I would like to take a moment tonight to introduce to you a book I've been reading for Book Crash. It's such a nice book about creation. The lad and I have been deliberately taking our time reading through this book. One page, two pages at a time, just savoring this book. We learn, we grow, we continue to be absolutely amazed at the thoughtfulness and deliberation of our Purposeful Designer. The book: Purposeful Design, Understanding the Creation.
Jay writes in a way to engage both parents and children. He has developed a curriculum to go along with the book. You can find this curriculum over at the Young Explorer's Club. I have to admit, I haven't used this curriculum at all, we've just been enjoying the book on it own.
So what do you get?
You get a book full of colour photography, interesting facts and reasons why God designed the world as he did. Take for instance ice.. with most substances when they freeze they get heavier.. but ice floats! (good thing eh.. otherwise we'd have frozen fish.. and who wants that?!) The lad was fascinated learning this.
Seven chapters. One for each day of creation. 91 pages long. Hardcover, well put together. A nice book that you could easily put out on your coffee table, or sit with in a bed at night and read with a child. It lays flat nicely making it ideal to use as part of a curriculum (particularly if you use the lessons from the Young Explorer's Club). Downloading the curriculum is free of charge.
So what do you get?
You get a book full of colour photography, interesting facts and reasons why God designed the world as he did. Take for instance ice.. with most substances when they freeze they get heavier.. but ice floats! (good thing eh.. otherwise we'd have frozen fish.. and who wants that?!) The lad was fascinated learning this.
Seven chapters. One for each day of creation. 91 pages long. Hardcover, well put together. A nice book that you could easily put out on your coffee table, or sit with in a bed at night and read with a child. It lays flat nicely making it ideal to use as part of a curriculum (particularly if you use the lessons from the Young Explorer's Club). Downloading the curriculum is free of charge.
How did we use it?
Every night we would read a page or two, or sometimes three. :) Depended upon what we were learning about, how fascinated my lad was by it as well as what time it was. We learned about the perfection of the earth's tilt and the distance between the earth, the moon and the sun. We learned about apples, the rain cycle, the seasons, sunrise/sunset and so much more. It made for great bed-time reading and helped answer a couple questions the lad had about eclipses.
Every night we would read a page or two, or sometimes three. :) Depended upon what we were learning about, how fascinated my lad was by it as well as what time it was. We learned about the perfection of the earth's tilt and the distance between the earth, the moon and the sun. We learned about apples, the rain cycle, the seasons, sunrise/sunset and so much more. It made for great bed-time reading and helped answer a couple questions the lad had about eclipses.
The book is set up in such a way that scripture opens up each chapter. Every day as given in scripture was written out at the start of each chapter. This opened each chapter on the right foot, reminding us just who our Purposeful Designer is.
 | Meeting the blobfish made us laugh out loud. The lad was "mom... look at that funny fish!" Mr. Schabacker had also pictured a few other funny fish to show God's sense of humour. :) The image to the left comes from this site. |
Purposeful Design is a beautiful book written by Jay Schabacker. I can't figure out who the publisher is but I can direct you to the website. :) I honestly think it's a good book to get and go through with your children, or even if you have no children, just sitting back and reading through it, marveling at, sometimes laughing, and just enjoying learning more about our purposeful designer. You can go here to purchase the book for $18.95.
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