Today marks 100 days the kids have been in school. It's a VERY big deal to the lower grades who are learning about place value and of course, it's a fun day to participate in activities and extra treats and have other experiences based around the number 100.
The kids in Cooper's class were given a variety of pattern block shapes over the weekend and were asked to use exactly 100 and CREATE something with them. I hung those up in the hall at the school today and they are INCREDIBLE! Also, while I was there, the children were given the assignment to draw a picture of what they'd look like when they were 100 years old. One kid drew a picture of a grassy hill and his gravestone on it indicating he'd be dead!
What about those 100 verses?
Well, this year, 2010, our family is veering away from the suggested stake challenge to read the New Testament by the end of April (having started the beginning of November at Stake Conference). Since we've read the New Testament and Book of Mormon, cover to cover already, we decided to read the Old Testament together. Except that we gave ourselves 12 months to do it. We are studying the Old Testament world-wide this year as a Church in Sunday School and the older Primary children are learning about it in their individual classes, so we thought it would be a perfect time to do so as a family. In order to get the most out of our reading, we are also spending two family nights a month on studying certain passages in the Old Testament. There are so many hidden treasures in this underutilized and under appreciated book of scripture. We certainly don't expect to be Old Testament Master Scriptorians when we're done, but at least we'll be more familiar with it than we were before!
Spreading this challenge out over a year is very doable, but it's not quite the end of February and we've already fallen behind!! Blasted! This, of course, doesn't surprise me. We're great at the "read on schedule for a week, fall behind for four, catch up over three, repeat." So...in honor of the 100th day of school today, we will be reading 100 verses in Exodus tonight as part of Family Home Evening. I'm sure the kids will freak out. However, a closer examination of the pages that follow where we stopped will reveal that there are 100 verses EXACTLY in the next 3 chapters. Maybe we should EACH read 100 verses. Sadly, I still think we'd be behind.
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That's a great idea, however have you ever read Leviticus?! I'd be embarrassed to read it with my kids. :) I laughed out loud at the grassy hill with a tombstone on it. Good stuff!
Some of those old testament books are REAL exciting. Amen Kim :)
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