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From the "Bedtime Bible Story Book" by Jesse Hurlbut, we read Day 7: Abram's Journey from Genesis 12:1 - 13:4. When I read this passage from the Bible, I skipped some verses that would have gone over the boys head.
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From " Devotionals for Children" by -Stephen Douglas Williford, we read "When Nobody Else Believed." It's about David and Goliath from I Samuel 17:48-51. I read the Bible passage before reading the devotional story. Unfortunately this is a library book that is already overdue. I'd really like to find a used copy of this book as the stories are easy to read and I am very able to apply them to our lives.
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Then we moved into attempting to combine the easier activities of two weeks of Konos: Obedience into about four days.
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From the Authority/Light week we did ~
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Who is the child's authority when at the library, (um, let's return those overdue books), church, etc.
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Who is the hightest authority (God) from Luke 22:42
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Play "Mommy Says" (like Simon Says)
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Play "Mother May I?"
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Briefly talked about how was Adam and Eve obedient - um, they weren't.
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Also reviewed the verse Jeremiah 26:13 ~ obey the voice of the Lord, your God.
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From the Bible week we did ~
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Reviewed II Timothy 3:16 & 17 which lead into a brief rabbit trail discussion about "inspired" by God, does Wal-Mart make Bibles (um, no, but they do sell them), how do we get the Bible, etc.
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Back on track, we discussed why did God give us the Bible (II Timothy 3:16 & 17)
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I did an introduction to the two sections of the Bible - Old & New Testaments (which Caleb had just learned for Awana Sparks Skipper)
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Briefly discussed and showed them what a "sword drill" was. But they wondered where the "sword" was - um.... but I was able to help them understand that it's important to really know your way around the Bible
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Discussed that the Holy Bible is from God and because of that we should always show respect when we talk about the Bible and when we handle the Bible. I've begun to notice some serious disrespect when reciting our Sparks verses - um, from the Bible, so this definitely needs to be discussed and discussed and discussed some more.
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We also sang the B-I-B-L-E many, many times.
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Did you know there are four stanzas to the song Jesus Loves Me? I didn't until I dug out my very old hymnal. I was amazed. I think it might be good for us to actually learn all four stanzas.
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Tonight we are going to be doing a bit more on our Lapbook: Caleb's Surgery. Honestly, it's many pictures and discussions, so it's not that difficult for the boys and won't take that much to finish it. But hopefully it will provide an avenue in which to help Caleb prepare and ask questions.
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And lest I forget, they also did their Handwriting Without Tears workbooks and copywork; and their respective Math U See lessons and copywork.
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I almost forgot about the Awana Sparks sections the boys have been working on. Joshua is in his 2nd year of Sparks, so he is in the Hiker book. He is doing Red Jewel 2, section 5, Red Jewel 3 sections 1 & 2. They are only allowed three sections a week.
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This is Caleb's first year of Sparks (we purposely held him back a year in Cubbies ~ one of the best decisions we made), so he is in the Skipper book. He is doing Red Jewel 3, sections 3, 4 and 5. Section 4 is where he starts learning the books of the New Testament. Even though I can't find the CD from the Skipper book, thankfully I remember the tunes. Having these verses set to music is about the only way the boys and myself are learning.
