"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 19th, 2006
I have decided to implement a theme for the week. We began the 'apple' theme today, because, a) we are going on a field trip tomorrow to a place that has a 100 year old apple press, and b) I found a free lapbook study on 'apples' at liveandlearnpress.com. Fingerplay “Baby in the Basket” […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 15th, 2006
Fingerplay “Baby in the Basket”; Introduced the letter “F” Bible Story Bible: Exodus 1:22, 2:1-4 Children's Bible: Baby Moses went into the river in a basket Art Activity “A” cut strips of green paper for grass. I assisted “R” in cutting his strips. They glued the “grass” onto the “water”, then placed baby […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 13th, 2006
(We had two little girls, 'A' and 'A' visit our “classroom” today.) Fingerplay “Joseph's Brothers” Bible Story Bible: Genesis 48:10-16 Children's Bible: Jacob blesses Joseph's sons Active Exploration I asked the boys if they have any relaitives that live far away. “A” immediately said: “Uncle P!”. When I asked him where he […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 13th, 2006
Fingerplay “Joseph's Brothers” Bible Story Genesis 45:4-10 Children's Bible: Story where Joseph forgave his brothers Devotional Activity Read from “My ABC Bible Verses” Proverbs 20:11 “Even a child is known by his deeds.” We read a story that shows how people can tell what kind of a child you are by the way […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 9th, 2006
I have been struggling with when to begin the Sonlight PreK. Do I begin it when “R” is just 3, and “A” is 4? Or do I begin it when “R” is 4, and “A” is 5. Since I plan on incorporating CM with Sonlight, here is my current plan… Current: Continue with Little Hands […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 8th, 2006
Fingerplay “Joseph's Brothers” Bible Story Genesis 42:3-8 Children's Bible: Story where Joseph's brothers come to Egypt for food and don't recognize him. Art Activity I drew a picture of Joseph and the boys colored him. They then painted watered down glue and sprinkled sugar for desert sand. Letter Activity I placed duct […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 8th, 2006
My friend watched the boys today. They did the lesson for this day. I went to the doctor today and found pneu Fingerplay “Joseph's Brothers” Bible Story Genesis 41:38-49 Children's Bible: Story where everyone obeys Joseph Math Activity Played “Joseph, May I?”, a variation of “Mother, May I?” Letter Activity The […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 7th, 2006
Fingerplay “Joseph's Brothers”/ Introduced the letter “E” Bible Story Genesis 41:14-32 Read from my Bible and the children's the story where Joseph interprets the Pharoah's dream. Dramatic Play One boy sat with his back to the other. They had an “animal” crawl up the back and had to guess what it was. Here […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 5th, 2006
Fingerplay “What do you know?” Bible Story Genesis 39:20-22 We read the story about Joseph in jail and how God continued to take care of him there. Dramatic Play Each child had a stuffed animal (our friend 'O', age 2, participated as well.) I would make a statement, such as: “I like to […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Sep 1st, 2006
Happy September! I am still feeling a little low, but we were able to get a lesson in. Fingerplay “What do you know?” Bible Story Genesis 39:1-5 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: Joseph works in Egypt. Active Exploration The boys got their stuffed animals and I pretended to […]