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Here is a suggested routine
This is to help set a rhythm for each day and provide alternatives to screen time. You can download other schedule options by clicking the button below.
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Learning Time
Character Focus for Today: Truthfulness
Truthfulness is: “Earning future trust by accurately reporting past facts.” This means that when you are honest and tell the truth about things that have happened, people will know they can trust you now and in the future. Some ways you can show truthfulness are by telling the truth no matter what, encouraging others to tell the truth, and carefully giving and keeping your word. When you show truthfulness, you don’t have a guilty conscience from telling a lie, you are an example of honesty to others, and you show others that you are trustworthy.
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Truthfulness Activity
Truthfulness Activity: Which One?
Read the different statements listed below of things we should or shouldn’t say, or come up with some of your own. All of the statements below can be true, but some of them do not need to be said. As you read each one, have your child give you a thumbs up if the statement is something they should say and a thumbs down if it is something they shouldn’t say.
Statement Ideas:
-I like playing outside.
-I don’t like your shoes.
-I don’t want to clean my room.
-I really like this meal.
-I don’t feel like doing my chores right now.
-I accidentally broke your toy.
-I didn’t clean my room when you told me to.
-I don’t like this present.
-I like coloring pictures with you.
-I wish I had your video games.
-I don’t like this game.
-I like it when you read me stories.
Talk About It: There are some things in our lives that are true and right for us to say while there are other things that might be true but unnecessary. When we speak, we need to always say what is true, but that doesn’t mean you should say something just because it is true. For example, when our parents tell us to do chores, we might not feel like working, but we shouldn’t complain and say we don’t want to. We can, however, work on changing our attitude so we can honestly say we are happy to do it. We need to stop and think about what we are going to say to make sure it is something that should be said. The next time you want to say something, even if it’s the truth, ask yourself before you speak whether it’s respectful, encouraging, and necessary.
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Hands-On Activities
First Activity: Homemade Volcano
See the links below to create a volcano with your child today! The volcano in the first link is easier to make, and the second link has some really interesting facts about volcanoes.
https://preschoolinspirations.com/easy-baking-soda-and-vinegar-volcano-eruption-for-kids/
https://answersingenesis.org/kids/science/science-experiments/mini-volcanoes/
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Second Activity: Personal Play Time (30 min.)
This is a happy time when children get to be in their room and play something of their choosing by themselves. Siblings who share a room can be together. The children might greatly oppose this idea at first, but after several days (up to a week) they may be begging you for more time. Keep it positive! Be excited about it! After the time is up, they must clean up what they were playing with and "Personal Play Time" is over. After this, they must come out of their room. Changing up locations throughout the day keeps things interesting and creates anticipation for the next activity
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Creative Play
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Activity: Tetris Tray
Supplies Needed:
Blocks of different shapes and sizes
A tray or a piece of paper
Let your child arrange the blocks on the tray so that the bottom is completely covered without any gaps or empty spaces.
(Idea from: happyhooligans, https://happyhooligans.ca/building-block-challenge/)
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Quiet Time Ideas: reading books or listening to audio adventures.
Audio Adventure Idea: Focus on the Family Streaming
Check out Focus on the Family’s audio books and audio adventures, one of which is The Imagination Station Series audio books, where you can join cousins Patrick and Beth as they travel back in time in the Imagination Station! https://www.lightsource.com/ministry/focus-at-home/?seriesId=20878
See the link below for other options offered by Focus on the Family:
https://www.lightsource.com/ministry/focus-at-home
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As the afternoon is starting to come to a close, have your children update their journal. Encourage them to write or draw something that happened today and also something for which they are grateful.
After the devotional tonight, have your child write down in their journal something they learned about Jesus from the story or from what He taught, along with their action step.
Here are a few review questions from yesterday’s devotional:
What did Jesus say when the disciples were afraid?
Why did Peter start to sink?
What did Jesus do when Peter started to sink?
What was the response of those in the boat?
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Family Devotional Idea
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In The Gap Kid's Truthfulness Video
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Watch this fun video to learn how you can show truthfulness!
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