Recently God has been reminding us how important it is that we are actively teaching our children at home. Regardless of whatever type of formal education we may eventually choose for them—whether public or private, classical or Christian—those of us who have been blessed enough to be educated should actively share a love of knowledge and learning with our children.
We have so much fun teaching Joshua. He has been learning about the value of money (not only what each coin or dollar is worth but also how we can use money to help others), his address which we made into a little song, the sounds all the letters make, and most recently, how to write. We are trying to also teach Joshua that when you work hard at something there is a benefit. In the world of a three-year old boy, this means that when you work hard learning your letters you earn cars, specifically those from the soon-to-be-released “Cars II”. Joshua learned this week to successfully and independently write all his letters in uppercase! Guide, Luigi, and Uncle Topolino (who Joshua prefers to call “Uncle Donald”) are now Joshua’s “benefit” (AKA bribery) for learning.
We are very proud of our little boy!
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