Diligence
Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.
- Colossians 3:23
- Colossians 3:23
Today, I really worked with Abby on diligence in her school work while her brother and sister were sleeping. I do these “Explode the Code” books with her. I have been pretty laid back about it. She’s not in Kindergarten yet, and I really just want her to enjoy learning without any pressure right now. That said, she often gets 95% of the way done with the page and then doesn’t want to finish the last problem or two. I don’t quite get it. I also haven’t been very intentional about her writing. I have spent a little time teaching her the proper way to do her letters. At times, she’ll do the pages without me, and I don’t emphasize how to do the letter correctly. Today, I talked about diligence in your work before we began. I said that part of diligence is accomplishing the task completely. So, I would expect her to do the entire page. Another part of diligence is doing it the right way, so I would show her the correct way to writer her letters. If the example is in lower case, then we’ll stick with lower case the whole time. She did such a great job. There was no wanting to stop or doing it her own way. She showed diligence through the entire page, and I really praised her a lot for that accomplishment. Here is an example of what her work looked like before and then her diligent work today:
Great job, that is really good work for a little girl who is not in Kindergarden yet. Great job momma
Thank you. She’s doing pretty well. Teaching is just in the blood.