Pascal Quote

I made this image with this quote from a book that I am reading right now. I have provided the links to the book that I am reading plus addition information about the man Pascal.

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Read the book Systematic Theology by Augustus Hopkins Strong 

To learn more about the man called Pascal, Blaise Pascal.

Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

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Isaiah 9:6 Merry Christmas

First Thanksgiving

If you want to know about the real first Thanksgiving on American soil, travel 1,200 miles south and more than 50 years earlier to a grassy spot on the Matanzas River in North Florida. This is where Spanish Adm. Pedro Menendez de Aviles came ashore on Sept. 8, 1565. This is where he, 500 soldiers, 200 sailors, 100 civilian families and artisans, and the Timucuan Indians who occupied the village of Seloy gathered at a makeshift altar and said the first Christian Mass. And afterward, this is where they held the first Thanksgiving feast.

Read more: First Thanksgiving

What I Been Doing

        It is about time to write another post here. So far summer for us is not much different than any other day. I find time to be mom, wife, question answerer, cook, maid, and anything else my family needs me to be :) I am not complaining I don't mind this is what I signed up for.

I am happy and grateful for all the time I get to spend with my family all year round! We learn from every minute of it because life is learning.

We have not gotten to the library yet which is a bummer, but hopefully soon we will. Our library has a reading log for the kids, when completed they get a prize from the box. We also could use some new books to read.

If you read my last log you know that I wanted to get the John Holt book How Children Learn. I am still planning on doing that. Lately however I have been doing some study in the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist which is really interesting.

Highly recommended topic :) For a good list of the books I like to read you see the page titled recommended reading.  .

Reading is a big part of my life which is funny because I never really liked it as a child. I found out as an adult that many of the things I want to know are contained in books, it was on from there :)

I also recently got a crock pot thanks to my Mother in law and I have been using it a lot and it really helps to make meal preparation fun and rewarding for my family. I can't believe I haven't been using one this whole time! A friend of mine gave me a really great crock pot cook book called Fix-It and Forget-It Recipes for Entertaining: Slow Cooker Favorites for All the Year Round.

I know it will really help me in a big way to use my slow cooker. The first thing I plan on making is the tapioca pudding recipe. I made tapioca pudding before but never in a crock pot so it should be interesting, fun and yummy!

Anyway just enjoying the summer getting the kids in the pool, getting together with friends and family is always nice. I hope all is well with you and your families!

Other than that we are just taking it easy. The kids have there video games to play and they love spending much time learning about video game development, especially my oldest. Just taking it easy day by day, living and learning.

Feel free to comment and share a little about your summer so far, I would love to hear about it. As always please share with your friends and don't forget to subscribe with your email that way you get first notice of new stuff posted to the Homeschooling Works blog.

I hope you all have a blessed Fathers Day this coming Sunday!

Sincerely Joanne

Every Day Is Special Holidays Around The Globe

    I wanted to do a post about a great blogger that I found. It is called Every Day Is Special, on this blog everyday is a new day to remember a new holiday, cultural tradition, someones birthday and much more. The authors of this blog does a great job at addressing several different interesting special days every day of the year. My children and I have had a great time reading the daily posts and learning about so many special days in our human history.

This is a great blog for anyone especially homeschooling/unschooling families alike. Make it a special event of your own and everyday read about the special things that are going on around the world for the given day. It helps me to do something with my kids that I have longed to do but kind of got out of. My plan was to share and learn with my children about all the major holidays that take place every month. For the most part we do, but this blog makes it a lot easier.

 I have to say this blog was a great idea and it is done very well I hope to enjoy it for a long time. I hope you can enjoy it with your family too :)

As always comments always appreciated :) Have a great day to your families success.

From Joanne