“You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” Deuteronomy 6:7
In our last post, we described our morning (and after nap) times with our toddlers. TodayMy B I will give you links to some of our favorite early children's books/Bibles. See our blog at http://www.positiveparenting3-6-5blogspot.com/ for more reviews of resouces to use to teach your children the Bible and character!
"My Bible Friends” http://www.kidenergy.com/14-002.html
“Leading Little Ones to God” http://www.sonlight.com/BB01.html
“The Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes” http://www.moodypublishers.com/pub_productDetail.aspx?id=41823&pid=53160
“Bible Time Nursery Rhyme” http://www.amazon.com/Bible-Time-Nursery-Rhyme-Book/dp/089081404X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1306172724&sr=1-1
“Christian Mother Goose” http://www.christianmothergoose.com/
“My First Hymnal’ http://www.rainbowchristianstore.com/product.asp?sku=0634056727
“The Beginner’s Bible” http://beginnersbible.com/
“The Early Reader’s Bible” http://www.christianbook.com/the-early-readers-bible-revised/v-beers/9780310701392/pd/07062
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
“When You Rise Up”: Faith in the Mornings— “Rockies and Reading” Part I of II
“You shall teach them diligently to your children and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up” Deuteronomy 6:7
When our babies got to be about six months old or so—and then throughout their toddlerhood—we seldom rocked them to sleep. If the baby was still nursing, I would nurse, rock, sing, oftentimes read, etc. then frequently put the baby in bed awake. (It should be noted that this was after a gentle introduction to the world with frequent nursings and close physical contact for the first few months.) When the baby was being weaned, the first feeding to go was often the afternoon nursing—and it was replaced with the baby’s own special story and song time.
While we seldom rocked our babies to sleep after six months or so, they were almost always gotten out of bed following naps and in the mornings with “rockies and reading.” This post is falling under “when you rise up,” but could also fall under “when you sit in your house” (after baby’s nap). “Rockies and reading” time is an opportunity to do many amazing things in parenting of these little ones: (1) Help them start their day or late afternoon/evening cheerfully; (2) Give them a little bonding time of their own (when other siblings do not need or “get” Mommy; (3) Start their Bible teaching, read aloud times, and love for learning at an early age; (4) Build memories that will warm your heart when your three youngest children are eighteen, sixteen, and twelve (!).
We had two baskets for our babies: the baby toy basket and the baby book basket (more on that in “character training” through chores in the morning later on). The baby book basket held cardboard, cloth, and plastic coated books for Baby. Several of these were Bible story books, and I read from these every day for as long as Baby would sit there and look at them with me, rocked, sang songs, did rhymes, and bonded when I got the toddler out of bed in the mornings or after naps. Our toddlers never missed being rocked to sleep with “rockies and readings” a couple of times a day! Smile…
Tomorrow: links for some of my favorite “early Bible books” for toddlers.
When our babies got to be about six months old or so—and then throughout their toddlerhood—we seldom rocked them to sleep. If the baby was still nursing, I would nurse, rock, sing, oftentimes read, etc. then frequently put the baby in bed awake. (It should be noted that this was after a gentle introduction to the world with frequent nursings and close physical contact for the first few months.) When the baby was being weaned, the first feeding to go was often the afternoon nursing—and it was replaced with the baby’s own special story and song time.
While we seldom rocked our babies to sleep after six months or so, they were almost always gotten out of bed following naps and in the mornings with “rockies and reading.” This post is falling under “when you rise up,” but could also fall under “when you sit in your house” (after baby’s nap). “Rockies and reading” time is an opportunity to do many amazing things in parenting of these little ones: (1) Help them start their day or late afternoon/evening cheerfully; (2) Give them a little bonding time of their own (when other siblings do not need or “get” Mommy; (3) Start their Bible teaching, read aloud times, and love for learning at an early age; (4) Build memories that will warm your heart when your three youngest children are eighteen, sixteen, and twelve (!).
We had two baskets for our babies: the baby toy basket and the baby book basket (more on that in “character training” through chores in the morning later on). The baby book basket held cardboard, cloth, and plastic coated books for Baby. Several of these were Bible story books, and I read from these every day for as long as Baby would sit there and look at them with me, rocked, sang songs, did rhymes, and bonded when I got the toddler out of bed in the mornings or after naps. Our toddlers never missed being rocked to sleep with “rockies and readings” a couple of times a day! Smile…
Tomorrow: links for some of my favorite “early Bible books” for toddlers.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Summertime Fun and Summertime Goals! Part II of II
Sorry it took me a while to come back to this. I have had some other things that I wanted to get up too. So much to say, so little time to say it! Smile…
Anyway, I first want to give you a link to a freebie offered by Graham Family Ministries to help you in creating summer goals/summer fun lists/charts for your kids. It is simple to go into the document and make it whatever fits your needs—reading goals, fun activities goals, summer school workbook goals, household goals—use it in whatever way helps you!
Editable Summer Time Chart: http://www.school4jesus.com/summertime-fun-chart-freebie
Then I will leave you with a short list of the literally hundreds of goals that we had for our Summer School Goals through the years…so many good memories. So grateful for the wonderful years I have had with my kids!!!
Note: Each goal had a certain number of boxes with it—and each time that goal was done one time, a box was filled in with a sticker. The kids could choose each day what to work on—but to help them see the big picture, I had how many hours total each goal would take to complete it the number of times allotted—and how many total “sessions” each one would take (i.e. if child was supposed to read ten 20 chapter chapter books, that would be 100 goals of 2 chapters at a time, etc.).
1. Read a chapter (or two) out of a chapter book.
2. Read a Bob Book aloud to brother or sister.
3. Cook a new recipe from scratch.
4. Organize one shelf of the living room bookcase.
5. Trip to the library.
6. 15 mins jumping on the tramp.
7. 10 laps of swimming at the pool.
8. 2 pages in summer skills book
9. 30 mins of craft activity
10. Organize a closet with Mom for 30 minutes.
11. Weed garden for 20 mins.
12. 1 Geosafar card at 90% accuracy.
13. 2 math drill pages
14. 1 game of chess with Dad
15. Reading Bible aloud to Mom—1 chapter each
16. Read a picture book to a little
17. Listen to talking book for 30 mins
18. Color one page in educational coloring book
19. 60 mins of sewing outfits for American Girl Dolls
20. 60 mins of Lego play
P.S. Technically, this blog post could have fallen much later in the year under Responsibility or Diligence or Industriousness or Organization--these types of activities have helped my kids learn so many valuable character qualities and skills!
Anyway, I first want to give you a link to a freebie offered by Graham Family Ministries to help you in creating summer goals/summer fun lists/charts for your kids. It is simple to go into the document and make it whatever fits your needs—reading goals, fun activities goals, summer school workbook goals, household goals—use it in whatever way helps you!
Editable Summer Time Chart: http://www.school4jesus.com/summertime-fun-chart-freebie
Then I will leave you with a short list of the literally hundreds of goals that we had for our Summer School Goals through the years…so many good memories. So grateful for the wonderful years I have had with my kids!!!
Note: Each goal had a certain number of boxes with it—and each time that goal was done one time, a box was filled in with a sticker. The kids could choose each day what to work on—but to help them see the big picture, I had how many hours total each goal would take to complete it the number of times allotted—and how many total “sessions” each one would take (i.e. if child was supposed to read ten 20 chapter chapter books, that would be 100 goals of 2 chapters at a time, etc.).
1. Read a chapter (or two) out of a chapter book.
2. Read a Bob Book aloud to brother or sister.
3. Cook a new recipe from scratch.
4. Organize one shelf of the living room bookcase.
5. Trip to the library.
6. 15 mins jumping on the tramp.
7. 10 laps of swimming at the pool.
8. 2 pages in summer skills book
9. 30 mins of craft activity
10. Organize a closet with Mom for 30 minutes.
11. Weed garden for 20 mins.
12. 1 Geosafar card at 90% accuracy.
13. 2 math drill pages
14. 1 game of chess with Dad
15. Reading Bible aloud to Mom—1 chapter each
16. Read a picture book to a little
17. Listen to talking book for 30 mins
18. Color one page in educational coloring book
19. 60 mins of sewing outfits for American Girl Dolls
20. 60 mins of Lego play
P.S. Technically, this blog post could have fallen much later in the year under Responsibility or Diligence or Industriousness or Organization--these types of activities have helped my kids learn so many valuable character qualities and skills!
Monday, June 13, 2011
"To My Dear and Loving Husband" by Anne Bradstreet (first American poet)
I love the "to my husband" poem written by the first American poet, Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672). It is a poem that she wrote to her husband that I would like to share with readers today on my and Ray's thirtieth wedding anniversary.
To My Dear and Loving Husband
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can.
I prize thy love more tham whole Mines of gold,
Or al the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
The heavens reward thee maniforld, I pray.
Then while we live, in love lets so prsever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
To My Dear and Loving Husband
If ever two were one, then surely we.
If ever man were lov'd by wife, then thee;
If ever wife was happy in a man,
Compare with me ye women if you can.
I prize thy love more tham whole Mines of gold,
Or al the riches that the East doth hold.
My love is such that Rivers cannot quench,
Nor ought but love from thee, give recompense.
Thy love is such I can no way repay,
The heavens reward thee maniforld, I pray.
Then while we live, in love lets so prsever,
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
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