You just never know how much fun a new package of toilet paper will be! Let's have a drum circle!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Some photos...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
So many lessons to be learned...
... from the Bible!
I am just amazed every single time I pick up the Bible - I always learn something even when I'm not trying to!
The kids and I decided back in October that we wanted to read the Bible in a year... so we got a good plan (HERE) and - well - we didn't get off to a great start, but we're getting into it now.
Just today, I opened it up to Genesis, chapters 4-7... so many "subjects" in there!
4:2... VOCABULARY
"Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil."
HANNAH - "What's that?"
ME - "Abel was a shepherd and Cain was a gardener."
4:15... MATH -- MULTIPLICATION
"But the LORD said to him, "Not so ; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over."
The entire 5th chapter... GENEALOGY
The entire 5th chapter... MATH -- ADDITION
"3 ~ When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 ~ After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 ~ Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died."
6:14... more MATH -- MEASUREMENTS
"The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. 16 ~ Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top." (We read from the New King James - So had to figure out what a "cubit" was! These are all from the NIV.)
Bobby's side comment, "So that's like 1 and a half football fields LONG!"
7:14... SCIENCE
"14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark."
Okay, it seriously took me FOREVER to finish reading these 4 chapters b/c it was a spring board for SO MANY conversations! I am thoroughly satisfied that you really and can truly learn WITHOUT school. Awesome.
I am just amazed every single time I pick up the Bible - I always learn something even when I'm not trying to!
The kids and I decided back in October that we wanted to read the Bible in a year... so we got a good plan (HERE) and - well - we didn't get off to a great start, but we're getting into it now.
Just today, I opened it up to Genesis, chapters 4-7... so many "subjects" in there!
4:2... VOCABULARY
"Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil."
HANNAH - "What's that?"
ME - "Abel was a shepherd and Cain was a gardener."
4:15... MATH -- MULTIPLICATION
"But the LORD said to him, "Not so ; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over."
The entire 5th chapter... GENEALOGY
The entire 5th chapter... MATH -- ADDITION
"3 ~ When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 ~ After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 ~ Altogether, Adam lived 930 years, and then he died."
6:14... more MATH -- MEASUREMENTS
"The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. 16 ~ Make a roof for it and finish the ark to within 18 inches of the top." (We read from the New King James - So had to figure out what a "cubit" was! These are all from the NIV.)
Bobby's side comment, "So that's like 1 and a half football fields LONG!"
7:14... SCIENCE
"14 They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. 15 Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark."
Okay, it seriously took me FOREVER to finish reading these 4 chapters b/c it was a spring board for SO MANY conversations! I am thoroughly satisfied that you really and can truly learn WITHOUT school. Awesome.
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