For many of us, video is such a good way to learn not only how to do things, but more basically, that we can do it. The thought of fixing our home’s propane furnace intimidated me. But we have YouTube. Seeing it done did two things for me: 1. It got me over the psychological … Read more
Facebook group member Melissa Sutton has a creative method for teaching her young son the Lord’s Prayer. When I first saw this video, I thought, “That is as slick as greased lightning! Why haven’t I ever seen that before?” She printed the prayer and sliced it into a little more than a dozen ribbons of … Read more
Member of our Facebook group, Laura Enerson Castro, shared this, and I am calling it a Mom Moment. With her permission, it is shared here also. I thought I’d share our latest attempt at teaching our 3.5 year old. Yesterday at breakfast I went through the first two petitions of the Lord’s Prayer. He wiggled … Read more
A member of the Confessional Lutheran Fellowhip group on Facebook, Lauren Hanson, posted a video of her 3 year old child learning to recite the First Commandment and its meaning from the Small Catechism. She graciously granted permission to share the video here. She sent it along with this note: My husband and I grew … Read more
The child must be instructed. Begin early. Let it learn to pray as soon as it can speak. … We quote again from Luthardt: ‘Let it not be objected that the child cannot understand the prayer. The way of education is by practice to understanding, not by understanding to practice. G. H. Gerberding, The Way … Read more