"Explorer Spirit…Servant Heart…"
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 14th, 2006
Fingerplay “Clippity Clippity” Bible Story Read Genesis 15:3-6 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: God's promise to Abraham Art Activity The boys took a small piece of paper towel and blotted white paint on a black piece of paper to represent stars in the ngiht sky.. They then colored a […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 12th, 2006
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. The ones that are bolded are the ones that we have read. The ones that are red are the books the boys really enjoyed. […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 11th, 2006
Fingerplay “Clippity Clippity” Bible Story Genesis 13:5-15 The New Bible in Pictured for Little Eyes Focus: God blessed Abraham Devotional Activity Read from 'My ABC Bible Verses' Focused on Colossians 3:20, “Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.” We talked about why it's important […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 11th, 2006
Fingerplay “Clippity Clippity” Bible Story Genesis 12:1-5 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: Abraham left his home because God told him to. Math Activity I wrote each boy's name in capital letters. I had them spell out their names in a whisper, a shout, a low voice, high voice, etc. […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 11th, 2006
Fingerplay “Noah's Big Boat”. I just did the actions and 'A' recited it by memory. 'R' followed along. Bible Story Read Genesis 11:4-9 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: The tower of Babel Math Activity I had the boys build a tower with blocks and count each time tehy placed […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 11th, 2006
Fingerplay “Noah's Big Boat” Bible Story Read Genesis 9:8-13 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: The flood was over Art Activity I had the boys tear pieces of construction paper. (Actually, I did the majority of the tearing. The boys had a hard time getting the hang of it.) I […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 7th, 2006
Fingerplay “Noah's Big Boat” I quizzed that boys on which animals start with the letter 'B', based on the fingerplay. 'A' remembered bears, bison, and baboons 'R' remembered beavers Bible Story Read Genesis 7-17-23 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: The rains came for forty days and nights. Active Exploration […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 6th, 2006
Fingerplay “Noah's Big Boat” Bible Study Read Genesis 7:11-16 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: The animals get on the boat Dramatic Play We pretended to be different animals getting on the boat: elephants, bees, horses, peacocks, kangaroos, etc. Letter Activity The boys fingerpainted the letter “B”. Bible […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 6th, 2006
Fingerplay “Noah's Big Boat”- Introduced the letter “B” and animals that start with “B” Bears, Baboons, Bald Eagles, Beavers, Bison We looked these animals up on the computer. Bible Story Read Genesis 6:9-19 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Focus: Noah built a boat Devotional Activity Read from ABC verses. Focus: […]
Posted in HOMESCHOOL on Aug 4th, 2006
Fingerplay “Adam and the animals”. 'A' was able to recite is almost perfectly without help from me. He forgot antelope, but remembered the others. Bible Story Bible: Genesis 4:3-10 The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes: Story of Cain and Abel Focus: Cain killed Abel This was an extremely well-timed lesson. Earlier […]