Musical Memory | Renee Cook

Feb. 2023 Winter Blues & Homeschooling I had an email with tips for teaching math all queued up and ready to send, but the winter blues were on my heart and mind. I’ve felt pretty stir crazy lately. It’s almost spring, but not quite. We’ve traveled a bit, which provides for nice breaks, but...

The Power of Memorizing Encourage one another, and build one another up, just as you are doing. - 1 Thessalonians 5:11 When our kids were all very little, we often listened to an old album of Bible verse songs by Steve Green. (Hide 'em in Your Heart - highly recommend). He has a catchy song for...

Jan 2023 Chores, Routines, Lists & More A couple weeks ago, I sent a New Year's email about good intentions, routines, and getting back into the swing of schooling after the holidays. By far the most common response was, “Wait, tell me more about the morning list & having one chore..." or...

Jan . 2023 I’ve been meditating on generosity a lot lately. In 2 Corinthians 8, Paul is using the churches from Macedonia as an example. He writes: In a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity… they gave according to...

Jan . 2023 Happy New Year! Are you one of those people who loves a new year? I am… Fresh bullet journal, a few goals, and taking down the Christmas stuff. ​ But getting back to school routines sounded hard this year. Last week, I started mentally gearing up. I know we’re ready for some...

Happy Thanksgiving and Advent and Holidays and all the things! I hope you've been able to take some downtime the past week to be with family & rejoice with gratitude this year. The kids and I just finished reading a biography of Joy Ridderhoff, a missionary who travelled around the world,...