ABC Scripture Book

A few months back while I was scrolling through

my pinterest stuff, I found a book for 

kids that had scriptures that started with each letter of the alphabet.

I was pretty excited, since I thought it would be useful to use 

in our homeschool and preschool activities.

But when I went to the site, she did indeed have 26 different scriptures, but

they didn't all use the King James Version of the Bible.

Which is kind of an issue for me.

So I decided to make my own.

And since I love a free printable as much as anyone,

I'm putting it here to share.

What I did with mine was laminate them, cut them up, and then

punch a hole in the top left corner, then stick them 

on a big ring.  We keep them with our other homeschool stuff and

use each scripture for one week.

Oh, and since I made my own, I included scriptures from the Book of Mormon.

And they are not in order.

But each letter is there.

You can find them HERE.
Enjoy!
 

Also, this is my first time providing a printable.

If you encounter a problem, please let me know

so I can fix it.

What will you use them for?

It's Sinking In

I've read enough homeschooling blogs to know that every now and then 

something happens and you know that your 

kids are understanding what they are learning.

And not the letters/numbers stuff, but the retention of history and other things that

aren't as tangible.

My first major insight into this phenomenon was today,

just a few minutes ago.

I was vacuuming the house, which takes awhile, since half of it 

is carpet.  And the girls were upstairs/downstairs doing whatever they were doing.

Then as I turned off the vacuum and headed to the next room,

I heard my 5-year-old say to the 2-year-old that

they needed to run from the Nazis.

This morning we read the last chapter of the book 

Twenty and Ten by Claire Huchet Bishop,

which is an historical fiction book about 20 French school children

who hide 10 Jewish children during WW2.

I highly recommend it.

It's only 5 chapters long, nothing too traumatic happens

(we are doing a Kindergarten curriculum), and a really good read.

Before we read it, I just told the kids a sentence or two about Nazis, 

about how they weren't very nice and tried to kill people, even children.

And we read it a chapter or two at a time, as we followed along with our curriculum.

Thank you, Sonlight!

First Day of School Pictures

I've done it.

I've joined the ranks of 1000s.

We started a homeschool curriculum last week.

We are doing Core A from Sonlight.

I love it.

Since our oldest child has a late birthday and I don't want to 

pay for a preschool (or second car that we would probably

want to get her there everyday),

I opted for the option to buy a used curriculum.

First day pics follow:

 MiniMPP, now 5

TeenyMPP, a little too young to always understand,

but she enjoys having school, too