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Have you used Polished Cornerstones?
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Have you used Polished Cornerstones by Doorposts? If so, can you give me some examples of the types of ‘projects’ that it includes (particularly for the younger ones)? The sample chapter on their website is on honesty and looked like more Bible-study type of projects, which is fine…I’m just wondering if all the chapters are like that or if there are more hands-on/practical type projects suggested too. I’m thinking about getting it to use as a reference/resource to pull personal development/habit training/life skills all together, but am having a hard time deciding if it will be a good fit for us. (And b/c it’s pricey, I’d hate to order it and then find out that it’s not….) Anyhow, all that to say, I’d love to hear feedback from anyone who’s used it. Or if you have used another resource that pulls all of these things together, I’d love to know about that too.
Thanks,
Jen
I love PC – my dds are 5 and 3. One thing that is nice about the book is it will last until they are grown women. This year was a rough year for me with a difficult pregnancy, so we didn’t use it as much as I would have liked. But, we did do a few things – for example, we did a “Daddy Day” where we learned to honor Daddy. We picked out his favorite foods, cleaned together, baked together, got dressed up. We also made lists of what pleases Daddy and what doesn’t please Daddy (whining!). We also sort of did a Mommy Day with the same idea, but since I was the one doing it, it wasn’t quite as elaborate. 😉
There are projects that involve toys – like adding a block to a tower when good words are used “build up”. Or taking a block off the tower when hurtful words are used “tear down”. They have idea for pointing you towards books for young girls – if you have Leading Little Ones to God they use that one quite a bit.
Anyway, I do really like it – there are a ton of ideas, and like I said, it will grow with your child.
However, another great, free resource is kidsofintegrity.ca. This would only be for younger kids, but it’s free! =)
Erin
What about the Ruby Doll study and kit, anyone used it?…….. I am interested in that one as well as PC……..
Thanks ;o)
I have 4 girls, ages 17, 11, 9 and 2. I have used Polished Cornerstones since my oldest was around 7ish. I love love this book! I was not raised in a Christian home so I struggle with what I should be teaching my kids about being a godly woman. This book has been a lifesaver for me. It’s like having an older godly mentor with me telling me exactly what kinds of things they need to know. We’ve done activities like looking at cornerstones online and discussing/learning what they’re for. The Bible says a daughter is like a cornerstone, so how does that all tie in? We’ve memorized tons of verses. One DD did an illustrated book on Prov 31, which she learned a lot from. We have interviewed other godly couples, fathers, etc. We have done character studies on Biblical characters learning from them what to do and not to do (forms are included in the book). We’ve done baking activities and other crafts. They all have a journal that we answer questions every week about the verses we’re learning. We’ve learned about telling lies, being a godly wife, gardening. My book is so used the cover has fallen off! We love it! You can use it from the time they are 4 until they leave the house. You can go over and over the subjects b/c they do different things as they get older. So if you cover diligence when they are 5 you can do it again at 8 and 10 and 15 and they will never do the same thing twice! I could go on and on! I hope I’ve helped you a little.
Amber
I have four girls 7,5,3, and 1. I think it is money well spent and while I haven’t used it for my girls yet… I have used to for myself! We’ve done some other character studies so we could include the littles, but now that my oldest is reading well, I intend on having her use PC for her devotional time. There are lots and lots of projects, many are very practical – for example in the time management chapter, there’s all kinds of ideas from creating a schedule to logging how you use your time, to planning a project and budgeting your time to get it done on time. I also have to say that I really love the section for parents in helping and the questions it suggests you use to evaluate your daughter in each area – again great for evaluating yourself (or MYSELF!!!) I should say! I was able to get a used copy, but I can’t imagine why ANYONE would ever give up this book.
Rebekah
I was curious what it was after everyone’s rave reviews. 😛 So of course I am interested. Rebekah, that is really neat how they have the kids log their time or create a schedule. What age is that suggested for? My oldest (8) thinks she wants to go to regular school, and I don’t know that she’s understanding that her free time would be cut drastically (as in she’d never have time to read her Boxcar Children books that she is devouring LOL). Something like that might be just the ticket to show her what she’d be missing out on here at home! She wouldn’t be able to go to this next year anyway, so I’ll have a whole year to show her the difference. Hee, hee!
OK, of course this is going on my list of books to get for next schoolyear….
http://www.homeschoolclassifieds.com/show_search.asp?searchWords=polished+cornerstones Here’s a couple used copies in case the little price difference helps put you over the top. The difference between the old version and the new version (I have the old one) is that apparently there are more activities for younger children in the new one AND they are categorized by age. I don’t have any problem, looking through the activities and picking out appropriate ones for my little girls, but they don’t have age suggestions in my book (sorry, can’t help you with that Sara B.) BUT I think you COULD just do a daily schedule with her – especially if you lean to the more structured side of life and then do ANOTHER one showing her what her schedule would look like if she went to “regular” school – I’d make sure you let her know that they just have a SHORT time to eat too and if they don’t finish, they’re out of luck and there may not be a snack time! I know that’d convince my girls! If you could get real schedule from the school she’d go to, that’d be perfect. I know our neighbor goes to a jr. high where she lives for school at 7, has LUNCH at 10:30 and then cannot eat or snack until AFTER she gets home from schol at 3 pm!!!
MamaSnow – if there’s a particular character trait you’d like to know more about let me know and I can give you a sample of the activities they include that would fit the ages of your kids.
Rebekah
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