PARENTING FREEDOM

Carol | June 29, 2010

Mrs. M. was most definitely greeted by our Lord with,

“Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”
Matthew 25:21

We knew Mrs. M. and her family since my parents first began homeschooling my sister in the early eighties. She was a professional teacher who homeschooled her own three children, and then she began to educate other children who needed her until she had a full-fledged private Christian school. When running her school, she continued to be very supportive of homeschoolers and even offered her school for art/music/sports, etc. every Friday. My children and I visited there on Fridays for almost three years. We have many memories of those years.

Mrs. M.’s school was home to a variety of children from various circumstances and backgrounds. There were Christian children, doctors’ children, poor children, children too smart for the system, challenged children, previously bullied children, children given up on by the public schools, etc. There were even children of other religions (like Muslim) whose parents wanted something better for their children than the public school system. Mrs. M. was a loving servant to each one.

“Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”
Matthew 25:40

When I think of how Mrs. M. loved, helped, and encouraged the many children who went to her school over the years, she reminds me of Lady Liberty.

“Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)

And this was the way it was at Mrs. M.’s school,

“Even the people that you reject can make it here.”
Glenn Beck

Mrs. M. passed away at the age of 63. She has three grown children (late 20′s, early 30′s) and a little grandson. Their father also died just a few years ago. May God bless them.

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Carol | June 25, 2010

Romans killed dozens of unwanted babies at English ‘brothel’
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1289603/Romans-killed-100-unwanted-babies-English-brothel.html#ixzz0rtQnUi9M

Category: Abortion, Family Planning, Parenting Pregnancy | 4 Comments »
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Carol | June 22, 2010

N16’s Book Rating System

***** Epic
**** Excellent
*** Worth Reading
** Limited Value
* Meh

Books Son N16 read this year homeschooling in Grade Eleven at ages fifteen and sixteen:

A Brief History of Time ~ Stephen Hawking ****
Brideshead Revisited ~ Evelyn Waugh **
Labyrinths ~ Jorge Luis Borges *
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ****
The Club of Queer Trades ~ G.K. Chesterson***
The Ilidad of Homer *****
Paradise Lost ~ John Milton *****
Phantastes A Faerie Romance ~ George MacDonald ***
Beowulf *****
Meditations ~ Marcus Aurelius ***
Death on the Nile ~ Agatha Christie ***
The Prose Edda ~ Snorri Sturlson ****
The Nibelungenlied ***
The Song of Roland ****
Clouds **
Metamorphoses ~ Ovid ***
Lord Jim ~ Joseph Conrad ***
Les Miserables ~ Victor Hugo ***
Saga of the Volsungs *****
Eclogues and Georgics ~ Virgil
The Bacchae ~ Euripides **
On the Nature of Things ~ Lucretius **
Twelve Caesars ~ Suetonius ***
Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep? ~ Philip K. Dick **
The Prince ~ Niccolo Machiavelli ***
Augustus Caesar’s World 44BC to AD14 ~ Genevieve Foster **
Hunt For Red October ~ Tom Clancy ***
Aesop’s Fables ***
Euclid The Thirteen Books of the Elements Vol. 1 (Books 1 and II) **
The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha **
Mythology ~ Edith Hamilton ***
The House of Seven Gables ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ***
The Landmark Thucydides ****
Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill ~ Stephen Mansfield **
Hard Times ~ Charles Dickens **
Rob Roy ~ Sir Walter Scott **
The Lost World ~ Arthur Conan Doyle **
Le Morte Darthur Part 2 ~ Sir Thomas Malory ****
The Overton Window ~ Glenn Beck ***
The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki ***
Lysistrata And Other Plays ~ Aristophanes **
Chronicles of the Crusades ~ Joinville and Villehardouin
The Saga of Grettir the Strong

Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Phaedrus ~ Plato ****
The Republic ~ Plato ****

A Midsummer’s Nights Dream ~ William Shakespeare ***
Antony and Cleopatra ~ William Shakespeare ***
Troilus and Cressida ~ William Shakespeare ****

Anthem ~ Ayn Rand ***
Atlas Shrugged ~ Ayn Rand ****

Tales from the Perilous Realm ~ J.R.R. Tolkien *****
The Silmarillion ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ****
Roverandom ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ****
The Children of Hurin ~ J.R.R. Tolkien *****
The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun ~ J.R.R. Tolkien *****
The Hobbit ~ J.R.R. Tolkien *****
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ~ Translated by Tolkien ****
Pearl ~ Translated by Tolkien ***
Sir Orfeo ~ Translated by Tolkien ***

Confessions ~ Saint Augustine ***
A Christian Manifesto ~ Francis Schaeffer ***
Art and the Bible ~ Francis A. Schaeffer ***
Institutes of Christian Religion Book 2 of 2 (Non-abridged) ~ John Calvin ****
Safely Home ~ Randy Alcorn **
The Apostolic Father **
Future Grace ~ John Piper ***

A Patriot’s History of the United States ~ Larry Schweikart, Michael Patrick Allen ****
The Real Benjamin Franklin ~ Allison, Skousen, Maxfield ****
The Real George Washington ****
Liberty and Tyranny A Conservative Manifesto ~ Mark R. Levin ***
Going Rogue ~ Sarah Palin ***
As I See It ~ Michael Coren ***
Jean Chretien: A Legacy of Scandal ~ Paul Tuns

A History of Philosophy (Volumes 1-9) ~ Frederick Copleston ****
(Volume I: Greece and Rome: From the Pre-Socratics to Plotinus)
(Volume II: Medieval Philosophy: From Augustine to Duns Scotus)
(Volume III: Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy: Ockham, Francis Bacon, and the Beginning of the Modern World)
(Volume IV: Modern Philosophy: From Descartes to Leibniz)
(Volume V: Modern Philosophy: The British Philosophers from Hobbes to Hume)
(Volume VI: Modern Philosophy: From the French Enlightenment to Kant)
(Volume VII: Modern Philosophy: From the Post-Kantian Idealist to Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche)
(Volume VIII: Modern Philosophy: Empiricism, Idealism, and Pragmatism in Britain and America)
(Volume IX: Modern Philosophy: From the French Revolution to Sartre, Camus, and Levi-Strauss)

The Mechanical Universe (Olenick, Apos)
Beyond the Mechanical Universe (Olenick, Apos)

(Click here for Grade Eleven schedule and curriculum.)

Past two years:

Books N14 Read in Grade Nine
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/06/19/books-n14-read-in-grade-nine/

Books N15 Read in Grade Ten
http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/06/08/books-n15-read-in-grade-ten/

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Carol | June 22, 2010

B11’s Book Rating System

***** Epic
**** Very Good
*** Worth Reading
** Limited Value
* Meh

Books Son B11 read this year homeschooling in Grade Six at ages ten and eleven:

God’s Smuggler ~ Brother Andrew *****
Children of the Storm ~ Natasha Vins ****
The Story of David Livingstone ***
With Lee in Virginia ~ G.A. Henty ****
The Broken Blade ~ William Durbin *****
Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry ~ Mildred D. Taylor ***
The Winged Watchman ~ Hilda Van Stockum ***
A Christmas Carol ~ Charles Dickens ****
Fahrenheit 451 ~ Ray Bradbury ***
Around the World in Eighty Days ~ Jules Verne ****
The Boy in the Alamo ~ Margaret Cousins ***
King of the Wind ~ Marguerite Henry ****
Penrod ~ Booth Tarkington ***
Fallen Angels ~ Walter Dean Myers ****
Beowulf *****
Peril and Peace Volume 1 Chronicles of the Ancient Church ~ Mindy and Brandon Withrow ****
The Egypt Game ~ Zilpha Keatley Snyder ****
A Coming Evil ~ Vivian Vande Velde ****
The Witch of Blackbird Pond ~ Elizabeth George Speare ***
Children of the Covered Wagon ~ Mary Jane Carr ****
The Red Badge of Courage ~ Stephen Crane ****
Miracles on Maple Hill ~ Virginia Sorensen ****
The Endless Steppe ~ Ester Hautzig ****
The Wright Brothers ~ Quentin Reynolds *****
Wanted… Mud Blossom ~ Betsy Byars ***
An Oxford Book of Christmas Stories **
Going Rogue ~ Sarah Palin ****
Diary of Wimpy Kid Dog Days ~ Jeff Kinney ****
No Coins, Please ~ Gordon Korman ***
Strider ~ Beverly Cleary ***
The Once and Future King ~ T.H. White ***
How Harry Cast His Spell ~ John Granger ***
The Magician’s Nephew ~ C. S. Lewis ***
The Bronze Bow ~ Elizabeth George Speare ***
Squalls Before War: His Majesty’s Schooner Sultana ~ Ned Bustard ***
In Search of Honor ~ Donnalynn Hess ****
The Thief Lord ~ Cornelia Funke ***
Gettysburg ~ MacKinlay Kantor ***
The Diary of a Young Girl ~ Anne Frank ***
Blue Willow ~ Doris Gates **
Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous ~ Sarah Knowles Bolton

The Children of Hurin ~ J.R.R. Tolkien ****
Roverandom ~ J.R.R. Tolkien *****
The Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (again) *****
The Lord of the Rings Two Towers ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (again) *****
The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King ~ J.R.R. Tolkien (again) *****

Nick of Time ~ Ted Bell ****
The Time Pirate ~ Ted Bell ***

Pillage ~ Obert Skye ***
Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo ~ Obert Skye ****
Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret ~ Obert Skye ***
Leven Thumps and the Eyes of The Want ~ Obert Skye ****
Leven Thumps and the Wrath of Ezra ~ Obert Skye ****
Leven Thumps and the Ruins of Alder ~ Obert Skye ****

The Bartimaeus Trilogy:
The Amulet of Samarkand ~ Jonathan Stroud ****
The Golem’s Eye ~ Jonathan Stroud ****
Ptolemy’s Gate ~ Jonathan Stroud ****

The Binding of the Blade: Beyond the Summerland ~ L.B. Graham ***
The Binding of the Blade: Bringer of Storms ~ L.B. Graham ****
The Binding of the Blade: Shadow in the Deep ~ L.B. Graham ***
The Binding of the Blade: Father of the Dragons ~ L.B. Graham **
The Binding of the Blade: All My Holy Mountain ~ L.B. Graham **

The Mysterious Benedict Society ~ Trenton Lee Stewart ****
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey ~ Trenton Lee Stewart ****
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma ~ Trenton Lee Stewart ****

Tom Swift and His Sonic Boom Trap ~ Victor Appleton II ***
Tom Swift and His Flying Lab ~ Victor Appleton II ***
Tom Swift and His Air Scout ~ Victor Appleton ***
Tom Swift and His Air Ship ~ Victor Appleton ***
Tom Swift: Terror on the Moons of Jupiter ~ Victor Appleton **

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ J.K. Rowling (again) *****

The World’s Best Fairy Tales ***

Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? ~ Richard J. Maybury ****
Whatever Happened to Penny Candy? Canadian Supplement ~ Rudiger Krause ****
The Librarian who Measured the Earth ~ Kathryn Lasky ***

Marco Polo ~ Charles P. Graves ****
The American Revolution ~ Alden R. Carter ***
Peter the Great ~ Diane Stanley ***
They’re Off! The Story of the Pony Express ~ Cheryl Harness ****
Viking Life ~ John Guy ***
Viking World ~ Usborne ***
The Real Benjamin Franklin ****

Archimedes and the Door of Science ~ Jeanne Bendick ***
The Boy Scientist: A Popular Mechanics Book ****

ABeka Choosing Good Health 6 *

Show Me Thy Ways Grade 6 ~ Gertrude Hoeksema ****

ABeka Spelling 6

Saxon Algebra 1/2 ****
Saxon Algebra 1 *****

Read Aloud
The Indian in the Cupboard ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Return of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Secret of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ J.K. Rowling

He read aloud these books to his little brother:
Pippi Longstocking
Stuart Little
Bobbsey Twins Cherry Corners

(Click here for Grade Six schedule and curriculum.)
 
Past two years:

Books B9 Read in Grade Four
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/06/18/books-b9-read-in-grade-four/

Books B10 Read in Grade Five
http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/06/08/books-b10-read-in-grade-five/

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Carol | June 22, 2010

C8’s Book Rating System

***** I LOVE IT! AWESOME!
**** Really, really good.
*** Cool. Worth reading.
** Not bad.
* Bad.

Books Daughter C8 read this year homeschooling in Grade Three at age eight:

Red Sails to Capri ~ Ann Weil ***
The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew ~ Margaret Sidney *****
Louis Braille ~ Margaret Davidson **
Pippi in the South Seas *****
The House on Walenska Street ~ Charlotte Herman
Owls in the Family ~ Farley Mowat **
The Sword in the Tree ~ Clyde Robert Bulla ***
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill ~ Maud Hart Lovelace ****
The Year of Miss Agnes ~ Kirkpatrick Hill ****
Understood Betsy ~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher *****
Pollyanna ~ Elanor H. Porter *****
Strawberry Girl ~ Lois Lenski *****
The Long Secret ~ Louise Fitzhurgh ****
The School Story ~ Andrew Clements *****
Cheaper by the Dozen ~ Gilbreth ****
All-of-a-Kind Family ~ Sydney Taylor *****
Winnie-the-Pooh A.A. Milne **
Five Children and It ~ E. Nesbit *****
A Basket of Flowers ~ Christophe Von Schmid ****
The Hidden Jewel ~ Amy Carmichael *****

Anne of Green Gables ~ L.M. Montgomery *****
The Story Girl ~ L.M. Montgomery *****
The Golden Road ~ L.M. Montgomery *****

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe ~ C.S. Lewis ****
The Magician’s Nephew ~ C.S. Lewis ****

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ J.K. Rowling *****
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ~ J.K. Rowling *****
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban ~ J.K. Rowling *****
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire ~ J.K. Rowling *****

Little House in the Big Woods ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****
Farmer Boy ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****
Little House on the Prairie ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****
On the Banks of Plum Creek ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****
By the Shores of Silver Lake ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****
Little Town on the Prairie ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****
These Happy Golden Years ~ Laura Ingalls Wilder *****

What Katy Did ~ Susan Coolidge *****
What Katy Did at School ~ Susan Coolidge ****

Stuart Little ~ E.B. White ***
Charlotte’s Web ~ E.B. White ****
The Trumpet of the Swan ~ E.B. White *****

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ~ Roald Dahl ****
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator ~ Roald Dahl **
Matilda ~ Roald Dahl ****

The Saturdays ~ Elizabeth Enright ****
Then There Were Five ~ Elizabeth Enright ****
The Four-Story Mistake ~ Elizabeth Enright ****

Ramona the Pest ~ Beverly Cleary **
Ramona and Her Mother ~ Beverly Cleary ***
Henry and Beezus ~ Beverly Cleary ****
Ramona Quimby Age 8 ~ Beverly Cleary ***
Henry and the Clubhouse ~ Beverly Cleary ****
Henry and Ribsy ~ Beverly Cleary ****
Ramona’s World ~ Beverly Cleary ***
Henry and the Paper Route ~ Beverly Cleary **
Henry Huggins ~ Beverly Cleary ****
Ramona Forever ~ Beverly Cleary **

The Indian in the Cupboard ~ Lynne Reid Banks *****
The Secret of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks *****
The Return of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks *****

Nancy Drew The Moonstone Castle Mystery ~ Carolyn Keane *****
Nancy Drew The Twin Dilemma ~ Carolyn Keane #63 ****
Nancy Drew The Kachina Doll Mystery ~ Carolyn Keane #62 ****
The Nancy Drew Files Very Deadly Yours ~ Carolyn Keane #20 ****
The Nancy Drew Files Fatal Attraction ~ Carolyn Keane #22 ****
Nancy Drew Without a Trace ~ Carolyn Keene #1 ****
Nancy Drew A Race Against Time ~ Carolyn Keene #2 ****

Mandie and the Fiery Rescue ~ Lois Gladys Leppard #21 ***
Mandie and the Angel’s Secret ~ Lois Gladys Leppard #22 ***
Mandie and the Dangerous Imposters ~ Lois Gladys Leppard #23 ****
Mandie and Jonathan’s Predicament ~ Lois Gladys Leppard #28 *****
Mandie and the Long Good-Bye ~ Lois Gladys Leppard #30 *****

In Grandma’s Attic ~ Arleta Richardson ****
More Stories from Grandma’s Attic ~ Arleta Richardson ****
Treasures from Grandma ~ Arleta Richardson ****
Still More Stories from Grandma’s Attic ~ Arleta Richardson ****

The Toothpaste Millionaire ~ Jean Merrill ***
McBroom’s Wonderful One-Acre Farm ~ Sid Fleischman **
Ducktails ~ Janette Oke *****
Katie Goes to New York ~ Karen Mezek ***
Katie’s Swiss Adventure ~ Karen Mezek ***
Clarence Goes to Town ~ Patricia Lauber ***
The Middle Sister ~ Miriam E. Mason ***
A Question of Yams ~ Gloria Repp ***

The Boxcar Children: The Mystery at Peacock Hall ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner ***
The Boxcar Children: Mystery in the Sand #16 ~ Gertrude Chandler Warner *****

Magic Tree House High Tide in Hawaii ~ Mary Pope Osborne #28 ****
Magic Tree House Twister on Tuesday ~ Mary Pope Osborne #23 ***
Magic Tree House Eve of the Emperor Penguin ~ Mary Pope Osborne #40 ****
Magic Tree House Viking Ships at Sunrise ~ Mary Pope Osborne #15 ***

The Baby Sitters Club Mallory and the Trouble With Twins ~ Ann M. Martin #21 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Jessi and the Awful Secret ~ Ann M. Martin #61 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Stacey and the Mystery of Stoneybrook ~ Ann M. Martin #35 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Mary Anne and Miss Priss ~ Ann M. Martin #73 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Mary Anne Saves the Day ~ Ann M. Martin #4 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Kristy’s Big Day ~ Ann M. Martin #6 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Mary Anne’s Bad-Luck Mystery ~ Ann M. Martin #17 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Keep Out, Claudia! ~ Ann M. Martin #56 *****
Baby Sitters Sister Karen’s Little Sister ~ Ann M. Martin #6 *****
The Baby Sitters Club Hello, Mallory ~ Ann M. Martin #14 *****

Rani in the Mermaid Lagoon ~ Lisa Papademetriou ****
Fira and the Full Moon ~ Gail Herman ****
Prilla and the Butterly Lie ~ Kitty Richards ****
A Masterpiece for Bess ~ Lara Bergen ****

Disney Fairies: Rosetta’s Daring Day ****
Disney Fairies: Beck Beyond the Sea ****
Disney Fairies: Beck and the Great Berry Battle ****
Disney Fairies: The Trouble with Tink ****
Disney Fairies: Lilly and the Pesky Plant ****
Disney Fairies: Iridessa, Lost at Sea ****
Disney Fairies: Queen Clarion’s Secret ****
Disney Fairies: Tink, North of Never Land ****
Disney Fairies: Fawn and the Mysterious Trickster ****

Fairy Dust and the Quest for The Egg ~ Gail Carson Levine ****
Disney Girls: The Gum Race ~ Gabrielle Charbonnet *****
Disney Girls: Princess of Power ~ Gabrielle Charbonnet *****
Disney Girls: Beauty’s Revenge ~ Gabrielle Charbonnet *****
Disney Girls: Cinderella’s Castle ~ Gabrielle Charbonnet *****

My Secret Unicorn: Starlight Surprise ~ Linda Chapman ****
My Secret Unicorn: Dreams Come True ~ Linda Chapman ****

ABeka Cross Roads
ABeka Treat Shop
ABeka Secret in the Maple Tree
ABeka Foot Prints
ABeka Magic Carpet

A Pioneer Story ~ Barbara Greenwood *****

Early Civilizations Greek Life **
Usborne The Greeks
D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths ~ Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaires ****
Pompeii… Buried Alive ~ Edith Kunhardt
The Buried City of Pompeii ~ Shelley Tanaka
Roman Life

50 Famous Stories Retold

Usborne Encyclopedia of World Geography

ABeka Exploring God’s World Science 3 **
Usborne Living World Encyclopedia

ABeka Health Safety & Manners 3 **

The Librarian who Measured the Earth ~ Kathryn Lasky **

Parables for Kids ~ Dobson ***
The Child’s Story Bible ~ Catherine F. Vos
Young Folks’ Bible Old Testament
Young Folks’ Bible New Testament
Exodus ~ Brian Wildsmith
The Lightlings ~ R.C. Sproul
The Priest with Dirty Clothes ~ R.C. Sproul
The King Without a Shadow ~ R.C. Sproul

Saxon Math 5/4

Audio Books Listened to in Grade 3:
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) ****
The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) ****
Ozma of Oz (1907) *****
The Road to Oz (1909) ****
Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) *****
The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) *****
Rinkitink in Oz (1916) ****
The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) *****
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) *****
Glinda of Oz *****
Tom Sawyer *****
The Hobbit *****
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm *****
Little Men *****
Jo’s Boys *****
The Tale of Daddy-Long-Legs *****
The Little Lame Prince ****
Grimm’s Fairy Tales *****

Read Aloud
The Indian in the Cupboard ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Return of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Secret of the Indian ~ Lynne Reid Banks
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone ~ J.K. Rowling

(Click here for Grade Three schedule and curriculum.)

Past two years:

Books C6 Read in Grade One
http://parentingfreedom.com/2008/06/18/books-c6-read-in-grade-one/

Books C7 Read in Grade Two
http://parentingfreedom.com/2009/06/08/books-c7-read-in-grade-two/

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Carol | June 22, 2010

RI boy who made banned toy soldier hat gets medal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100618/ap_on_re_us/us_army_hat_banned

My mum’s worth £1.5m: That’s the official amount a woman could be paid to bring up a child
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1287713/My-mums-worth-1-5m-Thats-official-woman-paid-bring-child.html#ixzz0rcWHfnB4

Psychotropic Drugs Kill More People Than Illegal Ones
http://www.cchr.org/#/videos/where-the-truth-lies

The Breeders’ Cup
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704289504575313201221533826.html#printMode

Study Confirms Abortion Triples Breast Cancer Risk Among Sri Lanka Women
http://lifenews.com/nat6451.html

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Carol | June 18, 2010

I was sitting in a movie theatre last weekend, and all of a sudden among the previews, the following trailer was played. I could hardly believe it and questioned where I was. Were parents in N.B. actually seeing this???

Waiting for “Superman” Trailer [HD] 2010

http://www.waitingforsuperman.com/

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Carol | June 18, 2010

TRAILER PREMIERE: ‘Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader’
http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/ckozlowski/2010/06/16/trailer/

Céline Dion Is Pregnant – with Twins!
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20390073,00.html

Rush Limbaugh discusses his wedding and Elton John
http://www.therightscoop.com/rush-limbaugh-discusses-his-wedding-and-elton-john

“Fox News North” Coming to Canada?
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10061106.html

Do We Clamp the Umbilical Cord Too Soon? Early Clamping May Interrupt Humankind’s First ‘Natural Stem Cell Transplant’
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100524111728.htm

Study shows how radiation causes breast cancer
http://www.naturalnews.com/028959_radiation_brst_cancer.html

Just how safe are X-rays at the dentist?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1284843/Just-safe-X-rays-dentist.html#ixzz0rCwwoiBm

Canadian Women Sue Birth Control Pill Manufacturer
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10060804.html

In New Space Race, Enter the Entrepreneurs
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/science/space/08space.html

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Carol | June 5, 2010

Rush Limbaugh to wed gal pal Kathryn Rogers today in lavish Palm Beach ceremony
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/06/05/2010-06-05_rush_limbaugh_to_wed_gal_pal_kathryn_rogers_today_in_lavish_palm_beach_ceremony_.html#ixzz0q1MQnvQq

The contempt shown to parents of large families
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=35062

[UPDATE] Study on possible connection between autism and vaccines made with aborted fetal DNA presented at International autism conference
http://www.jillstanek.com/update-on-vaccines-made-with-a.html

Is the Internet Ruining Our Minds?
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/06/03/internet-ruining-minds-carr-shallows/

Reports accuse WHO of exaggerating H1N1 threat, possible ties to drug makers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/04/AR2010060403034.html

Letting babies swim in chlorinated pools harms their health for life
http://www.naturalnews.com/028928_swimming_pools_chlorine.html

Child Killing Center ‘Sacred and Holy Ground’?
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/06/03/child-killing-center-sacred-and-holy-ground/

Barack Obama Praises Kenya’s Draft Constitution Allowing Unlimited Abortions
http://lifenews.com/int1564.html

One of the Biggest Health Frauds EVER Perpetrated on the American People…
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/05/11/toxic-fluoride-contaminates-iceland-volcanic-ash-and-is-killing-animals.aspx?aid=CD945

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Carol | June 5, 2010

Flotilla Choir presents: We Con the World
[Media jab and Bob Dylan are the best]

[LANGUAGE WARNING, but the word "Ozzy" should suffice as a language warning]
Ozzy Scare at Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

Glenn [Beck] on Cheers

Protest the Pill ’10: The Pill Kills the Environment

Tea Party Member Stuns Crowd!

PS22 Chorus “EYE OF THE TIGER” Survivor

Jonathan’s Cochlear Implant Activation 8 mo., Rt Ear cont’d
[AWESOME!!!!... First time this deaf baby could hear anything... Watch his soother drop...]

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Carol | June 3, 2010

Andrea Bocelli tells a “fairy tale” about abortion.

Hat Tip: http://www.jillstanek.com/

Edited to add:
Andrea Bocelli Confirms: He’s Not Merely Anti-Abortion, he’s “For Life”
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10062109.html

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Carol | June 3, 2010

I hardly have my eyes open in the morning when B11 comes downstairs with the questions (that I have to Google)… “Mommy, what is Canada’s debt?”… Canada certainly can’t afford to continue on this track… But people think they are entitled to having everything for free…

Canada’s Federal Debt
http://www.debtclock.ca/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=1

Where does the money go?
Soaring costs force Canada to reassess health model
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3

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Carol | June 3, 2010

Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) on teacher unions:

Children ‘more likely to own a mobile phone than a book’
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7763811/Children-more-likely-to-own-a-mobile-phone-than-a-book.html

Win a soccer game by more than five points and you lose, Ottawa league says
http://news.nationalpost.com/2010/06/01/win-a-soccer-game-by-more-than-five-points-and-you-lose-ottawa-league-says/?preview=true&preview_id=7652&preview_nonce=e6fa056a34

Pregnant? Forget housework, it could harm your new baby
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1282979/Housework-pregnant-lead-premature-birth.html#ixzz0pnHv3HXv

If your house is as clean as a whistle, you’ll be fit as a fiddle
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1283437/A-tidy-home-means-tidy-body-study-reveals-cleanest-healthiest.html#ixzz0pnHpNifO

Probiotic Found in Breast Milk Helps Alleviate Symptoms of Digestive Disorders
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100602193326.htm

Cry It Out: The Potential Dangers of Leaving Your Baby to Cry
http://drbenkim.com/articles-attachment-parenting.html

“The child stops crying because she learns that she can no longer hope for the caregiver to provide comfort, not because her distress has been alleviated.”

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Carol | June 3, 2010

Chinese hiding three million babies a year
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7787661/Chinese-hiding-three-million-babies-a-year.html

More abortion links from this week:

Women in Italy to be offered €4,500 to not have abortions
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7142150.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=797093

Statistics Canada Predicts Seniors Will Soon Outnumber Children
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/may/10052704.html

Frozen human embryos ‘not life forms’: S.Korean court
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.0648a56e07bd726aca5687bec87a9ba3.a81&show_article=1

Ethicist Shatters Myth of ‘Virtually No’ Canadian Late-Term Abortions
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2010/jun/10060202.html

“It’s known that at least 400 post-viability abortions take place in Canada each year and the actual number is most probably more than twice that.”

“Somerville recounts that she had been professionally consulted on two late-term abortions, one at 34 weeks and another at 32 weeks, both of which were carried out. In the latter case, she said, the child’s married parents ‘did not want to have a ‘defective child’ – the baby had a cleft palate (a relatively minor physical deformity that can be largely corrected with surgery).’”

Protest the Pill Day ’10 – The Pill Kills the Environment (Saturday, June 5, 2010)
http://www.thepillkills.com/

Pray for Nancy Pelosi
http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/06/01/pray-for-nancy-pelosi/

Nancy Pelosi on Abortion, Democratic Representative (CA-8)
http://www.ontheissues.org/ca/Nancy_Pelosi_Abortion.htm

3 Namibian women with HIV say they were sterilized
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCqC0PlFgpn8zyCcpuCfLaQpXpYwD9G33GI00

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Carol | June 2, 2010

More Homeschool Books Ordered for 2010/2011 School Year:
(For school year beginning Summer/Fall 2010) (Earlier order listed HERE)

Grade 12 (Complete list coming this summer HERE)
(NOTE: Having a difficult time coming up with books. Any suggestions welcome.)
Summa Theologica
William of Malmesbury’s Chronicle of the Kings of England
Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves ~ Edmund Spenser
Omnibus V: The Medieval World
Calvin’s Teaching on Job: Proclaiming the Incomprehensible God
Roverandom Pb ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
The Children of Húrin ~ J.R.R. Tolkien
The Lives of Thomas Becket
The Decameron ~ Giovanni Boccaccio
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century ~ Barbara W. Tuchman
Conquering Gotham ~ Jill Jonnes
St. Matthew’s Passion CD ~ Johann Sebastian Bach
The Pilgrim’s Regress: An Allegorical Apology for Christianity Reason and Romanticism ~ C. S. Lewis

Maiden’s Bequest, Minister’s Restoration, Laird’s Inheritance ~ George MacDonald
St. Thomas Aquinas and St. Francis of Assisi ~ G. K. Chesterton
Freedom of the Will ~ Jonathan Edwards
Idylls Of The Kings ~ Lord Tennyson, J Gray
Travels Of Marco Polo ~ Marco Polo, Ronald Latham
Complete English Poems ~ George Herbert, John Tobin
Childhood’s End ~ Arthur C. Clarke
Tartuffe And Other Plays ~ Jean Moliere
Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing ~ Martin Luther, John Dillenberger
Romeo and Juliet ~ William Shakespeare
Economic Facts and Fallacies ~ Thomas Sowell
The Worm Ouroboros ~ E. R. Eddison, Keith Henderson
Name of the Rose ~ Umberto Eco
Ender’s Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant ~ Orson Scott Card
The Alchemist ~ Paulo Coelho

America’s Prophet: Moses And The American Story ~ Bruce Feiler
The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America ~ Professor Thomas S. Kidd
The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life ~ Ben Sherwood
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln ~ John Stauffer
Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time ~ Carroll Quigley
The Overton Window ~ Glenn Beck
7 Events That Made America America ~ Larry Schweikart
Samuel Adams: A Life ~ Ira Stoll
The Real Thomas Jefferson ~ Andrew M. Allison
The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution ~ W. Cleon Skousen
George Washington’s Sacred Fire ~ Peter A. Lillback

http://www.daveramsey.com/store/kids-teens/-i-foundations-in-personal-finance-i-homeschool-pack-with-1-student-workbook/prodFOUNDHOMEPKCUR.html

ABeka Handbook of Grammar and Composition (Grade 11, 12)
Workbook VI for Handbook of Grammar and Composition
Workbook VI for Handbook of Grammar and Composition Key
Workbook VI Test and Quiz Book
Workbook VI Test and Quiz Key
Workbook VI Supplementary Exercises
Workbook VI Supplementary Exercises Key

Grade 7 (Complete list coming this summer HERE)

NKJV The Reformation Study Bible
The Time Pirate: A Nick McIver Time Adventure ~ Ted Bell (read in grade six)
Exploring Creation with General Science Textbook
The Lost Prince ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett
A Cup of Cold Water: The Compassion of Nurse Edith Cavell ~ Christine Farenhorst
Real Life Math Mysteries: A Kids’ Answer to the Question, “What Will We Ever Use This For?” ~ Marya Washington Tyler (read in grade six)
Science Detectives: How Scientists Solved Six Real-Life Mysteries ~ Editors of YES Mag (read in grade six)
Ender’s Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant ~ Orson Scott Card
The Alchemist ~ Paulo Coelho

America’s Prophet: Moses And The American Story ~ Bruce Feiler
The Great Awakening: The Roots of Evangelical Christianity in Colonial America ~ Professor Thomas S. Kidd
The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life ~ Ben Sherwood
Giants: The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln ~ John Stauffer
Tragedy & Hope: A History of the World in Our Time ~ Carroll Quigley
The Overton Window ~ Glenn Beck
7 Events That Made America America ~ Larry Schweikart
Samuel Adams: A Life ~ Ira Stoll
The Real Thomas Jefferson ~ Andrew M. Allison
The Making of America: The Substance and Meaning of the Constitution ~ W. Cleon Skousen
George Washington’s Sacred Fire ~ Peter A. Lillback

Grade 4 (Complete list coming this summer HERE)
Old Fashioned Girl ~ Louisa Alcott
Rose In Bloom ~ Louisa Alcott
The Lost Prince ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett

Grade 1 (Complete list coming this summer HERE)
Veritas Press Individual Kindergarten Student Kit and Primers

Family
Beginning Watercolor Journaling DVD ~ Christina Lopp
3 Yarka Student Watercolor Set 10
3 NIJI Waterbrush Medium 12mm

Left to order:
Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy ~ Thomas Sowell
Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One ~ Thomas Sowell
After America: The Death of the American Idea ~ Mark Steyn

NOTE:
Looking for book suggestions on Capitalism, Economics, etc.

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