I began homeschooling January 2013, starting with just one child, a fifth-grader. I'll maybe write more about what started that, another time. This school year I have three children staying at home to learn, from Kindergarten through sixth grade.
We've started out our homeschool year by starting at what we know as the 'beginning'- the premortal existence, which gives context and purpose to everything from that point on:
Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where are we going?
The book of Genesis starts with "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". This coming week we'll cover what is known here as "in the beginning" which is different than what's above, the latter being the beginning of mortal life here. The book of Moses not only talks about what Genesis does, but also shows some of what was before, "worlds without number".
So far I've taught what we know of pre-mortality, the Plan of Salvation, the War in Heaven, and the universe and galaxies (this coming week will be the solar system as part of this earth's Creation)- and I found some absolutely stunning things to teach with. You will be amazed! My 11-year-old cried as she watched and told me that the Holy Ghost was telling her this is true. Here are links:
I Am A Son of God (Moses' vision of the earth and everything in it)
The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken
The Scale of Everything
Scriptures I used with these:
(really, all of Moses chapter 1, and if it's scripture study, eventually the rest of Moses for the second part of his vision)
Moses 1:32-33 (32-35)
Moses 1:37:39
Moses 7:30
We also made glitter galaxies.
Have any of you found or used the NASA educational website? As is typical of any information on the Internet, things need carefully reviewed before using them- but there are some pretty great things there. This week we'll do the "Jump to Jupiter" activity, which will help carry on the idea of better understanding the scale of things (which you get in the videos and links above)
We've started out our homeschool year by starting at what we know as the 'beginning'- the premortal existence, which gives context and purpose to everything from that point on:
Where did we come from?
Why are we here?
Where are we going?
The book of Genesis starts with "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". This coming week we'll cover what is known here as "in the beginning" which is different than what's above, the latter being the beginning of mortal life here. The book of Moses not only talks about what Genesis does, but also shows some of what was before, "worlds without number".
So far I've taught what we know of pre-mortality, the Plan of Salvation, the War in Heaven, and the universe and galaxies (this coming week will be the solar system as part of this earth's Creation)- and I found some absolutely stunning things to teach with. You will be amazed! My 11-year-old cried as she watched and told me that the Holy Ghost was telling her this is true. Here are links:
I Am A Son of God (Moses' vision of the earth and everything in it)
The Hubble Deep Field: The Most Important Image Ever Taken
The Scale of Everything
Scriptures I used with these:
(really, all of Moses chapter 1, and if it's scripture study, eventually the rest of Moses for the second part of his vision)
Moses 1:32-33 (32-35)
Moses 1:37:39
Moses 7:30
We also made glitter galaxies.
Have any of you found or used the NASA educational website? As is typical of any information on the Internet, things need carefully reviewed before using them- but there are some pretty great things there. This week we'll do the "Jump to Jupiter" activity, which will help carry on the idea of better understanding the scale of things (which you get in the videos and links above)
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