Well I had a relaxing day today. I started out not feeling well - again. It seems like I am always not feeling well. This pregnancy is different. I am definately more tired and drained out than any of my other pregnancies. My stomach seems to be quesy a lot. I am completely eating by mood. One week I couldn't get enough bagels and cream cheese and the next week just looking at them grossed me out.
Today was supposed to be my "lesson planning day" for church. I didn't feel like it. I've been feeling like that a lot lately though. I'm just sort of tired of findng/creating activiities and games for us to do. Sometimes/many times I want to just go back to purchasing curriculum. It was nice and easy. The concept is laid out for you and there is an array of activities to choose from. Then I can always expand on it any way I choose. It's more time consuming and thought provoking to have a topic: Loving God with your mind. And have to think about what that means to me. What that means and looks like on a kid level to their understanding and relevance. How to express it in a way that will produce action. And then once I have a grasp on the concept I want to give (the angle) then I need to find things to do. One thing I've read over and over is kids learn more by doing. They retain only 10% of what they hear but 90% of what they do. So the trick is to do something that they'll remember and have that be reinforcing the point. So what they hear goes along with what they do. For those reading from church - I'm not totallly complaining. I understand and support the goal and reason that I am now lesson planning. We want everyone from kid to adult to be on the same page. In kids this past Sunday we learned about "Loving God with your mind" (we are disecting the verse love the lord your God with all your . . . . ), in youth they learned "loving God with your mind" and in adults they learned you guessed it "loving God with your mind". We are trying to provide continuity. There are things that every person needs to know and grasp at any age - to their level. I want families to grow together. I support our plan for this . . . its just a bit more trying - but sometimes more rewarding too. When I have a week that went great - or a kid tells me how they thought and acted on it - its nice to know I thought and meditated on the concept and brought what we felt God was asking us to bring.
Back to today . . . so I didn't feel like it. So I laid on the couch. Then went out to watch or keep Jorge company as he weeded the yard. I tried to help, but right away my tummy was hurting - picky baby -. So I sat in a chair talking to Jorge as he worked. It was a nice and restful time. Then we went out for ice cream (thank you to the boys who were "helping"). Then we went out to see our horse. Its at friends house. I just watched from the window visiting. while Jorge and Holly (mostly Holly) worked with the horse. A very nice day. Now tomorrow . . . well I have to do what I put off today! Hee hee.
Oh - Elia's gettting married! I am so excited and I am so glad its going to be here. I can have so much fun "wedding planning" with her from here. We are looking for big yards for an outdoor wedding - we do have a lead - but if you have a big yard or connections with a great yard, let me know!
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Congrats for Elia! My parents have had two weddings now in their large yard--you could talk to them and see if it's what you're looking for. They love your family and probably wouldn't mind. =)
thanks for the help ilse.
do you think you get as much out of the Word when you work off curriculum?
I teach anatomy and physiology just from the book; the book, itself, is a form of curriculum, agreed. However, I don't have pre-made worksheets and such. I have to make all of that by scratch. And I retain more of the content than the Earth Science class, where I get all the worksheets.
I have really been pondering this thought this last year teaching. How much support/structure do you give, and how much must people produce on their own?
The evolution of education has gone from scant to barf on a spoonfeeding aspect. Meaning, before students had to work more, I think. Nowindays, students get pretty much everything handed to them. They don't have to wrestle with the material.
Which is not necessarily bad. It reduces my every favorite 'inductive reasoning.' However, we have higher accountability systems and procedures (WASL). Nevertheless, students are performing lower than their parents in content retention, and they are much more savvy, 'mature,' and 'quick' than their parents ever will be.
It is a ponder, I agree.
I don't think I would enjoy what you do. I enjoy the content of the youth, for the most part. Because I get to approach new material for myself.
Granted, you can do that in any preparation and adjust it for the audience, which you are now doing, but that would require more work (which, again, you are doing).
There is always room to grow in meeting your audience, agreed.
Thanks for the good post! Sorry you have been sick.
'They say' that fickle fetuses.. oh wait.. your baby is now an 'embryo.' ANYHOW, yettobe born INDIVIDUALS who are fickle tend to be cantankerous babies...
keep me posted... i want to know if the theories I have been reading are mainstream (even if they are put out from people from Harvard, you can always test it!)
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