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Posted on Jan. 2, 2006
I haven't done this in awhile, but since it does directly relate to the reason I started this blog to begin with, I thought I should post our lessons at least occasionally amongst my ramblings.
We started with scripture...
Eph 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
We did some simple reasoning with this and established that:
1) Children ought to obey their parents.
2) The Lord put parents in authority over their children.
3) The phrase "in the Lord" means that you do not have to obey if your parents ask you to sin.
We talked about other people in authority over us and why they hold those positions. We talked about reasoned obedience. Since all authority is ultimately derived from God, we answer to God for our actions. If someone in authority tells us to do something we do not want to do, we should do it because they have authority. If they tell us to do something God's Word tells us not to do, we should not do it, no matter the earthly consequences.
I spliced my reading lesson. The principle we are working on (related to our scripture study) is on just authority. We are working on Snug (you can see it and a little review in my sidebar). I tracked down a cool site I used for a similar story I did when teaching and got ahead of myself. We were supposed to talk about children obeying their parents because their parents are better equipped to make good decisions for them. Then we were going to read Snug and look at all the things he is supposed to do and what happens when he disobeys. Tomorrow, we were supposed to view the slide show and then re-read Snug, looking for things Snug and his mother do that real bears do.
So we looked at the slideshow and read Snug, talking about obedience. Oh well. She did pretty well...tomorrow we'll go ahead and do what was planned for tomorrow. Mouse will enjoy watching the slide show again, anyway. We talked about why Snug disobeyed (he wanted to be like his mother and thought he could do it himself). We talked about some of her behavior and how she sometimes decides she knows better than her parents about how to do thing. I asked her for some examples and she said, "How I sometimes try to direct adults. And how I do things my way and then have to re-do it anyway." That took me a little off guard. I usually have to prompt her a bit more to get to any application, and there it was immediately. Hopefully, the Lord is working on her little heart in those matters...
I completely muffed math (is that a word?) We did not do a principle. No scripture. No nothing. Just opened up the book and did the next page. It seemed completely pointless. Our principle was immutability and we were seeing how that is displayed through number "families." We were examining the relationship between 5 + 2 = 7, 2 + 5 = 7, 7 - 2 = 5, and 7 - 5 = 2 and similar problems. But now we are moving on to shapes and when I was reflecting before our little break, I could not come up with any good principles. I had some idea of boundaries...God set a boundary in Eden which was disobeyed. He sets boundaries in our lives. He sets boundaries for the subject areas. But for some reason I just did not want to go that direction.
So we did not do anything remotely looking like BPA. Mouse matched shapes on the first page, matched sizes on the second and then came a page where you look at a solid and decide what shape you'll have if you trace one of its sides (like tracing the bottom of a cylinder will get you a circle). I set the workbook aside, and got out my solids. Mouse sorted and traced them, grouping them into circles, triangles and rectangles. While she was doing that, Baby Bear worked on his circles. He tried to do some tracing, but can't really do that yet. So I traced the shapes, and he laid the corresponding solids on top of my drawn shapes. He was quite proud of himself.
While doing that, I reflected a bit. What am I actually teaching? What is the point? I thought about teaching solids in my first grade class. The main concept at the time was attributes. Of course! That is what I want to study. We are going to be learning about the attributes of different shapes and solids...sides, angles, whether they roll, slide or can be stacked. I still need to do a bit of planning in that regard, but we will probably be talking a bit about the attributes of God and the attributes He gave each of us.
For history, we are moving into the enslavement of the Jews in Israel. Up to now, the main principles we have addressed in history are God's Principle of Individuality, and the Development of Christian Character. This series of lessons is going to deal heavily with government, so would this fall under "How the Seed of Local Self-Government is Planted?" Someone who is not doing this for the first time please help!
I also planned to get our map out and look at where in North America you can still find grizzly bears. But we did nothing educational after lunch. Our schools don't start back up until tomorrow, and Mouse's best friend came over to play. So they went to her house and Baby Bear and I baked bread and made baby food. And went outside to play with the puppy. And cuddled and snuggled on Baby Bug.
I'm still looking for fellow homeschoolers to join me posting lesson plans on Friday! Look here for more details...I at least have the code correct now, but unfortunately you cannot just cut and paste. I can email it to you if you like. It will be a quick and easy way to surf many blogs for many different ideas since all the links to everyone participating will be available. If you are interested, let me know so I can enter your site in the blogroll, and it will automatically insert it in everyone's sidebar that is participating!
Hey, muffed is a word!
muff 1
(m
f)v. muffed, muff·ing, muffs
v.tr.
1. To perform or handle clumsily; bungle. See Synonyms at botch.
2. Sports To fail to make (a catch).
v.intr.
To perform an act clumsily.
n.
1. A clumsy or bungled action.
2. Sports A failure to make a catch.
Glad I used it correctly!
Glad I used it correctly!
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A Personal Invitation . . .
Posted at 7:42 AM on Jan. 3, 2006 by Kellyque777
Join me and read through the Bible in 1 year! Come on over to Three Hearts For Home at http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Kellyque777/ to see the daily reading schedule, and/or sign up for my daily bloglet newsletter which will give you the monthly reading schedule's as I post them. Feel free to share what the Lord is showing you through His word each week. Let's Do It!! Let's Read God's Word Together in 2006 :-)
<>< Kelly
P.S. - I love that new word "muffed," and I will have to remember it, as I have a tendedncy to do that from time to time "muff things up."
<>< Kelly
P.S. - I love that new word "muffed," and I will have to remember it, as I have a tendedncy to do that from time to time "muff things up."
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Posted at 8:13 PM on Jan. 3, 2006 by NewHarvest
In response to your question about keeping chickens: Zoning laws will vary, so the easiest thing to do is to find the official website for your city or county and search for zoning information. If you are in an area designated RA (residential agricultural) you should be able to keep chickens. But, some towns let you keep chickens even within the town proper. Another good resource is your local Ag Extension office. You should be able to find the number in the government pages of your phone book under county listings. They will be able to help you.
Hope this helps!
Hope this helps!
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Posted at 12:18 PM on Jan. 10, 2006 by HSBCompanyBlog
The Carnival of Homeschooling is now posted with your entry in it!
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/66240/
Be sure to stop by and check it out. In addition, we'd love for you to blog about it on your blog. Don't forget to enter to win prizes everyday and a Grand Prize on Saturday!
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/HSBCompanyBlog/66240/
Be sure to stop by and check it out. In addition, we'd love for you to blog about it on your blog. Don't forget to enter to win prizes everyday and a Grand Prize on Saturday!
How about this idea...
Posted at 7:06 PM on Jan. 20, 2006 by schooldaze
I know you said you wanted to add more home schoolers, but I'd personally eb more edified with just PA bloggers. Since we seem to be scarce I'd love to hear from what other people are doing....possibly every Friday.....(hint, hint)