Your PI-1206 report is due on Wednesday (October 15). Fill out the report ONLINE. Do NOT follow the advice of a certain out-of-state homeschool organization which tells you to use a paper form of their own making. Do it online. The online form does NOT request any information that is different from what is required by law, the information we used to report in the olden days of filling out the paperwork by snail-mail.
Failing to file properly (that is, online) includes the possibility of trouble for yourself. But that's small potatoes. More likely, when people insist on filing a non-government paper-form instead of the online form, we're setting ourselves up for legal hassles as a group.
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
Reading Lesson
The older kids would play or color or build-with-Legos while I read aloud to them.
The older kids would read books to themselves on their own.
The doctors told us Maggie would never read for fun, for enjoyment. They told us that kids with VCFS learn rudimentary reading skills, but their comprehension is abysmal. Well, phooey on that. Maggie continued to increase in her reading ability. Then, a couple of years ago, she accidentally discovered something that helped even more.
If someone reads aloud ... and the listener has her own copy of the book -- two things happen.
a) The listener's reading skill increases. ("Oh, that's how you pronounce that word!" Also, a better understanding of how words are grouped into phrases. And much more.)
b) The listener's comprehension of what is heard-with-the-ears increases because of what is seen-with-the-eyes.
Now we're to the point that Maggie always wants to search out of second copy of Anne or whatever-we're-reading. Hooray for a big library system!
The older kids would read books to themselves on their own.
The doctors told us Maggie would never read for fun, for enjoyment. They told us that kids with VCFS learn rudimentary reading skills, but their comprehension is abysmal. Well, phooey on that. Maggie continued to increase in her reading ability. Then, a couple of years ago, she accidentally discovered something that helped even more.
If someone reads aloud ... and the listener has her own copy of the book -- two things happen.
a) The listener's reading skill increases. ("Oh, that's how you pronounce that word!" Also, a better understanding of how words are grouped into phrases. And much more.)
b) The listener's comprehension of what is heard-with-the-ears increases because of what is seen-with-the-eyes.
Now we're to the point that Maggie always wants to search out of second copy of Anne or whatever-we're-reading. Hooray for a big library system!
Monday, October 06, 2014
He Remembers That We Are Dust
Step on an ant or a beetle. Crunch!
Swat a mosquito, and get blood on your hand.
Swat a fly with force, because it requires some smashing.
But swat a moth?
You barely have to touch it.
It doesn't leave a blood stain on the wall.
It practically turns to dust.
That always amazes me. Moths are so dry. There's nothing to them. They are so easy to do away with. And they're like powder. Like dust.
The Lord remembers that we are dust.
But we don't. We think we've got substance. We think we've got strength. We think we've got lasting-power. We think it takes somethin' big to knock us out.
But we are dust.
And the Lord is gentle with us dry dusties.
Swat a mosquito, and get blood on your hand.
Swat a fly with force, because it requires some smashing.
But swat a moth?
You barely have to touch it.
It doesn't leave a blood stain on the wall.
It practically turns to dust.
That always amazes me. Moths are so dry. There's nothing to them. They are so easy to do away with. And they're like powder. Like dust.
"He knows our frame.
He remembers that we are dust" (Ps 103).
The Lord remembers that we are dust.
But we don't. We think we've got substance. We think we've got strength. We think we've got lasting-power. We think it takes somethin' big to knock us out.
But we are dust.
And the Lord is gentle with us dry dusties.
"As a father pities his children,
so the Lord pities those who fear Him."
Sunday, October 05, 2014
He Remembered the Word of the Lord
Jesus said Peter would deny Him. Peter said, "No way. Ain't gonna happen. I'll stick by You, even if it means prison or dying." That's when Jesus told Peter, "Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times" (Luke 22:34).
Hours later, when Peter had --sure enough-- denied Jesus three times, the rooster crowed. And then Peter remembered the word of the Lord (verse 61).
I always thought that verse meant Peter remembered the prediction of his failing.
And only that.
Pastor pointed out in class this week that there was more to the conversation: look back at verse 32. Jesus had also said, "I have prayed for you." That's no small thing, no impotent thing, that Jesus prayed for Peter.
Jesus had also said, "When you have returned to Me." In other words, Peter would indeed be restored. He would be forgiven. He would be brought to repentance and placed back in the office of apostle. "When you have returned to Me."
When Peter "remembered the word of the Lord," there was also a word of faithfulness from Jesus mixed in with the statement of Peter's unfaithfulness. It is God who gives faith, works faith, and sustains faith. "The God of peace Himself will sanctify you wholly and keep your spirit, soul, and body sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who called you is faithful, and He will do it."
Hours later, when Peter had --sure enough-- denied Jesus three times, the rooster crowed. And then Peter remembered the word of the Lord (verse 61).
I always thought that verse meant Peter remembered the prediction of his failing.
And only that.
Pastor pointed out in class this week that there was more to the conversation: look back at verse 32. Jesus had also said, "I have prayed for you." That's no small thing, no impotent thing, that Jesus prayed for Peter.
Jesus had also said, "When you have returned to Me." In other words, Peter would indeed be restored. He would be forgiven. He would be brought to repentance and placed back in the office of apostle. "When you have returned to Me."
When Peter "remembered the word of the Lord," there was also a word of faithfulness from Jesus mixed in with the statement of Peter's unfaithfulness. It is God who gives faith, works faith, and sustains faith. "The God of peace Himself will sanctify you wholly and keep your spirit, soul, and body sound and blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who called you is faithful, and He will do it."
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