"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on May 1st, 2007
Fingerplay Zip!Zap!Zing! Bible Story Acts 12:6-11, 6:8, 7:54-60 Children’s Bible: An angel freed Peter from prison/Stephen was stoned to death Art Activity The boys drew Peter and made aluminum foil bars for prison. The yellow represents the angel’s light. Letter Activity The boys played with cars on the letter ‘Z’. (‘R’ is pouting in […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on May 1st, 2007
Fingerplay "Zip! Zap! Zing!" Bible Story Acts 2:4-8, 36-38, 3:6-10 Children’s Bible: Peter talked to the crowd and a lame man was healed Dramatic Play We pulled out the atlas and found the world map. We found where we live and pretended to fly to other parts of the world. Once we landed, we shared […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on May 1st, 2007
We attended "Mom’s Time Out" at our church today. The moms take turns watching each other’s kids in an indoor playground setting. We had lunch with friends at "Old McDonalds" after and came home. Once home, ‘A’ broke into a 104.3 degree fever. So, on to round two… we still did a scaled down homeschool […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 27th, 2007
We will start up with Sonlight Core B, The Easy Spanish, and Singapore Earlybird Math in September. Little Hands to Heaven will be over next week. So, from May through August, here is my plan… R1= Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Days R2=Reading with Bob Books RA=Read Aloud from the Charlotte Mason Book List […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 25th, 2007
(Our friends, C1 and C2 (ages 5 and 2), joined us at Riverbend Prep today!) Fingerplay "Jesus is Alive" Bible Story Luke 24:36-42 Mark 16:12-13 Children’s Bible: Two men walked with Jesus, and the disciples saw Jesus Dramatic Play I had three toys (a stuffed animal, a pin wheel, and a toy car). I had […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 25th, 2007
Fingerplay "What do you know?" "Jesus is Alive" Bible Story Matthew 28:8-10 John 20:6-9 Children’s Bible: The women saw Jesus/Peter and John saw the grave was empty Dramatic Play I had ‘D’, my mother’s helper with me today. She did this activity with the boys. We made their bedroom very dark by putting blankets on […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 23rd, 2007
Well, ‘R’ is finally recovering! We cancelled a playdate and a dentist appointment, but later in the afternoon did a grocery run and went to the park. Fingerplay "What do you know?" Bible Story Matthew 27:57-60, 28:1-10 Children’s Bible: Jesus died on the cross, was buried, in a tomb, and an angel appeared to say […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 21st, 2007
Fingerplay "X Marks the Spot" "What do you know" Bible Story Luke 22:59-62 Mark 15:6-15 Children’s Bible: Peter denies knowing Jesus and Pilate followed the crowd Active The boys rolled the ball back and forth for one minute, then spread out and rolled again. They spread out until one was against the wall in the […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 21st, 2007
Fingerplay "X Marks the Spot" Bible Story John 14:1-7 Luke 22:41-51, Matthre 26:53-54 Children’s Bible: Jesus talked about heaven and Judas betrayed Jesus Math We listed on paper things we we yesterday (the past), today (the present), and tomorrow (the future) Letter Activity The boys practiced writing the letter ‘x’. (We defintieyl will need to […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 19th, 2007
Fingerplay "X Marks the Spot" Bible Story Luke 19:32-38 Mark 14:17-25 Children’s Bible: Jesus rode in on a donkey and The Last Supper Life Skills The boys practiced putting on their coats by themselves and zipping them up. ‘A’ is getting close to doing it without assistance; the zipper keeps sticking. Letter Activity We talked […]