What do you tell the kids on the LAST day of school and not the first ??? The Titanic was built by professionals while the Ark was built by an amateur (you tell them that on the first day and no homework gets done!) … Kidding kidding kidding … We all Noah (ha, see what i did there) that the amateur in question had more than a little help from THE architect of the universe, so, we’ll give him an A++ 🙂 …
Now, why would i be starting off a devotional with an exceptionally bad dad joke you say ??? Well, today’s the last day of school for my beloved’s kids this year and it got me thinkin’ … Is it really ??? Or is it just a DIFFERENT type of school that they’ll be able to experience for the next couple of months …
Don’t get me wrong, everything, and i do mean everything, that they teach in school is important, but, when kids get a chance to be … Well, kids, and get to go out and “touch grass” … Get to watch butterflies, hear cicadas, smell clouds, taste the fog, touch the dew … It’s … Well … A different kind kind of learning … Something that’s not going to be found in an ipad or in a structured classroom environment …
Wonderful and awesome programs like VBS and summer programs throughout communities all over are set up, most are either free or very low cost to help these kids experience things that they don’t get a chance to do during the school year …
So, while the school bells may stop ringing for a few months here in many parts of the US, that doesn’t mean that the learning stops, it just means that it shifts a bit …
Bible Verses
Questions
Do you have any special memories of summer learning programs ??? Do you volunteer for any (or have you in the past) ????
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