The SG Notebook

Well it’s that time again, and it is so hard to believe that it is here already. Yes, our kids are going back to school. Whether your children go to school outside of the home or are homeschooled, you might be starting to think about organized lunch making. Here are some websites that may be helpful:

Lunch Ideas

Article on Essential Vitamins and Minerals Kids Often Miss (and how to get them!)

Paper Bag Lunches

8 Healthy Lunch Box Ideas

We hope these links are helpful to all of you as you thinking about feeding your children healthy and energy providing foods!

In Him,
Beverly

“Instruction, advice, and commands will profit little, unless they are backed up by the pattern of your own life. Your children will never believe you are in earnest, and really wish them to obey you, so long as your actions contradict your counsel.”

~ J.C. Ryle, From The Duties of Parents

Bev and I are busy with our VBS at church this week, and I’m sure many of you know how that can tie up things in our lives. So projects have been on hold for a bit. God willing, we’ll be back soon to let you know what’s going on here.

Our theme for VBS this year has been Daniel. The children have been learning about many facets of the life of this great man of God. Indeed he’s a Christian hero that each child should learn about! I’ve been enjoying going over those familiar stories once again–Daniel refusing to eat the king’s food, the fiery furnace, the humbling of King Neb., the handwriting on the wall, and of course, tomorrow’s feature: the lion’s den. We even have a lion’s den set up in our church! Exciting stories, and the best thing about them is that young folks learn about the greatness of God through Daniel. Hope he’s a special hero in your household.

Dare to be a Daniel,
Dare to stand alone!
Dare to have a purpose firm!
Dare to make it known.

Don’t you pray that more and more of our youth would dare to be a Daniel?

For His Glory,
Maxine

We’re getting excited at our house about starting up preschool! Our daughter, Selena, will be three in about a month. She recently was crying because she couldn’t say the “right words” when she was flipping through her books. I told her that we’d start working on learning to read in September. She knows her letters and their sounds, so we’ll be doing Hooked on Phonics Learn to Read program. Lena and Shana listen over and over to SG’s Verses and Hymns for the Very Young cassette, and Lena has memorized many of the hymns. She says “Holy, Holy, Holy” is her favorite! We’ll use some of the verses on the cassette for this year’s memorization.

Do any of you “preschool at home?” If so, what are you using? So far I’ve gotten number and shapes workbooks, games, and a big calendar for learning days of the week, months, and yesterday, today, tomorrow! We thought of themes for each month, and will be learning corresponding verses, songs, and doing projects. I’ve found a few good resources online, and I thought I’d share them with you.

Free Printable Phonics Worksheets

Preschoolers and Peace Blog – this is a blog I recently discovered, and it is an incredible resource!

Preschooler Express Theme Station: help with themes and corresponding activities

More printable activities

Hope these resources are useful! If you have found other helpful links that you would like to share, please leave them in the comments.

In Him,
Beverly