Our America…The Pilgrim Adventure by Susan Kilbride
New from Homeschool Book Club: Summary- Finn & Ginny’s parents are lost back in time, and the two young twins have decided to go back to early America to find them. Their search takes the twins to the Mayflower where they discover that the Pilgrims had far more adventures than...
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2012
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Snap up this $5 Learn Our History DVD 3-Pack!
Awesome 48-hour deal for the one-year birthday of Mike Huckabee’s Learn Our History video series. Our family loves these!!! We just watched our newest one this morning, about the Pilgrim (the kids did a video review for you). ————– IT’S LEARN OUR HISTORY’S 1ST BIRTHDAY, BUT YOU GET THE GIFT!...
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2012
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Homeschool Missionaries to Mexico Robbed
From Misty Marr: I would like to ask you all to pray for my parents, Mike and Pam Richardson. They are missionaries in Mexico and are presently traveling across the country hosting a series of home-school conferences. They were robbed this morning (5-10-12). We praise God that no one was...
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May
2012
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Rick Santorum’s Endorsement of Governor Mitt Romney
From Rick Santorum: On Friday, Governor Romney came to Pittsburgh for an over-hour long one-on-one meeting. The conversation was candid, collegial and focused on the issues that you helped me give voice to during our campaign; because I believe they are essential ingredients to not only winning this fall, but...
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May
2012
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10 Lessons Mike Farris Has Learned in 30 Years of Homeschooling
Great article by Homeschool Legal Defense Association’s Mike Farris. I love to hear what wisdom the home educating veterans have to share! 10 Lessons Mike Farris Has Learned in 30 Years of Homeschooling Points #4, 5 and 9 were especially helpful to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, too!...
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2012
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From Lily and Ellie’s Duggar Family Blog: Wondering where you can watch the latest episodes of 19 Kids and Counting online? We have located three of the shows from season six. Click each title to watch the corresponding full episode. To watch previous seasons, visit our Watch Full Episodes page. Planning the Future 2/14/12 The Duggars in Space 3/6/12 Duggars Swerve & Serve 3/13/12 Episodes are available for purchase on Amazon and iTunes. *Side note: The Bates’ reality series will premiere in June on TLC. Read full article...
(Courtesy photo from Politico) If Mitt Romney secures the Republican presidential nomination, he’s got the Duggars’ support. “We will vote for Gov. Romney over our current president,” Jim Bob Duggar, the dad on TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting,” told POLITICO via e-mail on Wednesday. “Gov. Romney has stated he is conservative, if elected we will ask voters to hold him accountable for his conservative promises and assurances he made during the campaign.” The Duggars were dedicated supporters of former Sen. Rick Santorum, who announced the end to his presidential bid on Tuesday. “The past several months as we have volunteered...
With so many little ones, the Duggar home is bustling. The family does their best to stick to a schedule, but that does not always happen. “We have goals, but then we have reality!” explain the Duggars on their website. We are learning to practice flexibility…We try to make each day fun.” Duggar Daily Schedule 7:30: Get up/Dress 8:00: Breakfast (cereal or something simple) Bible time (Proverbs) 8:30: Jurisdictions (Chores) 9:00: Music practice and individual studies Grades 3 and up: Switched On Schoolhouse and Teaching Textbooks (for higher mathematics). Younger children: Sing, Spell, Read & Write, ACE paces, and...
from Duggar Family Blog: The memorial service for Jubilee Shalom Duggar, the 20th child of Jim Bob and Michelle, will be held on Wednesday, December 14th. Michelle’s miscarriage occurred last night. Upon feeling lightheaded, she was taken to the hospital and is expected to be discharged later today. In a statement to People, Jim Bob says: “We have had many tears today. This is life, and I understand that we are going though something that many others have. You think about the what-ifs, but God gives us strength to go on. We won’t be able to see this child’s life...
Here is a statement from Jim Bob Duggar regarding the miscarriage of their 20th child: “Earlier today at a routine doctor’s appointment, Michelle and I received the sad news that we lost the baby. Michelle is resting comfortably at home with the support of the entire family. We are grateful for all the thoughts and prayers, but ask for privacy during this difficult time.” When they find out the gender, the family will choose a name and then conduct a funeral service. The last time Michelle miscarried was after the arrival of Josh and before twins Jana and John-David were...
A day of joyful anticipation has turned to anguish for Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar. At a routine check-up Thursday to find out the sex of their 20th child, their doctor was unable to find a heartbeat and told the couple they had miscarried in the second trimester. “I feel like my heart broke telling my children,” says Michelle. “They have all been so excited about this baby and looking forward to April coming around and having a new little one in our arms. That was the most difficult. The Lord is the giver of life and he can...
When the Duggar family began filming for their first TV series, they were “17 Kids and Counting.” Now let’s take a trip back in time. The year was 1937–four years before Grandma Duggar was born, and at the tail end of the Great Depression. A family by the name of Rancourt had just moved to Winterport, Maine, to run a 100-acre farm. The parents’ names were Alice and Harry, and the children, well, we won’t name them all here. The oldest was Dorthy, the youngest was Geraldine, and there were fifteen in between. Seventeen kids and counting. While large families...
Can you imagine traveling with over 700 pounds of luggage? And that’s just checkedbaggage! When the Duggars embarked on their three-week journey overseas, they filled the belly of the airplane with a whopping 24 bags. Inside those bags were 260 outfits, 78 pairs of shoes, 70 baby bottles, and 40 hair bows (plus three strollers and four car seats).When traveling by air or by car, how many bags does your family usually pack? Read full article...
TLC’s video: Arkansas homeschoolers Jim and Michelle Duggar announced their 20th baby this week. The couple talk about the news on a video interview by Today at NBC: ————————- from Duggar Family Blog at Blogspot: How did Jim Bob and Michelle break the news of their pregnancy to the family? Very creatively, and at a time when everyone least expected it! Jim Bob called Grandma, Michelle, the kids, and Josh and Anna together for a group picture. He arranged the troops according to height and then stepped back, camera in hand. “Everybody smile and say, ‘Mama’s going to have another...
As the mother of 19 children, Michelle Duggar has been through 17 deliveries. So what does this experienced mom say about hospital births versus home births?Her first five children were born at the hospital, but after talking with friends, she and Jim Bob decided to try something a little different. Jinger, baby number six, was delivered at home, her birth attended by both a doctor and a midwife. Michelle loved the flexibility of laboring at home, and she recovered in record time. A few hours later, she was up and about. Joseph, baby number seven, was also born at home....
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