I wanted to share this link with you. I believe it will be a great addition to any American History Study.

I believe it is only Free until July 2nd.

The Case For America’s Christian Heritage

Short and sweet today.

Have a great week!

Blessings,

Well, I have been missing in action for the past few weeks. We have another month before our ‘year’ ends. We are required to do 180 days, and we are short. This past year, we had a few slim months due to vacations, holidays and family visiting. Our new ‘year’ will begin in August.

I finished the next chapter in Proverbs. No fancy graphic today.

Proverbs 6 Copywork - Primary Lined (115)

Blessings,

Here is the next chapter in Proverbs.

Proverbs 5 Copywork - Primary Lined (123)

Blessings,

With the writing part of the Robinson Curriculum, I thought I would give the kids sort of a checklist to use when they are writing. It is just the basics for now as they develop their writing.

Their writing is coming along. It is so neat to see how they are progressing, not just in writing, but in all areas of life. Remember when they took their first steps? Well, it is like that feeling all over again when they learned to read or write their name. I am enjoying reading their short compositions each day. MaryEllen (10yrs) likes to write poems and Donnie (9 this month) adds a little to his story each day. Funny though, because Donnie has always been my little rhymer. He is pretty good at it too. We will go back and forth saying silly things in rhyme off the top of our heads. It can get pretty hilarious.

Anyway, I put together the Rules For Composition in pdf if any of you can use it.

RULES FOR COMPOSITION

The following twelve rules should constantly be brought under notice of the student.

1. Make short sentences.
Say all you have to say about one thing, or under one heading, before you go to another one.

2. Let each idea form one sentence.

3. Let each sentence have one principle subject only.
Be careful that a proper predicate is given with each subject.

4. Let every new sentence begin with a capital letter.

5. Where short pauses are required insert a comma.

6. When two sentences are thrown into one, separate them by a semicolon.
Example— “The sun and the wind once disputed as to which was the stronger. They agreed to try their strength,” becomes—”The sun . . . stronger;” so “they agreed,” etc. A semicolon is often followed by a conjunction.

7. Use an “exclamation mark (!)” after all interjections, or words and phrases used in an exclamatory manner.

8. Place an “interrogation mark (?)” at the end of every direct question.
Example —”What do you say?” but not after an indirect question, “He asked me what I said.”

9. The words which people say, must be put between “quotation marks.”
When the actual words of the speaker are not given, as when the third person is used instead of the first person, inverted commas are not used. Children are very often uncertain on this point.

Example— He said, “It is time to go home.” Here the quotation marks are required; but they are omitted if the sentence takes this form —He said that it was time to go home.

10. Do not use the words “so,” “then,” “but,” “and,” very often.
This can be prevented by making short sentences, inserting a full stop, and beginning another sentence with a capital letter.

11. Be careful in the use of the relatives “who,” “which,” and “that.”
‘Who’ does not refer to animals or inanimate things. Children often insert unnecessary relatives, for example: “A man (who) was walking down the street, when he saw…”

12. When the exercise is finished, look it over carefully, and correct where correction is absolutely necessary.

Rules For Composition (52)

Blessings,

I feel weird writing up this post because it is out of the norm for me.

But, if you have been blessed by Albright News and you are planning on doing a little shopping for the new school year, maybe you can use one of my affiliate links. *bashful grin*

It would be much appreciated if you can support this site in such a way. I enjoy sharing, but it does require upkeep and time. Any little will help. Thanks!

So here are a few sales that are going on this month.

Notebookingpages.com is having a sale for the month of May.

I wanted to pass along this excellent deal on notebooking pages. As you prepare for the next school year, think about adding these to your list.For those of you who haven’t tried notebooking, it is a wonderful way for your children to document what they have learned. It doesn’t have to be complicated. These pages are beautifully done, and this leaves less work for you. You can view samples on NotebookingPages.com’s FREE Resources Page.

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Also, The Old Schoolhouse Store is having a sale too. They are also celebrating 4 years.

Amanada Bennett’s DownLoadnGo 4-week, 19 week or full year (38 week) options are 20% off. These are one week (five, very full days) of hands-on learning adventures for kids from K – 4th grade.

• Lapbooking
• Daily lessons
• Eye-pleasing pages
• Interactivity
• Exciting themes
• Ready to download for immediate use . . .

This is just one of the highlights of their sale. There is much, much more.

Visit The Old Schoolhouse Store

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Also visit one of these for your Homeschooling needs.

Christianbook.com

Christianbook is so much fun to look around. You can always find treasures on their bargain pages. I also like to shop after-season sales too.

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Amazon

I like Amazon’s FREE shipping on $25 or more (selected items). The items I usually buy from Amazon have always fallen in the FREE shipping range.

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Thrift Books

Thrift Books is a great place to find literature for silent reading or read alouds. Shipping is FREE in the USA. Plus, you get an additional .50 cents off each book that is coming from the same warehouse.

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Currclick

Currclick is all downloadable. They have a huge selection of items and their vendors range from companies like Evan-Moor to businesses run by homeschooling families. Great way to support the homeschooling community.

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Thanks for your support!

Blessings,