Welcome to the In the Beginning Morning Time Session!
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Schedule
Recommended Books
Prayer & Scripture Memorization
For Bible reading, we will make suggestions for your morning time reading. However, if you’d prefer a more in depth schedule, we recommend checking out various plans that will help you read the Bible through.
For a one-year plan, we recommend YouVersion’s One Year Bible: https://www.bible.com/readingplans/60. You can also listen to it being read aloud on the app.
Download a two-year reading plan from the Gospel Coalition here:
https://media.thegospelcoalition.org/static-blogs/tgc/files/2010/12/TGC-Two-Year-Bible-ReadingPlan1.pdf
If you prefer to go even slower, Ambleside Online offers three, four, and five-year Bible reading
plans: https://www.amblesideonline.org/L/Lbiblesch.html
This session, we will learn the Praise for Creation and Providence.
and focus on writing and memorizing Deuteronomy 6:1-9.
Artist Study
This session’s featured artist is Michelangelo. We’ve included six art selections for your kids and teens to use for picture study. They are:
- The First Day of Creation
- The Creation of the Sun and the Moon
- Dividing Water from Heaven
- The Creation of Adam
- The Creation of Eve
- The Downfall of Adam and Eve
Music Study
There is no featured composer for this session. However, we have included a music study on Jewish Religious Music! We dive into the fascinating background and the various musical instruments and components that went into historical Jewish music!
Hymn/Folk Song
Hymn
The hymn for this session is, “This is My Father’s World.” It was originally published in 1901 as a poem, but in 1915 Franklin L. Sheppard set the poem to music and and published it in a Presbyterian songbook. The lyrics of this hymn are heavily inspired by Psalm 24, and this hymn remains a beautiful reminder of God’s glory that shines through every detail He created, and His sovereignty over all. Additionally, we have created copywork for the lyrics of this hymn so your family can enjoy them in a more in-depth manner!
Listen to the music and sing along with it below:
Folk Song
Our folk song for this session is, “Haleluya La’Olam”. It was published in 1811 by Rabbi Naftali Hertz Wessely, who was a German-Jewish poet. It quickly spread and became a beloved part of Jewish culture. It was later adapted into a Yiddish version (known as “Chaleluya”) by Abe Schwartz in the 20th century, which popularized it even further. It remains cemented in both Jewish culture and history to this day!
Listen and sing along with it below:
Haleluja La Olam by the Corale de Palmi
Poetry
This session’s featured poet is James Weldon Johnson. We’ve included three poetry selections for your kids and teens to read, listen to, memorize, and recite. They are:
- The Creation
- Father, Father Abraham
- I Hear The Stars Still Singing
For copywork, we have included Zaner-Bloser style handwriting sheets for primary, elementary, and cursive, as well as college ruled for older students. The poems we have chosen are:
- The Creation
- Father, Father Abraham
- I Hear The Stars Still Singing
Copywork
Tea Times
In this session we are giving you six recipes for our hospitality tea:
Torah Candy Bars, Fruit Kabobs, Unleavened Bread, Homemade Hummus, English Toffee, and Almond Dates.
We will also have a link to our Storytime tea: The Magician’s Nephew, by C. S. Lewis. We will provide a link to Project Gutenberg (CA). You can also purchase a copy via Amazon.
Plutarch
For our Plutarch selection, we have chosen the chapter “A Just Man,” a study of Aristides from The Children’s Plutarch: Stories of the Greeks. The book may also be purchased on Amazon.
If your children are 6th grade or older, we recommend spending a full 12-week term studying Aristides with the edited (for length and content) study guide from Ambleside here:
https://amblesideonline.org/plutarch-aristides or you can purchase the guide by Anne White on Amazon. (This is in place of The Children’s Plutarch, not in addition to.)
Nature Study
Each Friday morning, you will go through two of our nature cards. They are labeled in the upper right corner with the corresponding week. These are short, factual cards with images to help your child become familiar with objects in the natural world.
As you progress through our sessions, you may find it handy to keep your past nature cards in a binder for easy reference when your children come across a familiar object. These seeds you are planting will grow into a wonderful garden of knowledge for your children in years to come.
As you explore nature outside your home, watch and listen for newly discovered delights.
Handicraft
For our handicraft lesson, we will we will create a terrarium. We can’t create a world like God did, but we can form our own mini jungles, deserts, or even an entire ecosystem (depending on which plants and containers we choose). Simply gather some miniature plants, potting soil, some pebbles (or marbles), and a glass container. Younger children can add toy animals. Older kids and teens might want to create a fairy garden or simply add some cool geodes to their “world.”
Let them use their God-given creativity for their own “creation.”
Art Lesson
In this lesson, we create a picture of planet Earth from orbit.
Supplies needed:
History & Geography
Solfa
Charlotte Mason incorporated solfa lessons twice a week for about 10 minutes each. These lessons are intended to be repeated and you can stay on any lesson for as long as you like. Here is the YouTube channel Lara and her boys enjoy and recommends for practicing solfa, Children of the Open Air:
Brush Drawing
Brush drawing builds motor and observation skills. We have included a link to videos by Bestowing the Brush below which are great for all ages to learn together:
