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Rick and I are reading together
When Sinners Say I Do
by: Dave Harvey
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Good and Evil
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Ancient Rome
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Julius Caesar
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The Young Carthaginian
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Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
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"Til sin be bitter,
Christ will not be sweet."
Thomas Watson
"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark."
unknown
"We wish you PEACE
It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work.
It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart."
unknown
"There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as if everything is."
Thomas Edison
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness
has never danced in the rain."
unknown
"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart."
Helen Keller
"All I have seen teaches me to
trust the Creator
for all I have not seen."
Emerson
"Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see."
John Whitehead
"There is only one way to lead a child down the right path
that is to go that way yourself."
unknown
"A rose can say 'I love you,'
an orchid can enthrall,
But a weed bouquet in a chubby fist--
Oh my, that says it all!
unknown
"We find delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Oh the laugh of a child
so wild and free,
Is the merriest sound
in the world to me."
Isobel Atholwood
"Sometimes,"
said Pooh,
"the smallest things take up
the most room in your heart."
A.A. Milne
"Cleaning and scrubbing
can wait 'til tomorrow.
For babies grow up,
we learn to our sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs!
Dust, go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby,
and babies don't keep!"
unknown
Since Jan 1, 2008
May. 9, 2008 - Show and Tell Friday
We have begun lessons in the book, Manners Made Easy by June Hines Moore. In our first lesson we made porcupines with marshmallows and toothpicks and tried to demonstrate how purcupines must be careful around each other to stay warm in the winter. Just try getting two of these close without one or the other getting pricked. The main point of our lesson was that good manners make us and others feel happy and comfortable. So far we are pleased with this book and feel that it is time to be intentional about teaching etiquette to our brood.
After we finished up our lesson i let the children "have at it" with the marshmallows and toothpicks. The marshmallows were a bit stale, so (after trynig a couple) they didn't want to eat them. (I was secretly pleased about that since i've been on an anti-sugar campaign. Hmmm...wonder how that bag got opened and left open???????) After determining that these things weren't so great for eating, the children had a wonderful time building with them. Here are a couple of their creations:
Doesn't that child know to wipe his mouth after he eats?
Sheesh, someone needs to teach him some manners!
Now hop on over to CanadaGirl's blog to see some really great Show and Tell posts.........
POST SCRIPT:
My you all are a tough crowd. No, the kids did not poke each other with the toothpicks. They want to be able to do this again in the future. The 2 yr. old was engrossed with separating the toothpicks by color and stacking marshmallows.
I linked to the book for you, Veronica. The things i do for you people.
The book is recommended for ages 7 to 12. Kade is listening in and participating some, too. Joy is just hanging with us as usual. I will have them practice some, too, though. We're not doing the workbook pages, just reading it aloud and narratiing and oral answers and lots of hands on practice/role playing. It's much cheaper than Cotillion, which seems to be a big thing around here...to send your preteens to Cotillion.
those marshmallows, we used them during Passover to make fluffy white lambs :-)
You are doing such a wonderful job raising those children, and that sounds like a good book. The people in our neighbourhood need to cover up their spikes ;-)
What a cute craft! however I think my little ones would eat all the marshmallows and poke each other with the toothpicks. Yikes! I love the so-o-o cool glasses!
Have a fun weekend!
SchoolinRHome
Is your 4 year old making molecules? How very advanced ;) And those glasses made me laugh outloud, BUT I can't believe you didn't link the book - now I have to go type the whole title into a search engine manually myself - sheesh. A little common curtesy is all I ask :D
Blessings to you and your beautiful family, Veronica
that was me up there, I forgot to sign in. And you know I was totally kidding about everything, right? Except the blessings, I really do hope God blesses you and yours...Veronica (again)
What a neat way to teach manners. What ages is this book for? I would have never thought about a porcupine lesson for manners but it makes lots of sense when you explain it.
Pam
Thanks for obliging me! I'm so glad you did, because here it is the next day and I still hadn't got around to looking it up yet, lol. However, I clicked your handy link and now I know! Have a good Sunday! Veronica
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) After determining that these things weren't so great for eating, the children had a wonderful time building with them. Here are a couple of their creations:
