Bible Breakdowns

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Have you ever stopped to think how overwhelming it can be for a new believer to open a Bible and wonder "Where do I start." If you have no knowledge of God's Word obtaining a broken down subject-by-subject overview of each book of the Bible is less intimidating. Maybe you are very familiar with the Bible but sometimes wish you could remember a specific story or event and where it is located. You may know the specific book that it is found in but are unsure exactly where in the book it is found. That is where Bible Breakdowns comes in. Teach Sunday school wants individuals of all ages and backgrounds to be able to study and learn God's Word. Bible Breakdowns is an easy accessible tool as you study God's Word. After purchasing material from the website you will be given access to the files in PDF format. You can use the material from your computer or print it out. 

Teach Sunday school offers a wide range of Bible study tools, complete Bible curriculum, topical lesson packs, crafts, a teen and tween section, Bible games, a toddler and preschool section, and even seasonal packages. 

Homeschool parents will be able to find so many tools to help their child study and learn God's Word. Some of the helpful resources include Bible Hero Fact Files, coloring pages, Books of the Bible At A Glance. 

What exactly makes Bible Breakdown so helpful. Each book of the Bible is condensed into a one page overview. Each page lays out:

• The book name 
• Whether it is in the Old Testament or the New Testament
• The numerical place within the Bible
• A brief synopsis of the book
• Number of chapters
• The type of book it is such as history, poetry, major prophets, gospel, etc.
• The date it was written
• Time period covered
• Author
• A listing of book/chapter/verses followed by subject
• Classic Bible Stories are highlighted in blue
• Most popular verses

The main focus is on the Book/Chapter/Verses and Subject for each book. For example, in Genesis 19:1-29 is the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Another example, Mark 6:30-44 is the Miracle: Feeding of the 5,000. 

I chose to use a three ring binder. I also used page protectors to place the 

Bible Breakdowns in. I was looking for a way to be able to use it long term

and not have to worry about pages tearing out of the binder. 

There is a Contents page with 

page numbers to easily get to the book that you want to study. 

In my opinion, Book-By-Book Bible Breakdowns is a system that would be helpful to have available to reference at home. This is a great way for younger children to become more familiar with what is in each book of the Bible and find some of the great stories found in scripture. The set-up is so very user friendly and the content is fantastic. I am currently participating in Bible Study Fellowship. This year we are studying the book of Matthew. Being able to see a one page overview of everything about the book and the breakdown was helpful. I have read the book of Matthew many times and know what is containing within the book itself by having the breakdown was still extremely helpful. The content found on Teach Sunday School's website is applicable for home, church, and school use. 

Be sure to take the time to read what my Fellow Crew Members thought about Bible Breakdowns. 

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The Critical Thinking Co.™

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Over the past weeks my 8th grader has been working though Vocabulary Virtuoso: Mastering Middle School Vocabulary. The Critical Thinking Co.™ offers over two hundred books and software in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, critical thinking, as well as test prep. Supplemental workbooks as well as full curriculum options are available for students in Preschool through the 12th grade. Vocabulary Virtuoso: Mastering Middle School Vocabulary is intended for grades 6-8. The workbook contains 15 lessons and is 168 pages. The goal is to help your middle schooler increase vocabulary as well as strengthening language art skills. The lessons contain sentences and stories that reflect life in a fictional middle school. The words are all selected from PSAT vocabulary word lists. I do want to note that there are Vocabulary Virtuoso workbooks for varying grade levels. 

Each lesson has twelve vocabulary words. The list of words give the part of speech, pronunciation, definitions, and a list of synonyms, idioms, and phrases. The activities, A-F, require the student to use the words in context in multiple facets which include:

• Choosing the best word to complete a sentence. Students have a choice of 3 vocabulary words. 
• Choosing the best word from a choice box. 
• Using the words to fill in the blank throughout a story. 
• Unscrambling words from the lesson list that are synonyms, idioms, phrases, or definitions of underlined words in a sentence. 
• Writing words, idioms, or phrases that define given vocabulary words. 
• Writing sentences using vocabulary words. 

The words definitely vary in difficulty within each lesson. Some examples of words that you student will encounter are:

• mercurial
• vociferous
• quixotic
• neophyte
• grandiloquent
• parsimonious 
• obsequious
• recidivism

I had to sigh when in Lesson 4 the word QUARANTINE was included in the list of words. 

Here are a few examples of some of the pages. 

Vocabulary Virtuoso is able to be used in a classroom, as part of your homeschool curriculum, or used independently. 

I let my daughter work through the lessons at her own pace. Some days she would complete multiple activities and other days just one. My daughter does not particularly like to read. I know that this has impeded her vocabulary. My children that are avid readers have a vastly larger vocabulary. This workbook is a great way to build vocabulary. 

The Critical Thinking Co.™offers sample pages of their workbooks so that you can get a feel of a particular workbook before you purchase. They also offer software demos. 

Be sure to check out all of the other reviews from my Fellow Crew Members. Members reviewed a variety of workbooks both physical and eBook form. The Critical Thinking Co.™ is a treasure trove of academic materials to help build your child's knowledge and critical thinking. 

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Changing Seasons

Julian Onderdonk’s “October Sunlight” is absolutely amazing.

This beautiful oil on canvas was painted by Julian Onderdonk in 1911.

He was born in Texas and is often called "the father of Texas painting."

Bible Study Fellowship

 

I am so very excited to start a new year with BSF! This year we will

be studying the book of Matthew. I cannot wait to see what God will 

impress upon me throughout this study. No matter how many times you read

scripture you are apt to discover deeper truths as your walk with the Lord grows. 

This year they have something NEW! You can now choose to order a 

spiral bound book that contains lessons, lesson notes, and pages for lecture notes. 

I ordered a book and am loving having everything all together. 

I had written in my Bible that in 2000-2001 I did the book of Matthew with BSF. 

WARNING FOR DOG OWNERS!

 

DO NOT FEED YOUR DOGS DEER ANTLERS,

OR ANY OTHER ANTLERS!

Last week we took our service dog Mazie for her yearly check-up. Everything was good except she has a cracked back tooth. The vet said that we needed to do something sooner than later so that it didn’t end up getting infected later on. We could put a sealant on it but most likely later on it would eventually have to be pulled. We decided to pull to tooth. Of course this will require putting Mazie under anesthesia. While out her teeth will be cleaned and she will look closely at all of her other teeth. She doesn’t expect any other issues as Mazie is a very healthy dog. We asked her what could have caused the tooth to crack. After discussion we found out that deer antlers are a HUGE NO NO as they are way too hard on a dogs teeth. The vet said if you can't make an indentation in a chew toy with your nail it is too hard for your dog's teeth. I so wish we would have known this. Pulling this tooth is going to be VERY EXPENSIVE!! She said to stick with only nylon bones as they have give to them. Since Mazie is a service dog we have to treat her as we would ourselves.

I am angered that these are even in the stores. Please learn from my $700.00 mistake. If you do not believe me then please google this information and you will see other people says the same things as well as vets.

Stick to Nylon Bones if your dog is a chewer. They come in various sizes and flavors. My dog loves them.

WORLD Watch

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WORLD Watch is an online subscription only daily news source for teenage students. Each weekday students can log in and listen to daily news delivered in ten minutes. WORLD Watch news reports cover: history, technology, science, economics, government, world cultures, etc. worldwatch.news cares about the content that your students hear and so as a parent you can feel good knowing that all news reporting has as its foundation, biblical discernment. "Whatever the news, the purpose of the Lord will stand." The news is reported in a way that students can understand the stories on their level. 

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Every weekday morning you will receive an email link for the daily WORLD Watch news. It will have a headline picture and then, Today on WORLD Watch...listing the major headlines for the day. There will be a button that you can click that will take you right to the site. 

What is great about WORLD Watch is all of the news reports are recorded. You do not have to watch the full ten minute report in one sitting. You can break it up into more than one sitting if needed. If your student is bogged down with schoolwork and cannot watch the news that day they can simply click on the day or days that they missed. The news is archived by month and goes back all of the way to the end of 2020. The archive is a wonderful feature if your student needs to research a particular topic for school. They can search the archive using keywords. 

The main stories covered each day are summarized underneath the headline each day. 

The headline story was about the fires threatening Lake Tahoe. 

One of the other main stories was President Biden's decision to evacuate Afghanistan. 

They briefly talked about President Biden's Approval Ratings. 

Another major story was Texas's fetal heartbeat bill that makes it illegal to 

abort any baby after the detection of a heartbeat. 

The main story was the Olympics finally beginning after a year long

wait. No spectators meant that the stands would be eerily silent. Three times

in the history of the Olympics had the Olympics been canceled and that was

in 1916, 1940, and 1944. All eyes would be upon Simone Biles. 

 

The Mars Rover, Perseverance, is digging on Mars in the soil for 

the Jezero Crator's composition. 

The cicadas have come and gone and have left behind what is called flagging. 

Essentially, slits in the branches of trees where the cicadas left their eggs. This flagging

causes the tree leaves to die. Eventually the eggs hatch will fall and burrow into the ground.

They will remerge as cicadas in 2038. 

The stories are not all serious. Some of the stories are downright funny, entertaining, and just fun to watch. Here are a few of those stories:

• Burkina Faso, which is in Africa has chickens dubbed "bicycle chickens" that are delivered via the bicycle to restaurants, fresh. 
• Idaho actually has a one of a kind, single BNB in the shape of a giant potato.
• A Russian student combines her love of science and art to make Mold Art. She grows bacteria in Petri dishes. She collects bacteria everywhere she goes throughout the day and combines it in a Petri dish to create art. 
• What in the Word? Flying By the Seat of Your Pants. This phrase comes from aviation. Douglas Corrigan wanted to fly from New York to Dublin, Ireland. American Aviation Authorities denied his request. So he planned his flight to California instead. He headed the wrong way and ended up in Ireland. The American Aviation Authorities did not buy his story that he got lost and went the wrong way. He had to get back to America. Upon his return by boat he was greeted by a ticker tape parade. Headlines news said, "Corrigan Flies By the Seat of His Pants." 
• Signature Science: Squirrels ~ In this news episode they are using flying squirrels to help scientists understand the decision making skills of these squirrels with their leaps and jumps. The scientists created an obstacle course to help them understand this data. 

What is nice about the news that WORLD Watch puts out is that it is just that, it is NEWS. It is totally unbiased. They give you the facts of stories from around the world and do not put a political spin on them. They are not criticizing, putting down, or badmouthing anyone. They are just reporting the news. WORLD  Watch has a 30-Day FREE Trial to see if it is right for your family. 

I was impressed with the content provided each day. I liked knowing that my teens could watch daily news and hear current events without the drama that has drawn me away from watching mainstream news. The added segments on science, technology, history, etc. are definitely worth watching. Be sure to read what my Other Crew Members  had to say about WORLD Watch. 

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