"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 17th, 2007
(We doubled our coursework today…) Bible God stopped the Jordan River from flowing so the people could cross unharmed. Memory Verse James 5:8 "Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near." Read Aloud Mother Goose- "Cock a Doodle Doo’ and ‘Goosey, Goosey, Gander’ ‘Selfish Sand Frog’ ‘Guess Who Lives Here’ ‘Eric Carle’s […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 17th, 2007
Bible ‘Children’s Everday Bible’-The prople crossed the Jordan river into Canaan, two spies entered Jericho and where hidden by Rahab. Memory Verse Colossians 3:13 "Forgive as the Lord forgave you’ Read Aloud ‘Simple John’ Language Arts Developing the Early Learner-Visual/Figure Ground: The boys had to find animals hidden among a busy design of flowers. Both […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 12th, 2007
Bible Children’s Everyday Bible-Moses hands leadership to Joshua, then dies. Memory Verse Colossians 3:13 "Forgive as the Lord forgave you" Read Aloud Mother Goose-"Hey Diddle Diddle", "Jack and His Fiddle", and "Buttons" "The Marvelous Merry Go Round" Language Arts DEL- Motor Skills-The boys practiced with dot to dot, making ovals, triangles, rectangles, squares Science Berenstain […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 12th, 2007
Bible We read that the Israelites checked out Canaan, and knew it was full of all the things God promised, but all of them except Joshua and Caleb said they could not overcome the people living there. God had them wander the desert for 40 years, then led them back into Canaan . Memory Verse […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 11th, 2007
Bible Children’s Everyday Bible-The Israelites build a worship tent . Memory Verse Colossians 3:13 "Forgive as the Lord forgave you" Read Aloud Mother Goose-"Old Mother Hubbard" The Merry Shipwreck Language Arts Developing the Early Learner-Auditory/Memory-I had each boy take turns. I would say a two part command and they had to wait one minute before […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 2nd, 2007
We went on a playdate to my friend, Sundy’s, house. She has a son, T, age 4, and a daughter, E, age 15 months. She was kind to let me leave the boys and run errands. She is using the ‘Before Five in a Row’ curriculum, and had the boys do some art surrounding the book, […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 2nd, 2007
Bible Children’s Everyday Bible: We read about the Israelites making a golden calf to worship. Moses was so mad, he broke the commandment tablets and went back up mount Sinai to seek forgiveness and mercy from God. Read Aloud "The Kitten who thought he was a mouse" "The Hundred Dresses" (This is a chapter book. […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jul 2nd, 2007
Bible Children’s Everyday Bible: We read about Moses and the 10 Commandments Memory Verse Hebrews 13:17 "Obey your leaders because they keep watch over you." Read Aloud Mother Goose- "The Tarts", "The Equal" "The Clever Mouse" Language Arts Developing the Early Learner-Auditory/Similarities: I made two sounds and the boys (with their eyes closes) had to […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jun 27th, 2007
Yay, warm weather, finally! Please, Lord, I beg you, please give us a string of nice days. Today, our friends ‘A’ and ‘J'(mamabear2003) joined us in the morning/early afternoon. The kids had fun playing together, then they joined us for our homeschool. We did our activities outside, under a tree. Love that! The boys found […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jun 25th, 2007
Bible We read the story where God made the bad water good to drink and provided quail and manna for His people, while in the desert. Memory Verse "Obey your leaders because they keep watch over you." Hebrews 13:17 I quizzed ‘R’ on his knowledge of previous verses. With prompting, he was able to compete […]