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Jan. 19, 2006
Issues of Character
Yesterday we spent three hours in the doctor's office and all three of my little ones received compliments for their exemplary behavior. Doesn't that just make a mother's heart beam? This morning, I was not having such pleasant thoughts and feelings as my Little Mouse started our learning time off with a fight with her brother and telling me school is boring and she doesn't want to do it anymore. (This from the child who spends a good deal of her non-"school" hours playing "school.")
She stomped off to the corner and scowled at it, snapping at me occasionally. She finally settled and we talked through what had happened. We went over her behavior, what the expectation was and how she had fallen short. We talked about her motivations and she said she was being selfish. Yes, she said that! However, her little arms were crossed and she sat scowling at the corner of the table. So I sent her back to prepare her heart to receive instruction.
And that was that. She came back her normal, cheerful self. Her lesson today was on having a contrite heart (we are learning about the attributes of a Christian.) She did her lessons and helped clean up. We had a nice time outside with the puppy and went to Karate. While we were getting ready for bed, and I was changing Baby Bear's diaper, she came to me and apologized for her selfish behavior this morning and she said did not mean the things she said.
Isn't she a sweety?
OH....and a quick lesson plan:
Principle: The Christian Principle of Self-Government
Leading Idea: When the Israelites were slaves in Egypt, they could not be governed according to God's law.
We have been talking about God's plan for His people...that we would govern ourselves according to God's law...and that we should not be ruled by man. We have talked about the differences between rulers and leaders.
We are going to continue sewing a bit on her doll tomorrow and talk about the fruit of our labors. We work and enjoy the benefits thereof. It was not so for the Israelites. Anything they had was by permission of Pharoah. They reaped none of the benefits of their own labors...in fact, their success was punished. As they multiplied, Pharoah set stricter task-masters over them.
So that's it...my one lesson for Friday. Let me know if you are interested in joining!
And Janne has a bit to share as well!
Schooldaze, who is an honorary member just because she's so cool and always has such nice posts, is sharing a bit about some of her new curriculum resources and how she plans to use them.
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Jan. 19, 2006 - Untitled Comment
I would say that 98% of the problems we have in our family stem from selfishness (not just the children's behavior, but mine too). It's wonderful that she already recognizes what the problem is.