The Centerpiece of Our Day

 

Feathers were the theme of our nature lesson. Photo from www.treehugger.com

 

Today we did what I believe is the most important piece of our homeschool day: Our Sonlight Education Bible Lessons. Granted, the way things are worded in those lessons are bit outdated. But you cannot beat the content which include a Bible story, Nature lesson, and a character quality. The truths found in the Bible are timeless. They are all woven together to make a beautiful presentation of God's love. 

Before getting into our lesson, we had breakfast at Panera as a reward for their hard work at maintaining their morning routines for 14 days straight. We returned home, rested a bit, chatted some, and then off to our lessons. I was thankful to catch myself from beginning with the Virtual academy assignments. Once I noticed I was about to make that mistake, we went right to our lessons. 

It was a beautiful experience as we laid on our cushy couch. The girls drew contentedly as I read to them their Bible story. We had a great discussion during our nature lesson which was about bird feathers. Shiloh made some cool connections with an Eric B. Hare story called “The Chicken and Pip Pip”. We learned about plume feathers, contour feathers, primary and secondary feathers. We learned about barbs and the iridescent glow of certain types of feathers. We learned how the birds use oil to preen their feathers. We learned about the many uses of olive oil in Bible times. It was just awesome to have such a rich discussion and have it all tie together with nature, character, and the story of the widow and her two sons. Here were some more notable things:

• They got to do their school work outside
• Shiloh wrote an amazing story called "I want to fly like a Butterfly" It was just amazing!
• Norah also wrote a story with the same title, with beautiful illustrations
• The brilliant thought that we ought to work on publishing and binding their books
• Nice chat with the neighbors and their dog
• A much earned relaxation time on the couch as they listened to Your story hour and Discovery mountain. 

 

Today looked alot like what I want our days to be. I'm so glad we prioritized our Bible lesson, placing Christ in the center of all we do.