New developments at Ridge Haven Homestead
Lessons from Clay in the Potter’s Hand
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Character development, Home-Tested Faith, Homeschool, Homespun Education--Lessons and Lessons, Lessons of Life, Practical skills, Science
You are the Potter, I am the Clay If you have seen a potter working on the clay, then these verses will come alive for you. They did for me as I observed the shaping process of the clay. But now, O LORD, thou [art] our father; we [are] the clay, and thou our potter;…
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Homeschool apprenticeship–a practical look
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Homeschool, Homespun Education--Lessons and Lessons, Lessons of Life, Practical skills
Have you considered a homeschool apprenticeship? Homeschool apprenticeship–I wrote this article for my homeschool blogging site. This article originally appeared on SDAhomeschools.org. You can view the original post at the address below, but I have tweaked it a bit here. http://www.sdahomeschools.org/have-you-considered-apprenticeship/?fbclid=IwAR1iLZkQT8KRCfApMcy0NgQzbF8wGXHFcHkQsPw9ywb_XqL6-G7mw0AboT8 I am excited to share some experiences that I believe will turn your home…
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Five Love Languages for Children, Hugs and Tickles
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Family, Homeschool, Homespun Education--Lessons and Lessons, Lessons of Life
The Five Love Languages for Children, My Experiment Day One, Again Four years ago, I performed this experiment–try out one of the five love languages on my children for a day at a time. I was curious to notice any changes, if any, in my three boys, as a result of receiving different love languages…
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You Might Be a Homesteading Homeschooler!
Ridge Haven Homestead Blog, Homeschool, Homespun Education--Lessons and Lessons, Homesteading Journey, Practical skills
Monday in January.
It’s the first Monday of the year! It’s the first day back to school after two and a half weeks off. It’s Daddy’s first day back to work also! Let’s just say we had a few adjustments to make and some links to work out in our homeschool day today. Without going into any…
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Pumpkin Math
We did a hands-on math day today in honor of Fall. Pumpkin Math!We took weights, lengths, circumferences, estimates, and graphed all of our results on a bar graph.Each boy got a pumpkin and got to experiment with many different math terms and calculations.To estimate circumference, each boy cut a string corresponding to the length that…
