{"id":1281,"date":"2010-04-03T00:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T00:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/"},"modified":"2015-06-05T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T19:14:28","slug":"day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/","title":{"rendered":"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cMommy read out loud from a chapter book while we ate. I\u2019m starting to kind of like chapter books, even though they don\u2019t have any pictures; I can make the pictures in my head now.\u201d*<\/strong><\/span>

<\/span><\/strong><\/span>

<\/span>
I love the instruction we received twenty years ago about teaching your children everything all the time! It is based on a passage in Deuteronomy about when you should talk to your children about God (what he\u2019s done for you; about his love, justice, mercy, etc; everything about him!):<\/span>

<\/span>
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes” Deuteronomy 6:5-8 (NKJV)<\/span>

<\/span><\/p>\n

It essentially lists four key times, times that might be considered \u201cuseless\u201d for instruction, but yet are actually very \u201cteachable moments\u201d:<\/span>

<\/span>
1. When you rise up\u2014in the mornings before the busy-ness of the day begins<\/span>

<\/span>
2. When you sit down—anytime you are just sitting around with your kids (while you\u2019re waiting, driving, etc.)<\/span>

<\/span>
3. When you walk by the way\u2014again while just walking through life (at the grocery, taking a walk, going to your next event or appointment, etc.)<\/span>

<\/span>
4. When you lie down\u2014bedtime!<\/span>

<\/span>
In the \u201cJonathan\u2019s Journal\u201d passage for today, Jonathan enjoyed listening to a chapter book being read aloud while he ate breakfast\u2014the first two opportune times in our Deuteronomy verse\u2014when you rise up and when you sit down. <\/span>

<\/span>
These Old Testament verses are obviously not law or commandments. But like many other passages throughout the Bible\u2014they are good, common sense ideas that yield tremendous fruit. (Doing things the Bible says has that effect!) Incorporate teaching times\u2014via talking, reading aloud, listening to audios together, etc. into times that are already part of your life. <\/span>

<\/span>
We are all our children\u2019s first\u2014and most important\u2014teachers, whether our children are homeschooled, private schooled, or public schooled. We have the four opportunities listed in Deuteronomy to use as teaching times\u2014times to tell our kids about the importance of good character, to talk about God and His ways, to reiterate the sacrifice Christ made for us so that we could live forever in heaven, to emphasize the importance of people and relationships, to instruct in how to get along with others, and so much more. <\/span>

<\/span>
The next time you are \u201cwith your children in the way,\u201d or you \u201crise up in the morning,\u201d or you \u201csit down with them for a meal,\u201d or you \u201clay them down for sleep,\u201d consider the \u201cteachable moments that are before you\u2014and teach your children the Old Testament, common-sense, heart-reaching way.<\/span>

<\/span>
*For the complete story of \u201cJonathan\u2019s Journal, follow this link: https:\/\/positiveparenting3-6-5.blogspot.com\/2010\/03\/day-seventy-eight-introducing-jonathans.html<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cMommy read out loud from a chapter book while we ate. I\u2019m starting to kind of like chapter books, even though they don\u2019t have any pictures; I can make the pictures in my head now.\u201d*I love the instruction we received twenty years ago about teaching your children everything all the time! It is based on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,308,281],"tags":[267,283,310,39,319,314,311],"yoast_head":"\nday ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cMommy read out loud from a chapter book while we ate. I\u2019m starting to kind of like chapter books, even though they don\u2019t have any pictures; I can make the pictures in my head now.\u201d*I love the instruction we received twenty years ago about teaching your children everything all the time! It is based on […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-04-03T00:46:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-05T19:14:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/\",\"name\":\"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way - Character Ink\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-03T00:46:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-05T19:14:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Character Ink\",\"description\":\"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\",\"name\":\"Donna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Donna\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way - Character Ink","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way - Character Ink","og_description":"\u201cMommy read out loud from a chapter book while we ate. I\u2019m starting to kind of like chapter books, even though they don\u2019t have any pictures; I can make the pictures in my head now.\u201d*I love the instruction we received twenty years ago about teaching your children everything all the time! It is based on […]","og_url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/","og_site_name":"Character Ink","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks","article_published_time":"2010-04-03T00:46:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-06-05T19:14:28+00:00","author":"Donna","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Donna","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/","name":"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way - Character Ink","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-04-03T00:46:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-06-05T19:14:28+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/day-ninety-three-using-teachable-moments-the-old-testament-parenting-way\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"day ninety-three: using \u201cteachable moments\u201d the old testament parenting-way"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/","name":"Character Ink","description":"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64","name":"Donna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Donna"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks"],"url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2851,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1281\/revisions\/2851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}