Hmmm…What could I say to that?

It’s all good…

The wheels of history are moving along at a rapid pace. I am amazed at how much I’ve learned, how much I never knew… I feel rather ripped off that I was never taught this stuff and yet blessed at the same time that I have the opportunity to learn it with my children. In only a few weeks we have covered thousands of years. We’ve gone from Adam and Eve and a message of temptation, disobedience, and God’s provision. The story of Noah, his descendants, and the first civilization. We measured out the size of the Ark with chalk on the sidewalk in front of the house, gathering quite a number of spectators and curious on looking neighbors. Some children getting off their school bus eagerly jumped in to help with the measuring. And man...that was one BIG boat...

One particular neighbor lady even came to the house later in the day to find out exactly what we do. We spent the afternoon showing her projects from last year’s Exploring Countries and Cultures. She was a college professor and seemed quite impressed with the kiddos excitement about their studies. She mentioned actually visiting Mt Ararat herself and described it to the children in great detail. She had a great knowledge of Italy in History and in Art and told us to give her a call when we get there on our timeline. The kiddos learned to draw a Bible Lands map of from memory using the help of a silly story. I got out of the shower the other day to find R proudly tracing the Middle Eastern bodies of water and labeling them “E.T Purrs in the Red Nile Med” on the steamed up mirror. We read about The Tower of Babel, mapped the dispersion of Noah’s descendants, and the Fertile Crescent, Sumer, and Mesopotamia, We watched a great movie on Ancient civilizations from the library that pulled it all together with great footage and a very likeable narrator that kept everyone's interest. We printed out our monograms in cuneiform script and made our very own tasty tablets.