CTG Week 34 - Our Summer Olympics

For our last day of school we held Summer Olympics games.

Our first event was running

Dad was the finish line

Event #2 was the long jump

Event #3 was the javelin throw (or broomstick throw in our case)

Event #4 was a discus throw (a frisbee wrapped in tin foil)

Event #5 was a shot put (using a baseball)

Event #6 was going to be arm wrestling but...

ended up being thumb wrestling

We had a tie with both kids winning 3 events each

(the main reason we had an even number of events ;) )

Both participants 'won' their wreath crowns they made

The day turned out to be warmer than we expected so emotions ran a little high that day but I think they both still really enjoyed the events and their day.

CTG Weeks 32-33

CTG - Week 32

We actually accomplished some projects this week.  Our first project was a Greek pot.  Instead of doing the project listed in the CTG Teacher's Manual I decided to have the kids do a little simpler version from a project I found on the Michaels.com web site.  It can currently be found here:  http://www.michaels.com/Greek-Pot/kn1104,default,pd.html?cgid=projects&start=1

The kids each painted their pot white and let them dry.  Then I cut out squares from blue sticky backed foam.  The kids arranged the foam squares in patterns (somewhat) on their dry pots.  Pretty easy.  Not a lot of mess.  My kind of project.

After learning about Esther my husband made the Hamantachen Cookies listed in the CTG Teacher's Manual.  We ate them while watching the Nest DVD about Esther.  They were very yummy and sweet.

Oh, and during our Bible reading of Esther we would say boo and make noise each time Haman's name was mentioned. The TM states: "For Jews today, Purim is still celebrated as a fun holiday. Jewish people go to the temple and listen to the story of Esther. When they hear Haman's name in the story, they make a lot of noise. They boo and hiss ans stomp their feet or shake a noise-maker..." So that's what we did.




My kids and I also really enjoy the Veggie Tales version of Esther but didn't watch it at that time.


CTG - Week 33

After reading about Greek Dramas the kids colored and cut out theater masks from History Pockets:  Ancient Civilizations.

They also made 'Olive Wreath Crowns' that we used as 'prizes' for our Olympic Games we had our last day of school.  That post is next.

The directions for the crowns can currently be found at Michaels.com here:  http://www.michaels.com/Olive-Wreath-Crown/kn1102,default,pd.html?cgid=projects&start=1

CTG Weeks 18 - 31

During the first few months of the year we were very busy and my husband had surgery so we mostly did the minimum with school but we did add in a few DVD's here and there as you can see.  We did some other fun things but just not always related to our school subjects.  And I didn't get pictures of some of the projects we did complete.

CTG - Week 18

After our study of Samson we watched the Greatest Heroes DVD Samson and Deliliah.  We were able to get this through Netflix.

CTG - Week 19

After our study of Ruth and Samuel we watched the Nest DVD's Ruth and Samuel the Boy Prophet.

When we finished reading Treasure of the Snow we watched the DVD.  We rented this through Netflix.  We really enjoyed this movie.

CTG - Week 20

No extras were added

CTG  - Week 21

After our study of David and Goliath we watched the Nest DVD.

CTG - Week 22

No extras were added

CTG - Week 23

We listened to the radio broadcast of Handel on classicsforkids.com

CTG - Week 24

After our study of Solomon we watched the Nest DVD.

CTG - Week 25

After our study of Elijah and the Kings of Israel and Judah we watched the Nest DVD and the What's in the Bible? #6.

CTG - Week 26

No extras were added

CTG - Week 27

We watched the Nest DVD on Elisha after that study.

CTG - Week 28

We watched the Veggie Tales version of Jonah after that study.

There is also a Greatest Heroes version available on Netflix but we didn't watch it.

CTG - Week 29

No extras added

CTG - Week 30

No extras added

CTG - Week 31

After our study of Daniel we watched the Nest DVD on Daniel.

There is also a Greatest Heroes version available on Netflix but we didn't watch it.

CTG - Weeks 15-17

CTG - Week 15

I didn't prepare for Week 15 ahead of time so I didn't have the materials needed to make the tabernacle according to the My Father's World Creation to the Greeks Teacher's Manual directions so I went into the MFW Message Board archives and found an all paper version someone else had previously found and posted.  It can be found here:  http://www.gospelhall.org/teaching--preaching/sunday-school-lessons-and-activities-for-kids/sunday-school-lesson-219-the-tabernacle-in-the-wilderness.html  Below are the pictures of our completed tabernacle.

We also watched the DVD The Tabernacle.  We were able to rent it from Netflix.  We watched it during lunch one day and even though it was a little dry the kids really got a lot out of it.  It takes you through a 3D tour of the tabernacle and explains each item and what it represents.  It was very interesting and informative.

For fun we watched the Veggie Tales DVD Moe and the Big Exit.

CTG - Week 16

After reading about the twelve spies spying out the promised land we enjoyed a snack of grapes, pomegranates and Fig Newtons.

CTG - Week 17

After reading about Joshua and the Battle of Jericho we watched the DVD Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible:  Joshua and the Battle of Jericho.  We rented it from Netflix.

As we continued our study of Ancient Egypt we made an Ancient Egyptian game called Senet.  We used the game board that came with our student sheets, buttons and small craft sticks with one side colored black.

CTG Weeks 13-14

We have finished our year with My Father's World Creation to the Greeks but so far I have only blogged about our year up to week 12.  I really wanted to go back and catalog some of the things we have completed for this year so here goes.

CTG - WEEK 13

We were in the middle of studying God and the 10 plagues.  For boils I used a large hole punch (1" I think) to punch red circles out of paper.  Then I helped the kids tape them on their bodies.  The tape made them itch so it sort of gave them a small idea of what it would have been like to actually have boils.  I could hardly get them to keep the 'boils' on long enough for me to take a few pictures.  LOL!!

During our study of Bach we listened to the radio broadcast from classicsforkids.com about Johann Sebastian Bach and we watched the DVD Mr. Bach Comes to Call.  We were able to rent the DVD through our local library system.  The kids really enjoyed this DVD.

CTG - Week 14


During our study of The Exodus we did the optional manna activity.  I got up before the kids and laid down an old clean sheet on the family room floor.  I then popped a bag of popcorn and laid it out on the sheet.  (No butter, no salt popcorn would have been best but I used what I had.)  I then woke up the kids and told them breakfast was ready.  They enjoyed collecting and eating popcorn for breakfast but I couldn't convince them to have the leftovers for lunch.  They couldn't even make it past breakfast.  They would not have done well in the wilderness.

We watched the Dreamworks DVD The Prince of Egypt.  The kids talked about the things in the movie that did not go along with what the Bible said.  They enjoyed pointing out the differences.

We also watched part 2 of What's In the Bible? #2.  My kids, especially my son, really enjoy these DVD's.

Zoo 3 - A Few of Our Experiments

I previously posted about our first few experiments but then didn't keep up with my blog (or my picture taking) but I decided to post the pictures I do have of the experiments I didn't previously post about.

Zoo 3 Lesson 4
Experiment - The Cougar Eats the Deer

This experiment was to demonstrate how the predator/prey relationship works.  Each player took turns throwing his/her cougar into the square of deer.  Any deer the cougar landed on represented an eaten deer.  Each toss represented a generation of hunting.  The cougar had to land on at least three deer to survive for the next generation.  This is obviously not all of the directions but the idea was that there had to be enough deer in a given area to keep the cougars alive for the next generation.  But too many deer meant more cougars.  This is a delicate balance.

Zoo 3 Lesson 7

Experiment - Dissection of Owl Pellets

This experiment was pretty simple.  The dissection of owl pellets.  The kids are pretty serious scientists.  lol!

Zoo 3 Lesson 13

Spider Web For Fun

My kids didn't make the mid-lesson project of creating a web frame but my daughter decided to make her own web out of yarn using my bed posts as her frame.

Zoo 3 Lesson 13

Wood Louse Population Study

The kids marked off an area and collected wood lice AKA roly-poly's, pill bugs, sow bugs, potato bugs, or whatever you might call them.  We call them roly-poly's.  They collected and marked 10.  They were supposed to repeat the experiment the next evening at the same time but we, um, forgot.

We did many of the other experiments but I forgot to take pictures.  One experiment that comes to mind that the kids really enjoyed was in Lesson 9 about the giraffe and it's high blood pressure demonstrated with a plastic bottle, pin, balloon and water.  (Anything involving water is always fun.)

One thing that helped us complete most of the experiments was that fact that I had purchased a supply kit from CreationSensation.com.  They included most everything we would need for each experiment.  I couldn't use the fact that 'I forgot to collect the supplies' as an excuse for skipping an experiment.  ;)  If only I had remembered to take more pictures.