"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 27th, 2006
Fingerplay "This Little King" Bible Story 2 Kings 23:1-4 Children’s Bible: The story of King Josiah Devotional Activity Matthew 6:24 "No one can serve two masters" We read a story that accompanied this verse. We talked about who our master, ruler and king is. We read this verse six times and reviewed: Mark 16:15 Exodus […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 27th, 2006
Fingerplay "This Little King" Bible Story 2 Kings 18:3-7 Children’s Bible: The story of King Hezekiah Art Activity I took part of the "castle" from the previous post and had the boys color the pieces. They went from "castle turrets" into "King’s crowns". Here are the boys wearing their crowns with an air of mighty […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 27th, 2006
Fingerplay "This Little King" Bible Story 2 Chronicles 24:1-4, 13, 17-18 Children’s Bible-Joash fixed the temple. Active Exploration This is a picture that I took for Halloween. Our church had a ‘Harvest Fest’ and I decorated the car for "Trunk or Treat". I created a "castle" and my boys were the knights. (Why am I […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 27th, 2006
Fingerplay "Miracles" Bible Story 2 Kings 6:8-10, 15-17 Children’s Bible-Elisha watches the angels Devotional Activity 1 John 3:18 "My little children, let us not not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth." We read a story that accompanied this verse and talked about what loving in deed and in truth […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 27th, 2006
Fingerplay "Miracles" Bible Story 2 Kings 5:1-3, 9-10, 14-15 Children’s Bible: Naaman was healed of leprosy Letter Activity Hide and Seek ‘M’ Bible Activity I gave the boys one direction at a time: 1. Draw circles at the top of the page (represents sores) 2. Draw a wavy line in the middle of the […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 27th, 2006
Fingerplay "Miracles" Bible Story 2 Kings 4:1-7 Children’s Bible: Story where the oil kept flowing for the woman in need of money Dramatic Play I measured one cup water and added yellow food color to represent ‘oil’. The boys got to practice pouring the ‘oil’ into smaller containers. I introduced the concept of 1/2 and […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 13th, 2006
Today, I hired a sitter (the best sitter ever…) to watch the boys while I took myself to a matinee and did some Christmas shopping. She was their teacher today. Not only did she teach this lesson, they also baked a cake, and made big, stuffed construction paper star ornaments. She always brings a craft […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 13th, 2006
We doubled our lesson today. We also had our little buddy, ‘O’, with us. Fingerplay "What do you know?" Bible Story 1 Kings 11:1-2, 9-12, 16:60, 17:1-4 Children’s Bible: Solomon worshipped an idol and the story of Elijah Active Exploration We talked about the concept of pairs- things that come in two. I had the […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 13th, 2006
Fingerplay "What do you know? Bible Story 1 Kings 9:1-7 Children’s Bible: The people give thanks at the temple. Devotional Activity We reviewed the devotions from I-L: Philippians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. John 14:6- Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life…" Psalm […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Dec 13th, 2006
I feel like it has been a long time since we have done our regualr homeschool routine. I noticed that the last time I posted the lesson, it was December 5th. Well, here is what we have done since then… 12/6/06 Field trip to the Children’s Museum 12/7/06 MOPS day-the boys went to their own […]