? re: Scripture Memory vs. Personal Development

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  • November 14, 2008 at 1:48 am
    love3Es
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    Hello! I’m relatively new to CM’s methods. This is my second year homeschooling, and I became aware of and began reading about CM methods this past summer. Now, I’m slowly trying to integrate subjects a few at a time.

    My question is how often should I do Personal Development with my children? I notice the sample schedules mention scripture memory work each day of the week. We have finally got that down as a habit. We are also working our way through G-D as our history/Bible/geography this year. We are working on thankfulness during the month of November, but I would like to start with “A Child’s Book of Character Building” in December.

    Thanks in advance for your guidance!

    Kelly

    November 14, 2008 at 3:20 am
    Sonya Shafer
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    You should have plenty of time to get through A Child’s Book of Character Building, Kelly. It has 12 character qualities with about 4 living stories for each. I spent 12 weeks going through it, focusing on one quality per week. We read the verse and definition (and added that to our Scripture Memory box) on Monday, then Tuesday through Friday we would review the verse/definition and read one of the application stories each day. Some weeks I didn’t use all of the stories if specific ones were in school settings or something like that that didn’t really apply to my kids. But over all we spent about one week per quality trait.

    (While we’re talking about Personal Development, this might be a good place to mention for everybody that the books listed under Personal Development in the SCM Curriculum Guide are not meant to last a complete year. They are just books that would be good to read some time during the year.)

    November 14, 2008 at 9:52 pm
    Shanna
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    “(While we’re talking about Personal Development, this might be a good place to mention for everybody that the books listed under Personal Development in the SCM Curriculum Guide are not meant to last a complete year. They are just books that would be good to read some time during the year.) “

    Sonya, now you tell me!!! Just kidding. I have mine read a chapter a week of their own and then I have personal development books that I read aloud to the whole family. One of the most important parts of homeschooling.

    November 15, 2008 at 4:35 am
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    LoL! It’s great to keep a Personal Development book going all year (or several)! What are some other titles that you like to use? Do share.

    November 16, 2008 at 9:27 am
    christina
    Member

    This is my weak area! Everything is in my head…and we do so much verbalising, but we don’t do enough reading! Where should we start if we were to pick up a book??? I have beautiful girlhood, but I think my DD are too young for it…. oldest is age 8?

    I picked up a doorposts on sale the other day which is a bible study and sewing project. Does anyone have any experinece with doorposts as a study?

    Would you put Parables of Nature as personal development? Sorry for all the questions!!

    November 18, 2008 at 3:50 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    If your oldest is 8yo, I would probably start with one of the Millers books and read it all together.

    Here’s another tip for everybody: The books listed for Grades 1-6 can easily be read to the whole family together. The books listed in Grades 7-12 would probably be best read one-on-one with the child or assigned as independent reading for the child.

    RE doorposts and Parables of Nature, I don’t have enough experience with those to give an opinion. Anybody else know about those?

    November 18, 2008 at 5:25 pm
    Bookworm
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    I wouldn’t think Parables of Nature is really about personal development. There are some “life lessons” in the Parables, but they are pretty hard to dig out. We read Parables because of the literary quality, the beautiful language. I count it as a literature selection.

    I’ve used several Doorposts products and have been happy with all I have used.

    I have used with success The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens as a personal development book, and have read other books by the author of Boyhood and Beyond–good stuff. I can’t speak on any of the girl things. LOL I just did get the two Pearables books on responsibility for boys, and am giving them a trial run with my youngest. He is in Book 1, Lessons in Responsibility for Boys, and we have enjoyed them so far.

    Michelle D.

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