When thinking about how I want to teach my children, "exemplify" continues to ring in my ears. Watching Adriel's communication ability daily expand has my mind academically turned. How will I teach him to read? To write? To think? There's no good way to effectively teach a child the importance of reading, analyzing, and carefully sharing their conclusions when they don't see any relevance in the teacher's life. With that thought, and the ever-present whisper of "example", I decided it would be good for me (and for my children) if I took time out of every day (or every few days!) to write out some of the thoughts that formulate through-out the day. That's when the blog light started blinking for me.
Right now the "example" whisper is saying "get off the computer, get out into the beautiful day and paint with Adriel." He has come in to the office twice while I was writing the above paragraph and pointed at the paints, "please, Mom." Time to teach by example that beautiful days are made to be enjoyed, are made to point our hearts to the Beautiful Creator; time to teach that quietly coming in and asking nicely sometimes gets Mom moving the fastest!
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