The Adventist Home Educator

The Great Backyard Bird Count 2012

Ann — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:57:11 +0000

The Great Backyard Bird count is a fun way to incorporate nature study into your program and make a contribution to science at the same time!

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual four-day event that engages bird watchers of all ages in counting birds to create a real-time snapshot of where the birds are across the continent. Anyone can participate, from beginning bird watchers to experts. It takes as little as 15 minutes on one day, or you can count for as long as you like each day of the event.

Click on the image to head over to the GBBC website where you can learn more about the count, download activity pages and tally sheets and learn more about birds in preparation for the count.

The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place February 17-20, 2012. Why not use the Adventurer Feathered Friends award and the Pathfinder Birds and Birds-Advanced honors to turn the bird count into a fun unit study?

Motivation Monday

Ann — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:39:03 +0000

“A heavy responsibility rests upon you. In view of this, how careful should you be in all your words and acts. What kind of seed are you sowing in the hearts of your children? The reaping time—oh! remember, the reaping time is not far distant. Sow no foul seed. Satan is ready to do that work. Sow only clean, pure seed.”

Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2 pg 79

Prayer for AHE and AHE Families

~Melissa — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:07:31 +0000

Hi everyone,

I’m not sure if you are all familiar with the book 40 Days; Prayers and Devotions to Prepare for the Second Coming by Dennis Smith. I am beginning this study with some ladies at church and since we do not have meetings coming up with specific people to be praying that God will reach to bring to the meetings, I instead am focusing my prayers on specific needs or requests that God is placing on my heart.

One of my Prayer Pages will be focused on AHE. I am sharing with you all for a specific reason. One, the book says we should alert those we are praying for. Two, we should ask for requests concerning this person/request.

My focus on the AHE prayer page will be in the ministry of AHE. I want to pray for the families (in general) that are homeschooling and trying to follow God’s calling in this area. I want to pray for the ministry that we are reaching out in areas that God desires us to reach out. I want to pray over AHE’s current ministries (the email lists, the facebook page, the website, the study board) to be sure it is as God would have it. I have concerns that have been brought to my attention that I will be praying over, as well.

So, I am asking that you all, since you are all part of AHE (you are all Adventist Homeschoolers), that if you have concerns or thoughts concerning AHE that you feel free to bring them to my attention so that I can pray over them in the next 60 days (I give myself 2 months to cover my 40 days of prayer since I sometimes “miss a day” of the specific requests). Please send those thoughts to Melissa at: adventisthomeducator@gmail.com

Also, I am asking that if anyone wishes to join me in praying for the AHE ministry, that they feel free to join me. I know that God has blessings to impart on AHE families and on the ministry itself if we would just ask and pray for God’s leading. So please join with me if God places this on your heart.

Warmly,

~Melissa

Motivation Monday

Ann — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 06:49:52 +0000

“With us as parents and as Christians it rests to give our children right direction. They are to be carefully, wisely, tenderly guided into paths of Christlike ministry. We are under sacred covenant with God to rear our children for His service. To surround them with such influences as shall lead them to choose a life of service, and to give them the training needed, is our first duty.”

Ministry of Healing, 396

Daniel and his friends “Momma’s Sunshine”

Tonya — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:08:54 +0000

From the comparative simplicity of their Jewish home, these youth of royal line were taken to the most magnificent of cities and into the court of the world’s greatest monarch. Nebuchadnezzar “spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes; children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace. . . .

“Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. ” Seeing in these youth the promise of remarkable ability, Nebuchadnezzar determined that they should be trained to fill important positions in his kingdom.

They were acquainted with the history of Nadab and Abihu, the record of whose intemperance and its results had been preserved in the parchments of the Pentateuch; and they knew that their own physical and mental power would be injuriously affected by the use of wine.

Daniel and his associates had been trained by their parents to habits of strict temperance. They had been taught that God would hold them accountable for their capabilities, and that they must never dwarf or enfeeble their powers. This education was to Daniel and his companions the means of their preservation amidst the demoralizing influences of the court of Babylon. Strong were the temptations surrounding them in that corrupt and luxurious court, but they remained uncontaminated. No power, no influence, could sway them from the principles they had learned in early life by a study of the word and works of God.

Patriarchs and Prophets

Thank you Tonya, for sharing inspiring parenting insights. You can read more at Tonya’s blog, Momma’s Sunshine.

Printable Map Resources

Ann — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:47:14 +0000

Printable outline maps are always valuable to homeschool families. Here is a selection of maps to meet a variety of geographical and historical needs.

Online Map Bank – A huge selection of maps categorized by country, region empire and event. Middle to high school level.

NASA Outline Maps- A downloadable .pdf file of continents and regions. Upper elementary to high school level.

Eduplace Outline Maps – Historical and geographical maps. Primary to upper elementary level.

US Dept. of the Interior printable maps- A variety of US maps, including some with climate or other science information. Upper elementary to high school level.

National Geographic Education – A beta (test) site from National Geographic featuring customizable, printable maps. Upper elementary to high school level.

Motivation Monday

Ann — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:48:05 +0000

“Children are sometimes tempted to chafe under restraint; but in afterlife they will bless their parents for the faithful care and strict watchfulness that guarded and guided them in their years of inexperience.”

Ministry of Healing, 394