Hubby is off work today.  I love when he is home.  :)

Thursday, September 4, 2008~Day 15~Thankful:

Having a heart that is thankful can easily change our perspective.  We can be greatly discouraged, yet when we start thinking on what we are thankful for or simply thanking God for who He is, our heart is transformed; we are greatly encouraged!  Today, with our main focus on being Thankful, let us write a list of at least 10 things that we are thankful for.  Let’s thank God continually!  J

“Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”  1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Our day together began w/ time in God's Holy Word and prayer.  Taking our devotions from the book,  365 Days of Celebration & Praise - Daily Devotions and Activities for Homeschooling Families-- we read that it is National Chicken Month.  And, we read how their are many kinds of birds that are talked about in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible.  Some of the birds are vultures, eagles, kites, ravens, owls, gulls, ospreys, storks, and herons, to mention a few,  are specifically spoke of in Leviticus 11:13 as birds that are unclean and shouldn't be eaten.  Chicken, sparrow, and dove are talked about in various other locations.  And in Luke 12:1-12 we read what Jesus speaks about a sparrow.  We answred three discussion questions.    We pondered the verse, Luke 12:8-9, "I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge Him before the angels of God.  But He who disowns me before men will be disowned before the angels of God.  Our prayer focus today is on The President George W. Bush.  We also pray for other officials/candidates.  I also prayed for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and for a Christian brother who is running for Iowa House.

Daddy and I got to go work out together the morning. :)  Breanna and Nathan had lots of fun doing his Little Hands to Heaven preschool lesson together~ Unit 3 - Day 3 -- God Blesses Abraham.  They did his fingerplay, "Clippity, Clippity" focusing on the letter "C."  For the Bible Story in (The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes)~ they read p. 38 "God Promises Abraham a Son" and looked at the picture on p. 39 of Abraham standing by his tent  with his arms stretched out and gazing at the night sky full of twinkling stars. They answered 2 discussion questions about the Bible story.  For a Letter Activity, Breanna wrote a large 'C' on a piece of construction paper, then Nathan drove a car around the C and practiced sounding out the letter.  The corresponding music was from The Singing Bible CD's.  The song was titled, "God Began a Nation."  After we returned home,  Nathan was wearing one of my Breanna's old robes, and they had chairs together w/ a blanket over it making it a tent.  They acted out a play for Nathan's preschool lesson, where Nathan played Abraham.  They had fun doing this and did a great job!  :) 

I'm so glad that Breanna and Nathan are working together so well and are enjoying each other too.  :)

This afternoon,  Breanna and Nathan walked to our beautiful, grand, almost new (only a couple yrs. old) library only a block or so away.  Nathan really enjoys going to the library!  And, Breanna enjoys books as much as Mom does!  :)

Still this afternoon,  Breanna did most of her schoolwork.  Bible— Elsie’s Life Lessons Walking In the Fruit of the Spirit~ Chapter 2-Walking in Joy- Lesson 1 – The Joy of Loving Jesus:  Read p. 32 - p. 33 (Stopped after reading: Do you trust in the security of His love?)  This is what she is do w/ her Bible lesson: Meditate & memorize Scripture.  Answer study questions.  Ponder them. Pray about your own walk w/ Christ in relation to love. Copywork—Copywork for Girl’s~ Lesson 15.  History— The Chimney Sweep’s Ransom (John Wesley)~ Finished yesterday’s assignment.  Notebooked the Vocabulary work and read Chapter 7.  Science/Nature Study—A Nature Walk with Aunt Bessie~ Chapter 3 – Read rest of p. 30 (Began at: “There is a class of beetles which perform a very useful work; they are called the sexton or burying beetles…”) – p. top of p. 31 (Stopped after reading: “But I think it is quite time to bid good-bye to the beetle tribes, and dinner is ready.”)   Notebooked on sexton beetle and tortoise beetle.   

This evening, Nathan and I worked on his Language Lessons for Little Ones~  Lesson 15 - Introcuding the Letter "C" - for Copywork -- Nathan had 2 capital C's and a line following each, also 2 lower case c's and a line following each of them, he had to write the Capital C's and lower case c's on each of their lines.  We practiced a few on each line.  He struggled w/ doing this.  He did make 2 decent lower case c's all on his own.  :)