Ligia, Author at Journal of a Busy Mom

Who I am in Christ

September 2, 2014 By Ligia

Who I Am in Christ

(From Neil Anderson, Living Free in Christ)

I am accepted…

John 1:12 I am God’s child.

John 15:15 I am Christ’s friend.

Romans 5:1 I have been justified.

1 Corinthians 6:17 I am united with the Lord, and I am one with Him in spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:27 I am a member of Christ’s body.

Ephesians 1:3-8 I have been chosen by God and adopted as His child.

Ephesians 2:18 I have direct access to God through the Holy Spirit.

Colossians 1:13-14 I have been redeemed and forgiven of all my sins.

Colossians 2:9-10 I am complete in Christ.

I am secure…

Romans 8:1-2 I am free from condemnation.

Romans 8:28 I am assured that God works for my good in all circumstances.

Romans 8:31-34 I am free from any condemning charges against me.

Romans 8:35-39 I cannot be separated from the love of God.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22 I have been established, anointed and sealed by God.

Philippians 1:6 I am confident that God will complete the good work He started in me.

Philippians 3:20 I am a citizen of heaven.

2 Timothy 1:7 I have been given a spirit of power, love and a sound mind.

Hebrews 4:14-16 I can find grace and mercy in time of need.

1 John 5:18 I am born of God and the evil one cannot touch me.

I am significant…

Matthew 5:13-14 I am the salt of the earth.

John 15:5 I am a branch of Jesus Christ, and a channel of His life.

John 15:16 I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit.

Acts 1:8 I am a personal witness of Christ’s.

1 Corinthians 3:9 I am God’s coworker.

1 Corinthians 3:16 I am God’s temple.

2 Corinthians 5:17-21 I am a minister of reconciliation for God.

Ephesians 2:6 I am seated with Jesus Christ in the heavenly realm.

Ephesians 2:10 I am God’s workmanship.

Ephesians 3:12 I may approach God with freedom and confidence.

Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

How to Make a Mini Office

September 1, 2014 By Ligia

This is a quick how-to on making a mini office:

These are two regular size file folders that I trimmed. I cut off the tops and then glued them together in the middle.

Then I tried to plan where the pieces I am using would go. Refer to My post on Mini Offices for links to wonderful resources.

As I moved things around, I ended up creating this Language Arts Mini Office for my son.

Here is an example of a 1 folder mini office

I made this one for a Writing Co-op Class I’m teaching. This is a Writing Mini-Office.

I want to share about a wonderful tool that I found out about a while ago, but I am just getting around to using it. I wish I had done this years ago with my son who has dyslexia and dysgraphia. It’s called a Mini Office.

What is a mini office?

Here is what Busy Teacher’s Cafe says:

Mini-offices are tools that contain information for students to use for writing, math or other subjects.

In our case we have two mini offices: I’ve created a Language Arts Mini Office and together we are building a Math Mini office as we encounter new concepts. My son has a hard time remembering what certain things are called. For example: Nouns. He can’t remember if I say: what is a noun? But if I remind him, he can find all the nouns correctly. So we have an ongoing battle with “why can’t you remember?”. So instead of saying that I will say “Look at our office”.

Here are the resources I found:

Busy Teacher’s Cafe

Teaching Heart

Homeschool Creations

Abcteach-some are free, but you do need a subscription for some of them.

Teacherspayteachers– I got some really cool free stuff, but some of these are paid. You need to search for mini-office and specifically what you are are wanting. I searched Upper Grade Mini Offices.

Here are some freebies on Teachers Pay Teachers:

Math Reference Page

Elementary Math Chart Packet