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Helpful Links for March

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Planning a study  of Adventist pioneers ?  This gallery of drawings of Adventist pioneers will be helpful to your study.  Adventist Pioneer Library has a nice page with brief biographical sketches and pictures as well.   If you are also creating a timeline of church history,  here’s a sample parallel timeline showing key events in US history, world history and SDA church history.  Makes a great model to help your student create their own parallel timeline.

If you are looking for ideas and resources to do a Christian character traits lapbook or unit study, the Character lapbook page at Homeschool Share has some great ideas and printables to get you started.

It’s always handy to have a source for math drill worksheets.   Math-drills.com has thousands of free printable worksheets on many different math topics.

Motivation Monday

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“Our ideas of education take too narrow and too low a range. There is need of a broader scope, a higher aim. True education means more than the pursual of a certain course of study. It means more than a preparation for the life that now is. It has to do with the whole being, and with the whole period of existence possible to man. It is the harmonious development of the physical, the mental, and the spiritual powers. It prepares the student for the joy of service in this world and for the higher joy of wider service in the world to come.”

Education, 13

Rest

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Rufous Hummingbird

“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:11

 

Photo Credit: © 2009 Nathan Clark. Used by permission.

Nature Study Inspiration

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Nature Study is mentioned quite often here on Shaping Hearts and Hands.  Nature is a vitally important learning environment, especially for very young learners.  Many families enjoy getting outdoors and seem to naturally pick up on things to explore and do.  Some households are not outdoor-oriented and  getting started in nature study may be harder.  For those who need a bit of inspiration and practical direction in getting started, the Handbook of Nature Study blog is a perfect resource. This fabulous blog by a homeschool mom is one of the best nature study resources you will find on the web.   Using Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study (available free online) as a foundation, this blog will give you valuable ideas for a weekly outdoor hour as well as seasonal nature challenges and information on creating nature journals. There are lots of great freebies on the sidebar to get you going in the right direction. Now that we are about to experience a change in the seasons, this is a great time to incorporate nature study into your homeschool curriculum.    Exploring the nooks and crannies of this valuable blog will take time, so grab a cup of tea and prepare to be inspired!

Motivation Monday

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“While there are weighty responsibilities devolving upon the parents to guard carefully the future happiness and interests of their children, it is also their duty to make home as attractive as possible. This is of far greater consequence than to acquire estates and money.

Home must not lack sunshine. The home feeling should be kept alive in the hearts of the children, that they may look back upon the home of their childhood as a place of peace and happiness next to heaven. Then as they come to maturity, they should in their turn try to be a comfort and blessing to their parents.”

The Adventist Home, 21

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Water Lilly

“For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.” Exodus 20:11

 

Photo Credit: © 2009 Nathan Clark. Used by permission.

Counting Birds? Share with Us!

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Are you participating in The Great Backyard Bird Count that starts tomorrow?  We’d love to discover what  AHE students have learned about birds!   Students, share with us a student drawing, painting or photograph.   Send in a paragraph that you have written or narrated to your parents about birds.  Let us hear about the list of birds you identified during the bird count.

Parents, send your student’s contribution to editor.aheblog (at) gmail.com .   We won’t publish names, just the first initial and the home state/province.  International AHE parents: The Great Backyard Bird Count is a North American project, but don’t let that stop you from joining in!  It would be wonderful to hear about birds from all over the world!

Learn more about The Great Backyard Bird Count HERE.