discovering joy in the journey
Joy to the HeartSome new Word Family Resources
to correspond with the original Word Family Booklets
are now inside Hubbard’s Cupboard!
Here’s a quick peek!
Word Maker and Sight Word Find
Word Family Match
Word Family Houses and Pictures/Words to Sort
For descriptions of the above activities and free printables
to go along with 14 different short vowel word families,
please visit the Word Family Resources at Hubbard’s Cupboard.
I follow a homeschool blog by Carisa called 1+1+1=1. If you are a teacher, parent, and/or a homeschooler and have not visited her blog, I urge you to do so. =) Since coming online in 2007, she has regularly created and shared wonderful resources for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners.
As I was browsing blogs in my reader this evening, I came across a post from Carisa called Easy Readers for iPads and Tablets. As I read through her post, I was becoming more and more excited at the idea she was presenting – making PDF booklets available for use on iPads and other devices.
Why would this excite me?
…because Hubbard’s Cupboard has over 50 sight word booklets and 28 word family booklets already in PDF format.
You have always been able to print small black and white versions as well as full size versions of these booklets (many in color) to use at home or in the classroom. Now, piggy backing off of Carisa’s idea, simply download the ‘Teacher Versions’, save them to your device, and you can create a whole bookshelf of emergent readers for your beginning reader to enjoy on your iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc. It saves paper and it’s portable!
My technology loving husband had fun experimenting and here is what it looked like on his devices…
iPad – This was successful! I can’t wait for our newest up and coming reader to test it out. 
Kindle – This could work. It just converted the booklet to grayscale.
iPhone/iPod Touch – This option even performed well – just on a smaller scale!
printable booklets that you’ve come to love
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new technology
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just one more way to enhance the reading skills of your young child
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
What a small, but powerful reminder that we will carry with us everywhere we go today… Christ died for our sins! He died for me. He loved me and took my place – suffering the punishment that I deserved.
The original idea was found on The Celebrated Family blog.
Some (new to us) ideas from online that we tried this week…
Colorful Light Ray Crosses from Housing a Forest
This was a great craft that our four oldest children, ages 4-10, all delighted in completing!
and Ukrainian Easter Egg Art from Alpha Mom
Our eggs were not nearly as bright and colorful as the original ones in the link above, but the kids enjoyed seeing what would happen with each additional layer of white crayon and paint.
Some ideas the kids came up with on their own…
An Easter Scene Peek-a-Box
Our son gathered materials and proceeded to create a scene from the Bible –a cross, empty tomb, and linen cloth – accompanied on the outside with a relevant verse of Scripture from Matthew 28:6!
He is not here. He has risen, just as he said.
Come and see the place where he lay.
and Telling the Easter story through Legos!
The Triumphal Entry… Mark 11:1-11
(Can you see the palm branches?) 
The Last Supper / Passover Meal… Mark 14:12-26
(Jesus and his 12 disciples, complete with the bread and the cup…) 
Jesus Praying in the Garden… Mark 14:32-41
(Yes, there are the sleeping apostles as well.) 
Jesus Being Arrested and the Disciples Fleeing… Mark 14:43-50
(The kids included a couple of disciples running away and one cutting the ear of a soldier – well, ahem, a hand in this Lego rendition…) 
The Three Crosses… Mark 15:25-26
(complete with the sign stating ‘King of the Jews’) 
The Empty Tomb… Matthew 28:1-10
(Note an angel atop the stone that was rolled away and the fallen guards.) 
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures… (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
May you enjoy your Easter weekend, celebrating our risen Savior!
Our family was out of our normal routine for a couple of weeks last month as we were involved in some training with Wycliffe. The training went well, but during that short time, we could begin to see some changes in our kids’ responses to us.
So, in addition to singing and meditating on Proverbs 17:14 again, God led us to another verse in Proverbs that seems to fit the situation well…
Proverbs 10:17
He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
Some key phrases to contemplate and share with our little ones…
“heeds discipline”
– To ‘heed’ is to pay careful attention to. Some versions say ‘receive’ which is to take and welcome.
– Other versions also use ‘instruction’ or ‘corrections’ in the place of discipline. All of these imply some type of learning and training in order to grow or improve … to learn from it, retain it, and obey it.
– John Gill, in his commentary, states for “the instruction in righteousness which the Scriptures give… and instruction into the mind and will of God about man’s salvation…” (This is a good reminder to me to refer the kids to God’s Word in the Bible as I am correcting, disciplining, or instructing them.)
“shows the way to life”
– The way to life (eternal life in Christ) is not by works, but our outward obedience can point and direct others to Christ.
“ignores correction”
– rejects, refuses, disregards, or neglects
– Matthew Henry, in his commentary, states that they “willfully and obstinately refuse it when it is offered to them.”
– John Gill says “He that rejects the counsel and advice, the admonitions and reproofs, given in the word of God…”
“leads others astray”
-How we respond to discipline, correction, and instruction not only affects us, but others as well (siblings, younger children, friends, etc.)
Lots of conversation centered around one single verse of God’s living Word!
And, of course, I had to make some printables to go along with the verse =) As always, there is a chart, strips to cut apart and rearrange, copywork, and a color sheet. You can download them for free at my website – Hubbard’s Cupboard Bible Memorization (just scroll down to Proverbs 10:17). Enjoy!
