I have not used any of it, but I looked at the one for patience and it looks doable. I am looking for something that the whole family can go over one Character issue daily together in a short amount of time... maybe during dinner or shortly after. If you have one you do as a family feel free to recommend one. I am not looking for lots of hands on activities... just a sort of devotional type thing. I have had the recommendation to do a Proverbs a day reading, but there is some of that I do not find age appropriate for my children. I also, have the chart the Duggar family uses that I am considering..... really I was looking for something with less to start with, but I could just pick and choose a few that I want to focus on. One idea I have is to choose seven (for the days of the week) and just do those daily to really drill in the Character areas I think we should focus on. Ideally, I think 5-15 minutes a day would be what I want to spend discussing it and then, of course, back it up through little moments throughout the day.
The "Character" training sheet you have from the Duggards....along those lines is a "Character First" program that was designed for "Public" school character training, that puts it more on a child's level, but with out the scriptures. You could just add those. It has a coloring page, crafts and even some mini games to go along with each quality. I have used these for Sunday school lessons, homeschool, etc and just added the scriptures. Just a thought. I do agree for your children's ages, 5-15 mins. is a good amount of time to spend.
ReplyDeleteShannon, I just got the book called "Wisdom from the Millers" and it has a short story which focuses on different verses in Proverbs. We've done 2 so far and my girls love them (especially the older ones). I printed that Duggar chart too and we tried to focus on one per week (on a chart). I just needed to spend more time talking about / noticing and modeling them during the day. I didn't always do that :(
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