Fingerplay: “Jesus is the son of God”
Bible Story: Mark 3:13-14 and John 2:2-11
Children’s Bible: Jesus chose his disciples and turned water into wine
Active Exploration: We created shadows on the wall and noticed that wherever we went, our shadow followed. We experimented walking fast and slow, and making the shadows larger and smaller.
This coincided wuth the lesson that the disciples followed Jesus wherever he went.
Letter Activity: The boys colored a big ‘R’
Then, they practiced writing ‘R’
Bible Activity: I set out 12 objects to represent the 12 disciples. Each boy took turn counting them. ‘A’ can track and count to 12. ‘R’ can get up to about 6. We assigned each object a disiples name: Simon Peter, James x2, John, Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James, Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot, Judas Iscariot.
Math Activity I filled 6 bowls with water (to represent jugs of water getting turned into wine.) I then made 6 index cards, each with a number 1-6. I placed a card on the flor, not saying what it was, and each boy took turns setting that number of bowls aside.
Bible Activity I filled two glasses with water and added purple food coloring to one of them. I had the boys look at them and tell me what they thought they were. (water and grape juice). I had them taste each one and they realized that the “grape juice” was just water. I explained that even though items might look different, they are still the same thing. They also learned that mom can’t turn water into wine, unlike Jesus.
Hi Leigh! Thank you for sharing your school days, I really enjoyed reading them. : )
Also in regards to your HSBFriend assignment below, may I say something?
You said:
{{ I learned to homeschool, and not to have "school at home", (there is a big difference.) }}
Dictionary dot com says:
Homeschool:
v. tr.
To instruct (a pupil, for example) in an educational program outside of established schools, especially in the home.
v. intr.
To provide educational instruction in a homeschool.
n. A school operated outside established educational institutions, especially in a home.
I do understand what you mean about having to defend ourselves and our choice to homeschool, unfortunately, it seems that most who do choose to do a more traditonal type of Christian school in the home (aka homeschooling) must defend themselves the most against other homeschoolers. :-/
That's really too bad…we are a community together, but with various methods that best fit our own families, we should be very careful not to divide ourselves by saying we are homeschooling, we don't do school at home. School at home IS a type of homeschooling. : ) Afterall, home school backwards is school (at) home.
I know that you didn't mean anything contentious by your statement and I don't by my comment either, I just wanted to point out the fact that 1 method of homeschooling is not more homeschooling than another. Homeschooling is simply teaching our own children *at* home. Within the term homeschooling there are many varied methodologies that work for the many varied families who teach their children at home.
Now if I am using Traditional Christian Textbooks to teach my own children at home, yet I am not homeschooling, then what is it that I am doing? Some might simply say your doing school at home…exactly I am doing school at home, or homeschooling. ; )
See?
God bless!
Please accept my apologies for misunderstanding! Never the less, I still enjoyed reading about your day. : )
I just wanted to stop by and let you know that your blog is so full of inspiration as you walk through with pictures of your daily activities! I just love it! What curricula do you use? or do you write it yourself.
Wishing you a wonderful week!