I am tired...so tired. I am approaching my six-month of pregnancy, am almost 40...well, we can all come up with reasons or excuses, but as I reached the end of last week I realized that it is time to embrace the season of this pregnancy. Time to slow down!
We have had a great couple of months of more involved classes...time to let the kids take the lead and try and keep up with their academic interests :). I will still focus on "Charity" during devotionals and in making connections in their learning for our final virtue of a "service-oriented leader" for this month, but will not organize as many classes around it.
For instance, today we will do a group "word study" as part of the devotional this morning, rather than have each child do their own. I feel word studies are so valuable in gaining depth of understanding of the words we use and an excellent start to a week of learning about charity in leaders, in the world around us, in science and in art. Other than that, I have asked the kids to put up on our white board things that they want my help with:
Kel: Math and piano lesson
Drew: Duty to God
Lily: Piano and math lesson and sew a scripture bag together
Hyrum: Piano lesson and sew on his scout badges (that I haven't gotten to for months!)
I will muster all my energy to make and clean up lunch (with Hyrum's help, since that is his area of work this week), read with the girls and take a nap, exercise at the park or school across the street, and then play games with them this afternoon. There are learning opportunities in all of these things, opportunities to share insights from "Gifted Hands" by Ben Carson that I finished reading last night, comparisons to make with "Othello" that I am reading, and love to show through listening and being there.
Learning is a lifestyle around here. Lily, Piper, Hava and Maia (12, 8, 6, and 4) are busily using the Clue board here on the counter-top to make believe scenarios, getting along and using creativity together. Dramatics, expressions, consensus...all these are part of this learning process. The other children and youth are busily finishing up zones and basics by 9, when I will start devotional.
Speaking of devotional, I am doing a smaller, shorter devotional with the little ones to embrace more of what I feel they need to understand charity on their level this week. I like the flexibility of daily inspiration in how to approach the virtue we are focusing on this week and think this will help them become more excited about devotionals again and give us a little more one-on...well, -two time :).
We have had a great couple of months of more involved classes...time to let the kids take the lead and try and keep up with their academic interests :). I will still focus on "Charity" during devotionals and in making connections in their learning for our final virtue of a "service-oriented leader" for this month, but will not organize as many classes around it.
For instance, today we will do a group "word study" as part of the devotional this morning, rather than have each child do their own. I feel word studies are so valuable in gaining depth of understanding of the words we use and an excellent start to a week of learning about charity in leaders, in the world around us, in science and in art. Other than that, I have asked the kids to put up on our white board things that they want my help with:
Kel: Math and piano lesson
Drew: Duty to God
Lily: Piano and math lesson and sew a scripture bag together
Hyrum: Piano lesson and sew on his scout badges (that I haven't gotten to for months!)
I will muster all my energy to make and clean up lunch (with Hyrum's help, since that is his area of work this week), read with the girls and take a nap, exercise at the park or school across the street, and then play games with them this afternoon. There are learning opportunities in all of these things, opportunities to share insights from "Gifted Hands" by Ben Carson that I finished reading last night, comparisons to make with "Othello" that I am reading, and love to show through listening and being there.
Learning is a lifestyle around here. Lily, Piper, Hava and Maia (12, 8, 6, and 4) are busily using the Clue board here on the counter-top to make believe scenarios, getting along and using creativity together. Dramatics, expressions, consensus...all these are part of this learning process. The other children and youth are busily finishing up zones and basics by 9, when I will start devotional.
Speaking of devotional, I am doing a smaller, shorter devotional with the little ones to embrace more of what I feel they need to understand charity on their level this week. I like the flexibility of daily inspiration in how to approach the virtue we are focusing on this week and think this will help them become more excited about devotionals again and give us a little more one-on...well, -two time :).
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