Yes! You Can Read Your Bible in 90 Days!

I am attempting the impossible LOL! I've joined the The Bible in 90 Days
Program hosted by Mom's Toolbox!!!

Yes, you read that right, with God's grace, I hope to read through the
entire bible in 90 Days. I feel really blessed as I've been placed in a
Catholic Bible group. So yes, I am reading the Catholic Bible from
cover to cover.

Why do this in the first place? At the start of the year, I realized how
the Lord was inviting me to a deeper relationship with Him. In the past,
I had grown in the faith by attending Mass, attending households and
listening to talks. This year, I've been "invited" to more prayer time
and to reading His word.

Flash forward to today... I'm on Day 1 of the Bible in 90 Days Program
and I've discovered that this challenge will take up an hour of my time
daily, thereabouts. Every Monday, I'm expected to check in with my group
leader and fellow members to update everyone on my progress. So far so
good!

Click here if you're interested in knowing more / joining the Bible in
90 Days Program hosted by Mom's Toolbox. Do pray for us, that we will
have the grace to complete this program!

How to Teach Your Child the Alphabet

One of our current learning goals is to learn our ABCs. There are many ways of going

about this really. We're currently using a Montessori inspired approach: 

Order of the Alphabet

The order suggested in How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way 

by Tim Seldin:

First set:        c  m  a  t 

Second set:    s  r  i  p

Third set:      b  f  o  g 

Fourth set:    h  j  u  l

Fifth set:       d  w  e  n

Sixth set:       k  q  v  x  y  z 

- Living Montessori Now

Core: We have a youtube ABCs playlist for M. It's composed of various Alphabet Songs.
Some songs are focused on the letters while others are focused on the phonics.

Every 2 weeks: We focus on a set of letters for the week:

- There's a separate youtube playlist for the specific letters of the week. I chose 4
songs per letter. This gets played after the Core playlist has finished.

- We started with 1 art activity per letter. We might progress to more if Tot M shows

interest in doing so.

Progress Report
- After 3 weeks of using this method, Tot M can recognize most of the letters. He still
needs to learn them all but I'm confident that he's getting there.
- We now need a new Core playlist. Tot M is bored with the old one. Yes, after 2-3
weeks!!!, Tot M has grown tired of his favorite alphabet and phonics songs. Time
for us to retire the set and create a new one.

Getting Started
* Living Montessori Now has an informative post on the Montessori way of introducing
the alphabet to a child.
* If you're looking for youtube videos for your child, here are some that you might
want to check out:
- KidsTV123 has a great collection of "starter" videos - ABCs, numbers, colors, shapes
and more.
- Sesame Street is a favorite for many kids. I grew up with Sesame Street so I used
classic Sesame Street videos.
- Hooked on Phonics has great catchy songs. As the name suggests, it's mostly a
phonics program.


Happy learning!


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