Preparing Hearts for His Glory:
We are really hitting our stride in this guide now! I notice it especially with the rotating history box. Emmett can do his timeline on his own, following the directions in the PHFHG guide carefully. After we've found the vocabulary words he's chosen in the context of his history book and he has predicted each of their possible meanings, he can then look it up in the dictionary, copy the proper definition, use it in a sentence, and illustrate each word by himself. Huge progress from me assisting with each part of this earlier! For research, he will get the laptop and look up the word in wikipedia, sitting right next to me, as I work with Riley on math. He still needs a little help with this, and I'd never let him do this solo anyway (I'm always right by the boys or someone else is when searching for things on the computer - just good accountability). He needs to work on skimming and using the clickable table of contents sections to locate answers. But, he can probably find about 75% of the answers on his own now, an improvement. For Geography, he gathers all needed resources, like the globe, maps, books, etc., and reads through the box to be prepared to locate areas, answer questions, and review geographical terms. He is ready when I come to work with him!
His Independent History Study box is completed as 'homework' at night. He does well with completing one subject at night, and it is teaching him to be responsible to get it done. Right now he is reading "The Young Christian's Introduction to the Bible" and often orally sharing a favorite part with me after his reading. It works wonderfully well to 'sandwich' our Bible learning like this! Starting our day in PHFHG with his Bible Study box, and ending the day with his Independent History Study box keeps us focused on the Lord from start to finish- I love that!
Right now his favorite thing is for me to read "Fountain of Life" though. We are so into this book! It makes the Bible times come alive in such a real way! We both were so dismayed at the Sadducees and Pharisees plotting to kill Jesus, as we as Eli's father, Amos, dying without believing in Jesus. We have had some amazing discussions from this book! It partners with what we are reading in Grandpa's Box and CHOW so beautifully. We cuddle up on the couch under an electric blanket for these readings. We both look forward to them so much! He also loved the project this week, which had him making is own perfume, like the expensive perfume Mary washed Jesus' feet with.
In Christ,
Julie