02-18-2008

Biblical Education is Easy

By Renae

El announced to the bibleprinciples group that Ms. Dang has a new website. While there, I discovered she has a blog! Today I skimmed an article that nourished my soul with the sweet waters of truth.

Biblical education by definition is easy and light. Scripture tells us how children are taught: ‘For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little.’ Isaiah 28:10

Albert Bierstadt, Day’s Beginning, c.1854-1856

This gentle instruction reminds me to sprinkle principles like dew on budding flowers allowing time for the life to soak in. My tendency is to pour bucketfuls of fertilizer-saturated water over the tender shoots in my children’s hearts.

My students have unique ways of letting me know they’ve had enough. The little plants float to the surface, stretch for the sun, and flutter in the breeze. Children grow little by little, inch by inch. They should be taught the same way.

For more of Ms. Dang’s biblical wisdom, visit Philomath Foundation. There does not appear to be a subscription option, but you can access it anytime from the Principle Approach blogs listed in my sidebar. You’ll have to scroll a bit. Philomath is the last link.

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7 Comments

  1. Emily 02-20-2008, 12:00 am

    This was my favorite post I’ve read in ages. THANK YOU.

  2. Renae 02-20-2008, 12:12 am

    Emily,
    Thank you for the compliment. I hope you are encouraged. We are still a bit waterlogged, but the flood is receding as I slow down and reflect on our lessons.

  3. Michelle 02-20-2008, 9:43 pm

    Thanks for your encouragement! I use the P.A. also. It is so easy to cram all that good stuff down their little throats! I think their faces are sometimes saying, enough is enough, Mom! Thanks for the reminder. God’s burden is light….

    I just re-started my blog. I’d love you to visit. I’ll be doing posts from time to time on PA.

  4. Dana 02-20-2008, 11:15 pm

    ooh…I missed that posting! A blog?! Now if only there were a subscription option and comments! Even if they made us register…I’d register for Ms. Dang!

  5. Renae 02-21-2008, 10:34 am

    Michelle,
    Thank you for commenting. I’m glad I’m not the only one needing this reminder. :) I am always looking for other homeschoolers using Principle Approach, so I’m glad you found me.

    My children not only let me know with their pleading eyes that their brain is full, but “flutter in the breeze” is not an exaggeration.

    Dana,
    I’d register, too! I sent an email to tell her how much I appreciate the blog. A subscription option would be nice, but she may not want to moderate comments. It doesn’t hurt to propose an idea though, does it? :)

  6. Mandi 02-21-2008, 8:15 pm

    I love this picture you have given! My struggle is finding that balance between pushing them to challenge themselves and pushing too much.

  7. Renae 02-22-2008, 12:14 am

    Mandi,
    I was just thinking about that balance today. If I stop teaching because my child wiggles or whines, he will never learn self-government. But if I try to cram everything into one lesson, he is likely to forgot it or not absorb anything at all.

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