Tuesday, March 3, 2009

"Jesus Loves The Eskimo"

This morning while the older ones are at Grans watching workman rip a hole in the floor the little guys are reading a story about Eskimos.

The lesson is from Eli's workbook "Finding The Answers" published by Rod and Staff. Eli usually does this workbook by himself but his cutting skills needs help so Kendal lent a hand.


Always concerned with accuracy, Eli wanted the Eskimo boy to be wearing a coat like his own real coat, not just some made up colors. So he modeled while K colored. Eli checked her work and approved all crayons.

When it came time to color the dogs we used a picture of an Alaskan Malamute from the Encyclopedia of Dogs.

There was a song with the lesson sung to Jesus Loves Me:

Jesus loves the Eskimo,
Mushing dog teams through the snow;
Indians, and Aleuts,
Wearing mukluks for their boots.

Yes, Jesus loves them;
Yes, Jesus loves them;
Yes, Jesus loves them;
The Bible tells me so.

Rod And Staff has a group of workbooks for all ages of preschool. They are great and I can recommend them to anyone with little children wanting to school with their older siblings or as a stand alone. They are inexpensive and fun for children who like to color, paste and cut. Best of all they use Bible verses and themes.

2 comments:

Dizzyhappymama said...

thanks!! i have a feeling i am going to be asking for your advice a few times in the years to come

The Blandings said...

Hello! Get catalogs! Lots of catalogs. I love the home school company web sites but the catalogs are great and they are free. You can sit around anywhere and compare and make lists. Then when you're done the children can cut them up and paste the pictures.