Snow Fun and Bible Games
I got my "baby fix" today. Since I didn't get the girls on Sunday, they were here for awhile this afternoon. They came prepared to play in the snow -- so we did!!! Tomorrow it's supposed to be 38 -- those piles of snow will begin to diminish, I hope!
Taking them home, we usually play games. Tonight we played "Bible". The 6 year-old started.
6-yr old: It's about the story of Samuel. It was a woman who made a promise that she would.... Now you have to say what she said she would do.
8-yr old: She said she would give him back to the temple.
6-yr old: You're almost right. She said she would give him to GOD, but God lives in the temple so that's okay.
8-yr old: This is a man who is very strong.
Grandma: Did he pull down a building?
8-yr old: Yes
6-yr old: It was Sam. . . Saul? No . . . (with a bit of help she got to Samson)
6-yr old: This is a woman who saved her people. And she became the queen.
8-yr old: Esther.
A few more rounds. Grandma and Grandpa play a bit. As we're almost there, the 8-yr old says, "I had a good one, but I thought it might be too hard for you. There was a man who went to war, but he was afraid and had a woman to go with him to lead the army."
Grandma: Do you mean Barak and Deborah.
8-yr old: (Astonished silence) You know about Deborah??
Grandma: It's a good story, isn't it? Where did you learn it?
8-yr old: I don't remember. I learned it a long time ago. Not last year because it wasn't in Ms. S's class. I think before that.
Taking them home, we usually play games. Tonight we played "Bible". The 6 year-old started.
6-yr old: It's about the story of Samuel. It was a woman who made a promise that she would.... Now you have to say what she said she would do.
8-yr old: She said she would give him back to the temple.
6-yr old: You're almost right. She said she would give him to GOD, but God lives in the temple so that's okay.
8-yr old: This is a man who is very strong.
Grandma: Did he pull down a building?
8-yr old: Yes
6-yr old: It was Sam. . . Saul? No . . . (with a bit of help she got to Samson)
6-yr old: This is a woman who saved her people. And she became the queen.
8-yr old: Esther.
A few more rounds. Grandma and Grandpa play a bit. As we're almost there, the 8-yr old says, "I had a good one, but I thought it might be too hard for you. There was a man who went to war, but he was afraid and had a woman to go with him to lead the army."
Grandma: Do you mean Barak and Deborah.
8-yr old: (Astonished silence) You know about Deborah??
Grandma: It's a good story, isn't it? Where did you learn it?
8-yr old: I don't remember. I learned it a long time ago. Not last year because it wasn't in Ms. S's class. I think before that.
Earlier today in a teachers' workshop, I had drawn this quote to comment on:
"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years." - Mark Twain
I had thought maybe grandparents were exempt from that phenomena -- but I guess not. I think I passed the test this time. I'd better go brush up on my Bible stories. One never knows what's coming next....Quick, tell me about the book of Hezekiah!
