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Your child deserves to be enrolled at Jabneh Christian Academy:
I. where children are achieving developmentally.
II. where experiences are created that allow children to undertake activities that will lead them steadily and continuously to succeed.
III. where best instructional practices are developed to meet the needs of students, rather than a slavish adherence to curriculum guides.
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Soul Care
Most of us are gearing up for the new school term. Of course, why not? Good parenting involves getting children properly educated.
Today, I would briefly like to draw your attention to an important element in great parenting. Great parenting involves gearing up for the saving of our children’s souls.
You may not know how to do this effectively on your own just like schooling them. However, you can have then join a Sunday school class. Sunday school teachers are capable and willing to help you and your children.
Mark 8:36 NLT
And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?
Yea, how will children benefit gaining the highest degrees and recognition possible in their academics but not the saving of their souls.
Parents, are you preparing your children to meet the Saviour as you are preparing them to meet the teachers? Selah.
If you need help in this area, contact us.
Saying No to Learning Loss
What is learning loss?
This term refers to any specific or general loss of knowledge and skills or regression in academic development. One of the issues resulting in learning loss is breaks in the learning process. There are myriads of reasons for a student to experience breaks in the learning process. Holidays contribute significantly to learning loss. COVID-19 has already caused many children to be suffering from the effects of learning loss globally. The issues include inaccessibility to internet, devices or fear of engaging in the face-to-face modality based on the severity of the spread of the virus in an area.
Parents play a vital role in preventing learning loss always, and especially this time around. This can be done intentionally and effortlessly by employing various non-school-like techniques.
Here are a few suggestions:
- If you are baking for Christmas, have you children engaged in weighing , measuring , counting and estimating and reasoning. They can:
- count out eggs
- measure liquids
- weigh ingredients
- learn units of measure
- learn the difference between dry measuring equipment and liquid measuring equipment
- interface with textures
- distinguish shapes
- explore different tastes and add the taste umami to their vocabulary
- make inferences
- draw conclusions
- If you are not baking, but will have cake, your children could be engaged in weighing, estimating, sharing/apportioning, adding and subtracting. They can:
- learn fractions
- understand halves, quarters, etc
- compare pieces of cake as light or heavy
- calculating circumferences, radii, diameters
- determine how many slices a cake should be cut into to satisfy the need of the family.
- understand fractions – 1/4 means one out of four pieces.
- Reading skills can be developed as well regardless of the activity at hand. Children can:
- read labels
- read tags
- read prices
- name numbers
- name letters
- identify vowels
- identify consonants
- find opposites
- identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc
- read recipes
- read manuals
- make menu card
- prepare and send messages -written and or verbal
- write shopping lists and more.
I hope that you will find the suggestions useful.
One of our icons released his debut EP today. An EP is an album with tracks. It is available for purchase on ITunes @ https://music.apple.com/us/album/spirit-of-jesus-ep/1542551811?uo=4
Amazon @ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PB5J3GW
To stream for free on Dezeer @ https://www.deezer.com/us/album/189807932
Have a merry Christmas!
God’s Sunbeams
A sunbeam is a ray of sunlight that emanates from the sun. Malachi 4:2 states “But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His wings…”
Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness, the source of life and power in the earth. Our children can be His sunbeams. Yes, they can shine the light of Jesus Christ through their own lives, in this unprecedented darkness.
How will this happen?
Parents, Christian leaders, schools – especially Christian schools should realise that each child has an immortal soul and needs to experience salvation, that is, a relationship with God. This really is not as difficult as we think. Most of us have successfully aided our children to have lasting relationships with cartoon characters and television personalities. We can, therefore, utilise some of those very strategies to instruct our children to trust Christ as Saviour. Children can savingly believe the gospel.
Let us not be like the disciples who rebuked those who brought their children to Christ. They thought the children were not old enough to be brought to Christ. “When Jesus saw what was happening, He was angry with His disciples. He said to them, “Let the children come to me. Do not stop them! For the kingdom of God belongs to those who are like these Children.” Mark 10:14 NLT
God wants your child for His sunbeam. Will you let him/her?
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