Homeschooling

Homeschooling has provided us the ability to give a quality education while serving the Lord full time. We have had the flexibility to drop everything at times and serve.  This year Ruth Hornbrook and I are teaching the Hornbrook Gang.  I teach the girls, Ruth teaches the boys and together on Tuesday and Thursdays we teach Bible, World History and Science.  It has been interesting at times.  Yesterday while teaching we had an emergency fireman run.  My dear husband went and saved a kitten that had fallen down a drain pipe in an empty house behind us.  The poor kitten had been crying for over a day. We finally figured out what had happened to the little thing.  After sawing, drilling and chipping away...the kitten was freed!  This was all going on while we were trying to have class.  It was a circus. But we were able to accomplish the lesson for the day.  Ruth and I have been working hard to make science and history come alive.  This past month we've been studying the Oceania continent.  We spent most of our time in Australia.  The kids were all to research a recipe from Australia and bring the prepared dish to class. We enjoyed a Banana Malt, Banana Passion Fruit Pavlova (dessert!) and an Aussie Steak Sandwich.  The kids were required to help prepare the food.  It was wonderful!  In science the children made a model of an animal cell out of play dough.  We even included the younger children in this activity.  In Bible we have been learning about being a Peacemaker instead of a Troublemaker.  We have all been working on getting to the issues of our hearts that cause us to sin rather than to love others.  Here are some pics of some of our activities!

Aussie Steak Sandwich with Banana Malt

Banana Passion Fruit Pavlova

Becky H. getting in on the learning!

The animal cell.