This will be my last post as dyslexic Mom. The Lord has blessed us greatly. We are no longer put in a box...we are free...we have left public school all together. Our new school will launch 9/1/10  Sanctified 4 Him      " home grown and set apart."


Lord, thank you for this journay I will be stepping up and move on in your care amen.
trust you and joining your Kingdom. Be are ruler. amen

A Letter to a friend

Heidi,    I wrote you a long letter this morning and lost it in cyber space (LOL) gosh, it was what I wanted to say to you. I will try again. First thank you. Your friendship blesses me greatly. I am amazed how rich your friendship and dear you are to me. And we have never met Face to face....
Let me back track in my life a bit,  to show you where I coming from year and a half ago . I was teaching through  a PPS, that turned to an ISP.   At first, it was small and Christ friendly.  Then the Director went to be with the Lord. He had cancer. Then the School District who never support us in any thing, came to take interest in our program. They became less and less tolerant of our choices as home Educators. Where we once planned our days they had to. Our supplies became Text books. Where we were once Christ centered, the State took interest and it was all about money in their pocket.    The time we spent there ,we had built lots of friendships (i thought).....  When things got out of hand with the school requirements , I pulled Savvy out midway fourth grade.   She is going into Sixth grade now.  Since then no one has kept in touch. It breaks my heart we had invested a lot of time into each others lives.  Not just school but field trips, bible studies , prayer groups....Birthdays parties so on. Our hearts had been broken. But I allowed my heart to be hardened and put up my guard.. Not trusting people in the  same way Jesus would. The Lord has helped me soften my guard.
When you shared about you and your time getting your Husband home, I was blessed praying for you. I saw God's hand at work. I was missing, Folks.   I began to forgive to school ,the friends and I began to except the fact, the Lord is in control and all I need to do is trust in Him.   I forgave myself for leaving and not having friends for us to interact with. 

Heidi,  I pray you stay to your plan with our Lord. He is the only one who is right. You inspire me to hold fast.  Thank you for you notes and prayers they mean more than you know.....
Loving you cause you are Christ's love to me, this light has melted my guarded heart thank you
        dana<><

I had a feeling!

I was trying to get accountability by being at Jordan Public school. It was an ISP.... It didn't work. The way Savvy needs to learn (I finding most kids learn the same way). Is not conducive to the public arena. I truly found out what they teach and how they teach. They teach random thought in non-sequential order. The text books didn't follow chronological order, at all. Math was several subjects and varying concepts on any given page. The reading Books where chopped up published books with many miss quotations. 


Savvy, learns Global and tactaly . The material needs to be sound and have integrity. She, learns by repeating information but not in the same context.  Her comprehension is is at it's best when it makes sense in s orderly manner and fun. The information needs to be small bites and varied environments.


The first part of the year when I was teaching from the books I purchased we learned oh so much.... We were using Charlotte Mason style.... Reading real books dictation, copy work, reading History in order. Science was nature study. Lessons were short and learning was a joy.  Then about November I was told to use only text books.... Not cool but we did. Savvy fought tooth and nail. The joy of learning was dashed.


 Our teacher had a car accident and was unable to be available for us. Thats when I found out the true difference in the styles....I did not teach their stuff very well because it is not logical and incomplete. My daughter called out to me to teach mommy's way. 


I did! I took her advice and went our own way. We covered so much and in depth. I had Savvy reading history so her reading counted twice.(LOL) The spelling words came from the books we were reading. We chucked the math book and the teacher told us to do fourth grade math.... No way! how was that going to help.
( It didn't the teacher, never copied off the pages for us.) (LOL) I went back to what we were doing in the first place Math-u-see.  And she is doing her math with total comprehension. 

As this was playing out, I had a friend of great knowledge and background in Special Education take me to lunch to push Special Education.... we set goals and I sent out to complete them. 

Along with that, we were in a bind for money.  I thought I would enroll her at the school she was at ...a school of excellence... They refused to have her .... They totally feel she is a special needs child.....
So they would have to do a battery of test and place her in a special needs room.....(LOL) way to funny, She is getting one on one at home, from one who loves her and has the same learning style. After all that then they said she couldn't go to their school. Because we are a transfer family and we would not be allowed in their school.


A bit later, my very dear friend who is a former teacher, calls me. She was checking to see if my course is sound... She was concerned, too. She, after having a long conversation came to the same conclusion.... File!


So now I have since spoken to my husband in great length and my parents, three pastors and my care group and my three homeschool friends for accountability. They all know that is is the only course of action I can take.


It fact my church has been praying for clarity for the past year.....




I now, believe it is time to file independent. A Private School Status:  Savvy has named our school "Peace like a River....."


Lord, not our will but thine be done on earth as it is in heaven. Deliver us from evil and protect our integrity and teach me your ways Oh Lord, so Sonny and I, can Raise her your way not anyone else's....


Seeking you always:
dana<><

George Washington, ” Our Nation’s beloved Father” was the first President of the United States of America. He served as President from April 30, 1789 until March 4, 1797. One of the reasons George Washington was such a beloved leader was because of his integrity. I would like to paint a picture of his life and see if you agree with me. George Washington is a man of great honor and integrity.

Our beloved President was born on February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Washington's father died when George was 11 years old. He had very little formal schooling but taught himself to be an expert woodsman, surveyor (a person who determines the boundaries and area of tracts of land) and mapmaker. I feel inspired that George Washington was home educated, as I also am. Washington not only grew in wisdom but in stature. He grew to be over 6 feet tall -- this was very rare in Colonial times.

Washington also was a beloved family man. He married Martha Custis in 1759. She was a rich widow who had two children, Martha and John. George and Martha did not have children together. Yet George, loved Martha’s children like his own. Their home in Virginia was called Mt. Vernon. George took painstaking efforts to build a grand homestead for his family. It was one of the grandest. It took over 300 slaves to run the mini city. Washington proved to be quite a gentleman. In his will he set all his slaves free. Now that’s integrity, if you ever heard it. Integrity - that means knowing your values in life and behaving in a way that is consistent with these values.

As a young man, Washington joined the Virginia militia. He and six men traveled 500 miles north to the shores of Lake Erie to deliver a message to the French -- the French were ordered to stop settling land that was claimed by the British. This land dispute led to a battle in which Washington and 160 men lost to the French. This was the beginning of the French and Indian War (the British and the Colonists fought the French and some Indian tribes). After many heroic battles, Washington became a colonel and the leader of Virginia's militia. The British eventually won the French and Indian War.

Now that the war was over, reality set in. To pay for the expensive French and Indian War, British taxed the Colonists (the Stamp Tax), this angered them. In Boston, the Colonists revolted, dumping precious tea into Boston Harbor (this event is called the Boston Tea Party).

In 1775, Washington was chosen as the Commander in Chief of the Colonial Army. In 1776, the Colonists declared their independence from the British. General Washington led ragtag Patriot troops who were poorly trained, barely paid, badly equipped, and outnumbered by the British. Patriot women, like “Molly Pitcher," often helped on the battlefields, carrying pitchers of water to cool down the cannons so they could be re-fired, moreover nursing the wounded. As all of this was going on, Washington could have stayed in nice quarters, but instead he stuck it out with his men, living in the same poor conditions they were enduring. As I hear this, I am thinking this man, is a man of incredible fortitude.

Due to the brilliant planning of George Washington and some help from the French late in the War, the British were defeated in 1781 after many bloody battles. The Americans were now independent of the British. As you can see good old George help lead us to victory.

Now that the war was won and the nation needed to pull itself together, Washington found another honorable career change. He is now a politician. In 1758, Washington was elected to the House of Burgesses in Virginia (the local governing body of Virginia). After independence, the Americans were governed under the Articles of Confederation (adopted by the Patriots in 1777), but the country struggled. In 1787 Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the U.S. Constitution was written.

The U.S. Constitution outlined a representative government with checks and balances among three branches of government: the Executive (the President), the Legislative Branch (law makers), and the Judicial Branch (judges and courts). The Constitution was ratified in 1788 and went into effect in 1789. The next step was to set up this new, revolutionary form of government.

Washington was unanimously elected President of the United States of America by electors in early 1789 and again in 1792. Both votes were unanimous. John Adams was his vice-president. Washington's first inauguration took place in New York City, New York (the first capital of the USA, from 1789 to 1790). Washington's second inauguration took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (the capital from 1790 to 1800). During Washington's presidency, the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution) was adopted. The Bill of Rights guarantees the rights of the American people. Washington refused a third presidential term, saying in his farewell speech that a longer rule would give one man too much power. So putting aside his personal gain, he did what was right for the whole of the nation. Are you seeing the clear picture yet?

Drawing near to the end of the picture I am presenting to you, all the land poured out its grief as our beloved Washington died on December 14, 1799 of a rare throat disease at his home in Mt. Vernon. After his death, the nation's capital was moved from Philadelphia to a location on the border of Virginia and Maryland near Washington's home. It was named Washington, District of Columbia in his honor. There is one monument that stands above all the rest. In fact, no other building in Washington, D.C. can be taller. So, imagine this, even after his death he was remembered as one worthy of honoring.

Let me present the last few strokes of this picture of integrity. The chopping down of the cherry tree, I remember, is surely the most famous truth-telling tale in America. When George Washington was a boy, he cut down his father’s favorite cherry tree. When his dad asked him,” did you cut down my tree?” George said,” I can’t tell a lie. Yes, father, “I cut down the tree.” His dad did not punish him. Mr. Washington said, “I am sorry to have lost my cherry tree, but I am glad that you were brave enough to tell me the truth. I would rather have you truthful and brave than to have a whole orchard full of the finest cherry trees. Never forget that, my son. “

George Washington never forgot his father’s words. To the end of his life he was just as brave and honorable as he was that day as a little boy. And we should never forget, the greatest memorial is not the monument erected in Washington D.C. The real monument to our nation’s beloved father is the freedom for people to enjoy liberty and justice and to be blessed with a land that provides almost everything we need in the country we call United States of America. Do you see the picture as I do? George Washington as our founding President and a man of great honor and integrity is worthy of our homage.

So with that, let’s put into practice what another amazing President stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. But we shall also do our part to build a world of

peace where the weak are safe ...” May I dare say, the picture I painted is of peace, goodwill towards man. Let peace be our aim and love be our guide. Thank you, Lord for gracing us with a stoic man of integrity to show us the way to peace.

The End.

FUN FACTS: Washington wore false teeth made from hippopotamus ivory.

Vocabulary Words:

1. honor:
2. integrity
3. painstaking
4. homestead
5. militia
6. ragtag
7. fortitude
8. brilliant
9. unanimously
10. attributed
11. orchard
12. homage
13. peace
14. goodwill
15. stoic

Question and Answer:

1. Our Beloved President was born on _________.
2. As a young man, Washington joined the Virginia Dance Company. T F
3. The US Constitution outlined a representative government with checks and ATM machines.
4. Washington refused a third Presidential term. T F
5. When George Washington was a boy, he cut down his father’s favorite ____________.
6. Perhaps the real monument to our nation’s beloved father, are all the _________________________________________________________________________________.
7. Let ________________ be our aim and ____________be our Guide.

* Bonus Questions:

1. What amazing President stated, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. .... But we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe ...”_____________________________________________________ ?

Essay Question:

1. What can you do to bring Peace to your world?_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.

~ Strive for integrity - that means knowing your values in life and behaving in a way that is consistent with these values. ~

Lord, you are so dealing with me....Submit every thing I mean every thing....I am trying,,,trying to yield to your calling. Yet, I confess I am not always in your shadow...I jump out and saying don't you know I'm here....Then I remember Duh, God knows everything...I am the one that is short sighted...Lord God almighty...I am to a point in my life I have given alot of who I thought I wanted to be...But I am afraid, you will exspect so much I cat imagine who I will be...I have no concept of what is to come or what you want of me....But your Word says you have a plan for my future, plans of hope plans not to harm me! But I have been harmed and broken and I fear what's to come...I know fear is not of you and that I can trust you ....But how, how can I when I don't trust myself....I here what I write and I am lacking in Faith...So I need to shrink back in to your shadow and call out Abba Father I need you once again...when will I trust and obey, Lord, I am frail but Your mercies are new every morning Please help my unbelief.

I am sad I had a meeting with the two teachers of our public school Isp. To work out Savvy's education. I enter with hope, I walked away feeling I am the only one on earth that thinks as I do....I am not able to convey, what I know to be true. My advocate Christ is not invited to the meeting. My child' learning style is not invited into the school....I am told I do a great job with Savvy. BUT, yes the big But, I must do it their way...How I call out, how can we. If we can't (DUH)When I explain the directional difference they don't get it....Savvy and I go against the grain. The school teachings are void of Christ's truths....and the understanding of how we learn as well.....The concept of testing is invalid...The"Test"is a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something . Well we all ready know Savvy will not fit the mark so why test her. As I come to the place called school knowing we are different....So how can you compare apples to oranges. When would I put so much into this thought well good question.....My child was Graded today for a unfair request Twice......I am put out and want justice ...Yah, but where is it... It's not at school nor is it in the way I am viewed as a home educator. Not with true dignity. so what's next where do I go with my child.....I have no clue or any avenues....I am dry and uncreative because of life beating us down.....Oh Lord my rock and redeemer....I call out to you...Is there any sin in my views....Have I lost touch with what is right and pure....Am I like a Wig in Johnny Tremain's story or and I a rebel. I wan to be humbled beneath your feet oh Lord... You say Lord, if you do not receive you have not asked....Jesus, I am asking in your name Help I am being crushed bearing the weight of the Public School unrealistic State Standards and Scope and sequence.....Vs. Christendom where life is good but at a huge price in which This Perez family cannot compete. Lord< I am cry out literally. You never give me a task unequipped so am I missing the Huge Mark here Help Jesus help

We all ought to teach that way

Well, I have had a short talk with the supervisor at our Home school. I explained that I do what is required by the state using the standards....And that text book teaching something I can not do, not that I didn't try I did. SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.she said," We all ought to teach that way."After sharing on matters experinced at church from Savvy's heart, as we talked she ask you Lord to give my daughter a special friend. My dear Lord, I felt after seeing Savvy at school on Thurs., we are there for a reason...and Thank you ,Lord for providing a special friend for Savvy this week ..Wow and a Good one at that...Sunday we hear giggles and laughter through out the house...Like music to my ears. School is moving a long and Savvy is doing somethings on her own...pretty cool

I John 1:5 God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. Lord, I feel like darkness is out there sucking me dry...I know you are the Light but I am not getting it a 100 o/o

I have a huge, piece of sand that is being made into a pearl....(I pray)Public Education for the alternative learner, Just dose not happen.....Or for that matter for the child that is acting how God created them to be. Savvy and Myself learn best by hearing and doing....Instructions on the written page....just doesn't do anything for us....When we read we read something other that what is written(LOL) like almost everytime.....Our brains do not stay where the written page leads....we have vivid imaginations.....So to be ask too recall details of the literal.....it always comes with new or created stuff that counts for a F oposed to A's.....My fight has been to reclaim my worth...I found it as a child of the one and olny pure Loving God......I have fifthy one years of grief....because my style of learning was Bad and not valued....My Child is blessed to be homeschooled.. But because of my self debt and mistrust in myself we are signed in at a public School as a independent study......MY BAD.....I want to teach Savvy in the best way I can...I fear my wholes in my education will short change my child and fear enters in...(repent) Lord there is no lack in you ..just limits in me.....I what to be free to be your vesel to do what is right for Savvy and our family at large. Lord please direct my path and fill my hert and mind in Christ rather than in past crisis (left fron the residue of my hurtful past......Free Savvy from my pain Let her creat her own(LOL) Build us to be the Godly women you desidn us to be.....Thanks Lord your the Best......Now we are off to Svvy first ever Upwards baskeyball game at our mother church......Lord we need you more now than ever Dyslexia means wrong way or wrong direction ...I want to call upon you to lead Savvy in the your direction with out grief...nerves, and lack of trust needs to be replace with faith and trust let it be so this beautiful Saturday that you have made AMAN.

I think I am ready to start posting.....One thing if you are a follower you must learn to decode a dyslexic writer....May the Lord bless you with the insight to figure me out.... I want to use this blog to extract that which is hindering me, so I can be filled with God's Holy Words, once more by the Lord's doing.

So Now for the diary of a Homeducator,power packed with life chalanges and issues wanting to do the best I can so My Lord can undo the stuff i plant in my kid that encourages her/I to sin against our Lord, so the input will grow holy and spiritually fruitful . Not damaged and prideful or spoiled...It will contain venting, misunderstandings, redirection, reorganizing thoughts to regroup, reground and reclaim any thing that the enemy has messed with and announce it back to the Lord., in repentance reflection and reunite.... thank you sweet Jesus for this safe haven to be raw, real and revealing so I can reunite with my first Love Jesus Okay try # 1