This week American Heritage Girls (AHG) celebrates it 20th Birthday. Since I love AHG, and a large part of my blog is devoted to that topic, I wanted to devote this week’s posts to them.
If you are a regular follower of my blog, you know that Mondays are devoted to knitting. Today I opted to combine the two and assist anyone out there attempting the Needle Arts Badge, specifically the knitting portion of this badge. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Needle Arts”
Even though summer is over and the kids are back in school, the weather is still nice and you can work on your boating safety badge. Before you jump into the water, I recommend a little class time to go over the basic parts of a boat. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Boating Safety #6 & #12”
Lily has recently began working on her Archery merit badge. Previously, she has had a few basic archery lessons at AHG events, but nothing of substance. Recently we found a local church that has a Centershot Ministry. This is allowing her to hone her archery skills. Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Archery #10”
As we grow in our relationship with Christ, we should become more Christ-like. Galations 5:22-23 gives us the fruit of the spirit that should be evident in our lives – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfullness, gentleness and self-control.
Personally, I still struggle with some of these. It is important for us and for our girls to understand what the fruit of the spirit is. For, as we allow the Holy Spirit to live in us, these will become more evident.
The teacher in me loves the science related badges. As we homeschool, I find that our curriculum often overlaps with badge work. This experiment is a classic example of one that we performed in “school”.
Continue reading “AHG Badge Help – Gardening and Plant Science #4”
