" Daddy, this is the best Fathers Day ever ! ! ! "

JOY...it is pure joy, plain and simple, when we let go of what our ideas are for education and how we need to teach something quite beautiful starts to take place. The Holy Spirit reaches in and touches the hearts and minds of our children. He opens them up to see His creation and puts a curiosity inside of our little ones. There are days when the Lord says, " sit back and watch how I teach. " Fathers Day, June 21, 2009, was one of those JOYful days.


Our youngest daughter just loves to get her hands into the dirt. Any part of Gods creation is just fine with her to investigate, for example, trees, plants, rocks, critters, you get the idea. This year we went to Grandpa's and Grandma's house out in the country for Fathers Day. They have a pond in the back yard filled with all kinds of fun stuff to explore and ask questions about, and we all had so much fun. Our youngest went fishing with her uncle, and guess what she caught? A big, old, green, slimy bull frog. Well she just wrapped her hands around that frog, and she just thought he was the most wonderful frog she had ever seen (we have pictures posted to show you.) and she wanted to keep the frog but we would not let her. She released him back into Grandpas pond. A few minutes later she caught another frog and this time ran up to her Daddy asking all kinds of questions about her new slimy friend. She looked up at her father with her big bright eyes all full of excitement and said, "Daddy, this is the best Fathers Day ever ! ! ! "

Then all of us shared the experience of seeing and feeling tiny, little baby toads jumping all over the grass and on our feet. They were only a quarter inch big and so fragile. We all enjoyed picking up the tiny little toads. The best part is that our children ( as well as us, adults ) were enjoying the Lords' creation in a natural setting. This was a great science class! You can not beat a living education, and when it is combined with lesson books/plans then you are on the way to having well rounded mind and heart.


Remember, the Lord said, come let us reason together.....