Every week day I ask Koala 15 multiplications facts. Recently he requested that I not tell him what number we are up to. Today I jokingly said that he wouldn't know if I had tricked him by asking 20 extra questions! I then asked if he trusted me enough to stick with his new system to which he replied, "Of course you're my mum!" His face held an expression of complete trust.
He made my day.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Memory Verses A-Z.
Many years ago I listened to a radio interview with the author of The Most Important Place on Earth. I enjoyed the interview so much that I bought the book, but like many of my books it sat on the shelf largely unread!
The main thing I remember from the interview was a segment in which the author talked about an A-Z scripture list which he had learned as a child. He recounted many instances when these scriptures had helped him as a child and adult, in both serious and lighthearted moments.
I filed it away in my memory with a promise that I would do the same. It's taken me a while, but I have used the scripture list in the book as a template to create my own A-Z list with a more Catholic flavour.
Each child has the list laminated and in their basket where they keep their books, and I also have one one the wall of our dining room. I am really looking forward to committing these verses to memory!
A All of us were like sheep that were lost. Isaiah 53:6
B Be kind to one another. Ephesians 4:32
C Children obey your parents, for this is the right thing to do. Ephesians 6:1
D Do whatever He tells you. John 2:5
E Every good and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17
F "Follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishes of men,." Matthew 4:19
G God is love. 1 John 4:16
H He cares for you.. 1 Peter 5:7
I "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will not have life." John 53
J Jesus said, " Let the little children come to me." Matthew 19:14
K Kind words are like honey, enjoyable and healthful. Proverbs 16:24
L Love one another as I have loved you. John 13:34
M "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." John 10:27
N Now is the time to come to Jesus. 2 Corinthians 6:2
O Obey God because you are His Children. 1 Peter 1:14
P Pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins. 2 Maccabbes 12:46
Q Quick Lord, answer me, for I have prayed. Psalm 141:1
R Run with perseverance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12 :1.
S So do not worry about tomorrow. Matthew 6:34
T Thank God for Jesus, His gift too wonderful for words.
2 Corinthians 9:15
U Underneath are God’s everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27
V "Very truly, I tell you, on one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit." John 3:5
W We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. Hebrews 12:1
X Except a kernel of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains a single grain. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24
Y You have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. Psalm 63:7
Z "Zacchaeus, you come down: for I am going to your house today." Luke 19:5
The main thing I remember from the interview was a segment in which the author talked about an A-Z scripture list which he had learned as a child. He recounted many instances when these scriptures had helped him as a child and adult, in both serious and lighthearted moments.
I filed it away in my memory with a promise that I would do the same. It's taken me a while, but I have used the scripture list in the book as a template to create my own A-Z list with a more Catholic flavour.
Each child has the list laminated and in their basket where they keep their books, and I also have one one the wall of our dining room. I am really looking forward to committing these verses to memory!
A All of us were like sheep that were lost. Isaiah 53:6
B Be kind to one another. Ephesians 4:32
C Children obey your parents, for this is the right thing to do. Ephesians 6:1
D Do whatever He tells you. John 2:5
E Every good and perfect gift is from above. James 1:17
F "Follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you fishes of men,." Matthew 4:19
G God is love. 1 John 4:16
H He cares for you.. 1 Peter 5:7
I "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will not have life." John 53
J Jesus said, " Let the little children come to me." Matthew 19:14
K Kind words are like honey, enjoyable and healthful. Proverbs 16:24
L Love one another as I have loved you. John 13:34
M "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me." John 10:27
N Now is the time to come to Jesus. 2 Corinthians 6:2
O Obey God because you are His Children. 1 Peter 1:14
P Pray for the dead that they may be loosed from their sins. 2 Maccabbes 12:46
Q Quick Lord, answer me, for I have prayed. Psalm 141:1
R Run with perseverance the race that is set before us. Hebrews 12 :1.
S So do not worry about tomorrow. Matthew 6:34
T Thank God for Jesus, His gift too wonderful for words.
2 Corinthians 9:15
U Underneath are God’s everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27
V "Very truly, I tell you, on one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit." John 3:5
W We are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses. Hebrews 12:1
X Except a kernel of wheat fall into the ground and die, it remains a single grain. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. John 12:24
Y You have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. Psalm 63:7
Z "Zacchaeus, you come down: for I am going to your house today." Luke 19:5
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