There's no shortage of blogs, websites and news articles all trying to dictate what it is that you should and shouldn't be teaching your kids. It's enough to overwhelm even the most intelligent of moms out there. As you'll soon discover I take criss crossing routes on our learning path and sometimes stop all together like a deer in headlights because I just don't know which way to turn. I was feeling this way last week when I sat at the kitchen table with my two little sponges ready to soak up what I had to offer and I had nothing. Just I was about to give up and turn on a movie I saw my bible sitting near me, beckoning me to open it up. I did and landed on Psalm 18. I read the first 10 or so verses to them and when I stopped my 4 year old said, "read more mommy," so of course, I did. I realized there were lots of words the kids were not used to hearing on a daily basis so I picked out 3 and made them the words of the day (one for Monday, one Wednesday and one Friday.) I then made and/or picked out online activities to reinforce our words. I also created a photo frame where we could use dry erase markers and write our words each week, thereby reminding me and daddy to use those words more frequently. Through divine intervention I came up with a whole week's worth of activities....thanks to God....which was a great lesson for me as well.
DIY - Words of the Week Frame
I purchased this frame, as a set of 2 from Hobby Lobby for about $8. Using Microsoft Power Point I created a slide with the heading "Words of the Week," 3 lines because I'm only doing 3 per week, and some flower clipart. My frame was larger than the regular letter size paper so I took 2 coordinating color sheets and taped those down first then added the slide I created on top, giving it a matted look. I'm planning on printing a new one with different clip art at the start of each season.
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