Welcome to our new blog for Kids4Truth!! We hope that this will serve us well as we're doing Kids4Truth at home. We are hoping to continue Kids4Truth until we can be together again and this page is the central place to check for all updates. This will be a work in progress as we try to see what does and doesn't work.
Overview:
Lessons: I (Mr. Walkup) will be giving a lesson each week using Zoom. Prior to the lesson I will post the Zoom link here along with the time of the lesson.
***Our first live Zoom meeting will take place tomorrow March 22, 2020 at 2pm. I do hope you'll be able to join us!! You can access that meeting by clicking here: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/916798343***
Zoom does not require a login, just a link, which is one of the reasons we chose that format. Also, Zoom doesn't just video me, but also allows me to see (and most importantly hear!) the others who have joined the session. Finally, Zoom will allow me to share my screen as well as showing video of me. I think this will give the closest approximation to meeting in person. The lessons will be geared more toward the older children that I usually teach but I will try to figure out how to engage the younger children as well (this will take practice and I'll probably never get great at it with such a big age range).
Memory Work:
We missed last week so the calendar is being updated but for our first week we will pick up what we would have done last week and then combine the next two units. I'll always post what units we are on in this location and the calendar will be linked here as well. This week will be our Salvation Theme which is theme 9 and the unit is the last one #10. That means it will also be review week so we will review weeks 6-10. There will be a section here to guide the requirements for completion of the memory work under "Memorization". To do the verses we are going to try an app called
Marco Polo. When your kids know a verse they can video themselves saying it and send it to the Marco Polo app. I will keep up with shares and patches and announce awards in the Zoom session as they are earned. I'm brainstorming some other awards to keep the children engaged and motivated.
Home Work:
As with in-person Kids4Truth, your child will get a lot more out of it if they put in some effort at home. This is especially critical now as we don't have the book time for learning, just for reciting. It will be more important than ever for you to help out with the memory work at home. We do have some ideas we are exploring for using Facetime or something like that to help out with memorization but the best way is to help them work on their memorization a little each day. Use the other information in the books to start some great conversations with your kids on the truths as well. The main reason we use Kids4Truth is that it goes beyond just rote memorization.
Survey:
I have made a survey to get some input on you about the best time for the lessons on Zoom and things like that. There is a place there for other ideas you may have as well.
Thank you for your patience as we work out the kinks in all of this. Know that we are doing our best to make this work because we think it is very important to keep our kids learning these precious truths of our faith. Let us know if you have any questions at any time. We will pray for you and your kids and hope you pray for us too. We can't wait to be back together in person again. Hope to see many of you tomorrow.
Mike Walkup
mpwalkup@gmail.com
336.406.5966
