- Attentiveness
- Character
- Charity
- Cheerfulness
- Compassion
- Contentment
- Courage
- Dependability
- Determination
- Devotion
- Diligence
- Discernment
- Discretion
- Enthusiasm
- Faith
- Faithfulness
- Forbearance
- Forgiveness
- Generosity
- Gentleness
- Godliness
- Goodness
- Gratefulness
- Helpfulness
- Honesty
- Hope
- Humility
- Initiative
- Integrity
- Joy
- Kindness
- Long-suffering
- Meekness
- Mercy
- Modesty
- Obedience
- Orderlliness
- Patience
- Peace
- Peacemaking
- Perseverance
- Purity
- Respectfulness
- Responsibility
- Sincerity
- Steadfastness
- Temperance
- Thoughtfulness
- Trustworthiness
- Truthfulness
- Willingness
- Wisdom
Saturday 28 December 2013
Character Studies (Contenders/Keepers)
Keepers at Home badge categories (for Girls)
Category I: Spiritual Life Skills
Category II: Character Studies
List can be found here - they would fit in with the ACE Programme
Category III: Personal Skills
Category IV: Serving Others
Category V: Around the home
Category VI: Culinary Arts
Category VII: Creative Skills
Category VIII: Scholarship Studies
Category IX: Special Knowledge
Category X: Music Arts
Category XI: Artistic Skills
Category XII: Nature Studies
Category XIII: Caring for Pets and Farm Animals
Category XIV: Recreational Skills
Although these are from the Girls' handbook, there's no reason why boys can't complete these badges!
- Bible Memory
- Bible Reading
- Church
- Church Service
- Missionary
- Prayer Warrior
- Witnessing
Category II: Character Studies
List can be found here - they would fit in with the ACE Programme
Category III: Personal Skills
- Budgeting
- Dorcas
- Etiquette
- Fitness
- Health
- Hope Chest
- Hygiene
- Letters
- Organisation
- Personal Journal
- Proverbs 31 Study for Girls
- Scheduling
Category IV: Serving Others
- Childcare
- Community Service
- Ecology
- Family
- Friends
- Grandparents
- Hospitality
- Love
- Neighbour
- Others
- Patriotism
- Rest Home
- Special Needs
- Tea Party
Category V: Around the home
- Cleaning
- Gardening
- Home Decorating
- Ironing
- Laundry
- Napkin Folding
Category VI: Culinary Arts
- Menu Planning
- Grocery Shopping
- Master Baker
- Bread Baking
- Cake Baking
- Cake Decorating
- Cookie Baking
- Doughnut Making
- Muffin Baking
- Pastry Baking
- Pie Making
- Master Cook
- Cooking
- Candy Making
- Casserole Making
- Fruits
- Ice Cream Making
- Meats
- Snacks and Drinks
- Soup Making
- Vegetable
- Master Preserver
- Canning
- Dehydrating
- Freezing
- Jelly Making
Category VII: Creative Skills
- Albums
- Appliqué
- Basket Weaving
- Beadwork
- Calligraphy
- Candle Making
- Candlewicking
- Card Making
- Counted Cross Stitch
- Crazy Quilting
- Crewel Embroidery
- Crochet
- Découpage
- Doll Making
- Embossing
- Embroidery
- Flower Arrangement
- Hand Sewing
- Knitting
- Latch Hooking
- Macramé
- Miniatures
- Mosaics
- Needle Felting
- Needlepoint
- Needle Punching
- Origami
- Photographer
- Photography
- Plastic Canvas
- Pressed Flowers
- Quilling
- Quilting
- Rubber Stamping
- Scrapbooking
- Sewing
- Soap Making
- Spinning
- Stencilling
- Tatting
- Tie Dying
- Weaving
Category VIII: Scholarship Studies
- Academic Studies
- Biography
- Foreign Language
- Lapbooking
- Literature
- Poetry
- Scholarship
- Sates
Writing
Category IX: Special Knowledge
- Citizenship
- Computers
- CPR
- Fire Safety
- First Aid
- Genealogy
- Library
- Puppetry
- Sign Language
- Storytelling
- Typing
Category X: Music Arts
- Band
- Choral Music
- Hymns
- Musical Instruments
- Singing
Category XI: Artistic Skills
- Ceramics
- Clay Sculpting
- Diorama
- Drawing
- Oil Painting
- Pottery
- Tole Painting
- Watercolours
Category XII: Nature Studies
- Birds
- Butterflies
- Flowers
- Insects
- Trees
- Wildflowers
- Nature Study Topics
Category XIII: Caring for Pets and Farm Animals
- Aquarium
- Farm Animals
- Horses
- Pets
Category XIV: Recreational Skills
- Badminton
- Bicycling
- Camping
- Croquet
- Hiking
- Ice Skating
- Rollerblading
- Roller Skating
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
Although these are from the Girls' handbook, there's no reason why boys can't complete these badges!
Contenders for the Faith Badge categories (boys)
Category I: Spiritual Life Skills
Category II: Character Studies
List can be found here - these would fit in with the ACE programme
Category III: Personal Skills
Category IV: Serving Others
Category V: Around the Home
Category VI: Culinary Skills
Category VII: Creative Skills
Category VIII: Scholarship Studies
Category IX: Special Knowledge
Category X: Music Arts
Category XI: Artistic Skills
Category XII: Nature Studies
Category XIII: Outdoor Skills
Category XIV: Caring for Pets and Farm Animals
Category XV Recreational Skills and Hobbies
Some of the badge requirements may need tweaking for the UK
Although these are from the Boys' handbook, there's no reason why girls can't complete these badges!
- Bible Memory
- Bible Reading
- Bible Study
- Church
- Church Service
- The Great Commission
- Missionary
- Prayer Warrior
- Proverbs Study for Boys
- Stewardship
- Timothy
Category II: Character Studies
List can be found here - these would fit in with the ACE programme
Category III: Personal Skills
- Finances
- Fitness
- Health
- Hygiene
- Letters
- Organisation
- Personal Journal
- Propriety
- Scheduling
Category IV: Serving Others
- Community Service
- Ecology
- Family
- Friends
- Grandparents
- Love
- Neighbour
- Others
- Patriotism
- Rest Home
- Special Needs
- Widows
Category V: Around the Home
- Gardening
- Handyman
- Home Care
- Landscape Care
- Man of the House
- Painter
- Wood Finishing
Category VI: Culinary Skills
- Chef
- Grilling
- Ice Cream making
Category VII: Creative Skills
- Albums
- Calligraphy
- Kites
- Leatherworking
- Models
- Mosaics
- Origami
- Photographer
- Photography
- Woodburning
- Woodcarving
Category VIII: Scholarship Studies
- Academic Studies
- Astronomy
- Biography
- Foreign Language
- Lapbooking
- Literature
- Poetry
- Rocketry
- Scholarship
- States
- Writing
Category IX: Special Knowledge
- Citizenship
- Computers
- CPR
- Electricity
- Fire Safety
- First Aid
- Genealogy
- Knots
- Library
- Occupations
- Pocketknife
- Public Speaking
- Puppetry
- Sign Language
- Small Engine Repair
- Storytelling
- Teaching
- Tools
- Typing
- Woodworking
Category X: Music Arts
- Band
- Choral Music
- Hymns
- Musical Instruments
- Singing
Category XI: Artistic Skills
- Clay Sculpting
- Diorama
- Drawing
- Oil Painting
- Pottery
- Watercolours
Category XII: Nature Studies
- Birds
- Butterflies
- Insects
- Plants
- Rocks and Minerals
- Trees
- Weather
- Wildlife
- Nature Study Topice
Category XIII: Outdoor Skills
- Campfire Cooking
- Camping
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- GPS Navigation
- Hiking
- Hunting (not sure how applicable this is to the UK...)
- Kayaking
- Orienteering
- Outdoor Life
- Outdoorsman
- Tracking
Category XIV: Caring for Pets and Farm Animals
- Aquarium
- Farm Animals
- Horses
- Pets
Category XV Recreational Skills and Hobbies
- Archery
- Badminton
- Bicycling
- Chess
- Coin Collecting
- Croquet
- Golf
- Ice Skating
- Rollerblading
- Roller Skating
- Stamp Collecting
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Trampolining
- Volleyball
Some of the badge requirements may need tweaking for the UK
Although these are from the Boys' handbook, there's no reason why girls can't complete these badges!
Friday 29 November 2013
Christmas Time - Christmas 2013 poem
Christmas is a time for giving.
A time for joy.
A time for living.
Christmas is a time for meeting.
A time for friendships.
A time for greeting.
Christmas is a time for emotion.
A time for remembrance.
A time for devotion.
Christmas is a time in history.
A time written down
For eternity
Christmas is a time to see a boy.
A time of birth.
A time of joy.
Christmas is a time of our Father's giving.
A time of love.
A time of living.
Christmas is a time for praising,
Of angels' songs -
Hallelujahs raising
Christmas is a time for thought
Of the Gift God gives
Which can't be bought.
Christmas is a time to receive
The gift of life
Only God can give.
Christmas is a time which leads
To a certain place
Called Calvary.
If it wasn't for that time in history,
There would be no gifts,
No lit up tree,
No children singing
Christmas songs,
No Man who came
To right our wrongs
Let us remember this Christmas time
That Jesus came
To make Him mine,
He lived a life
We could never live,
To offer a gift
No one else could give.
© Carolyn Davison 29th November 2013
Sunday 13 October 2013
alphabet hooks
This morning I was pondering teaching young children or children with special needs, sounds. I haven't tried this, but an idea came to mind. Alphabet (or even phonics) hooks.
Attach 26 small hooks to a board which can be hung on the wall. Above each hook write a letter of the alphabet, then have/draw pictures of items beginning with those letters. Make a game of it - see how quickly the child/ren can put the pictures on their correct letter name hooks. Hooks could also be used for phonetic sounds e.g ough, st, tion etc
Learning should always be fun for children so make a game out of each learning experience.
Maria Montessori said: play is work for a child - which is true to a certain extent, but it mustn't be boring so that it becomes a chore!
Attach 26 small hooks to a board which can be hung on the wall. Above each hook write a letter of the alphabet, then have/draw pictures of items beginning with those letters. Make a game of it - see how quickly the child/ren can put the pictures on their correct letter name hooks. Hooks could also be used for phonetic sounds e.g ough, st, tion etc
Learning should always be fun for children so make a game out of each learning experience.
Maria Montessori said: play is work for a child - which is true to a certain extent, but it mustn't be boring so that it becomes a chore!
Friday 11 October 2013
Starting history with young children
It can be difficult for young children to be able to relate to the past (especially if it's way back), therefore start with themselves. Dig out some photos of them now, then when they were babies. Dig out photos of yourself, their dad (whoever else lives in the house with you - you could include pets). Make sure they are recent ones, then choose ones of you at your wedding, in your teens, school photos etc, then ones of your parents, their parents etc.
Ask questions about the clothes, the hairstyles etc - are they different from what people wear today?
If you have pets - were they smaller? How did they look - cuter perhaps?
Looking at photos of yourself - have you changed from when you were in school? Does your face look the same?
With your child/ren - do they have a favourite toy, if not what did their favourite toy used to be - all of these things are teaching your young ones about the past! Even questions like - what did we have for dinner yesterday? Where did we go last week? Are teaching history.
Ask questions about the clothes, the hairstyles etc - are they different from what people wear today?
If you have pets - were they smaller? How did they look - cuter perhaps?
Looking at photos of yourself - have you changed from when you were in school? Does your face look the same?
With your child/ren - do they have a favourite toy, if not what did their favourite toy used to be - all of these things are teaching your young ones about the past! Even questions like - what did we have for dinner yesterday? Where did we go last week? Are teaching history.
learning maths with dice
Until I met my husband 20+ years ago I thought there were only 6 sided dice, but how wrong I was - there are 3 sided, 8, 12 etc and even 100 sided dice. With the internet age, if you can't buy them in local shops, you should be able to purchase them online. All sorts of adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing games can be invented by using different dice.
Just use one die as a Times table learner! Saying times tables in a random manner can help with learning - it may improve memory processing and recall times.
You make up the rules, using whichever dice are appropriate and off you go!
Just use one die as a Times table learner! Saying times tables in a random manner can help with learning - it may improve memory processing and recall times.
You make up the rules, using whichever dice are appropriate and off you go!
Tuesday 1 October 2013
One more maths game using playing cards
Joker mania
♠ =
multiply that card by 3
♥ =
multiply that card by 4
♣ =
multiply that card by 5
♦ =
multiply that card by 6
Joker =
Say the whole times table of the card you picked up with the Joker.
Examples:
You
pick up the 7♠ and
the
6 ♦
(sum = 7 x 3 + 6 x 6 = 21 + 36 = 57)
If you
pick up the K♥ and
the joker – you have to say your 4 times table
As you
get to know your tables change the values around e.g.
♠ =
multiply that card by 7
♥ =
multiply that card by 8
♣ =
multiply that card by 9
♦ =
multiply that card by 10
© Carolyn Davison
Yet another maths game using playing cards
Adding Fish
2
players
Items
needed:
1 pack
of playing cards
Each
player gets 7 cards each – the remainder are left in the middle of the table.
The
object of the game is slightly different to traditional rules – instead of
having the most cards for this version it’s the person with the highest total
after adding all the card values up.
Some
variation could be:
A ♠ = 20 points
Q ♥ = 8 points
K ♣ = 10 points
J ♦ = 5 points
Make up
your own point scoring system and have fun!
You
could use the same rules for the game of pairs!
© Carolyn Davison
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