Bigger: Trying it out!!
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2011 1:33 pm
OK, I confess, I was so eager to figure out what this is going to be like! After searching around online, I was able to more or less complete day one by finding *A First Book in American History", poem "Four by the Clock", the Bible verses, of course, the hymn, "Holy Holy Holy" and the corresponding pages in the Hymns for a Kids's Heart, a page from Cheerful Cursive, and the pages 6-7 from the Science: One Small Square: Seashore.
Oh, My Goodness!! I'm hooked from day one. I love the unit study / multi sensory / multi skill feel, and it is so fun. We already want to take a trip to the beach, my son has never been, and I never new all that about the tides! I would probably like to add one of the Draw Write Now books, as my son was very interested in that book when we looked at Preparing. He does like to draw, especially animals.
Even our Bible Study time was great. I acted out for the boys what it would be like to cry out for discernment and lift up my voice for understanding, and I really felt the Lord using me to show them what it is like to sincerely cry out to God for a need.(I tend to pray quietly or alone in my room.) One of them said, "That was really good". What he didn't know is that I felt like right then just going on to my prayer closet and keeping on with it.... :0)
My problem areas would be scheduling (and I know there are good threads to read about on this subject) and getting the children to stay focused rather than playing because they "feel too much at home". Rewards and disciplines, right?
I just want to give high praise for what is obviously a super endeavor and a great and godly curriculum!
Oh, My Goodness!! I'm hooked from day one. I love the unit study / multi sensory / multi skill feel, and it is so fun. We already want to take a trip to the beach, my son has never been, and I never new all that about the tides! I would probably like to add one of the Draw Write Now books, as my son was very interested in that book when we looked at Preparing. He does like to draw, especially animals.
Even our Bible Study time was great. I acted out for the boys what it would be like to cry out for discernment and lift up my voice for understanding, and I really felt the Lord using me to show them what it is like to sincerely cry out to God for a need.(I tend to pray quietly or alone in my room.) One of them said, "That was really good". What he didn't know is that I felt like right then just going on to my prayer closet and keeping on with it.... :0)
My problem areas would be scheduling (and I know there are good threads to read about on this subject) and getting the children to stay focused rather than playing because they "feel too much at home". Rewards and disciplines, right?
I just want to give high praise for what is obviously a super endeavor and a great and godly curriculum!