A free Scripture memorization tool from Fountainview Academy.
Scripture Singer. The app combines music with scripture in a way that makes the memorizing of the Bible simple and effective. The app has over one hundred verses with more being added all the time.
Download the app and try it for yourself on the App Store and the Google Play Store.
Interested in adding art study /art appreciation to your homeschool program? Try these great resources that can get you started – for free!
Masterstroke – Six half-hour videos. “Masterstroke is a documentary series investigating some of the most famous and interesting religious art in history. At a time when many couldn’t read, art was used as the basis for an understanding of God. Each program explores the stories behind both the paintings and the artists.” **SDA Resource from HopeChannel**
Art Through the Year– Nine interactive lessons (video/online/printable handouts). An art journey with Sharon Jeffus, an art instructor, art education author and homeschool mom.
Garden of Praise – 40+ printable art lessons/activities. Each lesson includes a biography of the artist, study and worksheets, a greyscale print of the picture, a variety of puzzles and word search/scrambles and links for further research. 
Artist Study: Charlotte Mason Style – Resource page. This Hubpage features valuable ideas on how to create your own artist study outline/curriculum with lots of inspiration for places to view art in person, incorporating notebooking or lapbooking into your art study and more. An excellent resource page.
“Let us individually consider what is the record made in the books of heaven concerning our life and character, and our attitude toward God. Has our love for God been increasing during the past year? If Christ is indeed abiding in our hearts, we shall love God, we shall love to obey all His commandments, and this love will continually deepen and strengthen. If we represent Christ to the world, we shall be pure in heart, in life, in character; we shall be holy in conversation; there will be no guile in our hearts or upon our lips. Let us examine our past life and see if we have given evidence of our love for Jesus by seeking to be like Him, and by working, as He worked, to save those for whom He died.”
The Signs of the Times – Dec. 22, 1890
Good news, many of the videos have been posted so you can catch up on what you missed! I highly recommend the video from Thursday morning entitled, Back To School: The ABCs of Agriculture in Childhood Education. Here’s the link you need: Agriculture Conference Replays
An interesting learning opportunity starts tomorrow: the 2014 Adventist Agricultural Conference – Returning to our “Roots”.
This conference will be live-streamed Nov. 12-16th. One of the seminars sounds like it may be of interest to many AHE readers: “Back to School: The ABCs of Agriculture in Childhood Education” presented by Joshua White.
To find out more and sign up for the free livestream of this conference, click HERE.
…don’t always turn out to be the best unit studies. The topic for my 3rd grader’s unit study this month was trees & leaves. I collected stacks of library books and filled a 3 prong folder with interesting information and activities. We were going to have a good time! Although we did collect leaves and acorns, and set up two science experiments – the unit study was a dud. We both just couldn’t get into it.
You know what? In 11 years of homeschooling, this is not the first time this has happened. Nor will it be the last. Not every lesson I plan is going to result in academic fireworks. When I realized that his interest was flagging, I didn’t push the subject, I just let it go. Why force an 8yo boy to learn about trees? Because it’s written in ink on my plan book? Nah, it’s not that serious. Really, it isn’t. I’m quite sure the topic will come up again in the future. There’s so much in the world to learn about, why drag our heels in simple and compound leaves?
New homeschooling parents, I share this especially because I want you to know it is okay to fail sometimes. To have lessons that don’t work out. You are not a lousy homeschooling parent and the world will not collapse. It is really is okay. So we didn’t learn as much about tree rings as I had planned, BUT we did discover a few pecans on our tree that the squirrels missed, and which oak in our yard has the largest acorns. Best of all, we learned that time spent nature together is never wasted.
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