Aahhh summer! We celebrated 12 wonderful years being married, took a trip without kids (now that's inspiring!! ; ), enjoyed guests in our home, had a mini family reunion...we've been busy!
Just wanted to post a great idea I heard at the Liber Community Series Training I attended at the beginning of this month. We read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution for our book group for our last meeting. I realized I lack the language skills to just read it. It must be studied to fully understand. One suggestion that LEMI gives to reach this understanding is to rewrite the document in your own words. You don't have to improve on the language or make it flowery, as a matter of fact being overly concerned about your writing detracts from the purpose. Simply rewrite the document sentence by sentence so that you capture the meaning in words you can relate to and in essence you will "own" the idea. It is an excellent way to digest concepts that seem difficult to comprehend.
One training participant shared that she did this with the Constitution at dinnertime. Every night they would take a section of this document and rewrite it on a white board for a mealtime activity. What better way to get you and your children familiar with the most important ingredient to maintaining our freedom. A great resource to consult in this practice is called The Making of America by Cleon Skousen. He breaks the Constitution down clause by clause and discusses the meaning, pertinent quotes from the Founding Fathers and the history behind each section.
Enjoy becoming aquainted with what has made our country great!
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