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1of8's Quality Practice & Resources for...
...Early Childhood Professionals

Check it out at: http://1of8kidsearlychildhoodprofessionals.blogspot.com/
(New posts coming soon!)

1 of 8's Quality Practice & Resources for...

...Early Childhood Professionals

Free home schooling and discipleship e-books

New: A Thinking Love (free e-book)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/a-thinking-love/

Mothers owe their children a thinking love.

In the very first pages of her book, Home Education, Charlotte Mason challenged mothers to give their children a “thinking love.”
It’s easy to give our children an indulgent love that caters to their every whim. Or a lazy love that follows the crowd and does what is easiest. But giving them a thinking love requires some effort.
Join Sonya Shafer as she explores what “a thinking love” means and contemplates the various ways that Charlotte Mason encouraged thinking mothers to show their love to their children.

• Encouraging—The short, practical chapters will both challenge and equip you in your role as a thinking mother, dealing with topics like
  • The need for boundaries in our children’s lives,
  • Teaching our children the meaning of must,
  • A reminder of some simple laws of health,
  • A description of true education,
  • A caution against playing favorites,
  • Giving our children the best of Mother,
  • Dealing with faults,
  • Encouraging our children’s relationships with God,
  • And more!
• Christian—As was common in her writings, Charlotte’s comments grew from a strong love for her Savior and respect for God’s Word.
• Inspiring—More than seventy Charlotte Mason quotes on different aspects of being a thinking mother.

Retrieved from: http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/a-thinking-love/

 

Getting Started in Homeschooling (free e-book)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/getting-started/

Smooth and Easy Days (free e-book)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/smooth-easy-days-with-charlotte-mason/ 

Education Is (free e-book)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/education-is/ 

Masterly Inactivity (free e-book)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/masterly-inactivity/

The Swedish Drill Teacher (free e-book)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/swedish-drill-teacher/ 

 

Free Samples: 

Delightful Reading 

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/delightful-reading/

Discipleship Is (Audio CD)

http://simplycharlottemason.com/books/discipleship-is/

For more free samples go to the home page at

http://www.simplycharlottemason.com/

and see the books advertised on the right.

Psalm 139

 

 

Song by Steve Green:

You Knit Me Together - Psalm 139:13 & 14 [Music Download]

http://www.christianbook.com/steve-green/you-knit-together-psalm-139-amp/pd/DLF126433-12

Steve Green song sung by some children:

Psalm 139

Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.

139:1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up;
you discern my thoughts from afar.
3 You search out my path and my lying down
and are acquainted with all my ways.
4 Even before a word is on my tongue,
behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
5 You hem me in, behind and before,
and lay your hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
it is high; I cannot attain it.

7 Where shall I go from your Spirit?
Or where shall I flee from your presence?
8 If I ascend to heaven, you are there!
If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
9 If I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
10 even there your hand shall lead me,
and your right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me,
and the light about me be night,”
12 even the darkness is not dark to you;
the night is bright as the day,
for darkness is as light with you.

13 For you formed my inward parts;
you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. [1]
Wonderful are your works;
my soul knows it very well.
15 My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 If I would count them, they are more than the sand.
I awake, and I am still with you.

19 Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!
O men of blood, depart from me!
20 They speak against you with malicious intent;
your enemies take your name in vain! [2]
21 Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord?
And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
22 I hate them with complete hatred;
I count them my enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts! [3]
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting! [4]

Footnotes

[1] 139:14 Or for I am fearfully set apart
[2] 139:20 Hebrew lacks your name
[3] 139:23 Or cares
[4] 139:24 Or in the ancient way (compare Jeremiah 6:16)

Scritpture retrieved from: http://www.gnpcb.org/esv/search/?q=Psalm+139

The Miracle of Life; A Parent and Child Book about Birth

by Stephanie Jeffs

Illustrated by Jane Coulson

How to teach...

...Positional Terms to Kindergarten

http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_4952235_teach-positional-terms-kindergarten.html?fb_ref=like&fb_source=profile_oneline 

...English to Kids Using Songs

http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_4952228_teach-english-kids-using-songs.html?fb_ref=like&fb_source=profile_oneline 

 

Crises Management for Children (NCAC pdf articles)

Although they are 
specifically related to child care,they can be applied to all children.


http://www.ncac.gov.au/
has the following article on crises management:

http://www.ncac.gov.au/pcf/CaringforInnerChildDec2010.pdf

http://www.ncac.gov.au/pcf/Meaningful_conversations_Dec09.pdf

http://www.ncac.gov.au/pcf/Supporting_children_through_grief_and_loss_Sep08.pdf

http://www.ncac.gov.au/pcf/Helping_Chn_Cope_Media_Coverage_Mar07.pdf 

The Emergent Deception—the evolution factor

Check out this link, it's interesting...
http://creation.com/emergent-church-evolution

John Piper in Brisbane, want to go?

I'm going, anyone else interested?

QTC celebrates 100yrs with John Piper in Brisbane

Date: Thursday 25 August 2011
Location: The Great Hall, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre
Description:
Leading Bible Teacher John Piper is coming to Brisbane as part of QTC's Centenarian Celebrations on August 25, 2011. With one daytime session and one huge night-time event at the Southbank Convention Centre, Piper will challenge you like never before to live a Christ-centred life!
Morning Session - Proclaiming Christ
A seminar that's open to everyone, but ideal for pastors, church leaders and theological students. No matter who you are or where you preach, make sure you're proclaiming Christ! Book now, just $30.
Evening Session - Don't Waste Your Life
We're planning to fill the huge Convention Centre with thousands of Queenslanders - and friends from northern NSW - to hear John Piper stir us with his famous catch-cry, "Don't Waste Your Life!" Seats are $35, with early bird and group bookings at $30.
For the evening session, if you register as part of a group of 10 or more, tickets are only $30 each. Go to the group registration form.

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I would like to register...

Morning Session

Adult(s) at $30 each.
QTC Students/Staff(s) at $0 each. (Both Student/Staff & their Spouse is free)

Evening Session

Early Bird Special(s) at $30 each. (ends 31 May 2011)
Student(s) at $20 each.
Adult(s) at $35 each.
QTC Students/Staff(s) at $0 each. (Both Student/Staff & their Spouse is free)
Or you can register as a group for a discount

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Retrieved from:
http://www.qtc.edu.au/event-registration