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answer their questions explain how the world works show them how to be responsible and thoughtful of others and gently guide them to develop the good characters that will benefit them their entire lives make sure that they have regular chores that they are responsible for completing when my now adult daughters were pre readers i made some picture cards to illustrate the chores the non reader was to do so that they could gradually become more independent about meeting their responsibilities do as much outdoor stuff as possible play lots and lots of audio tapes of bible and other character building stories particularly nice while driving around doing art stuff playing with blocks or legos cleaning up falling asleep do lots and lots of reading aloud provide plenty of time for play with blocks legos baby dolls toy cars dress up clothes etc allow and encourage lots of those imaginative games that seem to require complicated props to be arranged all over the house of course it seems give them opportunity for counting things while setting and clearing the table etc help them learn measurement and fractions while helping cook do letter sound games perhaps also make or buy sandpaper letters for them to trace around with fingertips and find pictures of things for them to match with the initial letter we d do science experiments with water light levers etc often using ideas from library books or illustrating principles that come up in everyday life help them learn how the world works and children particularly young children learn best by doing not hearing or seeing a study was done comparing children who studied science but not reading in the early school years with children who studied reading but not science in their primary school years when they compared the two groups in 5th grade the early science late reading kids were better and more avid readers than were the early reading late science kids who tended to avoid both reading and science let the child tell stories or about experiences or outings for you to transcribe and then draw pictures to illustrate put together into a book they make a wonderful keepsake of the child s life don t forget creative art stuff just supply a box with regular paper construction paper markers crayons scissors glue glitter etc and the opportunity to use it all and clean up afterwards and the children will provide the creativity mazes pencil practice and puzzles provide opportunity for practice in logical thinking and small motor development thank you cards can get very interesting when dictated by the child transcribed by mom or older sib and then illustrated by the child let s talk about television in order for the approach to learning education life that i am outlining here to be successful it is absolutely vital to drastically limit the child s exposure to time spent with television and video games the biochemical physiological explanation is very complicated but the bottom line is that because of the way the brain processes the kind of stimuli received from television watching television actually deadens the language and analysis thinking parts of the brain in the developing brains of children television s damage to language and thinking skills as well as to the ability to concentrate and even to learn to read is particularly pronounced the american academy of pediatrics has responded to this discovery by recommending that children under the age of 2 be protected from exposure to television no tv under two because of the great cognitive growth that takes place between ages 3 5 i d expand that no tv recommendation to age 5 at the very most expose those precious little preschoolers brains to no more than 30 minutes a day of carefully selected non commercial television mister rogers for example for parents of older children aap makes these recommendations remove tv from childrens bedrooms limit children s tv viewing to 1 2 hours per day avoid using tv as a baby sitter again your children will be much better off mind body and soul if you limit their time with tv videos to no more than 1 2 1 hour a day of thoughtfully selected programming we used a token system to help keep our tv watching under control each person received 5 7 half hour tokens at the beginning of each week and it really made us think about what we wanted to spend our time watching oh and if you have to be away and don t want the children watching tv in your absence just slip a tiny padlock through one of the holes in the plug television anesthetises the higher brain functions so that what is seen on television is stored in the deepest parts of the brain as reality our conscious minds think it s only tv but deep inside we really believe what we see that is why tv advertising works and we consumers keep buying more and more stuff that we really don t need television as we know it exists primarily for the manipulation of the minds and behaviors of the masses if we want to raise thoughtful children it is up to us to protect them from television s brainwashing power after that 8 10yo cognitive leap after that cognitive leap kicks in usually when the child is somewhere between 8 and 10 years old it s time to fill the gaps this is the time when a child is ready to gain the foundational skills for future self education it is time to work on what didn t come easily if low key learn to read opportunities haven t already produced avid readers then now is the time to become very intentional about making sure that every child becomes a skilled reader reading is the key to higher level learning and to much of success in life so this needs to become a high priority like any skill reading becomes easier with practice and the easier it is the more enjoyable it will be and the more the individual will read interestingly my two later readers the ones for whom reading was the most difficult to master and who didn t become fluent readers until ages 8 9 remain the most avid readers as adults after the child is reading fluently instruction in spelling becomes appropriate ideally by using words the child has misspelled to help him her internalize the 28 rules for english spelling again aside from learning the actual mechanics of penmanship the rules of capitalization and punctuation and basics of grammar the process of getting thoughts from brain to paper quality writing comes from quality thinking and from reading well crafted works so choose carefully what your child will put into his her brain just reading in and of itself isn t the goal but reading that which will educate and influence young minds for good keep your long term goals in mind when deciding what you want your children to do for schoolwork in fact i strongly recommend actually committing your long term goals to paper and then reviewing your progress and goals every year or so do you want to raise thinkers instead of media following lemmings do you want children who will be self deciplined workers for god decide now what sort of adults you want them to become and then study consider and most importantly pray for guidance to find the best route to your ultimate goals for your precious children mathematical literacy is nearly as important a life skill as is reading after that cognitive leap children are more ready to comprehend mathematical concepts and better equipped to memorize basic facts addition subtraction multiplication math is learned by doing math and doing math and doing math so this is not an area in which to skimp try to find a math curriculum that will allow the child to move ahead at his her own pace rapidly in areas that are really just review and more deliberately in areas that s he finds more challenging algebra in many cases is better saved for after the next cognitive leap often around age 15 or so that said a definite correlation has been shown between level of mathematical attainment and eventual income level again once your child is the age to start to dive into academics don t skimp on math people remember what they do this is the age of experimentation now is the time for doing lots and lots of hands on science experiments and nature study now is the time to develop a love for scientific discovery and a treasure trove of discovered details mathematics is the language of science so while that foundation needs to be strong before it really becomes possible to delve deeply into the higher sciences there is still a wide abundance that can be learned about god s beautiful creation again don t get boxed into grade levels but go directly to expert sources learn to identify local birds insects trees flowers rocks stars and find ways to discover the principles of the physical and chemical sciences get a chemisty set and go through the experiments while learning the vocabulary do experiments with air water gravity vacuums propulsion and heat exchange etc guess what will happen if you do this or that try it and see if you were right figure out why things happened the way they did think of ways to try the experiment slightly differently predict how the outcome will change encourage your child to wonder to observe to experiment and most of all to think history is the story of how different peoples lived at different times read their stories whenever possible travel to where they lived dress up like them and do the things they did imagine yourself living there and then when learning about new people peoples find out how they connect to those you ve already met put their pictures on a timeline to help you make that connection there is plenty of time yet for memorizing dates this isn t that time there is a wonderful window of academic opportunity tucked between the 8 10yo cognitive leap and the distractions of the onset of puberty take advantage of this opportunity to lay a strong foundation of the skills that will allow for a lifetime of learning one more thing learning is also to a degree dependent on physical health do not let your children be sedentary model an active lifestyle that includes the children suggestions include daily family walks frequent visits to recreational facilities town sponsored swimming lessons for those in northern climates try the mid week ski specials soccer and other active games it is very easy for children to develop a sedentary lifestyle that will result in a number of health problems that can interfere with learning and life in general active children will be much more efficient and effective in their studies labels homeschool posted by mama bird at 10 31 am 1 comments wednesday january 19 2011 i m rocking my baby and babies don t keep i ve been loving this delightful new season of grandbabies and was recently reminded of this lovely old poem so thought i d share it other tasks definitely have to wait when i ve been rocking my grand baby and babies don t keep song for a fifth child by ruth hulburt hamilton mother oh mother come shake out your cloth empty the dustpan poison the moth hang out the washing and butter the bread sew on a button and make up a bed where is the mother whose house is so shocking she s up in the nursery blissfully rocking oh i ve grown shiftless as little boy blue lullaby rockaby lullaby loo dishes are waiting and bills are past due pat a cake darling and peek peekaboo the shopping s not done and there s nothing for stew and out in the yard there s a hullabaloo but i m playing kanga and this is my roo look aren t her eyes the most wonderful hue lullaby rockaby lullaby loo the cleaning and scrubbing will wait till tomorrow for children grow up as i ve learned to my sorrow so quiet down cobwebs dust go to sleep i m rocking my baby and babies don t keep posted by mama bird at 8 44 am 2 comments saturday september 25 2010 doctor larry s response to the statement god hates divorce god loves those that he created and hates to see them hurt we tend to frame church issues about divorce today in our own social and cultural contexts however in the days of moses god told his people deuteronomy 24 1 3 that a man could give his wife a divorce certificate if he found something unclean indecent not adultery which carried the penalty of death in her she would have to leave and he would be free to marry whoever else he desired this to us sounds very harsh however god was trying to improve the lot of women when he gave moses this regulation to stop the process of simply sending a wife that was no longer desirable away with no explanation in these days a woman who was no longer a virgin yes they kept the undergarment they wore the night of their marriage to prove they were a virgin on the night of their marriage being sent away was effectively taking all support away from her because property the source of wealth followed the husband s family line what did she have left to support herself not much s x trade or selling themselves as slaves were their only options if they were not received back into their father s house which they might well not be due to the affront to the family honor what is god doing he is trying to elevate the status of the women that he created to be the equal to the men that he created jesus commented on divorce matthew 5 31 and said that the only grounds for divorce was adultery by the woman he is again elevating women and their position in society by restricting capricious marriage divorce because someone more attractive or socially financially better connected is now available to them he is essentially saying to the men of his day that when you marry a woman you are to love honor and care for her forever if she is always faithful to you you are to never divorce her in so doing he is providing for support for them and their children throughout their lives in a day when there was no welfare or social security in fact if the man took a second wife he was required to still give the birth right a double portion of the father s possessions to the oldest son of his first wife even if she was no longer his favorite wife god had to spell this out because jacob didn t get it right yes god hates divorce because of the way it hurts really hurts the women and the children they have borne that he created loves passionately and died to save please do not ever take anything in scripture as pushing you as a woman away from god god loves women and is very hurt and upset with the way men treat the women that they marry and then do not love the way god loves the church remember he died for the church until we as husbands have loved our wives as god does there is no option for divorce in god s eyes i believe that we as men will be called to account in the judgement for the way we have treated our wives this is not to say that wives have free license to abuse and mistreat their husbands either but historically the power was with the husbands and too often was abused christ and his apostles including paul uplifted the rights of women to toward their rightful status that they had at creation larry beloved i pray that you may prosper i...