Linking verbs

We learned about linking verbs today. Her writing curriculum had us make paper chains. Such a good idea for reinforcing this idea! We made a single chain link of pronouns, and a single chain link of ing verbs. Then we linked them together with a linking verb. It made its point and L liked it. She even did more than was required. Win, win!

The Living Christ

In our homeschool we semi-follow the classical method. That includes a lot of memorization for young children. We are also very religious people. We spend time each evening studying the words of Christ.

For our study lately we have been memorizing The Living Christ published by our church leaders back in 2000. (We belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; or, for the sake of ease, we are Mormons.) I'm amazed that even my three year old is able to recall a lot of the document.

We have a lot of old Ensign and Friend magazines (published by our church), so we went through those to find pictures of Christ. We take a small phrase every few days and find a picture that represents the phrase. Then we put the picture on the wall with the words of the phrase on which we are working. We repeat the new phrase together about three times then recite it together with everything we have learned so far. We have a lot of pictures on our wall now, with many more to come.

(Ignore the date on here, my camera needs some help.)

 

 

I really feel that memorizing this document has brought a stronger spirit of peace into our home. Jesus Christ is the center of our religion, we should also make Him the center of our lives. He is our Savior, and nothing is more important to learn than His teachings. We always try to leave Him as the focus of everything we do, including our school.