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{December Gratitudes}

On December 31, 2016July 8, 2019 By JessicaIn Gratitude Journal

Gratitudes December 2016 | The Open Home — For winter sunshine and new adventures with Daddy.

Gratitudes December 2016 | The Open Home — For creative minds and busy hands.

Gratitudes December 2016 | The Open Home — For strong shoulders, the best way to ride home.

Gratitudes December 2016 | The Open Home — For handwriting that can brighten even the cloudiest of days.

December Gratitudes | The Open Home — For the simple joys of Christmas and the assurance that less really is more.

December Gratitudes | The Open Home — For the quiet courage that can only be found in the woods.

Gratitudes December 2016 | The Open Home — For the beautiful world of make believe and the sweetness of life with little girls.

These are some of the inserts from our family gratitude journal during December, reminding us that God is good and we are blessed!

What have you been thankful for lately?

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2 thoughts on “{December Gratitudes}”

Marilyn

Ah life is so sweet with two little sweethearts in it

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  Indeed it is! 🙂
  
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Hello, I’m Jessica. A minimalist homeschooling mother of two living on the British island of Guernsey. I’m also a nature lover, letter writer and journal keeper that wants to to live life with an open heart. Welcome to my blog.

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Well today’s nature walk with our nature exploring friends was pretty miserable. We all got soaked through. So this pic is from a drier autumn walk that I had with my eldest. The mushrooms around the reservoir’s millennium walk are real beauties, proper fairy tale fungi right from the story books. 🍄 . . #flyagaric #amanitamuscaria #toadstool #mushrooms #fungi #fungiphotography #autumn #naturewalk #naturestudy #homeed #homeeduk #homeeducation #homeeducationuk #homeeducationguernsey #homeschool #homeschooling #guernsey #guernseyreservoir #autumnwatch

It’s been a little while since I shared one of our morning baskets so here’s one from earlier in the week before my 4 year old developed a cold, transformed into a drama queen and we abandoned all school work! 😂 . • Jesus Storybook Bible. This is the current book we’re using for our morning devotions. It’s the first time we’ve read through it and we’re all enjoying the poetic language and beautiful illustrations. . • Gratitude journal & prayers to end our daily devotions. • When We Were Very Young by A.A. Milne. Milne is the poet we’re focusing on this term and we read a poem or two daily and are currently trying to memorise “Halfway Down” by singing it - I remember the tune from primary school! ☺️ • Composer Study. This autumn term we’re listening to Tchaikovsky. Today we started his ballet of Sleeping Beauty starting with the waltz which the girls excitedly recognised as its used in the Disney animated movie. . • The Usborne History of Britain. We’re progressing our Stone Age studies on slightly from cave men and hunter gatherers and used this to read about the first farmers in Britain. • A Street Through Time. We looked back on the Stone Age scene in 10,000 BCE and then compared it to the settlement of the First Farmers in 2000 BCE. • Stig of the Dump. Only a couple of chapters in to our current history read aloud, but the girls seem to like it so far. • Usborne Cavemen Sticker Book. The girls get to do a page or two a week as I read from our history read aloud. . . What’s in your morning basket? . . #homeed #homeeduk #homeeducation #homeeducationuk #homeeducationguernsey #homeschool #homeschooling #charlottemason #charlottemasonuk #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonhomeschool #livingbooks #morningbasket #bookbasket #childrensbooks #usbornebooks #circletime

After leaving the Lake District last week we took a bit of a detour into West Yorkshire so I could visit the village of Cross Roads in Keighley where my Gran stayed during World War 2 following the evacuation of school children from the island. We found the exact house where she lived for 5 long years and I even knocked on the door to speak with the current owner who kindly allowed me to take a picture. It was a brief visit but a poignant one for me. Lovely to be somewhere so connected to the memory and stories of my late Gran. . . #crossroadskeighley #keighley #westyorkshire #worldwartwo #ww2 #evacuation #evacuees #guernsey #guernseylife

The lovely Jo Le Page of @freshbreadandfaith recently interviewed me for an article on home education in Guernsey, which is in the @guernseypress today. I was pleased to contribute to a positive piece that highlighted how wonderfully enriching home educating can be for many children. . Some of the questions included; • What is your reason for home educating? • At what stage did you begin to consider home educating your family? • What are some common myths about home educating? • What is a typical home-school day like in your home? • What is the home educating community like in Guernsey? • Will you have to send your children to school at some point? (i.e. to get GCSEs) • Do you find home educating on a small island to be restrictive? . . What questions would you like to ask me about home educating? Ask away! . . #homeed #homeeduk #homeeducationuk #homeeducationguernsey #homeeducationrocks #homeeducator #homeschool #homeschooling #homeiswheretheschoolis #guernsey #guernseylife #guernseypress #thegirardgirls

This one has loved all the hiking. Definitely need to get her out on the cliffs more when we get back home. . We leave the Lake District tomorrow though and will make our way down to Merseyside to connect with family, but first a quick detour into West Yorkshire. . . #thegirardgirls #rydalwater #ambleside #lakedistrict #lakedistrictuk #lakedistrictwalks #englishlakedistrict #cumbria #visitcumbria #hiking #hikingwithkids

One last Charlotte Mason post, promise but I just had to share this pic. . Whilst in Ambleside I had to visit Charlotte’s grave to pay my respects and after a bit of searching we found it. There must be quite a few visitors to her graveside as there are actually signs in the graveyard to direct you to it and there was even a small bunch of flowers already on the grave. . The inscription on the grave is really beautiful listing some of her educational accomplishments, her heart for children and some of her most well known quotes. Swipe across to see it up close. . . #educationisanatmosphere #educationisadiscipline #educationisalife #iamicanioughtiwill #forthechildrenssake . . . #charlottemason #charlottemasonuk #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonhomeschool #charlottemasonliving #livingeducation #stmaryschurch #ambleside #lakedistrict #lakedistrictuk #englishlakedistrict #cumbria

Today I visited the Armitt Museum & Library in Ambleside, Lake District to view a sample of some of the Charlotte Mason archives. . . Ambleside is where Charlotte based herself in later years, setting up a teacher training college, the building of which is still in use today for teacher training but now comes under the University of Cumbria. . The Armitt is responsible for the extensive archives that Charlotte and the PNEU left, too many to be kept on site so I recommend calling ahead to arrange a visit. . I spent an hour or so this morning reading through a sample box full of letters written by Charlotte, adverts for her training events, a register with details of the governesses at the training college, some PNEU articles, end of year examination papers, two nature journals and more. . The oldest article dated back to 1891 and of course the nature journals - from 1928 & 1938 - were the highlight for me. I also particularly liked the register of governesses as it was interesting to see the questions they were asked when signing up. . And just an FYI for all my fellow Charlotte Mason enthusiasts: If a trip to the English Lake District is not happening anytime soon then don’t worry! In the meantime, you can actually search the archives online at The Redeemer University website. 👍🏽 . . #charlottemason #charlottemasonuk #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonhomeschool #charlottemasonliving #charlottemasonarchives #livingeducation #armittmuseum #armittlibrary #ambleside #lakedistrict #englishlakedistrict #cumbria

The most beautiful nature journal by a PNEU school student compiled throughout 1928. A Charlotte Mason education, whether at home or in a school, is full of so much truth, goodness and beauty. I left the Armitt Library today feeling inspired and grateful. . . For all you Charlotte Mason, nature journaling, homeschool enthusiasts out there - keep an eye on my stories today for some more inspiring journal page pics. . . #charlottemason #charlottemasonuk #charlottemasonhomeschool #charlottemasoneducation #charlottemasonliving #livingeducation #homeed #homeeduk #homeeducation #homeeducationuk #homeschool #homeschooling #naturejournal #naturejournaling #armittlibrary #armittmuseum #charlottemasonarchives #ambleside #lakedistrict #englishlakedistrict #cumbria

We climbed a mountain! Well it was really a fell, but if you ask our girls who aren’t used to such hilly terrain then it was a mountain! We walked through forests, we scaled rocky climbs, we squelched through mud and we dodged lots of sheep poo to reach the top but reach it we did. We may have also adopted that frowned upon parenting technique known as bribery but chocolate cookies always help when hiking with a four year old! 🍪 . . #orresthead #orrestheadviewpoint #windermere #lakedistrict #englishlakedistrict #cumbria #visitcumbria #hiking #hikingwithkids #thegirardgirls

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