Wednesday, August 27, 2008~Day 9:
"May the Words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14
Words can be powerful; they can encourage someone greatly or they can severely wound someone in their spirit. Let's guard our mouth w/ the words we let pass through our lips. Mom too! :) Let's say only what is loving/kind/helpful. Let's think on what are ways we can encourage someone w/ words today? Write a personal letter/note/email? Go to them and speak words of blessing. :) The greatest way we can use words today is to share the message of Christ...whether in person or through a letter/note/email....these Words are Life and Hope to every person who hears them. Including ourselves. :)
We began our lesson time together this morning w/ Bible and Prayer (365 Days of Celebration & Praise - Daily Devotions for Homeschooling Families)-- We learned that this week is National Veterinary Week. In God's Holy Word in Exodus 9:1-7, we read about how the Egyptians would have probably thought they needed a Veterinarian. Then we answered 3 discussions questions. We pondered the Scripture, Romans 15:4, "For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragment of the Scriptures, we might have hope." Our prayer focus on Wednesdays is Women (specifically Wives and Moms). Breanna prayed for me. :) I prayed for a friend in our church who's husband got a new job and will be gone during the wk. for training for the next 17 wks. and she'll be home w/ 4 children and also for another friend from our church who is expecting after 3 miscarriages, praying for Baby and her. What a blessing when in God's Word and in prayer! :)
Mid-morning, during cleaning time, was a challenging time w/ Breanna not respecting and being difficult...yet, praise God, His grace covers us and we can begin anew....again Breanna enjoyed the quiet of her bedroom and completed most of her schoolwork this morning. Bible— Elsie’s Life Lessons Walking In the Fruit of the Spirit~ Chapter 1-Walking in Love- Lesson 4 – Loving Others: Read p. 23 (Began at: Loving Others) – p. 24 (Stopped after reading: Beginning when you wake up in the morning, until you go to bed at night, what are some of the things you need from the people who share your life?). She is to meditate & memorize Scripture. Answer study questions. Ponder them. Pray about her own walk w/ Christ in relation to love. Copywork—Copywork for Girl’s~ Lesson 9. History— The Chimney Sweep’s Ransom (John Wesley)~ Chapter 4~ Notebooked an Idea for
This afternoon, Breanna had Math—w/ Jacqui at 12:10-1:30 pm. She completed ACE Math PACE 1068 p. 36(all but the first 2 problems) - p. 40.
While Breanna was at Math lessons, Nathan and I did his Language Lessons for Little Ones. Lesson 9 - Introducing the Letter "B" - For Copywork-- He had 2 Capital B's and 2 lower case b's and a line after each one and he had to write each B/b. We'll need to keep working on writing. He did really good w/ one lower case b. :)
This afternoon, while I worked out at the Wellness Center, Breanna did Nathan's Little Hands to Heaven preschool lesson w/ him. Little Hands to Heaven~Unit 2-Day 3-The Earth and the Flood. They did the fingerplay called, Noah's Big Boat. The Bible story (The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes)-- Read p. 28 "It Rains for Days and Days" based on Scripture Genesis 8:8, 9 & looked at picture on p. 29 of the ark floating on the waters and a dove in the air w/ a twig in its mouth. Answered 3 discussion questions about the story. They had a great time w/ Active Exploration. They filled our kitchen sink w/ water. Then, they gathered various items to see if they would sink or float. She even recorded the results on a sheet of paper for me to see. Coin: Did not float, Cotton ball: stayed up for a little bit, but then sank. Barette: did not float, Bottle cap: Floats! Rock: did not float. Tin foil: Floats. Block: Floats. Plastic lid: Floats, and Spoon: did not float. He had a Letter Activity where Nathan had a copy of the Hide and Seek 'B' page. He circled the B's. And, then he had to trace the dotted line from the capital B to the lower case b. There were 2 of them. For a Bible Activity he had a copy of the Count on Me page and in each box (there were 5 of them) he drew blue oval which were raindrops. Then, he wrote the number 1 under each box. Again they finished their fun lesson w/ The Singing Bible CD song, Noah Built a Boat.
Tonight, I had company over, and it was late when Breanna and I did her Grammar. Simply Grammar-- the rest of Lesson 2 on p. 7 and on p. 8.
