The purpose is to encourage and equip other homeschooling families to meet the spiritual and educational challenges of home schooling and assist in the discovery of practical ways to fulfill the role of parent and educator. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:02:00 -0500 Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:02:00 -0500     MENTAL BIBLE BRAIN BREAKERS      These breaks will turn your mind to a different way of thinking. These breaks will challenge, stimulate, and stretch your child's thinking. "The brain cannot comprehend what the fanny cannot endure." ~ Judge in Buffalo, New York. Benefits: 1. Learning becomes efficient when a new connection is made when the brain is forced to think in different and new paths such as Biblical characters with theme songs. 2. Re-energizing the brains 3. Increase brain fluency by having your non-dominant hand write Scripture.  This re-wires the brain. 4. Children remember best when using all their senses: smelling, hearing, tasting, seeing and touching. By utilizing the whole body, the children will internalize the message from the Bible story. CHARACTER ABC'S (Various Scriptures)      This little exercise re-energizes the brain. Write the letters of the alphabet down the left hand side of a piece of paper. Then give the children three minute to name a Bible character for each letter of the alphabet. BIBLICAL COUPLES (Various Scriptures)      Give each student a list of names, one-half of a Biblical couple and see if they can name the other half of each couple. For example: Awuila (Priscilla); Elkanah (Hannah); Joseph (Mary); Jacob (Rachel); Adam (Eve); Isaac (Rebekah), etc. (This is a great activity the week of Valentine's Day.) NEW WORDS FROM SCRIPTURE (Various Scripture)      Take a long word from your Bible Study and see how many words can be created out of that word within two minutes. HINT: use the names of the books of the Bible to create many new words. Sensing the Story (Various Scriptures)      Search the Bible story for sensory experiences that you can share with the children. For example, for the birth of Jesus, put items such as wool, wooden sticks for the stable, hay, and rough cloth for the shepherd's cloak into separate brown paper bags. Use your imagination. Have the children retell the story represented by the items in the bag by simply touching, smelling and shaking the bags. Try senses first then let them look and retell the story.      Another Bible story is the Easter story. Ideas to include in the bags are jar of incense (room freshener), stone, sand, basket, and linen cloths. Allowing the children to touch and/or smell the different items.      List of additional Bible stories:   Old Testament                                  New Testament Be still (Ps 37:7; 46:10)      Turn out the lights, and have the children lay their head on their hands on the table-top. God tells us to be still and know that He is God. Take three deep cleansing breaths. On the count of three, breathe in deeply and out on the count of six. This isn't as easy as it sounds. It will take some discipline to manage the breathing pattern of this exercise. Books of the Torah      Have the children sing to the beat, and clapping one time for each name, except for Deuteronomy. Practice several times for a memory exercise. Genesis (clap) Exodus (clap) Leviticus (clap) Numbers (clap) Deu (clap) te (clap) ron (clap) o (clap) my (clap) TIP: Adding rhythm instruments as the children become more familiar with the exercises stimulates the brain and makes learning a lot easier. Include body movement to increase learning as well. Symbols (current Scripture you are working on)      Have the children try to remember a symbol they see in the Church sanctuary, or even on the bumper of the car in front of you at a red light. Symbols such as fish, rainbow, cross, dove, etc.      Tape a huge piece of paper on the wall. Have the children choose two markers or crayons, one for each hand, and ask them to draw symbols on the paper. Whatever the left hand does, the right hand must do, at the same time. After thirty seconds, have the children criss-cross their arms therefore what the left hand is drawing on the right side of the paper and the right hand drawing on the left side. By crossing the midline of your body, you fully activate both hemispheres of the brain.     Draw the Story (Various Scriptures)      Chose a character or scenery from Scripture that you are studying. Ask the children to draw as much as detail as possible. Be sure to include facial expressions, backgrounds/landscapes, clothing and other items that the character may be carrying. (This activity is excellent for people of all ages.) List of Scriptures to use for drawing: Old Testament                                  New Testament Crossword Puzzles (Various Scriptures)      The following site creates puzzles for your children. Input chosen words from your Bible story and the guidelines for the difficulty of the puzzles. www.puzzlemaker.com      Another crossword puzzle activity is to have the children to create their own. Print the familiar words you have chosen from the Bible story. Input one letter for each square. Arrange the words in all directions (up, down, forward, backward, and diagonally). Then, proceed to fill in the empty squares with random letters. Remember to have the children to write the words on the bottom of the sheet. Take the sheet and exchange with a sibling or another child to complete. Click here for Crossword Puzzle Paper.                                 11 x 11 squared paper                                 13 x 13 squared paper                                 15 x 15 squared paper                                 17 x 17 squared paper                                 23 x 23 squared paper SCRIPTURE SCRAMBLE      Come up with several words from the Bible story you are studying and write them in scrambled order. Have the children to write as many of the words correctly in two minutes. For the younger children, use two, three, and four letter words while the older children can easily scramble five, six or even seven scrambled letters.      Another alternative could be to scramble memory verse. For the younger children, leave the Bible verse in order while the words are scrambled. For the older children, scramble the words and the order of the verse in the Scripture.   BIBLICAL RIDDLES (Various Scripture)      This activity simply helps the children in thinking different ways and to get them onto a new thought pattern. Create a riddle from the Bible story you are currently reading. Be sure to make it simple/challenging enough for the age of the child. For example: "What Bible-times character gave a fish terrible indigestion?" (Answer: Jonah) Theme Songs (Various Scriptures)      This activity is geared for older children. Have them come up with theme songs of Biblical characters as they can within a certain time limit. For example, for Noah might be "Raindrops Keeps Falling on My Head."      Suggested characters are David, Esther, Mary, Joseph, Jesus, Mary and Maratha, Moses, Abraham, Sarah, etc... RIGHT HAND/LEFT HAND (James 5:16)      Challenge your children to write their name or a Bible Verse with their non-dominant hand. CREATIVE FLUENCY      Produce an object from your Bible story and ask the children how many uses they can find for the object within two minutes. Some objects you can use can be a towel, fishing net, coins, water jug, seeds, a shepherd's crook, etc. The choices are only limited by the Bible Story you are studying. TOP TEN THINGS      Have the children create list from the following Bible Scriptures:   a. What they are doing to love God with all their heart, mind and soul (Matthew 22:37).                   b. What you are doing to show friends you care for (Matthew 22:39).   c. What you are doing to prepare they way of the Lord (Isaiah 40:3).                   d. What you are doing to find time to spend with God (Matthew 9:9-13).   e. What you are doing to live the Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-18). SCRIPTURE HUNT      Ask the children to open their Bibles and to look up 3:16 Scriptures as they can within three minutes and sixteen seconds.     THINKING BACKWARDS      Ask the children to tell back the Bible story backwards, maintaining the integrity of the story. They must begin at the end of the story and work backwards. Thinking in reverse order forces the brain to focus in a different way. ANALOGIES (Various Scripture)      Ask the children to chose an object in the room and create an analogy that is like the current Bible story. For example: How are the scissors (rubber bands, calendar, etc) like the woman at the well? How is a box of crayons like the Creation story? NUMBERS HAVE IT!! (Various Scripture)      Numbers play an important role in the Bible. Write the following numbers on a sheet of paper and fill in the importance of each number.                 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21,                  27, 30, 39, 40, 66 There are many more numbers in Scripture that is significant. Use the concordance for additional numbers. Answers: 1 = God 2 = animals on the ark, Jesus sent the disciples out 3 = Trinity, days Jesus was in the tomb 4 = Gospels 5 = books of the Torah, stones that David chose 6 = man created 7 = days of creation 8 = age when Josiah became king 9 = when the Holy Spirit came to the disciples at Pentecost 10 = number of plaques, commandments 11 = number of stars bowing down before Joseph in his dreams 12 = disciples, tribes of Israel 21 = letters in the New Testament 27 = books of the New Testament 30 = age Jesus began His ministry 39 = books of the Old Testament 40 = years the Hebrew people wandered the wilderness 66 = books of the Bible ADAM OR I Ask the students to think of at least five reasons why they love their present age. This exercise should make your child think in a positive way. SCRIPTURE STIMULATION (Matthew 4:18-22)      This exercise can be used for any Bible story you are reading. This activity involves the whole body: seeing, touching, hearing, smelling, and hearing. By using all of the senses, the children internalize the message in the Bible story.          Read the Bible story to the children. Ask them to close their eyes and to think about the story they just heard. Stimulate them telling them about a color you see (blue water, grains of golden brown sand); a sound you can hear (blow of the trumpets, sounds of the waves clashing on the sea shore); a smell that is present (fish, ocean, man's sweat); something that you can reach out and touch (straw baskets, rough rope, rough wood of the boat); a more of a challenge to visualize is the taste of the Bible story (cooked fish, drink of cold water, saltwater) List of Scriptures to use for drawing: Old Testament                                  New Testament  To print out this list, click here. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699945/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:02:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699945/   PHYSICAL BIBLE BRAIN BREAKERS      These brain breaks stimulate and energize while others will quiet the children down and exercise to help their focus. They do meet different needs. Some breaks will only take seconds while others will take a couple of minutes.      There is a rule of thumb that the attention span for younger children is about one minute per year of age. This can be expanded depending on the degree of excitement and importance. Just understand that it can be a ticket for trouble if you expect younger children to have a longer attention span. Benefits: 1. The lateral body movement (right hand, left leg; left hand, right leg) helps the brain to focus. 2. If the children are too rowdy, these physical brain breaks will have them settled down in no time at all. 3. Breathing techniques helps the oxygen to flow to the brain for clearer thinking.   STRETCHES A good way to activate sluggish children, ask them to stretch and breathe. Stretching and breathing moves muscles and increases the flow of oxygen to the brain. Stretching is a great brain break! Finding the Good in Others (John 15:12)      Jesus told us to love others as He loves us. When you love other people, you recognize the good in them.      Ask the children to stand with arms stretched out, not touching anyone else. Have them to turn their head to over their left shoulder as far as they can to see the good in everyone they see. Remind them to move slowly and to breathe properly. Increased breathing provides additional oxygen to the brain, which helps to function more productively.  Godly Stretching (Genesis 1:1-8)      Ask the children to stand, and then to bend to touch the earth that God created. Hold position for about 5 seconds, and then stand back up. Then have the children reach as far up as they can. Tell them to reach for the sky that God created, and hold this position for five seconds. Have them bend to the right to reach out to others they love. Then bend to the left side, reaching out to those who are not loved.   Walk to Bethlehem (Luke 2:4-5)      Fix on the floor a straight line from duct tape to keep the child's mind focus. Invite the kids to walk from Nazareth to Bethlehem just as Mary and Joseph made that long trip to where Jesus was born. TIP: By having your younger children place one foot in front of the other will help their intense focusing. Once the child has mastered this, then have them swing their arms while walking. Walk from Jerusalem to Jericho (Luke 10: 25-37)      Lay out a random walking pattern around the room and speak about the story that Jesus spoke of about the man who made a trip to Jericho from Jerusalem. TIP: By having your younger children place one foot in front of the other will help their intense focusing. Once the child has mastered this, then have them swing their arms while walking. March around Jericho (Joshua 6:2-5)      Joshua marched around the city walls seven times. On the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and the walls tumbled down. Have the children march in place. As they march with the left leg, have them raise their left arm and so on. You can have the children blow whistles on the 7th time around. MEASURED BREATHING (Psalm 46:10)      Have the children take three deep breaths while they place their thumb and forefinger on their nose, and slowly exhale through the mouth. Then, have them to close off the left nostril and deeply breathe in to the count of five, hold for five counts and slowly exhale through the mouth. Then close of the right nostril and deeply breathe in to the count of five, hold for five counts and slowly exhale through the mouth. God's Love is Infinite (Matthew 28:16-20)      Before Jesus went to be with God, he told His disciples that He would be with them forever. Infinite means that something goes on forever and never ends. The symbol for infinite is the number eight on its side. Place two objects on the floor and have the children walk a figure eight around the objects. TIP: By having your younger children place one foot in front of the other will help their intense focusing. Once the child has mastered this, then have them swing their arms while walking. Leaping for Joy (Luke 6:23; Acts 3:1-10)      If the children are too rowdy or out of control, introduce to them a controlled energy break that will diffuse them. Have the children to stand and  do tem leaps for the Lord as Jesus told us in the Sermon on the Mount or as the man who was healed at the temple by Peter and John.   Matthew, Mark, Luke and John      With the song, "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" substitute it with the four Gospels, but using the same motions.      The first stanza would go like this:  Matthew (touch head), Mark (touch shoulders), Luke (touch knees) and John (touch toes). TIP: Add rhythm instruments as the children become more familiar with the exercises stimulates the brain and makes learning a lot easier. Include body movement to increase learning as well. LITURGICAL DANCE (Psalm 150)      Let the words of a hymn that all knows dictate the movements to create a dance. Listen to the hymn the first time through then have the children close their eyes and move to the rhythm of the music. Provide streamers, flags, instruments or scarves to create a dance for the Lord. SIGN LANGUAGE (Psalm 121:2)      American Sign Language is an excellent way to incorporate movement into saying a Bible verse. Movement imprints the brain, making memorization easier.      Click here for ASL online video for further instruction of Signing Bible Verses. Click here, Matthew 6:14-15 Click here, Isaiah 6:3 Click here, Hebrews 11:1 Click here, Matthew 2:2 Click here, The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13)   To print this list out, click here.     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699944/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:53:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699944/   Drawing ADVENTURES through THE ScriptureS             Have fun!!!      It’s an innovative approach to “seeing” the Scriptures come alive! Drawing Adventures through the Scriptures will help students to learn and remember themes and concepts taught in Scripture. This will help to internalize God’s Word within the student. This study is designed to encourage children to think and to see how an artist thinks and sees. You will find a list of Bible stories from the Old & New Testament that will guide you in Drawing Adventures through the Scriptures.      To get the most out of Drawing Adventures through the Scriptures, the student should:   READ • THINK • DRAW      The student reads a passage from his own Bible, thinks about the meaning, and then draws a picture relating to the passage. This simple approach helps children grow in their faith and understanding of Scripture, and at the same time they use and develop their art skills.      It is important while reading and thinking on the Scripture that you get a clear idea (picture in mind) of the location, people, and things in the Scripture. It is just as important to understand what these objects are. You may use an encyclopedia, magazine or the internet to look up what something would look like.      Take your time when completing your artwork. The more you put into your artwork, the more you will drawn out of the Scriptures. The Scriptures will make a lasting impression! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699927/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:15:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699927/ Are you looking for a grid to create your own crosswrod puzzles? Look no further, here are downloadable pdf files for your convenience:   11 x 11 13 x 13 15 x 15 17 x 17 23 x 23   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699880/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:14:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699880/     NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE STORIES Click here for a printable copy. Zach & Elisabeth have a Baby--Luke 1:5-25 Angel Visits Mary--Luke 1:26-38 Angel Visits Joseph--Matt1:18-24 Mary and Elisabeth--Luke 1:39-56 Birth of John the Baptist--Luke 1:57-66 Birth of Jesus--Luke 2:1-12 Baby Jesus in the Temple--Luke 2:22-40 The Wise Men--Matthew 2:1-12 Journey to Egypt--Matthew 2:13-23 Boy Jesus Visits the Temple--Luke 2:41-52 John's Ministry--Matt. 3:1-17 Jesus is Tempted--Matt. 4:1-11 (opt.)John’s Men Follow Jesus--John 1:35-51 Marriage at Cana--John 2:1-12 The First Passover--John 2:13-25 Nicodemus--John 3:1-13 (or to 21) The Ministry--John 3:22-36 John the Baptist Goes to Prison Matt. 14:1-12 Woman at the Well--John 4:1-42 Jesus' Mission Continues John 4:43-54 Capernaum--Luke 4:16-44 The Fishermen--Mark 1:16-20 The Calling of Peter--Luke 5:1-11 Leper is Healed--Luke 5:12-16 The Twelve--Luke 6:12-16; 9:1-11 Sermon on the Mount--Matt. 5:1-48 (opt.) Sermon on Mount, cont.--Matt. 6:1-34 (opt.) Prayer--Matt. 7:7-23 Building a House--Matt. 7:24-29 The Centurion's Servant--Luke 7:1-10 The Widow's Son--Luke 7:11-17 Healings--Mark 1:29-34 Peace be Still--Matt. 8:18-27 The Swine--Matt. 8:28-34 Miracles in Capernaum--Matt. 9:1-17 Daughter of Jarius--Matt. 9:18-26 More Miracles in Capernaum--Matt. 9:27-35 (opt.) The Second Passover--John 5:1-47 The Sabbath Day--Matt. 12:1-21 (opt.) Pharisees & a Sign--Matt. 12:38-50 Parable of the Sower--Luke 8:4-15 Parable of the Candle--Luke 8:16-18 Parable of the Tares--Matt. 13:24-30; 36-43 Parable of the Mustard Seed--Matt. 13:31-33 (opt.) Parable of the Treasure--Matt. 13:44-52 Carpenter’s Son--Matt. 13:53-58 Feeding the Five Thousand--Matt. 14:13-21 Walking on Water--Matt. 14:22-33 More Healings--Matt. 15:21-31 Feeding the Four Thousand--Matt. 15:32-39 (opt.) Pharisees--Matt. 16:1-12 Blind Man Sees--Mark 8:22-26 Peter's Testimony--Mark 8:27-38 Transfiguration--Mark 9:2-13 The Child with Evil Spirits--Mark 9:14-32 Greatest in the Kingdom--Mark 9:33-37 (opt.) Forgiving--Mark 9:38-50 Parable of the Lost Sheep--Matt. 18:12-14 (opt.) The Unmerciful Servant--Matt. 18:23-35 Feast of the Tabernacle--John 7:2-9 Samaria--Luke 9:51-56 (opt.) The Seventy--Luke 10:1-20 The Good Samaritan--Luke 10:25-37 Martha & Mary--Luke 10:38-42 Healing on the Sabbath--Luke 13:10-17 Parable of the Unjust Steward--Luke 16:1-8 Parable of the Rich Man--Luke 16:19-31 Ten Lepers--Luke 17:11-19 (opt.) The Adulterous Woman--John 8:1-11 (opt.) Blind Man Healed--John 9:1-41 Parable of the Good Shepherd--John 10:1-18 Little Children--Matt. 19:13-15 The Rich Young Ruler--Matt. 19:16-26 The Laborers in Vineyard--Matt. 20:1-16 Feast of Dedication--John 10:22-39 Lazarus--John 11:1-46 Two Blind Men--Matt. 20:30-34 Zacchaeus--Luke 19:1-10 Parable of Pounds—Luke 19:11-27 Moneychangers--Matt. 21:12-16 The Fig-Tree--Matt. 21:17-22 Authority Challenged--Mat 21:23-27 Parable of Two Sons--Matt 21:28-32 The Wicked Husbandmen--Matt. 21:33-46 Tribute to Caesar--Matt. 22:15-22 Great Commandment--Matt. 22:34-46 Widow's Mite--Mark 12:41-44 (Opt.) Signs of Second Coming--Matt. 24:1-51 Parable of Ten Virgins--Matt. 25:1-13 Parable of  Talents--Matt. 25:14-30 Parable of Sheep & Goats--Matt. 25:31-46 Precious Ointment--Matt. 26:1-13 Eve of the Passover--Matt. 26:14-25 The Last Supper--Matt. 26:26-29 Washing the Disciples' Feet--John 13:2-17 (opt.) Comfort--John 14:1-31 Love One Another--John 15:1-17 Jesus Prays--John 17:1-4 (opt. 5-26) Gethsemane--Matt. 26:30-46 Betrayal--Matt. 26:47-75 The Trial--Luke 22:63-71; 23:1-25 The Crucifixion--Matt. 27:27-50 The Burial--Matt. 27:54-66 Resurrection--Matt 28:1-15 Jesus Appears to Disciples--Luke 24:22-49 Doubting Thomas--John 20:24-31 Peter--John 21:1-25 Disciples Carry the Word--Mark 16:14-20 Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven--Acts 1:1-11 A New Apostle--Acts 1:21-26 Day of Pentecost--Acts 2:1-8, 12-21 Peter Testifies of Christ Acts 2:22-24, 38-47 Peter Heals Lame Man--Acts 3:1-9 Living the Law of Consecration--Acts 4:31-35 Lie and Die (optional) Acts 5:1-11 Arrested & Delivered--Acts 5:12, 16-32, 41-42 Transfiguration of Stephen--Acts 6:8-10, 12-15 Martyrdom: Stephen--Acts 7:51-60 Buying Priesthood Power (opt.) Acts 8:13-24 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch--Acts 8:26-35 Ethiopian Eunuch is Baptized--Acts 8:36-39 Jesus Appears to Saul--Acts 9:1-9 Ananias Restores Saul's Sight--Acts 9:10-18 Aeneas and Dorcas--Acts 9:32-42 Angel Appears to Cornelius--Acts 10:1-8 Gospel to the Gentiles--Acts 10:9, 11-23 Peter Meets Cornelius--Acts 10:24-33 Peter Teaches Cornelius--Acts 10:34-48 Believers Are Called Christians--Acts 11:19-26 Martyrdom of James and Freeing of Peter from Prison--Acts 12:1-11 Paul in Macedonia and Lydia--Acts 16:9-15 Paul and Silass Jailer Converts--Acts 16:16-34 Paul Preaches at Mars Hill--Acts 17:16-33 Paul Teaches Gentiles--Act 18:1-11 Holy Ghost Given--Acts 18:24-28; 19:1-6 Sleeping in Church Deadly--Acts 20-7-12 Paul Leaves the Ephesians--Acts 20:17-38 Paul Arrested--Acts 21:8-14, 26-36 Paul’s Conversion(opt.) Acts 21:37-40; 22:1-21 Paul Declares Roman Citizenry--Acts 22:22-30 Paul Sees the Lord in Vision--Acts 23:1-11 Forty Men Plot to Kill Paul--Acts 23:12-35 Paul Defends Self--Acts 24:10-27 Appeal to Caesar--Acts 25:1-4, 6-12, 22-27 Paul Testifies to King Agrippa--Acts 26:1-23 Agrippa Almost Converted--Acts 26:24-32 Paul's Perilous Journey--Acts 27:1-2, 9-11, 18-26, 40-44 Paul--Acts 28:1-11, 16, 23-24, 30-31 Paul's Letter--Romans 1:1, 7-12, 16-18, 29-32 God Renders to Every Man--Rom. 2:1-2, 6-11 Abraham's Faith--Romans 4:1-3, 13, 18-25 Justification thru Blood of Christ--Rom. 5:1-11 Baptism Like Death and Resurrection of Christ--Romans 6:3-11, 22-23 Life and Peace--Romans 8:1-6 Sons of God Have Hope--Romans 8:14-17, 24-28, 35-39 The End of the Law--Romans 10:1-6, 8-13, 17 Live as Saints--Romans 12:1-21 Love Fulfills Law--Romans 13:8-12 Avoid Judging One Another--Romans 14:1-19 Paul's Letter to Corinthians--1 Cor. 1:1-4, 10, 17-19, 23-24, 27, 30-31 The Spirit Reveals All Things--1 Cor. 2:1-16 Ye Are the Temple of God--1 Cor. 3:10-21, 23 The Lords Supper--1 Cor. 11:20 Gifts of the Spirit--1 Cor. 12:1, 3-12 Church Members--1 Cor. 12:13-31 Charity Never Fails --1 Cor. 13:1-13 Paul's Testimony of Christ and Baptism for Dead--1 Cor. 15:3-24, 29 Degrees of Glory and Resurrection--1 Cor. 15:40-41, 51-58 Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians--2 Cor. 1:1-5, 21-24 Gospel Surpasses Law of Moses--2 Cor. 3:2-6, 12-18 We Walk by Faith--2 Cor. 5:7-10, 17 Believers Not Yoked (opt.) 2 Cor 6:14-18 God Loves a Cheerful Giver--2 Cor. 8:9; 9:6-11 Paul Glories in His Infirmities for Christ--2 Cor. 11:23-28; 12:5-10; 13:11-14 Fruit of the Spirit--Gal. 5:22-26 Sowing and Reaping--Gal. 6:6-10 By Grace Through Faith--Eph. 2:1-10 Our Chief Cornerstone--Eph. 2:19-22 The Armor of God--Eph.6:10-20 The Coming of the Lord--1 Thess. 4:13-5:11 The Last Days--2 Tim. 3:1-9 God is Love--1 John 4:7-21 A Voice as a Trumpet--Rev.1:9-19 The New Jerusalem--Rev.21:1-7 The River of Life--Rev.22:1-5   This list was compiled by Penny Gardner. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699877/ Sun, 17 May 2009 05:01:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699877/   OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE STORIES Click here for a printable copy. In the Beginning--Genesis 1:1-31 Garden of Eden—Genesis 2:1-10; 15-25 The Serpent—Genesis 3:1-24 Cain and Abel—Genesis 4:1-16 Seth—Genesis 4:25-26; 5:1-8; opt: 5: 9-32 Noah—Genesis 6:5-22 Ark and Animals—Genesis 7:1-16 The Flood—Genesis 7:17-24; 8:1-5 The Raven and the Dove—Gen. 8:6-22 God’s Promise—Gen. 9:1-17 The Sons of Noah—Gen. 9:18-29 The Tower of Babel—Gen. 11:1-9 Abram—Gen. 12:1-9 Journey to Egypt—Gen. 12:10-20 Abram and Lot—Gen. 13:1-18 Lot is Captured in War—Gen. 14:11-16 Melchizedek—Gen. 14:17-24 Promise to Abram—Gen. 15:1-18 Sarai and Hagar—Gen. 16:1-16 Covenant—Gen. 17:1-14 New Names—Gen. 17:15-27 Three Holy Men—Gen. 18:1-15 (opt.) Sodom, Gomorrah—Gen. 18:16-33 Pillar of Salt—Gen. 19:1-7; 9-29 The Old Mother—Gen. 21:1-21 Abraham’s Test—Gen. 22:1-13 (opt.) The Death of Sarah—Gen. 23:1-20 The Servant’s Task—Gen. 24:1-9 Watering the Camels—Gen. 24:10-28 Rebecca’s Family—Gen. 24:29-51 Rebecca’s Journey—Gen. 24:52-67 (opt.) Death of Abraham—Gen. 25:1-11 Birthright for Pottage—Gen. 25:19-34 (opt.) Isaac—Gen. 26:1-6; 12-14; 23-25 The Stolen Blessing—Gen. 27:1-29 Esau—Gen. 27:30-46 (opt.) Jacob’s Ladder—Gen. 28:1-5; 10-22 Rachel at the Well—Gen. 29:1-14 The Other Sister—Gen. 29:15-35 More Wives—Gen. 30:1-13; 17-21 Rachel’s Baby—Gen. 30:22-32, 43 Jacob Departs—Gen. 31:1-7; 14-21 The Pursuit—Gen. 31:22-26; 30-35 The Brothers—Gen. 32:3, 6-7, 11; 33:1-12 An Altar—Gen. 35:1-7, 10-15 Deaths in the Family—Gen. 35:16-20; 23-29 Coat of Many Colors—Gen. 37:1-36 Joseph in Egypt—Gen. 39:1-9, 13-23 Interpreter of Dreams—Gen.-40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams—Gen. 41:1-13 Joseph’s Interpretation—G. 41:14-16; 25-45 A Ruler in Egypt—Gen. 41:46-57 Famine—Gen. 42:1-20 Famine, cont.—Gen. 42:21-38 Brothers Return to Egypt—Gen. 43:1-14 Return, cont.—Gen. 43:15-34 The Silver Cup—Gen. 44:1-34 The Lost Brother—Gen. 45:1-28 Moving to Egypt—Gen. 46:1-7; 28-34 Land of Goshen—Gen. 47:1-13; 20-31 Joseph’s Sons—Gen. 48:1-6; 8-22 Farewell—Gen. 49:1-2, 28-33; 50:1-9, 12-13 Joseph’s End—Gen. 50:14-26 No More Sons—Exo. 1:1-22 Baby Moses—Exo. 2:1-10 Moses Flees Egypt—Exo. 2:11-25 Burning Bush—Exo. 3:1-22 Moses and the Lord Speak—Exo. 4:1-17 Moses Leaves Midian—Exo. 4:18-23; 27-31 Let My People Go—Exo. 5:1-23 Jehovah—Exo. 6:1-13 River of Blood—Exo. 7:1-25 Frogs, Lice and Flies—Exo. 8:1-32 Dead Cattle and Boils—Exo. 9:1-21 Hail and Fire—Exo. 9:22-35 Locusts—Exo. 10:1-20 Darkness—Exo. 10:21-29 The First Passover—Exo. 12:3-15, 21-28 Leaving—Exo. 12:29-42, 50-51; 13:21-22 Parting the Red Sea—Exo. 14:5-31 Manna—Exo. 16:1-31, 35 (opt.) Jethro—Exo. 18:1-27 Ten Commandments—Exo. 20:1-17 Stone Tablets—Exo. 24:12-18; 31:18 A Golden Calf—Exo. 32:1-7; 15-20; 26-35 New Tablets—Exo. 34:1-6; 10; 27-35 The Journey—Numbers 10:11-13; 33-36 (opt.) Miriam’s Murmuring—Num. 12:1-16 Water from a Rock—Num. 20:1-18 (opt.) A Talking Donkey—Num. 22:1-38 Joshua—Num. 27:12-23 Love the Lord—Deuteronomy 6:1-7; 17-25 Good Courage—Deut. 31:1-3; 6-8;14-15; 23 Moses Dies—Deut. 34:1-12 Joshua Leads Israel—Joshua 1:1-9 Spies in Jericho—Joshua 2:1-24 Crossing Jordan—Jsh 3:7,14-17;4:4-11;14-18 Fall of Jericho—Joshua 6:12-27 Be Courageous—Joshua 23:1-11; 24:29 Gideon—Judges 6:1-3; 6-16; 22-31; 36-40 The Small Army—Judges 7:1-8; 13-22 Lord Shall Rule—Judges 8:22-23; 32-35 Samson is Born—Judges 13:1-7; 24 Samson and Delilah—Judges 16: 1-31 Ruth Comes to Bethlehem—Ruth 1: 1-22 The Gleaner—Ruth 2:1-23 Ruth and Boaz—Ruth 3:1-18 Ruth Marries—Ruth 4:1-17 Hannah’s Son—Samuel 1:1-2; 7-28 Samuel Serves—Samuel 2:18-21, 26. Lord Calls Samuel—Samuel 3:1-14 Samuel’s Vision—Samuel 3:15-21 Make Us a King—Samuel 8:1-10; 18-22 Saul—Samuel 9:1-8; 10-14 The Seer—Samuel 9:15-19; 25-27 King Saul—Sam 10:1-2; 6-7; 9-17; 24-27; 11:15 Jonathan—Samuel 14:1; 6-20; 23 Honey—Samuel 14: 24-30; 36-39;43-45 Kingdom Torn—Sam. 15:10-11; 24-31; 34-35 Samuel Anoints David—Samuel 16:1-13 The Harp Player—Samuel 16:14-23 Goliath—Samuel 17:1-11 David—Samuel 17:12-31 David and Goliath—Samuel 17:32-58 Best Buds—Samuel 18:1-16 David’s Flight—Samuel 19:1-10 The Signal—Samuel 20:16-42 David’s Army—Samuel 22:1-2; 23:1-5 (opt) Saul Chases David—Samuel 23:13-29 Meeting in a Cave—Samuel 24:1-12; 16-22 The End of Saul—Samuel 31:1-13 King David—2 Samuel 2:1-4; 5:1-4; 9-12 Bathsheba—2 Samuel 11:1-17; 26-27 David’s Lesson and the Birth of Solomon—2 Samuel 12:1-24 Solomon Becomes King—Kings 1:1, 5, 10-18;20-37 David Dies—Kings 2:1-4;10-12 The Gift of Wisdom—Kings 3:1-15 The Judgment—Kings 3:16-28 Building the Temple—Kings 5:1-7; 17-18; 6:1-2; 11-14; 37-38 Ark and the Temple—Kings 8:1; 3-6; 9-13 The Queen of Sheba—Kings 10:1-10, 13 Solomon’s Downfall—Kings 11:4, 6, 9-13 Jeroboam—Kings 11:26-31, 34-40, 42-43 Elijah—Kings 17 (all) The Challenge—Kings 18:1-9; 13-46 Still Small Voice—Kings 19 The Vineyard—Kings 21 Fire from Heaven—2 Kings 1 Elijah is Translated—2 Kings 2 A Pot of Oil—2 Kings 4:1-7 Seven Sneezes—2 Kings 4:8-37 Naaman, the Syrian—2 Kings 5 (opt.) Taken Captive—2 Kings 17:6-23 Hezekiah—2 Kings 18:1-8; 19:15-19; 32-36 Longer Life—2 Kings 20:1-7 Captivity is Prophesied—2 Kings 20:14-21 (opt.) Book of Law—2 Kings 22 Return to Righteousness—2 Kings 23:1-4; 14;       21-27 Nebuchadnezzar—2 Kings 24:10-20 Jerusalem Destroyed—2 Kings 25:8-21 (opt.) King Cyrus—Ezra 1 (opt.) Rejoicing—Ezra 3 Darius—Ezra 6:14-22 The Queen’s Refusal—Esther 1 A New Queen—Esther 2 The Decree—Esther 3 Brave Esther—Esther 4 The Gallows—Esther 5 Haman’s Shame—Esther 6 Haman’s Plot—Esther 7 Mordecai—Esther 8 Job—Job 1 Illness—Job 2:10 Job’s Blessings—Job 42:1-6; 10-17 The Lord is my Shepherd—Psalm 23 Make a Joyful Noise—Psalm 100 A Quiver Full—Psalm 127 Some Proverbs: 3:5-6; 3:13; 15:1;17:17; 18:24; 22:6; 23:7; 30:5 (opt.) A Virtuous Woman Proverbs 31:10-31 There is a Season—Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 (opt.) Messiah is Foretold—Isaiah 9:6-7 Daniel’s Food—Daniel 1:1-21 Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream—Daniel 2:1, 16-20,24-30, 46-49 Into a Furnace—Daniel 3:4-6,8-14, 16-30 Daniel in the Den of Lions—Daniel 6 Jonah and the Whale—Jonah Chapters 1-3 Tithing—Malachi 3:8-12   This list was compiled by Penny Gardner. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699876/ Sun, 17 May 2009 04:59:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699876/     MENTAL BIBLE BRAIN BREAKERS      These breaks will turn your mind to a different way of thinking. These breaks will challenge, stimulate, and stretch your child's thinking. "The brain cannot comprehend what the fanny cannot endure." Buffalo, New York  Judge. Benefits: 1. Learning becomes efficient when a new connection is made when the brain is forced to think in different and new paths such as Biblical characters with theme songs. 2. Re-energizing the brains 3. Increase brain fluency by having your non-dominant hand write Scripture.  This re-wires the brain. 4. Children remember best when using all their senses: smelling, hearing, tasting, seeing and touching. By utilizing the whole body, the children will internalize the message from the Bible story.   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699871/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:54:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699871/     PHYSICAL BIBLE BRAIN BREAKERS      These brain breaks stimulate and energize while others will quiet the children down and exercise to help their focus. They do meet different needs. Some breaks will only take seconds while others will take a couple of minutes.      There is a rule of thumb that the attention span for younger children is about one minute per year of age. This can be expanded depending on the degree of excitement and importance. Just understand that it can be a ticket for trouble if you expect younger children to have a longer attention span. Benefits: 1. The lateral body movement (right hand, left leg; left hand, right leg) helps the brain to focus. 2. If the children are too rowdy, these physical brain breaks will have them settled down in no time at all. 3. Breathing techniques helps the oxygen to flow to the brain for clearer thinking. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699870/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:52:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699870/ BIBLE BRAIN BREAKERS       Are your kids disinterested? Are they frustrated? Are they on an information overload? Or even bored in their studies? Here are some great ideas to fit your children's particular needs. These ideas can be used as a pick me up when the children need a "brain break" from their routine.      Cross-lateral movements help to improve motor control, excites the neural pathways that connect the right and left hemisphere of the brain and hand-eye coordination. When you combine the cross-lateral movements with academic content then you are giving maximum input on all levels. This can be very beneficial to the younger ones at home.  Also pole-bridging, giving a commentary of what you are doing as you are doing it, can make your brain breaks even more productive. Pole-bridging talk is an important element in cognitive development.      Brain breaks for the older children can be a way to introduce new vocabulary, spelling or number facts. They can simply reinforce material from previous lessons or set the stage for the lessons to come. In other words, Brain breaks are a great way to make connection to a previous lesson or to extend what your children will be learning.      The purpose of Bible Brain Breakers is tri-fold. 1.       To share with you ideas of how to refocus the children when they are going off task; 2.       Ideas to keep God in the middle of our school; and 3.       Fun ways to increase your children’s brain-power and learning at the same time!      Specific Scripture references have been given for most activities, but many activities can be adapted to fit almost any Bible story or Bible verse.      For your classroom, make a “Brain Breakers Box” that is filled with item to use for Brain Breakers for access throughout the day.  Include items such as: beach volley ball, jump rope, bean bags (about the size of child’s palm), stress balls, crayons, butcher paper, duct tape, etc…      Remember Proverbs 17:22 says, "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones."  "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates." ~ Deuteronomy 6:7-9 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699867/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:48:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/699867/ I put together notebook pages that correspond with "Hymn's for a Kid's Heart, Vol 1" and I would like to share it with everyone. Click for a FREE copy of "Hymal Notebook Pages for a Kid's Heart, Vol. 1"   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/654479/ Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:08:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/GodsGem4Life/654479/