It has been 2 weeks since I have been able to blog. As you may have guessed, we got sick. I haven't read sister Janis' blog before I wrote this but it started with Hannah and Colton getting sick. They came down with the fever and all at the same time, they even peaked at about the same time. Then as all good families should do, we shared it with one another. Daryl and I were last to get it and we still are not 100%. If anything, it made Daryl take a few days off and we vegged in front of the tv. We had a anne of green gables marathon, watched a bunch of history cartoons with the kids, and put on our Bible DVD. We finished entire books of the Bible. (We don't have cable or dish, so we depend on what we have on VHS and DVD) Despite sickness, this gave us great family time. We played the occasional game, but this sickness required activities that did not require movement or thought.
I was able to go to class that fri. with the help of sis Janis. She came to the house and watched all the sickies (since she and Hannah were sick as well) I then went. I felt I really needed to share with the kids the greatest Valentine' s gift, the love of God. He loved us so much, He sent His Son to die for us. Now that beats all the mushy Valentine's one could get. In our group, we have kids who attend an organization that does not acknowledge the deity of Jesus. They think He was a good prophet but leave it at that. I dreamt for 2 days about sharing this, other wise I would have missed class.
We had a "cell" abration with the class. The other gal who I asked to teach this brought her husband's(he's a dr) microscope and she had a power point presentation. They then made a model cell with cookies and icing. I had to leave early, the cookie was my part of the presentation but I was getting sick. She taught science for 21 years in TX so I knew she could take over.
I now have to come up with next weeks lesson. I want to stick with cells but focus on germs. "The Germenator", discuss white blood cells and their fight against antigens. I want to make it fun but educational. Keep me in prayer as I put this together, please.
I have been checking out other curriculums for next year, I am happy with Abeka but I was intrigued with some of the info I was given on "Learning-Adventures" This is a unit study but as with any unit study is cross curricular. They go so far as to tell you Day 1 do this and so forth. The only subject it does not cover is math. It is history based. It departs from the real structure-structure of Abeka but I was told it is still very structured. It is geared for grades 4-8. If any of you have heard of it let me know. What really intrigued me was that they said that the library was your passport and the Bible was your guide. Daryl and I have discussed that we need more of the Bible. We need to write it on our hearts and help our kids write it on their hearts. We see the end nearing every day and only God knows when it will be but we need to be ready. I find the urgency even as I school my "blessings."
Well, I need to do some "germ" research, that is why I am on the internet today so good bye for now.
2 comments:
So sorry to hear about all the sickness up there, but WA-HOO for some good, relaxed family time! God knows how to "make" us do that sometimes. :-)
All of your schooling stuff sounds so interesting! I really think you ought to just set up a video link so the rest of us (the slacker mothers) can line our kids up and let them learn from the pro. Ha!
the video link would be cool, talk janis into videoing it eh? Ya'll ain't slackers (i love saying aint it erks those highly educated sorts) you are wise and don't spread yourself too thin with this activity and that
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