Tuesday Coffee Chat

It's time for Tuesday Coffee Chat with Time Out for Mom. (The graphic is not working today for some reason.) Today's question actually made me stop and ponder ...

Rebel without a cause ... Are you a rebel or a by-the-book kinda person?

On the surface I do not look like a rebel. In fact, I appear to be a little lame. But after really thinking about this question over several cups of coffee for a couple of days, I realize that I am really a rebel in my heart. Or as I like to describe myself, a non-conformist.

My typical reaction to things is that if everyone else is doing it, even if it's "good", I am not going to do it. I take this approach with television shows (Oprah ... no thanks), books (you will not catch me reading Harry Potter, Twilight or 50 Shades or even a popular new Christian book or author), blogs (once bloggers get popular and worshipped by the masses I delete them from my feed). I find that if I start to follow a fad then my heart is in the wrong place. I absolutely do not believe in the world's definition of success.

I prefer to do things my way, which to many others probably looks wrong. But when I take that approach it serves me and my family well.

This does not mean that I don't follow rules. I follow a lot of rules that I think are stupid. They have been put in place by those in authority over me and I am to follow them whether I like them or not. But in any area where I have freedom to make my own choices, I make them.

I hope that this is a quality I have successfully passed onto my children. I want them to always know that it is okay to be an individual. The litmus test for their decisions should be whether God would approve, not whether the world would (even well-intentioned family members, including myself).

"Do not conform any longer to the patterns of this world ... "(Romans 12:2), take the road less travelled, etc.

ABCya

Eli's reading resource teacher shared a website with me yesterday that I would like to pass along. It's called ABCya . There are separate educational sections with fantastic games for ages kindergarten through 5th grade. I browsed the 2nd grade level, and it includes age-appropriate games about Letters, Numbers, Shapes, Geometry, Patterns, Mouse Manipulation, Art and Holiday games. There are lots and lots of fun and creative games for children to play. They are fun, but oh, so educational. Eli's favorite, in his short time playing it, was Create a Car . A lot of the games also have Apps available for purchase (99 cents for most of them) for the iPad and iPhone. I have been looking for another free website for games similar to Starfall , for some time. I think I have found it. I can feel confident having Eli and Brynne play these games.

A Thomas Jefferson Education "This Week in History" ~ Schoolhouse Review

Talk about a GOLD MINE! A Thomas Jefferson Education's This Week in History by Rachel DeMille is her "labor of love" ... and I absolutely LOVE it! " This Week in History is a daily resource that brings your home school or classroom to life." For just $9.99 per month, you can log onto TJEd.com and click the "This Week in History" link to obtain many, many, many resources tied to specific events that occurred in the upcoming week in history. Or even better, you can receive the summaries and links to ALL resources right in your email Inbox each week! It doesn't get any easier than that! What does this really look like in real life? Each week, I receive an email from Rachel DeMille that sets out each date of the coming week. Under the date, there are listed anywhere from one to several events that occurred in history on that date. THEN there are ALL kinds of things to do related to that event, such as books to read, websites to visit, ac

Cells ~ It's What's for Dinner

Dawson made edible cells on Friday. He made an animal cell pizza ... and a plant cell chocolate chip cookie ... He reviewed what he's learned about cells the past two weeks, and I had dinner made by someone else. Win, win!! I am linking up at Science Sunday at Adventures in Mommydom.

LA BotcharMarch 31, 2015 at 8:53 PM
You know, while I have nothing personally against her, I could never get into Oprah either. Or Surivor. Or America's Top Idol. And 50 Shades is definitely of no interest to me. To each his own though. I have read Harry Potter, but couldn't get into Twilight. I love it when I go into my local book store, wander to the used books section and just make a random selection. that's when you often discover a hidden treasure. I think most of life is traveled on the straight and narrow; but it does feel good to wander off the beaten path every once and awhile. Just as long as you don't lose your way.

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