Now that Ben has joined the ranks of LEGO maniac he's begun to have opinions regarding the new sets that needed to be added to the collection. The latest desire is for the Lord of the Rings: Gandolf Arrives set. It warmed my heart to overhear Ben asking one of his overly generous grandparents for a job to do so that he could earn money for the set and I think it warmed the heart of that particular grandparent as well because Ben mysteriously found a ten dollar bill in his piggy bank the next day. He was delighted, as you can imagine.
Not wanting to squelch his willingness to work for his purchases, we came up with an alternate plan. We let him go ahead order the set and then got super excited with him when it finally arrived. We opened it all up, looked through the instructions and talked about how fun it would be when it was all put together. Then we put the pieces into a jar and explained that he would earn a certain set of pieces for every verse that he learned of Matthew 5. His incredible memory combined with just the right incentive made memorizing that chapter a piece of cake for Ben. The rest of us learned it along with him and it definitely reminded me of the importance of making memory work more of a priority. Their little minds are amazing in their ability to memorize and it's silly to not take advantage of this time to store up God's word in their hearts.
Not wanting to squelch his willingness to work for his purchases, we came up with an alternate plan. We let him go ahead order the set and then got super excited with him when it finally arrived. We opened it all up, looked through the instructions and talked about how fun it would be when it was all put together. Then we put the pieces into a jar and explained that he would earn a certain set of pieces for every verse that he learned of Matthew 5. His incredible memory combined with just the right incentive made memorizing that chapter a piece of cake for Ben. The rest of us learned it along with him and it definitely reminded me of the importance of making memory work more of a priority. Their little minds are amazing in their ability to memorize and it's silly to not take advantage of this time to store up God's word in their hearts.