Speaking of God . . .

Good homeschool day overall today. We tackled more Reading and Math as well as some Geography work today. Gillian is studying landforms and bodies of water in Geography and today we were distinguishing between oceans, lakes, and rivers. We also took a close look at Lake Superior and took some time to locate it on our United States wall map. There we identified which states border that particular lake (she worked on borders in her last Geography unit, Map Skills). We didn't get to our Bible lesson today (so the Christmas Unit carries on! lol!), but somehow Gillian and Levi and Daddy got into a theological discussion tonight (it must have been on her brain, because today she asked me to add "salvation" to our vocabulary list). Here were her questions for Daddy tonight:

How does God know everything?
When does God sleep?
What does God know about things that don't work out like we planned or things that go bad?

Of course Levi didn't miss a beat. He had his own questions:
How does God get to church?
How does God know how much time is left? Does he have a watch?

Unfortunately I missed out on these conversations while I was putting Jasper to sleep. But they recapped the conversations for me when I came in to tuck them in :) In case you are thinking it got too serious, here's what Gillian also shared with Daddy about school and her thoughts on it all in general:

"Princesses don't go to school. They learn about Princess-y things, like how to dance and wear beautiful dresses."

I had to hand it to Daddy though. He chimed right in with, "Yes, but what about Belle? She loves books. She had to go to school to learn to read those books." (Score one for Daddy!)

We had a fun handwriting activity today too--Gillian got to practice writing by tracing my letters on a chalkboard using a Q-tip. It's part of a "wet-dry-now you try" technique I saw here.

As usual, we also read a LOT of library books today. As promised yesterday, here are some of our favorite authors so far this month:
Sean Taylor, author of The World Champion of Staying Awake, Huck Runs Amuck!, and The Ring Went Zing!
Antoinette Portis, author of A Penguin Story and Princess Super Kitty
Suzanne Bloom, author of Splendid Friend, Indeed and Treasure

(My personal favorite this month is The World Champion of Staying Awake, and it will be going on my "to-buy" list when it's time to give another child a birthday gift or other present. I absolutely love this book!)

We also love Karma Wilson books (Bear Snores On, Bear Wants More, Bear Feels Sick, etc.) and the Minerva Louise books. These are just to name a few!

And to end on a funny note, here is a link to a funny (and too-true) list. You Might Be a Homeschooler If . . .
Enjoy!