The 10 Commandments

My parents gave Jack a little board book for Christmas that talks about the 10 Commandments and gives easy ways to help kids memorize them using their fingers. I started reading it every morning as we eat breakfast and now the kids ask to learn their commandments. Anna-Kate remembers them pretty well. Here they are, according to her:

1. There is only ONE God, and you shall have nooooooo other ones.
2. Don't bow down to other gods.
3. Don't take the name of your father and mother. (I then insert "the Lord your God" and she says, "oh yes, in vain!")
4. Remember the "Sabbat" day to keep it HOLY!
5. (always gets stuck here--the books' "trick" is to high-five your parent, that helps her remember) Honor your fodder and your mudder.
6. Don't kill anybody
7. Mommies and Daddies don't commit odurtlery (adultery, so far described as "mommies and daddies are only to love each other" and she adds, "but they can love other people who are their kids and friends too, they just love each other the most.")
8. Don't steal
9. (the hand motion here is to use 9 fingers and the hand with only four to say "I'm really five" and she gets a big kick out of this). Don't lie.
10. (the hand motion for this is for both hands to grab and she adds, "gimme, gimme!!"). Don't covet!

I'm pretty impressed with how well she has learned these, it's only been about 5 days. We are talking about what some of these words really mean (idols, that murder can also mean hating people etc).

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When Anna-Kate gets stuck on one she says, "I'm gonna let Ryan answer this one" (such a dear, she is). When we got to the fifth commandment this morning Ryan said, "I know, I know! You shall have only 5 gods before me!" It's a work in progress.