned watching Magic School Bus and Bill Nye the Science Guy on PBS. I had survived his “Barney” stage with only about 1 remaining brain cell, so to hear him talk about Ralphie’s digestive system or how the immune system works was music to my ears! LOL

Don’t worry, Amy, you’ll be able to stay a step or two ahead of your kiddos. We’re wrapping up our 10th year of the homeschooling adventure. This fall I’ll be attempting, for the first time ever, to “officially” homeschool all 5 of our kids, ranging in age from 15 down to 6. Thankfully our focus on reading and math as being priorities payed off in the later years, and my older kids need very little “tutelage” from me.

Aren’t the minds of children wonderful?? Fearfully and wonderfully made!

Blessings,
Mx5

By: Lyn

Lyn — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:52:08 +0000

That’s sort of what I meant when mentioning my oldests’ wealth of knowledge. He, too, reads tons and remembers things I haven’t time to understand. But he still forgets to brush his teeth and feed the bird (hence new schedule on fridge lol) They are still in dire need of guidance even if they do ‘know’ more than we do!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 15:43:47 +0000

Doug,

Side note: Valerie fixed me up so now I just have a “left align” code in the image text! Yahoo! More brain space freed up! I was getting dangerously close to overload with HTML code taking up RAM space in my head. Whew!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 12:52:01 +0000

Carmon,

Thank you for that caution; I know that many people have strong reservations about the Chronicles. Having previously been through the series a few times already as a family read aloud, we do know what they’re reading. My husband has decided that these books are a good thing, though I know that that could be debated.

As a side note, this is the same kid that said, “Heeeeeey… I was born on my birthday.” And, “Mom, I know how to spell V-C-R.” So, I’m not entirely convinced that I have a genius on my hands. Just a good reader!

In the end, there are a lot of good books and activities that vie for our attention and time. Maybe good questions for our family to consider would be: Is this the best use of my time? Could we be doing/reading/thinking about something better right now? (Any suggestions?) Will engaging in this help me do the work that God has called me to do with more excellence? In other words, does it sharpen or tear down? Does it help me love Christ more?

I remember a little while ago, my husband cleaned up our yard and had about 10-15 garbage cans of yard waste to fill. #1 and #3 kids lasted about an hour before they began dilly dallying, while #2 stayed the course and worked late into the day. My husband took her out for a Slurpee to reward her dilligence.

In the same way, finishing a challenging chapter book is an exercise in dilligence, but I wonder if #1 kid sees it as such? (I don’t know.) In the end, I’d rather hard workers than proud pontificators. They’re the ones that’ll take care of me in my old age. (!)

I so appreciate everyone’s input. Thanks for writing, all!

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:54:38 +0000

When the movie “Alexander the Great” was being advertised I heard that he was being portrayed as a homosexual. When we saw a commercial about the movie my 14 year old said it looked like it might be good. I told him what I had heard and he said, “That can’t be true, he killed his best friend because he thought he was trying to steal his wife.” (Something to that effect) I asked him where he heard that and he told me the History channel. He watches that every day when he gets home from school. I wish my brain were still a sponge.

By: Carmon

Carmon — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 02:43:17 +0000

He’s learning just what he ought to be…the vastness of God’s creation and more about things having to do with Daddy’s calling.

I have one caution…as one who has been there and has a very brilliant oldest child, be cautious about what they read. Just because they can, doesn’t mean they should. Even if they are reading classics, if they have mature themes it may be too much for their innocence to handle. I would err on the side of protecting them from too much too soon rather than worry that they are reading to their ability. We tend to burst our buttons over their intellectual accomplishments (I put myself in this boat, too), but we need to praise their godly behavior more than we do their intellect.

Off soapbox now ;-).

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 02 Jun 2005 22:44:10 +0000

I don’t get it, Doug? Are you impressed with my ‘Hspace =”15″ Vspace= “8″; align= left ‘ stuff?

Yep, I was surprised it worked too. Now, I know three codes.