Wednesday: Geography & Bible

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Last week, I wrote about what we use and LOVE for our geography studies: Ann Voskamp's, A Child's Geography: Explore The Holy Land.  Today, we started a new chapter Isreal: The Land of Milk and Honey.  I'm VERY excited!  About 2 years ago, my BIL and SIL went to live in Israel for 9 months.  I was SO jealous.  I wanted very badly to go and tour Israel while my sweet sister Sarah was there.  My in-laws went to visit them in our stead.  :)  Anyway, I asked her to send us some Israeli paraphenalia... and she DID!  a potato chip bag, some food labels, tourist maps and such.  My MIL found some really cool laminated placemats with cool info about Israel.  I'm thrilled to be finally able to use them for more than just protecting the table!!

Of course they're in Trujillo.  Shoot.

I'll definitely have to have them sent to us!

Here's another thing we do to complement our geography studies on Wednesdays...

First thing every morning we read something for 'Bible'... we've done all sorts of things ranging from reading straight through the Bible itself, The Child's Story Bible, to Randy Alcorn's Heaven for Kids.  But currently we are re-reading Leading Little Ones to God: A Child's Book of Bible Teachings. Oh, it's good.  It might be my favorite resource for teaching the Bible. 

Anyway, in the morning after Bible time on Wednesdays we haphazardly select a country from Window on the World: When We Pray God Works**, we read it, get out the globe and then pause to let it all soak in a minute.  We finish as each of us pray for some aspect of God's work among the people of that country.  It has been amazing how it has not only opened our kids eyes to other peoples of the world, but how to pray for and love them.  It's awesome.  My kids ask for it every week!!


Books we've used for Bible:

Free resource on Turkey from Voice of the Martyrs:  HERE.
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**[Window on the World is a nicely bound book that features 85 different people groups.  The full color glossy pages are captivating for the littles and the magazine-type layout holds the attention of the older group.  It is easy to read and very informative.  Each chapter includes a little information on culture, history and the country's religious climate as of 2001.]