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The current unit we are working on is foods and feeding.  The theme verse for this unit is “Give us this day our daily bread” from Matthew 6:11.

The purposes of this unit are: learning to eat with a spoon/fork and a plate/bowl, increase communication at mealtime through sign language, and instill a basic understanding of the provision of God in our everyday lives.

Much of what we did this week was reinforcement of what we did the last week.  We continued to pray before every meal and worked on placing the cup upright and keeping the plate on the table.  We also continued to use the sign for “more” to great success!  She really understands that “more” means “give it to me!” Continue Reading

We are still working our way through a unit on Food and Feeding.  The theme verse for this unit is “Give us this day our daily bread” from Matthew 6:11.  The purposes of this unit are: learning to eat with a spoon/fork and a plate/bowl, increase communication at mealtime through sign language, and instill a basic understanding of the provision of God in our everyday lives.

Much of what we did this week was reinforcement of what we did the last week.  We continued to pray before every meal and worked on placing the cup upright and keeping the plate on the table.  We also continued to use the sign for “more” to great success!  She really understands that “more” means “give it to me!”

I have been learning as a parent that consistency is the key to learning, so constant direction and reinforcement has proven rewarding. Continue Reading

We are finally getting back to a structured (as structured as an 18 month old will allow) preschool after a long hiatus to have a new little one.  That doesn’t mean the learning stopped in the interim, but most of it was spur of the moment teaching.  I love that type of learning situation for our little one, but I am excited to have unit studies and plans to fill her days.

So to get started for the new year, we started at the beginning – the very beginning – and talked about the creation all week.  Starting on Monday we talked about each day of creation for a day and tried to do an activity that would reinforce the VERY basic concepts we were trying to teach her.  We wanted to start to expose her to the fact that God created all we see around us.  I mean, if the 6-day creation is something that even mature Christians can get lost trying to figure out, we weren’t going to start to teach scientific concepts just yet (But soon…I hope!).

The theme verse for this unit is “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” (Genesis 1:1) Continue Reading