Our Scripture Memory System is in Place!

This week I am excited to link up with Mom's Mustard Seeds to talk about hiding God's word in our hearts. A couple of weeks ago I mentioned the Charlotte Mason Scripture Memory System and how I would like to try it. Well, I took the plunge and made the memory box earlier this week and I can see how this is going to be an amazing way for us all to memorize scripture.

If you read the directions it does seem daunting at first, but the leader of our homeschool co-op told us she just sat down and did it and it just made sense. I agree. I had an small file box, which I filled with index cards and tabbed dividers:

Then I began writing verses on index cards (you need 41 verses total) and filing them appropriately.

Each morning when I open the box we will have a daily scripture, another verse depending on if it is an even or odd day, another verse for the specific day of the week, and another verse for the day of the month. That's FOUR verses each day, which keep getting reviewed throughout the year. It really is an easy system.

The Charlotte Mason site has a list of suggested verses, and I used some of those, and also several from an excellent book I just read, Good and Angry. I'm so excited to use this system and begin hiding more of God's word in my children's hearts, as well as mine!

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New Nature Resource

This week we are learning all about bears. After reading about them in our Burgess Animal Book (which I blog about all the time - this is an awesome book!), both of the children expressed an interest in bears, so off we went! In addition to checking out tons of books from the library about bears, we also have been reading Winnie The Pooh and Paddington. We are all in love with these sweet stories.

Last weekend, during our trip to the Appalachian mountains, I found the greatest book about bears! It is part of the Discovering Nature Library series and is called Discovering Black Bears. It is full of many activities to help children learn about a bear and its habits and habitat. It includes a story and board game. The best thing about it - it was just $8.95! We have started going through the book and I'm so impressed with how well done it is, and how interesting it is for my children. Other topics in the series include wolves, sharks, salmon, earthquakes, volcanoes, and ancient forests. I know I've missed some, so go over the website to see what they have.

I just love how homeschooling brings life and learning together - well, really they are beginning to be seamless for our family. We read about bears in one book, start researching bears, go to a place where lots of bears live, then find a fun bear resource while we are there. If you have any great resources you have used when you learned about bears, can you let me know?? I'm always on the lookout for new things!
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