Love Is....Valentine Bible Study with free printable

I know that Valentine's Day is somewhat a way off but I thought that I would share this free printable that I created. It is a mini bible study on I Corinthians 13. We read through the chapter about love and created a super cute banner for our living room to remind us what we learned.

We started our lesson on love by reading I Corinthians 13. We discussed it, working through words that she was unsure of.

J colored each heart with markers. The hearts are pretty big but I have a big window that I was planning on hanging it in front of. If you would like a smaller banner, print multiple pages together.

Here is the finished product. It turned out pretty cute. J did not finish this in one day. She worked on it through out the week, each time we would read the verses again. Some of the words don't work with Love Is and if that bothers you, omit the "Is" part.

Each heart has a different characteristic for Love as defined in the chapter. If you would like to make your own banner, the link is below.

Download LOVE IS...banner HERE.

Hope you enjoy the mini study and free printable. I loved the way the banner turned out and plan on keeping it up till the end of February. If you have any questions, please let me know. Enjoy.

Links

Christianity Cove - is the place where I got the idea for the Love Is banner of hearts. I just made a printable that allowed J to create it for her self.

American Artists - Whistler

This year for our art curriculum, we are working through Great American Artists for Kids to go-along with our American History program. This week's Artist was James McNeill Whistler.

We always start our art lesson reading about the artist and his/her life. J completes a note booking page, a notecard for our artist wall, and a timeline photo to add to her timeline.

The project for this artist was a simple one - create a picture of someone you love. She chose to draw me :) in honor of Whistler's Mother.

Her finished project - me working on my quilt. What a sweet picture that I will treasure. Hope your week has been great.

Links

Garden of Praise - has a study of Whistler with several of his paintings and a ton of information.

Parent Art Docents - has more information about Whistler as well as a simple art project to go along.

PBS - has a video online about Whistler and his art.

A Mom with a Lesson Plan - has a simple art project for Whistler's Mother, drawing a Grandparent.

Tot Tuesday

Riley and noodles....

There are good days and there are bad...

Character Training - Discernment with free printable

We are continuing with The Virtue Training Bible as well as our other Bible curriculum, Telling God's Story Book 1. This week's virtue was Discernment.

We start our lesson by looking up the definition of the virtue in our dictionary. She adds it to her notebook page under the virtue.

She added the rest of the notebook components - her bible verse mini book, her checklist, ways to be discerning. All of these are included in my discernment printable (link below).

We looked up verses about discernment and highlighted them with the corresponding highlighter color for the virtue chart.

She worked on coloring her discernment word ring page. It has a key verse on the back to review throughout the week.

Our virtue word ring is starting to fill up. I love being able to review the verses and virtues throughout the week. If you would like the Discernment Notebook printable, link is below. I hope this helps you in your virtue study. See you soon.

Download the Discernment Notebook printable HERE.

Links

Childhood 101 - has a post on how to teach children about advertising. It stands to teach this during discernment so children can learn to process what they see and hear, especially during the holiday season.

Hub Pages - has a post on how to determine if you have the gift of discernment.

One Minute Bible Love Notes - has a post on 7 Steps for Discerning God's Will.

His Sunflower - has a free printable coloring page as well as a mini bible study on discernment.

Family Life - has an interesting article on how to teach your kids the difference between discernment and judgement.

Where Have I Been?

I apologize for the long delay in my posts lately. One day I sat down at my computer and everything went black. The screen was shot and everything on my hard drive was locked away until I could get it fixed. I finally got my computer back but truly missed posted about our Christmas Advent Study - God's Names as well as all of the other activities and printables that I had planned.

It seemed as if God was telling me to slow down and enjoy my family. My computer is back online (I hope - it was shaky there for awhile) and I hope to get back on track. I missed writing and sharing. Thanks for understanding.

Character Training - Diligence with free printable

This year in addition to our bible studies, we are doing character training. To do this, we are using The Virtue Training Bible. Each week, we focus on one virtue, work on an interactive notebook, and find/highlight verses in the bible. This week's virtue was diligence.

J began the study on diligence by coloring the sheet that came from Character First (link below).

She looked up the definition of diligence in her dictionary and added it under the heading in her notebook.

She colored her Diligence ring card and practiced her bible verse for the week.

She worked on her notebook pages. We discussed several people from the Bible who were diligent in their lives. We read about Thomas Edison and how he was diligent in making the light bulb.

She created a poster of quotes from Thomas Edison that is part of my free printable pack on diligence. We created a light bulb from yellow paper and added all of the quotes.

J finished poster of Thomas Edison quotes - very inspirational:)

She looked up and highlighted every verse in the Bible about diligence. She enjoys finding each verse and marking it. Then, we discussed each of the verses. Her virtue bible is coming along. I love seeing the tabs that mark all of the virtues we have learned.

J's notebook pages and word rings. As we study more diligent people of the bible, we will add them to our list.

If you would like the Diligence notebook printable for your own character notebook, download below. I would love to hear about how you are using these notebook printables for your own studies. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. Have an awesome day.

Download Diligence Notebook Printable HERE.

Links

Character First - has free printables and several videos on diligence.

Homeschool Share - has a free printable lap book on the virtue of diligence.

Danielle's Place - has a few ideas of teaching diligence using the ant.

Meaningful Mama - has a great book list in teaching about diligence as well as lots of ideas.

His Sunflower - has a free printable coloring sheet as well as a mini bible study on the virtue diligence.

iMom - has another bible study on diligence with some great ideas.

Confessions of a Homeschooler - has a free printable bible study on diligence.

Tot Tuesday

I absolutely love wooden toys and I truly love wooden toys at a reasonable price! I found this great wood toy for Riley at a thrift store. It had all its pieces and I love that the pieces go from large to small. Riley loved it too. I pulled it out when I needed a quiet moment for J's school.

Checking them out....

thinking about it....

photo bomb:) Have a great one.