Archive | October 2005

Picture Book Preschool: Week 41

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WEEK 41 (Oct) FIRE AND FIRE PREVENTION
Character Trait: Protecting Self and Others
Bible Verse: . . . how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. Acts 10:38

1. Gramatky, Hardie. Hercules: The Story of an Old Fashioned Fire Engine. Putnam, 1940. OP
2. Johnson, Jean. Fire Fighters: A to Z. Walker, 1985. OP
3. Gibbons, Gail. Fire! Fire! Harper, 1984.
4. Anderson, C.W. Blaze and the Forest Fire. Macmillan, 1938.
5. Averill, Esther. The Fire Cat. Harper,
6. Tresselt, Alvin. Johnny Maple-Leaf. Lothrop Lee, 1948. OP
7. Keane, Glen. Adam Raccoon at Forever Falls. David C. Cook, 1987.

Activities: Visit a fire station. Check your home for fire hazards. Discuss with your child what to do in case of fire in your house.
Video: Big Bird Visits the Firehouse.

Picture Book Preschool is a preschool/kindergarten curriculum which consists of a list of picture books to read aloud for each week of the year and a character trait, a memory verse, and activities, all tied to the theme for the week. You can purchase a downloadable version (pdf file) of Picture Book Preschool by Sherry Early at Biblioguides.

Born October 3rd

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Emily Post, b. 1873, d. 1960. She was born Emily Price, daughter of a wealthy architect and his wife. She was educated at home (homeschooled) and later attended a finishing school in New York. Her society marriage ended in divorce, and she was forced by financial circumstances to write in order to support herself. Her 1922 book on etiquette became a bestseller and provided a comfortable living.

Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them; manner is personality: the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life…. Etiquette must, if it is to be of more than trifling use, include ethics as well as manners. Certainly what one is, is of far greater importance than what one appears to be.