This weekend it's going to be super hot so we're planning our activities around the A/C and the pool. My heart goes out to those of you summering in the South where I can only imagine how brutal it is :(
We've got a trip to the JFK Museum in Boston planned for their 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing festivities. And possibly a trip to the water park after church on Sunday.
Here's some of the things I've been reading and loving this week!
Solar System Unit Study I've been combing the web for materials to dovetail with our current Space fascination, and these printables are just lovely!
Simplifying Summer A good reminder that there's only a finite amount of things you can cram into one summer. I notice as we're going to the beach more this year, we're hitting the pool less, and realizing we really can't have both. We can only fit so much summer goodness in and that's okay.
Why Your "Good Enough" Marriage is Good for Your Kids I finished Elizabeth Marquardt's book this week, and as in this article, she argues that a less than perfect marriage still does wonders for a child's sense of security and identity. Of course, there are cases when divorce is safest and healthiest for everyone involved, but "by sticking with - and working on and believing in - your "good enough" marriage, you are sustaining one world for your child. You are affirming that the rough and sometimes not-pretty job of holding together one family belongs to you and your spouse, not your child."
How to Start a Homeschool Book Club Our monthly homeschool book club is such a gift! If you've ever thought of starting one, this is a helpful how-to.
Want Kids to Learn the Joy of Reading? Barbershops & Laundromats Can Help I've noticed an explosion of Little Free Libraries in our area and little reading nooks tucked throughout typically adult spaces - even our local McDonald's! And I am here for it :)
On Living in an Atomic Age by C. S. Lewis. I read these words of Lewis's this week, and even though they're decades old, they still resonate powerfully. Follow the link to see a neat doodle version of this 1948 essay. This is my favorite part:
If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, let that bomb when it comes find us doing sensible and human things - praying, working, teaching, reading, listening to music, bathing the children, playing tennis, chatting to our friends over a pint and a game of darts - not huddled together like frightened sheep thinking about bombs. They may break our bodies (a microbe can do that) but they need not dominate our minds.The world feels a little bleak in some ways this week, but I pray your weekend is filled with the sensible, human things that make an ordinary life rich and meaningful. Blessings to you and your family!
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