Horton Hears a Who

Saturday, our family took the kids to see "Horton Hears a Who". Our theater here in town always gives free showings of movies to the kids during the month of December. We had a blast and the movie is really great for the kids. It was done very well, I highly recomend this movie for all families. So, this season while you are making goodies or making out your Christmas cards, place this video in and watch the kids have a wonderful time. God bless all of you and have a great Christmas season, from the Ross family

Pamela's Prayer

If you are like my husband and I, you want the best for your children. Jeff and I have deceided that we want Luke and Melanie to grow up waiting for their future spouse. This even involves kissing that person. A couple of years ago, we found a great movie about that subject. It is a true story of a young lady named Pamela and her father. Her Father has prayed with since she was born and he has given her to God. He wants her to wait until she is married before she kisses any guy and so she will not be














lead to do other things with a boy. It is an awesome movie. The other night Melanie and I sat down and we watched the movie together. This brought up many conversations and Melanie was very intriged with it. I explained to her that a relationship with Jesus is more important than a relationship with a boy. God already had her husband picked out. I hope this helped her to see that God is the most important and not a boy. I ordered this video from Christian books distributors or CBD.com. It is only 8.99, I am not sure what shipping is. This is an awesome video for your kids or for neices and nephews, grand children, etc.
We sure like to watch it here. I hope all of you had a blessed Thanksgiving and I will be on and off the blog this season. If you have any question, please comment and I will be happy to help in any way I can. God bless you all From the Ross Family.

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope that all of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving and my prayers go out to all of you. God bless you all

from the Ross Family.

Some awesome family fun

I have to admit, our family loves to watch tv, so I try to show the kids some good wholesome entertainment, and here are a few of them:

I have to admit that one of my favorite dvd's is this series from Kent Hovind. There are seven dvd's in the series and each dvd can range from two hours to four hours. There is some awesome information on these dvd's. He totally erases the opinion of evalution and he has so much information on these that it will take a year or so for you to even get through it. We have to watch one a week and only half of it, because there is so much information on them. If you want to check out the dvd's the website is http://www.drdino.com/. It is well worth it. They also give you the option of buying the dvd's seperate or the whole set. You can now buy study quides to go with it. They are good. I believe that the whole set is about 100.00. I tell you, they are worth it. And once you get your hands on the set, you can copy them for others. There is no copywrite on them. Kent Hovind just wants the word out.


This movie is amazing. It is about a man named Peter who became the minister for the senators. He is from Ireland and he comes to America. He is the husband of Cathrine Marshall and the father to Peter Marshall. Cathrine wrote the series "Christy" and Peter wrote the curriculum "For the light and Glory." Amazing movie, one that I really need to get in my collection for the kids. God is so good, and you will love the movie after you have watched it.

I use to watch this show on tv. I loved the show and I wanted to be able to share this with my daughter. You can order this whole series from CBD for only 35.00. The awesome part about this series, inside of the dvd's is a booklet full of bible studies that go along with each show. I was so excited about this. I am going to introduce this to the children during our devotions at night. It is a pretty in depth study. I really encourage you to take a look at it. I also noticed on the CBD website that there are a series of books about Christy.

A couple of years ago a company called "Feature films for families" called us and offered us some movies. They have a wonderful line of movies from toddlers all the way up to adults. I love the way the movies have question and discussions on the back of each movie. So, we watch the movie and then we discuss it. It really gets the kids involved with it. I have also seen some awesome movies that just make me cry or feel good. Most of the movies have people who are popular, there are a couple that I did not reconize any of the actors. That is okay, they are still awesome movies. A couple of movies I highly recomend is, "A song for a season", "By Dawns Early Light" and " A Gift of Love". These are all awesome movies that you will love.

Well, it was great telling you all about our family and I hope that all of you have a wonderful day.

Let me introduce myself

My name is Tanya Ross. I would like to give a little testimony about myself. First of all, I did not start my kids out on home school. This was a leading by Jesus. In 2000, my husband and I started a new church. The both of us rededicated our hearts and lives back to our Jesus. During that time our children were in the public school.

One day, my husband came to me and asked me if I would consider homeschooling. I kind of laughed this off, but I did go to prayer about it. The Lord lead me to bringing our children home. Our Son Luke was in fourth grade and our daughter preschool. She really has not had a knowledge of formal class room. Luke if asked, will tell you that he does not want to go back to public school and our daughter Melanie is not sure. I feel really blessed to be a home school mom. There has been a lot of rewards, especially being able to watch my children grow. My children are more relaxed for some reason and they have great imaginations.

They are both so wonderful and they love each other so much. I never have to break them up in a fight, they love one another so much. I hope that after I am long gone, they both keep up relationship and their families grow up together. Melanie thinks that her brother is a knight and he will protect her. How awesome is that. Homeschooling is a radical decision.

When Jeff and I thought about homeschooling, I was working full time. It was so difficult to do school and work. Now I am a full time mother and I love to be with my kids. God is so good and sometimes we never know why God does what He does. But He knows best. He has change my thinking of being a mom and how important it is to be a good example for my children. Am I perfect, no, I am human. Do I seek forgiveness through my children and repent, yes, I never want my kids to feel they have to be perfect and they are not loved. They are and I am also. I hope that my blog helps you in your seeking of homeschooling. If you have any question, please let me know. If I do not know the answer, I will find if for you. The Internet can be a wonderful place for you, there is so much on the net to help with school. God bless all of you, and good luck in your search.

Board Games

If you are looking for some new ideas to use to keep homeschooling fun, I have a suggestion. I have added board games to our daily routine and the kids love it. I bought "Rush Hour" and "Apples to Apples" for the kids. These are great games that create thinking and promblem solving. I highly suggest these two games. I have also bought a couple of other games that I will tell you about later on. We haven't gotten to them yet. I also introduced the abucus and some pattern blocks. This kids really enjoy the hands on and it seems to keep their interest. I really suggest that you look into some board games and other hands on activities. Have a great beginning to your new year.

Sincerely,



I bought these from "Rainbow Resource", they were really reasonable.

Hey, I am still around

Hello, yes I am still around. We have been so busy here. Our son left for two weeks to visit his grandparents in Washington state. Our daughter is here with us and we have been working on the house some. It has been a weird autumn and the leaves are turning, but the weather is warm. We have started school, but I have been taking time off because Luke is gone and Melanie is having a hard time concentrating. I will try to post some more websites and some offers in a week or so. I haven't really done alot of research. Hopefully once our schedule dies down, I will get a chance to surf the net.
This is my husband and I in front of our house. We will be celebrating eighteen years of marriage on Sunday. He is an awesome guy and I love him alot. Thank you so much for checking out our homeschool blog and I hope that you will find useful information on this blog. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them and I will get back to you. God bless you all from Tanya

CPI Forms for Iowa

This has always been alittle confusing for me, "What day do we put in our CPI forms?" Well, this year I have been alittle more concerned and asking more questions. I found the answer to my question through my Supervising Teacher. If you live in Iowa, you have to have your CPI forms in by or on the first day of school. Here in Red Oak, the first day of school is August 19th. If you are having trouble locating CPI Forms, here is a couple of site to get them from. Niche has forms on their website, these are the forms that I use the most. I do the portfolio, so all of the forms that I reconize are on this site. Another site to get forms is Homeschool Legal defense, they have all the forms on their site. Also, if you are signing up a child that is 6, there is a lead testing process. You can read all about it on this site. I do not have a six year old, so I am really not sure what it is all about, but I would hate to show you these sites and not say anything about it. This time of the year is really busy for me, I am getting books ordered and planning out the kid's schedule. Then I am grading this year, that is huge for me. I am also doing this while my husbands family is living with us, they moved in on the 25th of July. So, it has been a really busy new school year. I hope that you will be able to have a relaxed beginning of the year, and that everything just falls into place. Again, if you have any questions or concerns, you can leave a comment or email me at www.tanya_rss@yahoo.com. Have a great day.


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