Author Archive: Charlotte Cushman

Kindergarten Graduation Planned

By Charlotte Cushman on

From Megan – 

To ALL K5 Homeschoolig Parents in the LowCountry:
Please contact Megan Shytle at meganshytle03@gmail.com if you would like to join us in our “LowCountry Homeschooler K5 Graduation 2012-13”.  We are trying to get a head count and start putting together our graduation.  This is OPEN to ALL Homeschoolers in the LowCountry area.  Please email me for more information, if you are on FB we also have a page to keep you informed.
Blessings
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Christmas Open House

By Charlotte Cushman on

From Melissa Absher –

With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner it’s time to turn our hearts toward giving to those we love.  Please join us Saturday, November 10 from 12:00 – 3:00 for Christmas shopping, refreshments, fellowship, giveaways, and a fun craft for your children sponsored by Usborne Books.  Everyone is invited! 

Come shop to support home-based business moms, like Sherri with Usborne Books, Monica with Blessings Unlimited, Joyce with 31, Megan with Mark Kay, and more to come. 

Just for walking in the door, you will be entered into a drawing for a $20.00 Chick-fil-A gift card, then for every purchase you make you will be entered into a drawing for giveaways from all of the vendors.

Where: Clubhouse at The Traditions at Old Carolina in Bluffton (off Buck Island Road behind Publix)
When: Saturday, November 10 from 12:00 – 3:00
Why: Christmas shopping, fellowship, and fun!

Light Christmas refreshments, coffee, and tea will be served.  If you have any questions or would like to participate (we have plenty of room), please call Melissa Absher at 298-0447.

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4T Boys & Girls Pants and Undies Needed

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The children’s ministries at CBC are in need of some 4T boys and girls pants and undies (mostly boys). 

Anyone wanting to donate may drop items off   in the resource room at CBC.

Thanks,
Evelyn Owens

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Teacher Training Tuesday & Yearbook Coordinator Needed

By Charlotte Cushman on

From Megan –

Teacher Training THIS Tuesday Oct 2nd 7pm, World Missions Cafe!
If you would like to bring a potluck snack to share please feel free and arrive a few minutes before 7.  Thanks 🙂
Our Teacher Training this time is going to be all Elementary, Middle and High School Students together.  We will be talking about “How to Incorporate Learning Centers in your Home School”  You might think this is just for the younger ones, but after much prayer on the subject as how to present this topic I felt God’s leading to share how these things can help in your home school with older children as well.  I will also be sharing a little on how you can use these Centers to help encourage smaller children in alone play or in one on one play with another sibling or how an older sibling can use them to teach a younger one.  Hopefully it might give some insight as to how to home school with little ones as well! 🙂  We will be doing “How to Help Your Student successful in the High School Years” toward the end of the school year.  Unless God otherwise leads. 🙂
I will also have a small questionnaire if you would fill out so we can know a little bit more about where you as the parents of CBCCA would like to see us grow, do, etc…
See you Tuesday night! 🙂
Yearbook Coordinator:
We are still looking for 1 or more moms to help coordinate our yearbook!  If you feel led please contact me at meganshytle03@gmail.com or call/text me at 843/575-5731! 🙂

 

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Curriculum for Sale

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*** Update Joyce’s info:  email: beaufortjg@gmail.com and 843-384-7149.

From Joyce –

I have a bunch of Math U See, Language Arts curriculum and paperbacks for sale. If you come to the Mommy-Owned Business Open House on Friday, Sept. 28, you can see them, or let me know which ones you want and I will bring them to CBC on Sunday.

Haunting Tales – Hawthorne .75
Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer – Conrad $1.00
Julius Caesar – Shakespeare $1.00
Romeo and Juliet – Shakespeare .75
Idylls of the King 2 copies $1.00 each
Walk Two Moons – Creech $1.00
The Witch of Blackbird Pond – Speare $1.00
Mr. Revere and I – Lawson .75
Johnny Tremain – Forbes .75
The Life and Times of Washington $1.00
Frankenstein – Shelley 2 copies .50 each
Treasure Island – Stevenson 4 copies starting at $1.00 each up to $1.75 for a hardback illustrated
October Sky – Hickam .75
Beatrix Potter Letters to Children – $2.00
The Whipping Boy – Fleischman $1.00
The Swiss Family Robinson – Wyss Illustrated Hardback Ed. $3.00
Peter Pan – Barrie Illustrated Hardback Ed. $3.00
Horse and Pony Stories – extracts from classics Thompson $1.00
King of the Wind – Henry $1.00
Misty of Chincoteague – Henry $1.00
Mustang Wild Spirit of the West $1.00
The Secret Garden – Bunett illustrated hardback $2.00
Green Eggs and Ham – Suess $1.00
Make Way For Ducklings – McCloskey $2.00 hardback new
Frog and Toad Together – Lobel $2.00 hardback
My ABC Bible Verses – Hunt $2.00 hardback
Mr. Wizard’s Supermarket Science $1.50
American Heritage Picture Dictionary $2.00
Money Matters for Teens – Burkett $1.00
The Homeschooling Father – Farris $1.00
Grammar and Composition Handbook High School 2 – Glencoe $2.00
Sight Word Flash Cards set of 300 complete $1.50
Sight Word Flash Cards set of 78 two-sided complete $1.00
Birds! Once-a-Week Unit Study – new $3.00
Character Quality Language Arts Teacher’s Guide – Reish $5.00
Meaningful Composition 4+ – CQLA Reish $10 I erased some answers in the first few lessons
Write Shop Primary Teacher’s Guide & Activity Set Worksheet Pack Book B (6 – 10 yr old) – new $5
Right Brain Phonics Program w/Right Brain Phonics Flash Cards (over $70 new) – Craft like new $35
Usborne Wind-up Tractor Book w/model tractor, 3 tracks & 30 stand-up pieces ($29.99 new) – new $15
Math U See:
Starter and Completer Set of Manipulatives $30
Fraction Overlays full set w/additional pieces $30
Algebra/Decimal Inserts $15
Beta DVD, Teacher Manual, Student Text, Test Booklet $45 like new
Epsilon DVD, Teacher Manual, Student Text, Test Booklet $45 like new
Gamma DVD, Teacher Manual, Student Text, Test Booklet $45 I erased some answers in the first few lessons
Zeta DVD, Teacher Manual $25
Algebra I DVD, Teacher Manual $25
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Update Ellie Louise

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Good Morning Everyone –

Thank you so much for praying for little Ellie! We will not be posting updates here on the homeschooling blog anymore..  but if you would like to follow Ellie’s progress further I have started a blog at: http://sensiblemom.wordpress.com/ that you can subscribe to, or you can keep up with us on facebook.

Ellie had a great day yesterday. Her color was good, she rested very comfortably, and generally looked like the model patient!

We covet your prayer today over her being weaned from the ventilator. Breathing is a critical issue for children with Trisomy 18 and it will be the key to whether we can take Ellie home.

For more info about Trisomy 18 see this website: http://www.trisomy.org/

Also she was trembling a lot last night… although she was plenty warm.. so please pray that it is a non-issue and that it is not an indicator of anything.

We have decided to try to put her in a different hat every day to show that each day is new! You will also notice that we have accessorized her blankets!

Love to everyone at home and thanks for all of your calls, texts, messages and notes. If you would like to help with anything, please email Michele Norman at michelenorm@gmail.com. She will be fielding and coordinating all those requests for us.

This weekend will be very busy for us and we may not be able to have any visitors because we expect to have our children come to see us. Next week I think I can handle one visitor a day.

It is a pretty complicated process to get people into the NICU. We can only bring people in one at a time. I will be keeping an appointment book… so that I do not overbook myself. Part of the issue is that I am also pumping my milk for Ellie 6 times a day and that take 30-45 minutes each time. I will say that all of the visitors we have had have been a huge encouragement to us. The Lord has blessed us and strengthened our faith by each of you that have come to see little Ellie. When you see her in person it is so much more evident what a little miracle she is.

We love all of you very much and are so thankful for your love and support. I love seeing all of your comments, texts and messages… so know that I am treasuring them in my heart even if I don’t have a chance to individually respond to them.

Love to you all!

Chris and Charlotte

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PJ and Play

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FYI –

PJ and Play

http://www.uscbcenterforthearts.com/#!vstc2=menu1/vstc0=pj-and-play

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Surgery Update

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From Chris & Charlotte Cushman –

Ellie Louise’s surgery was successful today!

Her surgeon was able to connect her esophagus to her stomach and also close the opening that was between her stomach and lungs.

We are PRAISING the Lord for His goodness and thanking all you who have been praying, hoping and thinking about Ellie with us.

We cannot thank you enough for your kind words and help.

Right now we will be waiting for her to heal up as we look toward the next goal of getting off the ventilator.

We will keep you all updated and thank you so much for your love and kindness!

Chris and Charlotte

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Update from the Cushman Family on Baby Ellie

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Please forgive us if you get duplicate notifications.
From Chris and Charlotte Cushman –
Wanted to update our friends and family on what has been going on with us over the last 6 days.
Thank you so much for all of the calls, texts, messages and emails:)
As some of you may know we have been expecting our 8th child October 8th.
Ellie was diagnosed with Trisomy 18 in utero. It is a serious genetic disorder. We have been going to MUSC for doctors appointments with the intention of delivering here in Charleston.
Last Wednesday I came for my 37 week appointment and Ellie’s heart rate was dropping during the ultrasound. We decided that delivery was the best option since I was already in Charleston. She was not tolerating labor well and her heart rate dropped, so we did an emergency C-Section.  I had massive amounts of excess amniotic fluid which was keeping the contractions I was having from progressing during the labor. They drew off 1800 cc of fluid before the induction and there was an additional 1800 cc of fluid that came out during the C-Section.
She is beautiful and was born at 6:50 pm on Sept 19th, weighing 4 lbs 7 oz. We named her Ellie Louise. Ellie means “light” and Louise is a dear family friend’s name that we wanted to honor.
She has been in the NICU since Wednesday and has been on the vent. She actually is breathing really well and could have come off, but as she is having surgery tomorrow they decided to keep her on until then.
The surgery is tomorrow and is schdeuled for 2 pm. It is to correct two problems:
1) tracheo esophageal fistula – There is an opening where there should not be between the trachea and the esophagus. The trachea should only be connected to the lungs… and the esophagus should only be connected to the stomach. They need to close up this hole so that her stomach contents do not get into her lungs.
2) esophageal atresia – The esophagus is ending in a blind pouch instead of connecting to the stomach. So she has no way to receive nutrition and everything that goes into her mouth comes back up. That is why I had so much excess amniotic fluid… she couldn’t swallow it. The goal is to connect the esophagus to the stomach so that she can get nutrition through to her stomach through her esophagus. They will likely put in a tube of some kind in order to feed her.
We would covet your prayers for the following:
  • That the surgeons would be skillful.
  • That the stomach and esophagus would be close enough to connect.
  • That they would be able to close up the hole.
  • That she would be able to be weaned from the vent and breathe on her own.
  • That we would be able to take her home with us and love her there.
Care for our home, children, their schooling and meals are taken care of for this week. Our number one need is fervant prayer asking our Heavenly Father to do what we cannot.
If surgery goes well, we will likely have many needs that we will need help with and we are grateful for our church, work, neighbors and friends who have come along side of us during this time. We will definately be reaching out to you for help!
We know that Ellie is in His Hands and that He loves her even more than we do. Please pray for Ellie and for us when the Lord brings it to your mind. I will keep everyone updated via FB, Prayer Chain and the Homeschool Blog as we know what is happening. Please forgive me if you get duplicate notifications.
Psalm 121
I lift up my eyes to the hills – where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the Maker of heaven and earth. He will not let your foot slip- He who watches over you will not slumber; indeed, he who watches over Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord watches over you – the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day nor the moon by night. The Lord will keep you from all harm – He will watch over your life. The Lord will watach over your coming and going now and forever more.
With love,
Chris and Charlotte Cushman

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Classical Conversations

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From Monica Wilkinson –
Dear Homeschooling Families,
Classical Conversations of Beaufort will be hosting a Fall Open  House on Tuesday, October 16th. This Open House is for homeschooling families interested in joining or learning more about our Classical Conversations program. You will be able to observe and participate together with our community  during this time.  There will also be a time where families can ask any  questions they may have regarding our CC program.
If you would like to attend this Fall Open House in October, please email me to reserve your place.  SPACE IS LIMITED.  Once you reserve your place, I will give more detailed directions regarding  the day.
We will be hosting an additional Winter Open House, after Christmas if this time in October is not convenient for your family.
Here’s a the specifics of our Classical programs and times:
The Foundations program occurs from  9:00AM-12noon (K4-6th) followed by lunch and playground time outside. 
We welcome you to come and see what Classical Conversations is all about and how our mornings together work! Please  include with your RSVP the  names/ages of your children.  Your children are welcome to attend with you.  We have a nursery available for 3 years and under.  Please plan to bring lunch with you if you as this will enable you to speak  with other CC moms in the program during our lunch hour and allow me an opportunity to answer your questions.
We  will begin accepting NEW registrations for the 2013-14 year on February 1,  2013. You may visit www.classicalconversations.com for more  specific information on the Foundations, Essentials, and Challenge programs.


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Serving Christ Through Home-Centered Education,
Monica Wilkinson Foundations Director, Classical Conversations of Beaufort mohummingbird@hotmail.com
For more information visit www.classicalconversations.com “By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.”  ~ Proverbs 24:3-4
“Students are souls to be nurtured, not products to be measured.” ~ Leigh Bortins
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