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JBC
Lesson Plan: Year One Week 11
We
finally completed Week 11 a week ago. Our family took turns to
succumb to the bug so we didn't do much in the two weeks prior to
trying to get back on track.
Day
One
We
took turns to read Exodus 19. Then we went through the meaning of
each commandment. She wanted me to explain to her the commandments
and was eager to understand what each meant. I shared with her a way
to learn the commandments by using number pegs. She loved it. I can't
remember where I found the pegs, but it is a neat mnemonic device
and now she can recite any commandment based on the pegs. (I hope
whoever came up with these pegs will forgive for reproducing it here
as I sure will like to acknowledge you. But know that it will help
other mothers teach their children the 10 commandments!)
Day
Two
We
reviewed Ex.19:5,6
She
did copywork on Ex. 20:1,2 and we reasoned out the verses.
I
asked her what the opposite of bondage was and she said freedom.
I
asked her how self-goverment could give her freedom and she answered
No exteral government.
I
asked her how the 10 commandments could actually give people liberty
and she alluded to how when people know how to conduct themselves
properly, they don't need others to order them around.
Day
Three
I
had planned to do a craft or activity for each commandment but found
that was not necessary.We reviewed each commandment. She also really
enjoyed making parchment paper and then writing out the 10
commandments. She enjoyed it so much we have 5 copies of The 10
Commandments stuck all over the house. We made two kinds of parchment
paper.
Cut
brown bag to size of paper we wanted. Then she tore the edges to
give it a jagged look. Next she crumbled it and soaked it in water
for a whle. She unrolled it and let it dry overnight. The paper was
then ready for writing the next day.
I
made very concentrated tea and then poured it into a cookie tray.
She then let a few pieces of copy paper get soaked in the tea. We
let it air-dry. Oh, we also tore the edges of the paper before she
soaked it. I msut say I was silly to make the tea solution using
white tea the first time round. The solution was pretty light and
the soaked paper didn't look tainted enough so I resorted to my
black chai tea.
Day
Four
DD
recited the 10 commandments and did a couple of notebook activities I
printed from the following sites:
http://sewhttkr.home.comcast.net/bibleWS/bibleWS/29_commandments.htm
and
http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Activities/1activity11a.php
Day
Five
We
read Chapter 32 and she could see how little self-government the
children or Israel and Aaron had. She pointed out actions the people
committed that blatantly broke some of the 10 Commandments.
We
took more than 2 weeks to do the lesson but I think at the end of the
lesson, she appreciated the need for self-government and how its
absence really messes up people. I'm not too satisfied with how this
lesson went as far as PAing was concerned, but if nothing at
all, she now can recite the 10 Commandments and she has come to a
clearer understanding of each one. And maybe that is good enough for
now.
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