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Test Review

Reviewing for examinations is a complex process involving many decisions. Do you re-read? Do you just review your notes? Do you read papers you’ve written? Just what exactly should you do to review? These questions are on my mind for two reasons lately. The first reason is that my own students sent many e-mails asking these very questions prior to their first exam in the course I am teaching this semester. The second reason is that the time avaiable for study prior to my own qualifying exams quickly approaches and I am readjusting my study methods to suit the time … Continue reading →

Book Review : For the Love of a Child: The Journey of Adoption

Monica Blume, a social worker and counselor with LDS Family Services, once saw a young woman who had been adopted watch a film entitled “ Adoption and Unwed Parents”. Tears ran down the young woman’s face. “I never knew that my birth mother loved me,” she said. Blume, who has worked with many, many birthmothers, birth fathers, birth grandparents over the years, wrote For the Love of a Child: The Journey of Adoption not only in hopes of being helpful to birthmothers, birth families, and clergy who may be involved in adoption decisions, but in hopes, she says, that she … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review For April 14-20, 2008

With the sunshine replacing many of the rainy days we have been having, I have been trying to enjoy the weather whenever I can. This means I don’t have as much time to scrapbook, but it does mean I have a bit more time to write as I bring my laptop to the park or wherever I am planning on going. This is what I wrote while I was out and about this week. Adding a Bit of Flair on Layouts With Chalk Chalks, also known as pastels are so much fun to use on your scrapbook layouts. The vast … Continue reading →

Homeschool Week in Review March 31-April 5

05 Apr 2008 Second Grade Homeschool Basics by Andrea Hermitt Previous homeschool bloggers have given curriculum guides for the second grade according to subject. The purpose of this guide is to put all of the suggestions in one place allowing homeschoolers to build their own curriculum around the basics. Are Homeschooling Children School Phobic? by Andrea Hermitt According to a UK website for anxiety care, school phobia can and should be treated. According to this website (which is attempting to sell counseling services) school phobia or school refusal affects 5% of students and is most common among boys. The onset … Continue reading →

Author Interview: Sandra Grey, the Conclusion

Thank you for joining us for our third and final installment of our interview with LDS author Sandra Grey. If you missed parts one or two, click here to get caught up. Sandra, you just released your first novel, “Traitor.” How long did it take you to write this book? I wrote the first draft in six months. But of course the first draft is not the entire process. I began writing in the middle of September 2005 and “Traitor” was finally ready for publication (including several months of rewrites, edits, waiting for cover design, title decisions, and reviews, etc.) … Continue reading →

Week in Review: December 17th – 22nd

We’ve had a great week here in LDS. If you weren’t able to join us every day, here is a recap. In “Dinner Discussions 2007 Week 46,” Miriam outlines everyone’s lessons and helps us stay on track. She also gives us a wonderful report on Elder Ballard’s talk “Faith, Family, Facts and Fruit” about the perceptions people have about the Church. Tristi continues to catch us up on the year’s course of study in Spencer W. Kimball’s lesson “We Should Be a Reverent People.” Do you have a favorite story from Church history? Tristi reviews “Latter-day Saint Heroes and Heroines,” … Continue reading →

Week in Review: December 1st-8th

We’ve had a lot of fun in Movie Reviews this last week. Would you like a quick rundown of everything we’ve watched? “The Prince and Me” is a bubble-gum love story about a girl who is attending college and gets mixed up with the Prince of Denmark, who’s incognito. They fall in love, but when she discovers his true identity, will the price of fame be too high? “Deck the Halls” is an ornery movie about two neighbors who vie for the title of “Christmas Expert” and nearly ruin each other’s lives in the process, completely forgetting why we have … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Week in Review: October 15th Through October 21st

From saving money on meals to free flowers, it has been a mix of different money saving tips here in the frugal living blog, where you’ll find all sorts of ideas to make your money go as far as it can. That is important, especially now when oil prices are going up and the cold weather will be setting in for good in the next few weeks. And you really won’t want to miss our guest blogger at the start of her mission to save on groceries. October 15th Keeping Warm with Blankets Using blankets is a very frugal strategy. … Continue reading →

Distance Learning Homeschool Programs Ri-Tr

In my post on hybrid homeschooling, I talked about combining homeschooling with distance learning or local classes. Here continues the list of Distance Learning Programs you can use. Richard Milburn High School (Wisehighschool.org) is an accredited higschool where homeschoolers and distance learners can earn a diploma. Through a partnership wih APEX Learning of Seattle, WA, advance placement students can take accelerated courses. This school is “committed to enabling each student to maximize learning opportunities to achieve success and increase skills in the academic and work experience environment by offering a non-traditional academic, career and life skills program.” Students pay $425.00 … Continue reading →

Scrapbooking Week in Review for July 16th to 22nd, 2007

Lots of great articles and tips have been passed along in the scrapbooking blog this week. As most of you know, I am now also blogging for the photography blog, and educating myself on how to tie these two hand-in-hand blogs together has become a huge goal. While I continue researching articles on both photography tips, and scrapbooking tips, I feel I am becoming better at both. I hope when I begin to share my more recent layouts, you too will agree. Let’s see what went on in the scrapbook blog this week: It’s hot, sticky, wet and just generally, … Continue reading →