Journey to Excellence

Yesterday was our second Keeper's Club meeting of the summer, and our topic was "Storytelling". Our hostess had such a fun and appropriate activity for the girls.  They colored puppet faces of characters from the story "The Little Red Hen". Once they were colored and cut out, they were taped to craft sticks to be used as puppets. Then the hostess read the book The Little Red Hen and the girls used their puppets to act out the story. To earn their Storytelling pin, the girls have to do the following at home: Tell one story from the Bible Tell one parable of Jesus Tell one story about a lesson that God taught you Tell one story which illustrates a character trait such as honesty or truthfulness In the next couple of weeks, we will be completing the requirements for our "Letters" and "Storytelling" pins. We have lots of work to do. But, the girls are really enjoying this club and the activities. I highly encourage yo...

Last week we hosted our first Keepers Club meeting. This club involves 9 girls, all between the ages of 5 and 10, who are in our Homeschool Co-op. This is our way of keeping in touch with a small group of friends (both moms and girls) through the summer and sharing in some fun activities, playtime and snacks. We will have six meetings this summer, taking turns going to each other's house. Whoever hosts the meeting is in charge of the "lesson" from the Keepers at Home book we are using, the activity, and the snacks. Really, the girls just want to have a chance to play, and the moms want to have a time to chat. But doing a lesson from the book, and working on the requirements for a pin (kind of like Girl Scouts), adds a little something extra to our time together. Brynne and I hosted the first meeting and the lesson we decided to present was "Letters" which falls under the "Personal Skills" category. We learned about how to properly address an...