Ah, welcome to Memo Monday! This is the fourth Memo Monday we’ve done here at the HomeshoolBlogAwards, and after the great jobs the others have done, I am kind of nervous.

Anyway, I usually am pretty busy on Mondays. I have a lot of things to do myself, and I’d like to help you navigate your way around the latest. Grab your cup of coffee and maybe some cake, and enjoy yourself!

Memo Mondays is designed to bring you all homeschool news, any prayer requests, carnival reminders, product reviews, curriculum reviews, charity projects, and helpful homeschooling info. Wow, that is quite a load, but I think I can get it done.

As homeschoolers we all like to know what’s going on with homeschooling, and a great place to find….
Homeschool News is HomeschoolBuzz. They have updates from a big selection of blogs and always have the latest on homeschooling. Not to mention About.Homeschool and if you want to find out, in detail, about homeschooling news in your state, you can always check out the HSB Homeschool Nations.

Prayer Requests
Mrs. Irwin of Beginning Our Journey just found out her son, Tristan, has Leukemia. I’d like everyone to lift him up in prayer and stop over there to offer some words of comfortable to the family as they are all besides themselves, As Mrs. Irwin stated. Tristan is only two-years-old. I pray right now that the Lord would touch and heal this precious baby, this gift, this blessing, and just heal his body. Clear out the Leukemia. Satan wants this child, but we know that you, Lord, are the Creator, and the Giver of life and Tristan is in Your Hands. Amen.

Also lift up Chrissy of Moving the Mountain in your prayers. She is battling depression right now, and could really use some encouragement. Last year she had surgery to remove a cancer-tumor, and is just getting back on blogworld.

Please keep TrainingHearts/Tamara in your prayers as well as she was sick from MSG poisoning last week. Don’t forget six-year-old Sean, who has been battling cancer since August 2006.

Carnival Reminders
Well, everyone enjoys a good carnival so this week check out…
The Carnival of Homeschooling hosted At Home With Kris
The Homesteading Carnival hosted by Amanda at My Learning Experience, and the Carnival of Education will be hosted by History is Elementary on the 24th.

Homeschool Reviews
Last month my mom entered a contest and won a t-shirt from Homeschool Boutique, so I took a peek around their site….They have the cutest Homeschool Mom tshirts that you must stop by and see. Not to mention their blog is so darn cute, and they even have a cute little icon to stick on your blog!

Curriculum Review
I am not a mom so I don’t really give big long curriculum reviews. lol ….However, a few years ago mom had us doing Easy Grammar Plus, and I really liked this curriculum as it was easy and very helpful. Every thing was explained properly that I could easily understand it and I got through it quickly. They have Easy Grammar for grades 2nd to 7th.

Homeschool Tip

Get your children interested in reading more by joining and having them join the HSB Literary Club! It just started back up again and this time the Club will be reading The Hedge of Thorns by John Hatchard. This book is from the Lamplighter series, which can be found at the The Old Schoolhouse Store.

This classic book was written in 1819 and is based on a true story of a young boy who learns the hard way that the choices we make can harm those we love the most. Because he desperately wants to know what is on the other side of a hedge of thorns, he puts his little sister in great danger. From his experience, we learn that God places boundaries in our lives because He loves us.

Thanks for taking a moment to stop by and see what’s on the memo pad!