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Posted by: "Barry Kiilehua" ziptic@yahoo.com ziptic

Thu Aug 7, 2008 9:31 am (PDT)

I could learn of Orthodox Christian childrens resources
We read and discuss from the following:
Prayer books (Jordanville, HTM, little red)
Let the Little Children Come to Me (and anything else with stories of the saints)
A Spiritual Psalter - St. Ephraim the Syrian
The Path to Salvation - St. Theophan the Recluse
The Law of God - Slobodskoy
Little Falcons - Orthodox children's mag
Calendar from The Orthodox Calendar Co. (daily saints stories and short writings from the Fathers)
The Evergetinos (many volumes)
Bible - Orthodox Study Bible (OT & NT) and The OT & NT from Holy Apostles Convent
We attend as many services as possible.
We help the needy (food kitchens, $, etc.), but not enough.
We do volunteer work around the church.
We listen to podcasts from Ancient Faith Radio (www.ancientfaith. org).
We listen to hymns of the church.
But most importantly, my wife and I try to live a holy life - and this has the most influence on our children than anything else.
> If anyone knows of a good Orthodox Christian Children's Bible
I don't, but I have a few decent children's bibles and we don't use them. I like to read from the standard bible and then explain.
> I've found a curriculum that bases it's activities around a Bible story per week
Many people try to structure according to the church calendar. Teach it at home and have it reinforced at services (or vice versa). I'm not very good at it yet.
> I sure hope Michael gives me the attention.
I try to remind myself that what appears to be inattention is not always so. I rarely see my 4 year old paying much attention, but she picks up on things we didn't expect and sings and talks about things we didn't have to "educate" her about - and they're all good things.

> how does everyone deal with TV, if you have a TV. My husband doesn't want to get rid of cable so I'd like to know some ideas of how to regulate it. Maybe only allow it as a reward? Or just allow him to have some time a day. And what shows are safe and not safe.
We have many TVs, but only two setup: one in our room with bad antenna reception and one in a general play area (no reception). Educational TV/video is OK but usually has to be after lunch. Absolutely nothing upon waking - prayers first! I don't like TV/video at night for the same reason I don't like it in the morning; it's not conducive to prayer. We were having a family video night on Sunday but that's ended because the kids were having an attitude problem - which is normal when they get to watch entertaining type things. So TV/video is pretty much limited to afternoons and the school work has to be complete to my satisfaction. My goal is this: adults don't watch anything the children shouldn't watch (there will be exceptions, but that doesn't include entertainment) .
> I don't like Halloween
Same here - despise it. This, with most TV/video, and many other things, is not good for the soul. The senses must be guarded for the sake of the soul. The pure in heart shall see God - that's our family goal.
As for math, reading, history, and all that, it gets done slowly and intermittently, but it's better done here than in PS. I use a mix of Saxon, Singapore, Flash Kids, Spectrum, books, and real life. Sports - nothing organized.
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