“I love the work, I could watch it for hours!” It’s one thing to demonstrate work to children, but it’s a whole other thing to effectively teach them about work. In our ATI homeschool program, my family and I have been studying the concept that God gives bread through work. I can honestly say that it is not a theme I would have chosen for the family myself! We are working on it because it is the main concept of Wisdom Booklet 34.
The benefit of following a schedule of material and working with a set of preset topics is that you are forced to work on concepts you don’t want to tackle. I say I didn’t want to address it, but who wants kids to grow up thinking everything will come to them through “The Secret” or the government, or someone else’s efforts?
One of the things we do in our family is read God’s Word every day and look for new meaning in familiar passages. Today’s readings were Psalms 19, 49, 79, 109, and 139 and Proverbs 19. One of the challenges we have for our daily Bible Time, as we call it, is finding verses that match or align in some way with our schedule. of education at home. theme.
This was pretty easy today. I read: “Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and the idle soul will starve.” Proverbs 19:15.
It is easy to talk about these concepts, but it is very difficult to instill them in our children. If my children do not want to work, what can I do? Many mothers struggle with this situation. There are no easy answers, but there is one thing you can do to foster a worker mindset in your family.
Throw out your TV, turn off your free radio, and download books, audiobooks, and articles that talk about people who work. Lamplighter Publishing reprinted a great book that I like, “The Boy Who Never Missed a Chance.” There are many books out there. Make your home environment promote work and wisdom and have examples of people who benefit from good character.
There’s one thing that many moms find difficult to do, but will eventually pay off on “no kitchen” days. That it’s one thing to let your children cook in the kitchen. Your daughters will love it, and so will your sons. Just be prepared for a long, hard journey for them to learn to clean up after themselves.
We started down the path of bread making first with our oldest son, then with 3 of our daughters, and now with our next oldest son. They love. We are still working on the “work creates mess that needs cleaning” concept. But is it worth it. God provides bread through work.
