At the Read Aloud Revival, I have been part of a Master Class called “Focus and Align” in which we were encouraged to create a Rule of Six. These are the things that bring us balance, that make our home work, that make us who we are as individuals and as a family. This Rule of Six is the road of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness that we travel on the journey to Wisdom and Virtue and Jesus.
Here is the list of things we want to happen in our home. every. single. day. (Note: I said that they are things we WANT to happen. We try. And then we try again.)
- Rejoice:
- Worship and pray.
- Seek beauty and grace intentionally throughout the day
- Relate:
- Converse; treating others as we want to be treated
- Care for each other and for our home and our stuff
- Play
- Remember:
- Memorize poetry, scripture, and other things
- Talk about stories we have lived and those we have read.
- Reason:
- Math and Logic; Chess and Legos
- Grammar
- Read:
- to ourselves
- together
- Record:
- Write down something… anything … with care
- Make art to look at, to eat, to use.
Love this. Especially the part about “Record” … And art to eat. 🙂