heartofdakota.com

Now, I feel real silly asking these questions but I think I am missing something. When doing the Bible memory verse it says to add hand motions. Do I make them up or are they in the manual somewhere?? Also, for storytime in unit 1, do those questions go with the Bible story or some other story I choose. I ask this cause those questions seem odd to me if they are supposed to go with the Genesis readings. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

thanks!

The children are to make up their own hand motions to go with the scriptures. We have finished the first 3 units and the questions for each day in Storytime seem to repeat each week, so they don't always correspond perfectly to the readings. Hope this helps!

Kathy

Kathy,
Thank you so much. That is what I thought but I just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing something. I feel much better!

Thanks again!

The ladies are doing a great job of answering your questions! The kiddos are making up their own hand motions as a memory aid in memorizing the verse. I often start out giving suggestions, and then my boys take off and make up their own hand motions. You'd be surprised at how much it will help them remember their verses.

Also, the questions in the storytime box are meant to be very similar from week to week so kiddos begin to look for the same things each unit when you're reading aloud. The questions direct the kiddos to compare life at the time of the book (or passage) to their own life, to watch for what or whom the main character places their faith in (and how this impacts the story), to share something the reading brought to mind, and to practice retelling the reading. There are all things we do as adults when reading and are great ways to make kiddos connect and pay attention to what is being read. In essence, we're training the kiddos to connect personally with the reading.

We are assuming the more formal literature study is being taken care of through Drawn into the Heart of Reading.

Blessings,
Carrie

Thanks, Carrie.

That really makes sense. Sometimes I'm so by the book that I forget to get creative!

Bless you!