This idea has been brewing in my head for months now and this past week I finally started working on it. I was getting my ideas together into a notebook to figure out exactly what I wanted to do.
Basically, when I re-start school with Abi in September I wanted to start doing some 'devotional' time as well. We did this to an extent last spring but I wanted to make it a little more interactive.. something to teach the character qualities that I most want Abi to understand and learn.
I took inspiration from the Young Women's program in our church. I have felt like I don't want to wait until she's a teenager in today's world to start having her actively setting goals and working on these type of values. So, I decided to implement a sort of personal progress program for her... but at her level.
I picked the 'values' I wanted. I assigned them a color- if they were close to or the same as YW values I kept the colors similar or the same. Now I am putting together the activities and projects for each value.
Each time she completes an activity with me she will pick a prize out of the bag or basket for that value and then there will be a bigger prize after projects and after completion of all. I will let her decide when she wants to do projects/activities and how many she wants to do per month, etc.
I decided on a name for it and created a binder this weekend. Here is a picture of it.
Little Women:
Personal Progress for Preschoolers
The values I'm going to use are:
Virtue
Obedience
Gratitude
Faith (& Reverence)
Joy
Honesty
Wisdom (Knowledge)
Service
and
Confidence
I have also decided to add on 'Home and Family' to the list. It isn't necessarily a 'value' but it includes some things that I feel it is important for her to learn as well as have fun with.
I will post about the program more as I get it completely put together and we begin it. Then I can post about what each value encompasses.
I am really excited about this. I have some really fun ideas for the projects and activities and I know Abi is going to really enjoy it.
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Oooh! Let me in on THIS! I would love to use your ideas for my daughter's "mommy preschool" this year! I cannot wait to see it!
Great idea! I'm pretty sure that you don't sleep at night!
That sounds like a great idea, Cheryl!
Such a great idea. Joy School focused on values instead of academics, and I really enjoyed doing that program with Alyssa. I will probably use some of it with Chloe this year, since she is too little for preschool. You do have to start really early, I agree. You wouldn't believe all the stuff Alyssa hears already at school.
I think that's a great idea!
yay! I'm so glad other people like the idea. Doug really does and he even thanked me for doing this kind of stuff which made me feel good but I just wasn't sure if other people would think it was cute or overkill. :)
LeShel- I do sleep! Not a lot but I do. I wish I didn't have to. I'd get so much more done! But also, remember my kids go to bed early!!
You are such a good mama. This is a wonderful way of including a spiritual avenue to her education.
I am so impressed with your ideas and the values you are going to work on! I think La Shel is right...you don't sleep at night! You come up with such great ideas!
This is awesome! You have such good ideas. Abi is a fortunate girl to have you for her mom.
What a fun idea! I was just browsing through and saw this what a great idea!! May I adapt it for my readers?
Jess
Latter-day Chatter
Jess- yes. I love your blog. I am excited that you want to. Are you going to make something similar or mention mine? I will be showing more of the program later. I will also be listing the resources of the items I am using so that will all be starting soon.
I'm definately going to mention yours and I'll become a follower of yours, to see what you come up with and maybe we can play some tag team :) I'll be brainstorming though for ideas, I definately think teaming up for it would be great! Email me if that interests you! latterdaychatter@yahoo.com Thanks for the compliment!! And your girls are drop dead darling!!
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