"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 21st, 2007
I had a doctor’s appointment this morning, so the boys went to my friend Liz’s house and played with her two children. After the appointment, I called a friend of mine. She was pretty sick, so I brought her kids home to join us today! (They attend public school, but are on their mid-winter break.) Fingerplay "One Special […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 19th, 2007
Fingerplay "What do you know? (A review of the letters A-P) Bible Story Daniel 6:3, 11-14, 16, 19-23 Daniel prayed to God even though there was a law to pray only to the king. He was thrown in the lion’s den and an angel closed the lions mouths and saved Daniel. Dramatic Play To mimic […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 17th, 2007
Fingerplay "what do you know?" Bible Story Daniel 5:3-6, 12, 26-28 Children’s Bible: God writes on the wall in front of Daniel and the king Active Exploration I placed rice on a cookie sheet with colored paper underneath and had the boys make letters, numbers, and pictures with the rice. Letter Activity "Hide and Seek […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 15th, 2007
We had some friends visit today and attend our class… Fingerplay “What do you know?” Bible Story Daniel 1:3-5, 8, 17 Children’s Bible: Daniel would not eat the king’s food. Math Activity I set out two plastic plates; one had a bunch of cheese crackers on them. I asked each boy, one at a […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 15th, 2007
Fingerplay "One to Ten" Bible Story Jonah 2:10; 3:1-5, 10 Children’s Bible: Jonah did what God said . Devotional Activity Psalm 147:1 "Praise the Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God." We read a devotional that revolved around this Psalm and talked about why we should praise the Lord. We also […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Feb 13th, 2007
We did seven days of lessons while in Maui. Since I did not take pictures and it would be a lot of time to record what we did, I have chosen not to record them here. We are (more or less) back to our regular routine here. Fingerplay "One to Ten" Bible Story Jonah 2:10, […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jan 5th, 2007
MOPS was yesterday. There is a children’s program (MOPPETS). We have about 55 kids in the program. There are a large number of kids, age 2. We are so tight in that area that we had to bump ‘R’ up to the 3-4 class with ‘A’. Today, their teacher told me that ‘R’ was the only child […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jan 5th, 2007
Fingerplay "Off They Go" Bible Story Isaiah 1:1-4, 2:8-9 Children’s Bible: Isaiah warned the people Active Exploration We talked about the three colors of a stoplight. I chose the following actions: -skip, hop, crawl, spin, flap arms, walk forward, walk backward, tiptoe I gave the order that if I say ‘green’, they had to do […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jan 5th, 2007
Fingerplay “This Little King” Bible Story Job 2:3-10, 42:10 Children’s Bible: We learned about the trials of Job and his faithfulness Math Activity I placed items on a table that represented Job’s possessions: toy squirrel=sheep quarter=money a picture of the boys=Job’s kids a box=his house a banana=food (OK, I am slightly freaking out here…I am […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Jan 5th, 2007
Fingerplay "This Little King" Bible Story Ezra 9:9-10, 13-14 Children’s Bible: The people rebuilt their temple Dramatic Play I placed items before the boys, representing something: -orange=the sun -a toy person=a king -a Miss Butterworth’s syrup bottle=a statue -coins=money I took each items and asked if we worshiped the sun, the king, etc. and the […]