Some days we sit with paper and pencil.
Other days we experience learning through life.
Some days we study the tide pools in our textbook.
Other days we explore our local tide pools in swim suits.
Some days we read educational materials.
Other days we watch.
This is the variety that makes homeschooling so enjoyable.
Learning can be difficult at times, but I know I learn most when I enjoy the input,
so we do our best to also make learning enjoyable for our kids.
Learning can be difficult at times, but I know I learn most when I enjoy the input,
so we do our best to also make learning enjoyable for our kids.
Today was a watching/reading day. We started with a history DVD as I had planned. As we discussed it's content we ended up on a rabbit trail which segued into the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This, in turn, led us to the JESUS film (which I had not planned), a blessed detour for our day indeed!
This, in turn, led us to the JESUS film (which I had not planned), a blessed detour for our day indeed!
We popped some popcorn, added a few candy corns (since fall is in the air), and snuggled up to watch the most important story ever told. We were able to watch nearly the whole film together, though we chose to fast forward through some of the brutality when Jesus was mocked and flogged. I didn't want the kids to miss the depth of it all, so we did watch some of the hard-to-watch scenes, and it seemed to make an impact.
Though we're all familiar with the stories of Jesus' life, they never cease to stun us. Some of the kids were moved to tears and seeds were planted...again. As parents, we sow and sow and pray and pray. We expose and instruct and teach and train and we beg the Lord beckons their hearts to His.
Since watching the film, the kids are all dressed up as shepherds, wise (wo)men, Mary, and a donkey at the moment, playing out what they absorbed today. This is education. In fact, it's the MOST important education of all...the spiritual education of hearts, the tilling of eternal soil (not to mention teamwork and playwriting to boot!).
We're cultivating heart-soil over here today. Nothing matters more to me in my time spent educating my kids. It was a privilege to share the gospel with each one of them again today and I pray the Holy Spirit infuses their souls.
Feeling grateful for our JESUS film school.
(Note: The version we watched of the JESUS film was a bit
shorter than this full length version and edited of some content.)
(This is the full length children's version of the JESUS film.)
shorter than this full length version and edited of some content.)
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, t
hat whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but in order that the world might be saved through him."
hat whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but in order that the world might be saved through him."
John 3:16-17