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PA = The Principle Approach NP = Noah Plan Curriculum We're closing in on our third week with the NPand I'm noticing something. What I see on the surface may or may not be the real deal. Case in point, my daughter and son sometimes ho-hum their way through Bible class. I'm trying to give it my all and bring out some key points that are just so good...then I see my daughter yawning or my son drifting off into la-la land and my bubble deflates. I feel like I'm letting them down in some way and think the lesson is a horrible failure. Five hours later I heard both of them singing a song that they learned in that same Bible class as they go playing around the house!!! My mouth drops open and I'm dumbfounded. Things like this happen ALL THE TIME!!! I guess I should be used to it, but for some reason I am always caught off guard. So, I've explained to my children that they just need to hang in there with Mommy. Even if some parts may not seem all that interesting, it will pay off in the end. Those little moments I'm blessed to catch during the day, encourage me that more is caught then I realize. My hubby says they can't turn their ears off so that'll always be the case. He just reminds me that it's so important to have them hearing the right things so that the right things will come out of them. So, I feel a bit looser in my teaching and a bit more relaxed in our day. I do try to touch on all the subjects everyday, but some days (like today) it just doesn't happen. My children got carried away with magnets today and then my daughter wanted to dance with the Swans (she's hooked on watching and dancing with the ballet Swan Lake) so we hardly finished everything, but I just try to go with the flow and remind myself that this is much more than they'd be getting anywhere else. I will say I still feel like I'm more task oriented than heart oriented, which I think is what the PA is all about. God is giving me more little by little, but I do still feel the tug of adhering to the letter instead of the spirit. As I said, God is moving me from this so I'm not really troubled about where I am right now. I know that He who has begun a good work in me will be able to complete it till the day of Jesus Christ. I also know my Jesus, loves His children and won't let me mess them up, so I'm just going along and giving them what I have when He gives it to me to give. The more I press into Him, the more I have to give. While I have said all that, I am considering changing a few of my ways. We used to do "school" without having a set format. We used to just flow from one interest of theirs to another. I'm thinking of brining this back into practice. I think by nature I'm a by-the-book kind of learner, but once I get used to it I can let my creativity flow a whole lot easier. Starting out these first few weeks I've been by-the-book, but God is expanding me to go outside the box. I'll be praying more about this.... Oh yeah, I just have to tell this one more scenario I was blessed to stumble upon. While my children were getting ready for bed, they decided to do an experiment. For the past few days we'd been studying the scientific method and I thought things were going in one ear and out the other. I come upstairs and my daughter tells me they just finished conducting an experiment to answer the problem, will the bubbles in the sink go away when we apply toothpaste? Being the good home school mother I am (I had to fight this SO hard), I ignored the rant that was welling up in my throat and after hearing more details congratulated them on an experiment well handled. Only after they had revelled in the praise did I even say never, ever, ever again use toothpaste in that way. This comes from two children who supposedly were not the least interested in their science class. All I got to say is, thank You, Jesus, for Your Holy Spirit!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blessings, Violet Blogging here, there and everywhere (incuding here). You've been reading a Schooldaze post. |
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