June 2009 » TheJoyfulChaos

We Have A Name Game Winner!

June 20th, 2009

Congratulations Maury! (I’m betting you choose a dress-a-doll since I promised forever ago to make you more. So now you get one free!)

And it’s a good thing, I only had 2 more hints for y’all.

Those hints being: It’s found in 1 Chronicles and a Petra song.

Kenaniah – pronounced Ken-uh-ni-ah (long i) also spelled Chenaniah – but we’ll be using the “K” version.

Meaning: YAHWEH establishes

1 Chronicles 15:22 Kenaniah, Chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction singing because he was skillful.

1 Chronicles 15:27 Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Kenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers.

So, to catch you up. David had just been made king and was bringing the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem to a tent David had prepared for it. David appointed the Levites to carry the ark and appointed certain Levites to play certain instruments and sing to lead the ark into the city. Kenaniah was the chief of the Levites and in charge of the singing. A little bit of an honor.

My husband thought of the name. He was a hard-core Petra fan back in the day (okay, okay, I really liked Petra too, I’m just not quite as knowledgeable a fan as my husband!). He remembered their song “Kenaniah” and came home singing it. For those of you with computer capabilities here is the YouTube version of it.

For those of you who are still on dial up (you poor unfortunate souls) here are the lyrics as well.

Words by Bob Hartman, John Lawry & Danny Klingen

Music by John Lawry & Danny Klingen
Kenaniah of the Levites appointed by the king

To teach the songs of Zion, to lead them as they sing

Your song is not forgotten, we hear it in our souls

Let it burn and burn within us

(And) Fan the sacred coals

[Chorus]

Kenaniah, Kenaniah, we will sing your ancient song

Kenaniah, Kenaniah, we will sing it loud and strong

Gathered for the battle, Kenaniah led the way

As the singers closely followed him they all began to pray

The musicians all assembled, Kenaniah gave the word

Through the raging battle zone the anthem could be heard

Sing unto Jehovah of his wonderous ways

Sing a song of triumph, sing a victory song

And in the cloud of witnesses Kenaniah sings along

[Chorus]

Kenaniah, Kenaniah, through the ages it will ring

Kenaniah, Kenaniah, to Jehovah we will sing

Thanks for playing, guys! I’ve had a blast reading all your guesses and the funny stuff thrown in. Soon I’ll post on the others’ real names, the meanings, how they came about being named, and why I don’t use them all the time online. And then we’ll go back to calling them by their online nicknames and nicknaming this sweet Kenaniah for his online persona. This was SO much fun!

Baby Name Game – Round 4

June 20th, 2009

Still no winners, but lots of cool names!

Here are the old hints:

Hint 1: It’s Biblical.

Hint 2: It’s not one that has been discussed here or guessed yet.

Hint 3: It’s an honorable name.

Hint 4: It’s found in the Old Testament.

Hint 5: I had never heard it before 2 days ago.

Hint 6: The spelling is different depending on which version you use (ie. NIV versus New American Standard Bible).

Hint 7: It does end with the “ah” at the end as we had discussed at one point. (My other 3 boys have names that end in “ah”.)

And now the new ones:

Hint 8: Yes, he was a real man. He was a Levite.

Hint 9: He is only mentioned in 2 verses.

Hint 10: There are 4 syllables in the name.

Our Current Lapbooks

June 19th, 2009

ThePrincess just finished “Are You My Mother” lapbook that we found at Homeschool Share. This lapbook was based on the book of the same name and very simple, even needing to be a little more challenging for her, but it was a fun and easy one.

TheMiddlest is working on a dinosaur lapbook also from Homeschool Share. For the boys, we’ll work a lot longer on theirs and consequently will be a bigger lapbook when it’s all over. I print off all the material we will use, including the directions for my benefit. I stick all of the unused material, some glue, a pair of scissors, a pencil and the components that they complete in a gallon ziplock. When all the material is completed then I will put all of the pieces together in a lapbook for them.

Here are the outsides of the components we did in one day. Cut out and folded.

And here are the insides of those same components filled out.

TheOldest is working on a camping lapbook from the same place. I do the same as I described above, each child has their own ziplock and I put the lapbooks together when they are all finished. Here all the components TheOldest has done in two days’ work. I know it doesn’t look like a lot, but for a child that has struggled with fine motor skills this is pushing his limits. Today we did just the campfire component. He cut out each part, glued them in, and then copied the material that I wanted him to write onto each page. There are still 2 more pages to the “campfire steps” component, but he was nearly in tears by the time he wrote all of this, so we stopped and we’ll do the rest another day, then staple the little pages together and he’ll have another component completed.