Zoo Phonics

Homeschooling
I have been adoring the time I am spending teaching the boys.  I am trying to make it a little more structured so we can cover all topics.  It is my goal to intermingle God's truth with what they should be learning numbers, letters, holidays, science, exercise, good health etc..   Instead of teaching what they need to know and interjecting God's truth, I am teaching them God's truth and incorporating the other essential skills and knowledge they need.  Hoping a curriculum will develop out of the, so that everything flows fluidly and they see how God's word is applicable to every part of life.  God's words are transformational and should be our road map to navigate down EVERY path we are on.  God's words should be our instruction manual on who we are and that determines what we do.  Who we are determines how we act.  Focusing on how we act more than who we are leads to legalism, and I am praying God would help me to live every day viewing everything through the grace he has given me and you!  For freedom he has set us free.

Language Arts
At Cornerstone's  library, I was thinking I forgot to see where I could find Zoo phonics (http://www.zoo-phonics.com/about_research.html), then Ian said, "Mommy I want that."  I reached up and was so overjoyed to see it was Zoo phonics.

I have been teaching the boys, using the animal cards and signals and the musical cd.  Ian loves the dancing to the music, and Judah loves "inny" inchworm.  I love Zoo phonics uses almost all different multiple intelligences.  Learning should be fun!

Bible
I also found the The Story for Little Ones at Calvary's library.  It is a great curriculum.  It has storytelling, drama, posters, lesson plan and parent pages.  I am so excited to structure a teaching time for them to experience God's word.

Science
I am reading Dr. Seuss non-fictions books to Ian and Judah to learn about animals, habitats and interjecting Christian tones throughout it.

Foreign language: French 
The boys love looking at my Oxford picture dictionary in french.  Yesterday, before bed I was using the verb Échanger "to exchange" and asking Ian to trade one book for two etc..
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