More memory verses

The cornerstone of our experimental homeschool is the Bible. We have spent this semester learning about the history of God's chosen people, the Israelites, as He took them out of slavery in Egypt and led them into the promised land. This week marks our last week of this unit since our lesson is about Joshua leading the people into the land and their famous battle for the city of Jericho.

In this video, Joshua is reciting the memory verse from this story. "Be strong and courageous because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore...to give to them." -Joshua 1:6.

Enjoy!

In the Beginning...

This is Joshua's first memory verse in Hebrew. "Bereshit Bara Elohim" (not sure about upper/lower case or phonetic spelling, but there you have it). Translated this is, "In the beginning God created". Joshua continues to recite the first two pages of the creation account as written in The Beginner's Bible (Zonderkidz 2005). Of what he knows, and it seems like quite a bit for a toddler, Genesis 1-3 seem to be his favorite chapters of the Bible, so we hear A LOT about creation every day! :)

This one is especially for Linda. I hope that we taught him correctly!

Enjoy!

Here's a transcript for those who don't spend all of their time with a 2 year old.

Joshua: "When you see Pastor Linda. When you see her. Bereshit Bara Elohim. In beginning world was empty. Darkness covered everywhere. God had a plan. God separated light from darkness. 'Let there be light,' He said. The light turned on. The light was called day and He called the darkness night."

Becca: "This was the end..."

Joshua: "Of the fourth day."

Becca: "Of the very..."

Joshua: "First day."

Book List Additions

It's been a while since the book list has been updated. This does not mean that we haven't been reading all kinds of books. On the contrary, there are four weeks of library trips that have not yet been documented. So, please check out the list on the side bar for our complete (thus far) recommendations.

I would like to mention a couple of books that really stood out in this post. They are as follows:

Some books in and about NYC...

My Subway Ride (Jacobs/Swender) - Joshua's favorite line "Next stop on this train is Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue. Rattle of the Cyclone, sticky cotton candy."

123 New York: A Cool Counting Book (Puck/Somers) - a favorite of Hannah's

Jake the Philharmonic Dog (LeFrak/Baranski) - includes a guest appearance from Glenn Dicterow, concertmaster of the NY Phil

Colors...

Little Blue and Little Yellow (Lionni) - Joshua's identification of the color blue was solidified from reading this book

Blue Goose (Tafuri) - another book that has helped with learning colors

Freight Train (Crews)

Little Pink Pig (Hutchins) - Joshua learned the color pink solely from reading this book

Others of Interest...

Trucks Whizz! Zoom! Rumble! (Hubbell/Halsey)

Snow Sounds: An Onomatopoeic Story (Johnson)

Dig a Tunnel (Hunter/Miller)

Do Kangaroos Where Seat Belts? (urtz/Manning)

Goodnight, Goodnight, Sleepyhead (Krauss/Dyer)

Dim Sum for Everyone! (Lin)