We have been busy lately, a fun busy, but busy! This week especially with one of our bathrooms being gutted and remodeled and getting ready for a 10 day vacation away from home it had been kind of crazy. All of this with 3 child 5 years and under while in my third trimester is enough to exhaust me, exhaust all of us! So, I decided to purposely try to pick a "simple" book to row this week. I had no idea though how perfect this book really would be for all of us this week!
We rowed the story Play With Me by Marie Hall Ets. This is a simple story of a young girl exploring things and playing in nature. We read this book a few times and learned a lot by exploring the beautiful illustrations. We talked about the Creation story this week in Genesis and about how God made everything on Earth out of love and the beauty that our Earth has.
Most importantly though, at the end of a very busy week we arrived to our vacation location and we learned our most important lesson. In the book when the little girl is running around outside after all of the animals she scares them away, but when she is quiet and patient, all of the animals come to HER to play! We all learned that sometimes slowing down and being patient brings us the true gifts of God.
It was so nice to slow down, enjoy nature and the beauty that God has created and most importantly see the smiles and laughter from our family choosing to slow down together! It was truly a perfect end to a busy week and a fantastic reminder to all of us to take the time to slow down, be patient and enjoy God's creations and each other.
See more books that we have "Rowed" on our Homeschool Page!
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