Third Grade: Week 2 Plans

Week 3 (9/14/09) Our Lady of Sorrows, Rosh Hosannah, Jackson’s Birthday Circle Time: Apples A September Finger Playby Bertha E. Bush (from Little Acorn Sept. Newsletter) “Apple Tree”(from Little Acorn Sept. Newsletter) Apple Star Story The Sleeping Apple(from Little Acorn Sept. Newsletter) Main Lesson: Container Story/Jewish Studies: Monday: Oma arrives, childhood stories, What is the Torah? Intro to [...]

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First Day of Main Lessons!

I’ll be honest that I don’t feel like I’ve planned or prepared near enough, but the show must go on.  The last minute planning that I was hoping to accomplish didn’t happen with daddy gone camping and the trip to the library failed when we discovered that they were closed not only on Labor Day, [...]

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Winding Up for Lessons

We went out of town with Daddy on business trip on Monday and Tuesday of this week.  It was lots of fun (mama got to go to IKEA) and the kids really enjoyed the hotel experience, but it delayed our start up date of starting in with lessons to next week.  I decided I needed [...]

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Having Doubts

I’ve spent weeks planning.  I’ve taken frequent breaks in order to pray and meditate.  I’ve made list after list.  I’ve ordered some bare minimum supplies (still waiting on those to arrive) and have a wishlist for books that would make the year run smoother.  I have a library list of other books to use and [...]

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