A Surprise Perk!

[krazzymommy]

My son is doing Bigger and my daughter is doing Little Hearts this year. Last year, when we did Beyond, I kind of ignored the suggestions for gross motor skills, the ones recommended when you study the Bible verses and such? My kids are extremely uncoordinated (must be a product of me! ) and so I just decided not to do that stuff. Fast forward to this year, and I have been trying the recommendations and my kids are LOVING that part. I will say, when we did jumping jacks, my son was near tears (that was what cemented to me that I did need to be doing that stuff!) but later that evening, I had two jumping jack kids bouncing around showing daddy what they had learned. They love tossing balls, stuffed animals, skipping, jumping, all of these things! I am so bummed to have missed out on all that last year, but glad that we have an entire year to better our gross motor skills this year! Thanks, HOD!

[blessedmomof4]

I just love how every single thing Carrie writes into her guides serves a purpose-there is no wasted time and no busywork It's always great to hear how HOD is blessing other families!

[raindrops]

Ooooooh...

Hmm.

I was gonna skip them too. I am the type that can sit still and read for hours. I also do not remember words to songs very well (without accompaning music).

But I will give it a go! My son just learned jumping jacks tonight too. Cute. I think we adults forget that these movements aren't easy stuff for lil' tinsie peoples.

We are day 2 into little hands for his glory... so haven't. Gotten into the groove yet.

Just stuck a bookmark into the appendix for "God's creation" rhyme. It does look cute. Maybe I can make a copy and stick it to a big mirror, so I can read it and see what he's doing behind me? LOL

[countrymom]

Yes, those little extras are so great for our children. I have seen such growth in that area with them. When we started Beyond my son could hardly do two sit ups. Now that we are in Bigger he can do 3 sets of 10 and he was upset that I suggested he could just do 5 for the 2nd two rounds if 10 was too much It is worth the extra time.

[mamayi]

Don't feel bad... we didn't do them at the beginning of our HOD journey either.
By the time we got into the Beyond guide I tried them and realized just how much the children enjoy them and they add so much to the learning experience and don't take much time to do!
Now I join them with the jumping jacks and push ups! It's great fun!