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Welcome to Our Garden
let your glory be over all the earth.
Psalm 57:5
Beth McKain Parker, 50, of McCandless Township, died March 21, 2008 at her residence.
She leaves her husband, Charles Henry Parker, III; two teenage daughters,
Dulcinea Marie Parker and Kendra Nicole Parker; two brothers,
Richard G. McKain, II of Kilbuck Township, and Douglas S. McKain of Ross Township;
and two sisters, Lauren Zwick of Avalon and Sharon Vereb of Saxonburg.
Beth was a graduate of Avonworth High School (class of 1975) and Chatham College (class of 1979).
A life-long enthusiast of Scots history, Beth served as a co-convener for the Clan Donald Society in the
1980s and resided in Scotland for a year to establish the genealogical library at the Clan’s visitor center on the Isle of Skye.
She worked in administrative capacities for Andrus Architects and Holy Family Institute in the1980s.
She left the workforce to become an impassioned stay-at-home mother to her daughters.
Very involved in homeschooling and the local homeschooling community, Beth authored a website
dedicated to providing quality resources to homeschooling families.
She shared her accumulated wisdom with many homeschool families
through this site as well as Trivium-at-Home and ClassEd online classical education communities.
In addition, she was a member of North Hills Christian Homeschoolers and a former member of Cranberry Christian Homeschoolers.
Memorial contributions in Beth’s name may be made to the Home School Legal Defense Association
http://www.hslda.org/, P.O. Box 3000 • Purcellville, VA 20134-9000
I will do my best to maintain this resource in Beth’s memory
....and for us the pleasures of the garden
are a metaphor for family life.
adoption, homeschooling, gardening, our Christian faith,
and other things that interest us, so please feel free
to make yourself at home, pick up your tools, and dig a little....
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WebringsRoot Stock
Pause here to read a little about us, some thoughts on ancestry, a tribute to family, and resources for Christian family living
The Grafted Branch
How we are a family built by adoption, with links to our favorite sites that are supportive of adoption and uplifting to adoptive families
Planning Your Garden
Our favorite homeschooling methods: information about the Charlotte Mason Method and Classical Christian Homeschooling, with links for Charlotte Mason, Classical Christian Homeschooling, and the historical Trivium
Cultivating Seedlings
Why and how we homeschool, with specific information about our curriculum choices and special sections on narration, copywork, timelines, and using games for memory work, drill, and review; also in this section, you'll
find Quotes from Mom's Copybook
Mulching and Pest Control
A wide variety of sources for homeschool networking, including support groups, online magazines, bulletin boards and discussion forums; with statistics, legal defense, and general political action links; also, keep on top of current events in education with US Education in the News
Tools and Equipment
Thirty pages of carefully chosen internet resources for homeschoolers, including worksheets, forms and planners, reading lists, curriculum suppliers, online teaching resources and more; links are sorted by
category and annotated to make searching easier
Garden Party
Dozens of hand-picked, fun, educational and interactive websites for kids; parents will also want to check out the educational
value of these links
Through the Arborgate
All about our western Pennsylvania garden: the land, the plants, the wildlife; includes our garden and nature journal, and links to great sites for garden lovers
The Lord's Harvest
Visit our page about our Christian faith, understand the Gospel, see the amazing Shockwave video The Walk, read the Bible online,
find study tools and devotional links, visit Reformed sites and read classic Christian literature -- if you only visit one page on this site, make it this one!
The Potting Shed
Your gateway to the official Parkerkids homepage, where you can find our kids' pages, find out about our pets,
read the latest issue of our homeschool newsletter, and more
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