Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Apr 4th, 2007
Fingerplay "The Stories Jesus Told" Bible Story Luke 15:4-7 Luke 15:11-19 Luke 15:20-24 Children’s Bible: The lost sheep, The prodigal son Dramatic Play I hid cotton ball "sheep" and the boys were the ‘shepherds’ and found them. The first time, they picked them up. The second time, they had to balance them on a spoon […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 30th, 2007
Fingerplay "What do you know?" Bible Story Luke 12:16-21 Children’s Bible: The story of the rich man who did not love God. Luke 8:4-8 Children’s Bible: The farner sowed his seed. Some prospered; some failed. Math Activity I made two "barns", a small one and a larger one. I place 13 cars in one barn, […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 28th, 2007
We had some friends over today to share in the activities. (Girls, ages 4 and 2?) Fingerplay "What do you know?" Bible Story Luke 10:30-37 Children’s Bible: The good Samaritan Dramatic Play I made a "road" with tape. The stuffed dog played a man injured on the side of the road. The kids took turns […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 27th, 2007
This is review week… Fingerplay: "What do you Know?" Bible Story: Matthew 7:24-27 Children’s Bible: The parable of the wise man building a house on rock and the foolish man building one on sand. Art Activity The boys drew rock on a piece of paper, then pasted pre-cut (by me) items to create a house, […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 21st, 2007
Today, we went to the Pacific Science Center with "Ant-ee S"! They had the "Grossology" exhibit and we learned about all things gross: farts, vomit, skin stuff, burps, snot, etc. Here are the boys and Antee recreating a "toot" Recreating a "burp" How many calories can you burn in an hour? Making a bubble wall […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 21st, 2007
Fingerplay "Time to Move" Bible Story Luke 17:12-19 Children’s Bible: Jesus healed 10 men with leprosy; only one returned to thank him. Devotional Activity Exodus 20:15 "Thou shalt not steal" We read a story about a little girl who took flowers from a garden without asking the garden’s owner; how she apologized and made amends. […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 21st, 2007
Fingerplay "Time to Move" Bible Story Mark 6:47-51 and John 11:17, 38, 41-44 Children’s bible: Jesus walks on water and raises Lazarus from the dead Art Activity The boys made "waves" with white paint and salt. I cut a slit on top of the waves and drew "Jesus" on their index finger. Jesus then walked […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 18th, 2007
(I just pulled this up from my archives. We began working through this list early August, 2006. Here is how far along we are.) I am slowly implementing different elements of the Charlotte Mason structure into our homeschool environment. The first element is to read from the booklist from Ambleside Online. Here is the list. […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 18th, 2007
We went to Bible Study in the morning. The boys went to their class. We hosted a luncheon with three friends and their children after. I watched C1 and C2 in the afternoon and they participated in our homecshool activities. Fingerplay "Time to Move" Bible Story Mark 8:22-25 and Luke 9:12-17 Children’s Bible: Jesus healed […]
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Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Mar 18th, 2007
Wednesday, March 14th: We went to a playdate with friends who live in Sammamish. We spent the morning with them, then went to Costco and Fred Meyer. That was pretty much our day! Thursday, the 15th: This was a MOPS day. Speaker Joy Zorn spoke on Sibling Rivalry. The boys went to their class. ‘A’ had […]
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