We started our day with the usual, and then we got to Bible time. The passage was where Jesus is talking about good fruit and bad fruit, and that the trees that produce bad fruit get cut down. We talked about how hard it is to bear good fruit. We compared ourselves to the Waorani people - while we don't kill to take revenge, we still do take revenge. Rabbit was quite upset, and wondering about if she was "really saved.' So, I asked her, "Did you ask Jesus into your heart - ask Him to show you how to live?" She said, "Yes." Then I said, "Then the the blood of His death covers and pays for your sins. Ask forgiveness and try again when you sin." I talked to her about how I read the Bible and see how far off I am from God's standards, and then I pray and ask God to help me live up to those standards. It is a struggle. It was a good discussion, and hopefully we'll have more of those.
Up next was the Geography game. The boys started out hanging out with us and pointed where we said, but Pooh lost interest. But Tigger stayed with us and we would tell him what number, and he would find it on the map. After that was science. I will warn you if you read from the "Living World" book for the day, there is a picture of an eagle that has killed a monkey and it shows some blood coming out of the monkey. This upset Rabbit quite a bit, but she got through it and traced the tiger for her science page.
We worked on Spanish again, using the Tell Me More website. She really likes trying to pronounce the words into the microphone. Not sure she is really learning what the phrases mean, but she is learning better pronunciation. After a quick snack and 15 minute recess, it was back to work. Rabbit worked on math drill using Math-U-See's online drill, and then did her science page while I did preschool with the boys. We read a story from the Book Basket, and then did calendar time - counting up to 13 for today. Then Pooh reviewed days of the week while pointing to the headers on the calendar. He needed reminders, but it was good. We worked on our Awana verse briefly. Tigger said he'll sing the ABC song at Presentation Day next week, so we practiced that. Then they wanted to do pages in their workbooks, so we worked on those.
Rabbit finished her writing-eights in record time - not sure if that is good or bad. Then, she wrote an excellent sentence. I used that opportunity to say that now we're seeing fruit from all the work we're doing with writing-eights and spelling and English. Those good sentences are fruit from all that other hard work. Then we did the English lesson. I let her do it verbally. After that, book basket time while I made lunch.
While I was putting the boys down, Rabbit watched the next section on the Math-U-See DVD - skip counting by 3. We worked on that a bit, and then did the first page together. After that I went through the right-brained multiplication facts for x3 with her. Then we did spelling, reading, and poetry. We got the boys up, and started our nature walk, but the wind picked up about 3 minutes after we left, so we only went around the block.
All afternoon and evening, Rabbit worked on skip counting by 3. By the time she had dinner, she could do it. Very impressive when she puts her mind to it.
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