"The question is not—how much does the youth know when he has finished his education—but how much does he care? and about how many orders of things does he care? In fact, how large is the room in which he finds his feet set? and, therefore, how full is the life he has before him?"

~Charlotte Mason~

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Bible: Ruth

Bible Story:

The Book of Ruth – we read the story in a different variety of our children’s Bibles.

Activities:

~ Grapevine Study pages

~ Play follow the leader Ruth followed Naomi to Bethlehem

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IMG_0042_edited-1  ~ Balloon Game: keep the balloon up off the ground as a team –Ruth and Naomi worked together to travel to Bethlehem.

~ Gleaning wheat: take a bowl of sand, add rice, have your children separate the rice out. It was hard work for Ruth to gather food for her and Naomi

~ Add Timeline Figure of Ruth

Resources:

* Coloring Pages

* Danielle’s Place: Friends Stick Together

1 comments:

Ticia said...

I like the idea of gleaning the rice, cool idea.
And thanks for the goodies page comment, now I know where to look.