Imagine: 40 Days to Build a Biblical Worldview! “Sadly, years of teaching have revealed this age group’s [age ten to thirteen] largely inadequate understanding of the character of God and the nature of man.” -from Brimwood Press website Our family has had the privilege of using Brimwood Press products in our study of history and worldview, and […]
Desoto State Park and Little River Canyon in Alabama
During a chilly weekend in November (while I was in my secretive first trimester of pregnancy), we met extended family in northern Alabama for a camping trip at Desoto State Park, located about 8 miles northeast of Fort Payne, Alabama. Excerpts from a mother’s journal… How about a fall camping trip? (Like typical Ferrells, we’ll just ignore […]
Our Art Gallery Wall
“I just love what that wall says about me being an artist. I just love that wall.” – Levi, Age 4 After we moved into our log home in middle Tennessee, we couldn’t settle on a way to professionally (or unprofessionally) decorate our one area of white wall space. But we certainly had a […]
The Christmas Window, a Christmas Musical
Many moons ago, my husband was the commander of an AWANA club in East Tennessee, and I was a director for Sparks. Before we moved to Texas, we embarked on one last performance at the church we had grown to love as newlyweds and then as new parents of young children. As we enter the […]
The Thanksgiving Tree Tradition
Every year during the month of November, we gather some sticks, cut out some “leaves,” and make a Thanksgiving Tree. It is one of our most treasured traditions. And every year, I love to go back through photos to see what the boys were thankful for in previous years… I didn’t realize how much the […]
The Art of Questioning
What is the purpose of a question? To come up with a correct answer? Or should there be something more? What if we used questions to come up with more questions? What if our purpose for asking questions was to extend the curiosity of our students rather than just come up with a correct answer? […]
Introducing Composer Study: Prokofiev & Peter and the Wolf
Over the past few months I’ve fallen off the consistently-listen-to-classical-music wagon. This isn’t because I don’t have a plethora of organized resources already available to me. It’s just because I haven’t made it a priority. But… our children enjoy listening to classical music, so all I really need to do is play some classical music. […]
Traditions: The Pumpkin Prayer
Every year, we say our pumpkin prayer as we carve a pumpkin in celebration of the wonder of fall. It’s a tradition we all enjoy sharing together… Cut off the top: Lord, open my mind and fill me with Your wisdom and guidance. Scoop out the yuckies: Lord, take out all my fussies and frowns […]
Tin Whistle & Music Theory
Tin Whistle & Music Theory is probably the most DIFFICULT of Fine Arts subjects for me. Sometimes I even find myself hoping the boys have forgotten that their tin whistles are in their backpacks. I keep telling myself it doesn’t have to be that way. I don’t want it to be that way. I want […]