Book Excerpt ( 42 pages!) - Heart of Wisdom
Book Excerpt ( 42 pages!) - Heart of Wisdom
Book Excerpt ( 42 pages!) - Heart of Wisdom
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Ancient History: Adam to Messiahlary, and encourage students to share interests. Read to your students with enthusiasm.Share photos and illustrations. Encourage students to browse through the book and read thesections they are interested in.Literature and ClassicsLook for this symbol in each unit for novels that are to be read over a period <strong>of</strong> time.Students are more interested in and fascinated with what they are learning whenthey learn from stories. Literature paints for us a picture <strong>of</strong> a time and place, <strong>of</strong> customsand society and manners. It makes historical figures come alive, giving them depth andcharacter, and helping us share in their thoughts and feelings, their struggles and joys. Werecommend that you choose at least one such book for each unit. Elizabeth Wilson explainsin her book, <strong>Book</strong>s Children Love:<strong>Book</strong>s contain the throb <strong>of</strong> human life; the magic entrances, fascinates, setsthe right imagination, opens doors <strong>of</strong> interest and curiosity, informs and triggersquestioning. Restless bodies become still and concentrated-thinking isencouraged. Reading aloud fosters warm ties in human relationships. Theexperience is shared, and then interesting and meaningful conversationensues. Developing the ability and desire to pursue reading is education.We try to include several story type books or biographies in each unit. <strong>Book</strong>s from aChristian perspective about ancient times are scarce but we found a few for each unit. Setaside a special time each day to read the recommended literature aloud as a family or <strong>of</strong>feryour older student choice from a few <strong>of</strong> these books for silent substained reading (SSR - studentssilently read a book <strong>of</strong> their choice for a few minutes each day).Don’t forget the best stories <strong>of</strong> all times are in the Bible. The Bible is unique in its composition.It has a wealth <strong>of</strong> manuscript authority unsurpassed by any other classic. Educated menand peasants, kings and farmers had a hand in its composition. Some <strong>of</strong> the <strong>pages</strong> were writtenin the desert and some by the sea; some in the king's palace and some in a shepherd'shut; many <strong>of</strong> its <strong>pages</strong> were slipped out a prison window in the cramped handwriting <strong>of</strong> anold man. Part <strong>of</strong> it was written full <strong>of</strong> action; some <strong>of</strong> it full <strong>of</strong> poetry and song. Read aloudBible stories from the Narrated Bible or Bible story books or listen to the Bible dramatizedAudio Bible on CD. God’s Word never returns void!Internet SourcesThere is a wealth <strong>of</strong> information on the Internet: you and your student can access video clips,interactive sites, audio clips, illustrated sites, lessons from schools and colleges, dozens <strong>of</strong>encyclopedias, etc. Giving your student the opportunity to do research in a variety <strong>of</strong> waysincreases his interest! You’re not expected to use all the Internet sources. We usually recommendseveral Internet sources in each lesson because sites move or go <strong>of</strong>f-line daily. If welist several, you have a better chance <strong>of</strong> finding the information.Underlined text refers to Internet link.28
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