Author Archives: Kay Pelham

To Be Enchanted By Story

Posted on November 11, 2023 by Kay Pelham

I’ve had the wonderful experience these past 10 weeks of reading story to four-year-olds, taking things a little deeper with my 6-9 year old group, with telling back what we saw and what it reminded us of, and then with … Continue reading →

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Art for Art’s Sake

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Kay Pelham

I was just about to write about “For the Love of the Art or the Love of the Utility?” (stay tuned for that), when I see the following Facebook post from my husband with an accompanying video. I’m going to … Continue reading →

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Recent Stuff (Fall classes, Fellowship Retreat and maybe more)

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Kay Pelham

I’ve been working some on this website since my last blog post in May, so I thought I should make another post here since all my work doesn’t show up there in the sidebar. I’ve added Course Descriptions for my … Continue reading →

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Recent changes to my blog (subtitle: please click on Welcome)

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Kay Pelham

In the past month I have been redesigning and restructuring my blog to facilitate my new ventures since my retirement as a homeschool mom. It’s still a work in progress, particularly with my course descriptions. In case you came here … Continue reading →

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Plans for fall 2023 classes

Posted on May 25, 2023 by Kay Pelham

I am currently working on course descriptions, scheduling days and times, and lesson planning for my Story, Rhyme & Song classes that will be held at my studio in Laurel. The information about the classes will be found under the … Continue reading →

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Because Look

Posted on May 7, 2023 by Kay Pelham

Sometimes, perhaps most times, plain descriptive words cannot express an idea well enough, and so we use metaphor and images, or word pictures, to convey our thoughts. In my previous post, I shared how when my son was very young, … Continue reading →

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He Went to My School!

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Kay Pelham

I want to tell you a homeschool success story about a perfectly normal student who was born ready to learn, and turned into an amazing young man—under the tutelage of an imperfect and inexperienced homeschool teacher. (That’s me.) When my … Continue reading →

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Lose Yourself, Find Yourself

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Kay Pelham

Quick thought that will maybe get fleshed out or expanded or whatever you want to call that. Here’s a couple of quotes from some great minds: But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. … Continue reading →

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It really is all about the Caring

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Kay Pelham

Recently, while doing a crossword puzzle, of all things, I thought again about the big picture of why we studied geography in our homeschool, and how that really applies to all the studies. Here’s what I shared with one of … Continue reading →

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And Grace Will Lead Us Home

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Kay Pelham

On Thursday I watched the funeral for my friend Lynn Bruce, and today I watched her graveside service. On this day 17 years ago, also a Saturday, we had the graveside service and burial of our daughter Virginia Grace, who … Continue reading →

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