Heart Issues

by Becky Wyand

Comfort

I find comforting going back to some very familiar verses. I thought you would, too.

Consider the power, meaning and application of:

Prov 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart; and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths.”

Prov 22:6 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Psalm, 63:1 “O, God, though art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longest for thee in a dry and thirst land, where no water is;”

Diligence

We are always anxious to see our won children doing their work with gusto. As we strive to encourage diligent let’s consider:

1. Does my child see purpose in this work?
2. Do I discuss the trust issue often? As in: you know, son, you can trust me with this assignment, even if you don’t’ see purpose.
3. Do I take time to address heart issues that show up during as assignment?
4. Are the assignments specific?
5. Are rewards appropriate?

Excellence

Recently we’ve been studying together Championship Christina Education as a philosophy which I learned from Mr .Bill Vemont.

Part of the definition of Championship includes “excellence”. Consider these points:

1. Once the child knows what is expected then other levels of work would be unacceptable. (As a torn worksheet).
2. Older students can help determine what is reasonably acceptable.
3. The student who understands Championship becomes eager to receive instructing.
4. Excellent academics from an angry heart are not considered championship.

Projects

Here are a few project ideas that I have fathered from you:

1. Relating a craft or everyday activity to history. For example: how laundry has changed through the ages? Or how has the blacksmith’s job changed?
2. Weather – either charting it or predicting it.
3. Interviews of older people with specific questions targeted at an area of interest.
4. Banking and investing – real or pretend money.
5. Giving proof of one’s math problems from today’s assignment. Proof might be simply using objects to show your work and answer.

I’ll share more projects as you share with me.

Reading

Remember:

1. When your child reads fluently he can begin to do some independent work.
2. Reading comprehension skills need to be reviewed, even for an outstanding reader.
3. Continue to read to your child even when he is older and personally very capable.
4. Continue to review phonics and spelling.
5. Children just beginning to read should practice easy-to-read books daily.
6. When teaching phonics to young children, it is best to have very short ‘lessons’ throughout the day.
7. “proving your answer’ is an often overlooked reading comprehension skill. To practice this skill, you or the child will formulate a question that the child answers. He then ‘proves’ his answer by showing the page and paragraph containing that information.