I am so excited to announce that I am finished with the notebooking pages for the book Genesis: Finding Our Roots by Ruth Beechick. You can find them at HomeSchool Treasure Trove (click treasure map in the right sidebar to go there). There are about 34 of them (at present count). They cover the entire book (all 6 units). They turned out really well (although some are a bit plain, but it's really hard to dress up a page on the lineage of Adam through Cain. )
I did find a great map at BcResources.net showing what the pre-Flood world might have looked like (click on Map 13...should be the first map on the page...I wish I'd found this when we were in Unit 2).
I'm also working on mini-books for a lapbook, but I'm only through Unit 1 at the moment. I'll post later when I'm finished with those.
It was a very interesting study and I (as a Creation "buff") learned so much more along with my kids. I really liked this book much better than Adam and His Kin because I have a real aversion to "adding" to the Word of God (even if it is to give you a 'better understanding" of what the world was like). I find it difficult for my younger children to discern what is in the Bible and what is not. Genesis: Finding Our Roots was totally based on the Bible and brought in historical evidences which backed up and enhanced the Genesis story without "adding" speculation to the Bible. Just my mini-review/contrast of these two books.
I finally got around to making a Book of Centuries that you can actually put into a 3 ring binder. Unfortunately, it's not a "traditional" Book of Centuries. It kills me to waste paper & ink, which is what I'd do if I started in 5000 B.C. and put one century per page-spread. But then I'd "cramp" the more recent years, not having enough space. Therein lies the dilemma. What to do?
So I took a few pointers from Donna Young, and made a few changes, but the result is a great time-line book (with a really great cover, I might add. I just love historical images ).
You can find it on my group Homeschool Treasure Trove (link to right). It is also stored at Homeschool Launch. It was a large file so I had to break it into 3 parts (Cover choices, 5000 BC-1000 AD, and 1000 AD-2030 AD). It makes it faster to upload/download, but if you'd like it all in one file, you may download it from MediaFire.
I've uploaded some pages for the Feast of Tabernacles (Sukkot or Sukkoth) and Hanukkah (or Chanukah) to my group. Since the Feast of Tabernacles begins tomorrow at sunset, I though it would be a great thing for my kids to do to learn more about it.
I am really interested in the Biblical Feasts and want to share their significance with my children. I was amazed a while ago when I was reading that most of the feasts were a "lasting ordinance." In other words, God wanted them to be observed year after year as a remembrance and looking forward to things to come. Jesus himself also is recorded to have observed the Feasts and he never (as far as I've read) told us that they are no longer necessary to observe...although the sacrifices associated with them are no longer necessary. Does that mean that you're going to lose your standing with God if you don't observe them? Of course not. That is a conviction and between you and God. But I am fascinated with them and have grown so much in my understanding of God and His Word by learning more about them. Passover this year has been a huge eye-opener. I have had Passover meals in years past, but it wasn't until this year that I started to see how Passover played a huge role in the Last Supper and in our observance of Communion/the Lord's Supper. Understanding the deeper symbolism of the elements, it has become a much more solemn event. (That sounded like the "Deeper Magic from Before the Dawn of Time" quote from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. LOL )
Seriously, I love the Feasts and I hope that God continues to teach me through them. I feel like the more I learn about God's Word, there is even more that I still have to learn. Click here to visit the group and view the notebook pages. Once you're there, the pages are located in the files section.
Welcome to my blog...Why "gidget"? Well...my husband tried to teach me how to surf before we were married. I was lousy at it, but he called me his "gidget" and the name stuck.
Why "Treasure Trove"? I love sharing about my sweet little "treasures"...and God has blessed me beyond measure....and no, I didn't mean that to rhyme.
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