One of the activities for the bible study
on Psalm 139:14b
I've finally embarked upon the journey of doing partial homeschooling: the kids go to school in the morning for English and Maths lessons and come home to be taught Chinese and have bible-study with me.
In one and a half weeks, Joash had learnt 20 Chinese characters, albeit some of the words were taught at school before. I was actually surprised that Jayna could recognise nearly half of the words too! (I'm pretty sure she was not taught to read at playgroup) As for bible study, Joash was more interested in the activities and understood better the principle behind the verses while Jayna could memorise the verse better. In fact, I heard her reciting Genesis 1:1 while she was playing with her toys. I must say I was rather impressed. That said, I'm not sure if she really knows what she was saying and you can never know how much Joash actually remembers as he always has this habit of demonstrating what he learnt only when he feels like it.
The start had been tough as they had to get used to a new routine. Jayna throws a lot of tantrums and I have to nurse Jaide while I'm teaching the older children with Jayna sitting on my lap at the same time! Joash needs a lot of coaxing for the writing practice of the Chinese characters and he likes to play a fool for this segment e.g. he would purposely write the word crookedly and he puts a cross on it; while the ones he wrote properly, he would put a tick beside it as if he were a teacher marking his work. It has been difficult getting Jayna to learn her material as she is constantly distracted by the stationary such as the pencil, crayons, eraser etc...
However, I cannot describe the sense of accomplishment I feel when see how much they enjoy it and how quickly they learn. God has been so gracious to me! I hope that as time goes by, Joash will eventually learn to read and perhaps write Chinese. He had been unwilling to speak the language and could hardly recognise any words that had been taught in school previously. Also, I pray that as we continue with the bible studies, the children will know God more and more. Perhaps one day, by the His merciful grace, we'll reap the harvest when they truly put their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. *wistful*
In one and a half weeks, Joash had learnt 20 Chinese characters, albeit some of the words were taught at school before. I was actually surprised that Jayna could recognise nearly half of the words too! (I'm pretty sure she was not taught to read at playgroup) As for bible study, Joash was more interested in the activities and understood better the principle behind the verses while Jayna could memorise the verse better. In fact, I heard her reciting Genesis 1:1 while she was playing with her toys. I must say I was rather impressed. That said, I'm not sure if she really knows what she was saying and you can never know how much Joash actually remembers as he always has this habit of demonstrating what he learnt only when he feels like it.
The start had been tough as they had to get used to a new routine. Jayna throws a lot of tantrums and I have to nurse Jaide while I'm teaching the older children with Jayna sitting on my lap at the same time! Joash needs a lot of coaxing for the writing practice of the Chinese characters and he likes to play a fool for this segment e.g. he would purposely write the word crookedly and he puts a cross on it; while the ones he wrote properly, he would put a tick beside it as if he were a teacher marking his work. It has been difficult getting Jayna to learn her material as she is constantly distracted by the stationary such as the pencil, crayons, eraser etc...
However, I cannot describe the sense of accomplishment I feel when see how much they enjoy it and how quickly they learn. God has been so gracious to me! I hope that as time goes by, Joash will eventually learn to read and perhaps write Chinese. He had been unwilling to speak the language and could hardly recognise any words that had been taught in school previously. Also, I pray that as we continue with the bible studies, the children will know God more and more. Perhaps one day, by the His merciful grace, we'll reap the harvest when they truly put their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. *wistful*
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