We always begin our day with family worship.
Since I have three children, each child gets to choose one song. Then I have an opening song which is usually related to the focus of the week. Most of the time I choose the same opening song for a week or a couple of weeks. This week our song is 1 Corinthians 13, a scripture song. We have been working on it for a couple of weeks now since my focus is on Love.
I love YouTube for song ideas as well as our church hymnal. I created a playlist of our songs that you can check out here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkmQQ4wTF6dzmKrP_r2T6ot58zLQFvEzX
After we sing we then have prayer and do our Bible Memory Box which is inspired by Charlotte Mason. You can learn more about the scripture memory system here: https://simplycharlottemason.com/timesavers/memorysys/
Our memory verses are inspired by our Bible Lessons. Currently we are using My Bible First because I really want my children to learn the stories in the Word of God. I used a recipe box to create our Bible box because it was sturdier and there were dividers already created for it, I just ignore the big recipe labels :-). You can also get materials here:
- Index Card Box https://amzn.to/2peO7Jv
- 41 Index Card Tab Dividers https://amzn.to/2NjAkA5
- Index Cards https://amzn.to/2QBWw6g
Our current Bible box verses are:
- Daily: Exodus 20:1-17 (we are doing a few verses a week so this will take a minute)
- Even/Odd: I Corinthians 13 (we memorized this last year so we keep it in rotation especially since our focus is on love)/ Philippians 4:19
- Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday: Philippians 4:13/ Matthew 1:20-21/ Romans 12:10/ Genesis 1:1/ John 3:16
- Then we have a Bible verse for each date of the month 1-31 but those aren’t all filled up yet.
Finally we read our Bible lesson and end with prayer. During the prayer we focus on a different area each day like our world leaders on Wednesdays, Sick & Shut in on Sabbath, Sorrowing on Sunday, etc.
What’s your morning routine like?
No Mommy Left Behind. Revive, Renew, Refresh, Restore.Most of the time I choose the same opening song for a week or a couple of weeks. This week our song is 1 Corinthians 13, a scripture song.