Strangers...an important subject to discuss. I don't want to scare them to death, but just have a healthy fear. We also have a really good video that we got for free one day at the mall in Virginia. It's very educational and believe it or not, the kids like watching it.
"Stranger Song"
by Karen Lewis
(To the tune of Brother John)
If you see a stranger
If you see a stranger
walk aaaaaaaa way
walk aaaaaaaa way
never look for puppy's
never look for kitty's
never say your name
never say your name
If you see a stranger
If you see a stranger
walk aaaaaaaa way
walk aaaaaaaa way
never take their money
always call for MOMMY
run aaaaaaaa way
run aaaaaaaa way
The never-ending, ever important job of building character.
Character Lessons:
1 - respect authority
2 - pay attention
3 - obey willingly + immediately
4 - apply themselves to the task
5 - learn rules + apply them
6 - do your best
7 - learn to work hard
8 - develop habits of
- orderliness
- carefulness
- obedience
- honesty
- accomplishment
- cooperation
- perseverance
- self-control
- attentiveness
- fairness
- confidence
- responsibility
- steadfast
- effort
- discipline
- endurance
- helpfulness
- neatness
- patience
- judgement
- respect
.....and virtues
Virtues:
respect
self discipline
honety
responsiility
compassion
citizenship
friendship
courage
perseverence
loyalty
hope
excellence
work
faith
These are CA's homeschooling requirements for curriculum & (which curriculum we use):
English - Abeka K4
Math - Abeka K4
Social Sciences - Abeka 1st grade
Science - Abeka 1st grade and various others that catch the kid's eyes
Fine Arts - (I mostly utilize the CDC, they do a lot with this and it's not my strong subject....so I resource out)
Health - Abeka 1st grade
PE - that's just not a problem in our house....can you say ENERGY?
***Believe it or not, they completely keep up with the 1st grade level subjects. I thought it would be just me reading it to them and them catching a few tid bits here and there. But they really like the stories and activities. They are learning.
Currently, if you ask Evan, "Who made _______?" or "Why's _______ do that?" He'll give the very Christian (taught by me) answer of , "God made it that way." I'm pretty sure at this point he thinks God makes plastic too. We're working on it.
0 comments:
Post a Comment