Greetings from Me and My House,
Probably one of the top 10 misunderstandings of the “Better Late than Early” philosophy is that if you aren’t “doing school” (i.e. traditional academics) with your young children then you aren’t teaching them anything. We all know that nothing is further from the truth.
One aspect that we highly focus on during these years (anywhere from toddler to preteen) is character development. One excellent tool we can use as part of our “character curriculum” that also covers “doing school” is the reading aloud of biographies of those of great Christian character. We have and use several resources for this.
One of our favorites for the younger crowd is the 3 book series of Hero Tales. In these books are short stories from the lives of several “famous” Christians – 3 stories per person. These are by Dave and Neta Jackson, the authors of the Trailblazers series – which are also excellent stories of missionaries’ lives, though told through a fictional story. For the little bit older children (and adults :-), the new Then and Now series of Christian biographies by Janet and Geoff Benge is excellent.
The stories in Hero Tales are short enough that you can finish them in one setting with little ones. After reading and narrating a story, we discuss what godly character was in the life of the person and how we can be like them. This is just one tool we can to help our children develop godly character in their lives.
At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa
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