Haven at Home Happenings

It's been a busy couple of weeks

and I haven't had (rather set aside)

as much time as I would like to blog.

It seems when I sit at the computer,

research and facebooking takes up much of my time

and it leaves little for blogging.

I miss blogging in many ways,

though there are things I do like about facebook.

Here are a few photos from our past weeks...



Homeschooling together in the dining room/kitchen...

I've always loved this :)

Our youngest (7) has become quite fixated

on catching yard critters and studying them.

It has made for some great nature studies!

She collected some snails a couple of weeks ago

and was delight to keep them as "pets"...

watching them slime across the jars, coming out of their 'houses',

feeding them, reading about them, drawing them...

It has been a joy to see our children

develop relationships with YHVH's creation...

even if they are snails. ;-)

We loved using our Nature Readers

to learn more about Yah's slimey creatures...

She illustrated the snails

and did some copywork...


"A snail carries its home with him so if there is danger he will be safe.

All kinds of snails look different.

Did you know that snails have one foot?"

We will work on the spelling

but love to encourage this type of narration :)

We, also, love to encourage reading aloud...

which we *try* to do daily...

And math copywork...

We, also, enjoy drawing and/or coloring illustrations

from the Torah portions we read.

These were when Lot, his wife, and two daughters

had to leave Sodom and Gomorrah

because it was destroyed...

It was interesting to study this passage together...

"But his wife looked back from behind him,

and she became a post of salt."

Genesis 19:26

"looked back"...

In Hebrew it is the word" nabat"...

meaning to "look intently at; by implication,

to regard with pleasure, favor or care...

regard, have respect..."

We discussed how we need to regard, find pleasure in,

and love the will, way, and things of YHVH

more than self and our wants

and that we need to be mindful to not look/turn back.

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The children enjoyed a little astronomy

over breakfast together...

They enjoyed making volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar

with the neighbor children.

The fun way to do "science" for the day. ;)




Hebrew copywork on the carpet...

coloring history at the kitchen counter...

More nature study when our youngest (the "pet finder")

found another insect to add to her collection...

a Jerualem cricket.

We were hoping to teach it

how to sing Hava Nagila and to do the Hora...

but there has been no success. ;)

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We, also, enjoyed reading our Torah portion

on Shabbat in front of the fire...



That was a blessing, to be sure!

"Show me Your ways, O יהוה {YHVH}; Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,

For You are the Elohim of my deliverance;

On You I wait all the day."

~ Psalm 25:4-5


Blessings and Shalom!