One fun way to teach children to be servants is the "I Cut, You Pick" Rule. It helps children who both want the last piece of cake, or plan to split a chocolate bar. It simply goes like this. When children must divide something between the two of them, ask one child if he would rather cut or pick. The other alternative goes to the second child. This plan motivates the person cutting to be as equal as possible.The obvious beauty of this plan is that it gives the child a meaningful decision and a responsible action - both of which reinforce human dignity. This is one that I plan to put into practice with Elisabeth and a friend soon.
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Status Update — Jul 30, 2009
Katherine went to sleep without a peep tonight!
Status Update — Jul 28, 2009
Katherine loves the exersaucer (and so do we!)
Status Update — Jul 28, 2009
Elisabeth had her first tennis lesson today
Graham and Rebecca uploaded 2 pictures
Jul 28, 2009
Status Update — Jul 27, 2009
Katherine is starting on solids today
Status Update — Jul 24, 2009
Katherine loves having her grandparents here!
Status Update — Jul 24, 2009
Elisabeth went swimming with Grandmummy and Granddaddy
Floating mid-water
Jul 21, 2009
by Graham // 0 comments // tagged with: museums, little friends, church
This was a great experiment at the American Museum of Natural History that can be easily duplicated at home. The kids each had a plastic Easter egg. They filled it with pennies and put it in the water. Their aim was to get just enough so that it floated halfway between the top and bottom (like a fish).Once they had succeeded, they put the same egg in a glass of saltwater to see how salinity affects buoyancy. What fun!
Mass and melting
Jul 21, 2009
by Graham // 2 comments // tagged with: museums, church
At the American Museum of Natural History today the volunteer educators were out! This volunteer showed the girls two identically sized slabs. One was metal, and the other a medium weight foam rubber. The metal slab came out of the freezer, and was cold to the touch. The rubber one was room temperature. The educator asked the girls on which slab would an ice cube melt more quickly. They (and I) responded: the warm one.
Then she put one ice cube on each slab. The one on the cold slab melted quickly in front of us, and the other hardly melted at all! Does anyone else know why?
Then she put one ice cube on each slab. The one on the cold slab melted quickly in front of us, and the other hardly melted at all! Does anyone else know why?
Giving alternatives
Jul 21, 2009
by Graham // 0 comments
I subscribe to a weekly email from the National Center for Biblical Parenting, and frequently enjoy what they have to offer. Their suggestion this week was, I thought, especially clever:
Status Update — Jul 21, 2009
Katherine slept until 5:30 am. (That's progress!)
Graham and Rebecca uploaded 1 picture
Jul 21, 2009
Status Update — Jul 20, 2009
Elisabeth can't wait to see Grandmummy and Granddaddy this week!
Status Update — Jul 19, 2009
Katherine has decided sleeping isn't fun
Katherine, Jack and Elisabeth
Jul 19, 2009
by Graham // 0 comments // tagged with: Elisabeth, Katherine, Jack
Cousins! This is one of Rebecca's very favorite pictures from the beach.
Status Update — Jul 14, 2009
Katherine is in the "Johnny Jump up"
Status Update — Jul 13, 2009
Katherine now sucks her toes
Status Update — Jul 12, 2009
Elisabeth is learning to dribble a basketball
Status Update — Jul 7, 2009
Katherine is in the midst of a 3+ hour nap
Status Update — Jul 7, 2009
Katherine 's hair gets lighter by the day . . . but is still definitively a mohawk
Status Update — Jul 7, 2009
Elisabeth is back in swimming lessons!
Status Update — Jul 5, 2009
Katherine just came back from the beach
Status Update — Jul 5, 2009
Elisabeth is already missing her second cousins
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