Amy's Wandering

bible reading challenge

June 21, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

This is a fun challenge for the whole family – take the Scripture Adventures’ Summer Bible Reading Challenge!

Since today is officially the first day of summer, I am going to pretend it is the first day of summer break too! We spent the first two weeks of our break sick, and the third week trying to recover from it all. In case you’ve wondered where I’ve been, there ya go!

I have lots of plans for the summer, but we’ll see how that goes ;). I will try to share here as I go along. These are a few of my plans:

~Heart Plans

add Revive Our Hearts back into my daily reading (a life-changing site for me)
create a Scripture Memory System – I had a duh moment while visiting my SIL last week. I’ve wanted to use this system for several years now, but setting up that index box has held me back. She uses a binder instead of a box – now why didn’t I think of that!

~Home Plans

keep working on my decluttering plan
get rooms organized before school starts again
order this book and get into a bread-making routine

~School Plans

write a General Science plan using these resources that will work for all of my kids (K-8th)
create a worbox lesson plan book
finally get around to making that lovely file crate system

~Computer Plans

empty my inboxes (ha!)
post another Christmas in July series
learn how to use Adobe Creative Suite

~Reading Plans

The Heart of Wisdom Teaching Approach: Bible Based Homeschooling
Educating the Wholehearted Child (re-read)
Families Where Grace Is in Place
Laying Down the Rails

Do you have any specific plans for your summer break?

bass pro family summer camp

June 15, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

Bass Pro Shops Family Summer Camp is chock full of fun stuff!

science camp winner

June 8, 2010 By: amyswanderingcomment

Congratulations Debra!

You are the winner of the Summer Science Camp giveaway!

wfmw – indoor summer fun tub

June 2, 2010 By: amyswandering1 Comment

This week’s WFMW is the Mom, I’m Bored – Summer Edition.

My kids love to play outside, but we live in Texas and summer afternoons are usually spent inside. It’s starting early this year – Saturday’s high is supposed to be 101!!

I inwardly cringe when my kids want to drag out all the craft stuff, but I am working hard on being a Yes Mom. I created an Indoor Summer Fun Tub that my kids are allowed to play with anytime without having to ask permission first, as long as they follow the TWO rules.

Rule # 1 ~ use the supplies correctly

**translation – don’t waste the window art paint by squeezing it into big puddles on the newspaper covering the table.

Rule # 2 ~ clean up your mess completely

**translation – don’t make me come hunt you down when it is dinnertime & your projects are still all over the table.

All of the books in our tub came from Goodwill for .25-.50. Goodwill & thrift stores are great sources for inexpensive crafts & games! I am linking to Amazon so you can get a closer look.

Fabulous Book of Paper Dolls

Little Red Riding Hood Puppet Theater

I also threw in a package of plastic bubbles, pipe cleaners and plastic laces. I am going to pick up some paint & craft kits at Dollar Tree and change out some of the activities every couple of weeks. (I will post a pic of our tub if I ever find my camera cord!)

~~Be sure to enter my~~

Summer Science Camp Giveaway!

~~(Ends Saturday, June 5th)~~

Run on over to We Are That Family for tons of summer fun tips!

Tips I Want To Remember:

Crafts for Every Room

Koolaid Playdough

Art Binder