This is my favorite picture so far from the wedding last weekend:
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Welcome to the first Kids in the Word Wednesdays Linkup!
Each Wednesday, I’ll be sharing with you what we did the previous week. The bulk of our Bible teaching right now is stories and scripture memory:
- We generally memorize one scripture each week.
- We start with tracing and copywork to introduce the verse.
- We recite it many times throughout the week.
- We find ways to apply our verse.
- We recently started video taping our verse. Jonathan loves to see himself on video and this help him learn how to speak clearly and confidently.
Last week, we memorized:
The Lord hates cheating, but delights in honesty. Proverbs 11:1
Here’s Jonathan’s copywork:
And his video:
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Here’s a question for you too: We’re traveling this week. I struggle keeping myself in the Word while on vacation and out of routine. How do you keep your kids in the Word while traveling and on vacation?
Share with us what you’re doing with your Kids in the Word! {See guidelines here.}
Jonathan refused to get out of the car or let us get out of the car when we arrived at church this past Sunday morning.
Watch this video to see why:
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Linked with The Homeschool Chick
Holiday weekends are nice, but they always throw things off a little bit. We lose our routine. Sometimes people get cranky after having extra daddy time because we miss him when he has to go back to work. Including the mommy.
In our homeschool this week?
We’re in our summer “break” now. We’re focusing on math, language arts, and lots of free reading.
Places we?re going and people we?re seeing?
We’re counting down to our trip to California next week. Josh’s sister Corrie is getting married in one week from today!
My favorite thing this week was?
I love listening to Jonathan read. This stack is some of the books that he has read in the last week. His favorite books have been Frog and Toad.
What?s not working for us?
We scrapped the rest of the Sonlight Readers 1 I Can Read It Book 2 and all of Book 3. Jonathan was bored with the stories and the reading level was too low. Book 1 help build some confidence and reading speed, but by the time we started Book 2, he wanted something with more of a story line. I also scrapped a lot of the activities in Sonlight LA 1. Some he’s just not ready for and some he just plain does like to do.
What?s working for us?
We moved on to the rest of the books in Sonlight Readers 1. I’ve been using the activity sheets in Sonlight LA 1 and modifying them as needed. Jonathan seems to understand the grammar concepts that have been introduced because he points things out in other books that he is reading. He got excited when he saw uppercase emphasis and a series in one of the Frog and Toad books.
I?m reading?
- The Ministry of Motherhood by Sally Clarkson with GoodMorningGirls.org. We’re reading about the gift of faith this week.
- Educating the Wholehearted Child by Clay and Sally Clarkson. This book is amazing. It is a wealth of information. Last weekend, I decided that it would be helpful to process this book with other moms, so I started planning for a discussion group on the book. It begins July 18 and I’d love to have you join me!
A photo to share?
Isn’t this cutie irresistible?
While we were in California last month, my sister took the boys to have their pictures taken at Picture People. I was highly impressed with the whole experience. The pictures were amazing!
A Living Social deal for Picture People came through for the Charlotte area this week. We snatched one up so we can go have family pictures taken sometime soon.
My name is Amanda and this is my family, The Pelsers. I open my home to you as an encouraging and inspiring shelter for your heart by sharing my journey of faith, motherhood, and homeschooling. Make yourself at home, take part in the conversation, and enjoy the journey!
