Category Archives: General Lessons

As I said a couple of posts back, I’m back to creating my own plans, which I really enjoy. Here’s what went on at our house in the way of lessons. Bible Principle: Law of Love Leading idea: theme from JBC in Ex. 20:1-2 We read the account of giving the Ten Commandments. That was interesting, and we painted “word pictures” to really set the tone. We talked about how the Children of Israel must … read on, my friend…

Last week was fun but not terribly eventful. We worked on our books in art class (aren’t my girls cute?). I love making books so this was really fun. (see the principle in the lesson). In our other subjects it went like this: Bible Principle: Moses was a servant leader. continued our Moses as leader discussion. We talked about the diagrams from JBC showing the difference betweeen leaders and rulers. This was funny to me … read on, my friend…

Well last week was a challenge. But how is that different from any other week? It takes such a commitment to make sure you have school consistently because there are so many things trying to get your attention. They all seem urgent and they all need to be done NOW!!! So we still got our lesons in so I thought I’d share. History Principle: God uses individuals to further His Story. Leading idea: Moses was … read on, my friend…

This week was our last for the school year. Here’s what we have been up to. Bible: Judah Bible Curriculum (which I can’t say enough good things about)–lesson three is Noah and the covenant God made with mankind. We looked at the promise of Providence and then made a page for her notebook highlighting Genesis 8:8 and a drawing of Noah and the animals getting off the ark. We cut it up into a puzzle … read on, my friend…

Last week was short due to an out of town ministry trip. Some of the things we worked on: place value (see the last post) being internally governed. In our Judah Bible Curriculum we are in Genesis, dealing with man’s rejection of self-government. We did several pages for our notebook on this idea, contrasting what it looks like to be internally and externally governed. She mentioned this idea many times this week, especially when she … read on, my friend…

Here’s what we have been up to. We are working on applying what we read to our lives and thinking about everything. This means a lot of work for her because nothing is just fill in the blank. We talk everything through and then, much to her chagrin, we write it all down. Even for math, we discuss the Biblical principles behind counting and multiplication. She’s doing so well. These are some samples of her … read on, my friend…