We had our official “first day” of lessons centred around the Prepare and Pray unit study today. It was pretty laid back, and I am happy that we are easing into our new routine. There were some things we didn’t get to, but it doesn’t matter because we are easing in In a month I begin my university studies, and I am eager to have us all in a workable routine well ahead of time! So this morning I introduced the children to The Swiss Family Robinson and we read chapters 1 and 2. We found the places mentioned in the story on our world map and talked about how they may have travelled from Switzerland to England. We were tickled to discover that if not for the shipwreak, the Robinsons were actually planning to settle in Port Jackson, New South Wales! We talked about some vocabulary words and Bridget began making a list with dictionary definitions. We listened to Psalm 23 and began to write it by dictation. Jonah did quite well for his first attempt at dictation! We are still finishing off our Queens Language Arts program so we did some lessons from there, Jonah read to Dad from his reader and Bill finished some phonics worksheets. Then we watched the introduction videos to our Ancient Hebrew Language course and played with the letter flash cards. Later in the week Jono will be starting on projects and activities, animal studies and introducing the astronomy unit for the year. Oh, and of course, maths Some other things I have planned for this week include…

• start charting the cycle of the moon so we are more familiar with where we are in YHWH’s calendar
• harvest our sunflowers!!! (photos to come shortly) 
• learn about and identify one edible plant in our area
• memorize and sing Psalm 23 in English, then in Hebrew  
• Enjoy more read aloud time with Anne of Green Gables 

Starting in 2 weeks time, our family will be embarking on a family preparedness unit study called “Prepare and Pray”. Prepare and Pray is written by Jim and Robin Brashear from Shekinah Family Ministries for the specific purpose of preparing faithful families to overcome and thrive during perilous times.  Prepare and Pray follows the adventures of “The Swiss Family Robinson”. From the website…

Prepare and Pray is a 36 week literary unit study designed for the whole family, toddler through resident Grandma and teaches a confident, positive approach to impending difficulties using simple resources and family teamwork. Fear is not the object of this study, but it is our desire to stimulate a watchful, prudent attitude which will equip children and parents to develop untapped abilities, press through physical limitations, and respond reasonably and scripturally to threatening situations and the challenges of end-times living. 


This unique unit study covers language arts, history, geography, social studies, science, lifeskills, Bible, Art/Music, Health and Physical Education. It is written from the perspective of implementing a Hebrew approach to educating our children rather than the Greco-Roman approach that our culture is based on.

Please visit Jim and Robin’s website for more information, and join me here on my blog as I journal through what we are learning from week to week.