CTG Weeks 2-3

We have completed weeks 2 and 3 of MFW Creation to the Greeks.

We are not including the feasts right now.  We are learning about the feasts and doing some of the crafts but  life is a bit crazy for us right now and our weekends are very busy.  But school goes on.  :)

We have been working on the Homeschool in the Woods Old Testament Pak lapbook pieces.  We have completed Jubal and Tubal-Cain, learning that they were both descendants of Cain.

We also completed Noah and the Flood wheel.

In addition we completed the Tower of Bable slide activity.

We have also been learning the books of the Old Testament.  Due to writing and spelling issues around here, the kids have not been writing their own Old Testament flash cards as suggested in the TM.  Instead, I found a free online source here:  http://sundayschoolsources.com/classmat/OT-flashcards.pdf.  (I think I got this info from the MFW Message Board Archives.)  These are the size of business cards when cut out.  I printed and cut out two sets, one for each child.  I mix them up and have each child put them in order starting with Genesis.  I have been following the grid in the TM and add in new books as they are listed.  For instance, day one of week three started out with only Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus so those were the only cards they had to sort.  By day four of week three they were up to 2 Chronicles.

There are also a couple of free mp3 files available at this same site with music to the books of the Old and New Testament sung to the tunes of 'Ten Little Indians' and 'Turkey in the Straw'.  http://sundayschoolsources.com/books-of-the-Bible.htm

For their handwriting practice and Old Testament names spelling practice I purchased an inexpensive Books of the Bible lapbook here:   http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=44553&it=1.  It is basically just tracing.  Both print and cursive are included so I have Roo tracing the print version and Beau tracing the cursive version.  These would be good for younger students or students with writing and spelling issues similar to ours.

We listened to and followed along with The True Story of Noah's Ark by Tom Dooley.  The pictures in this book are amazing and beautiful.

We also went to a nearby park and measured out the Ark.  That was no bathtub, let me tell you.

We have been creating the Bible Lands maps as scheduled.

Here are our E. T. Purrs in the Red Nile Med silly sentence maps.

Here are our Migration of Noah's Desendants maps:

Here are our Fertile Crescent maps:

The kids asked if they could paint their last two maps with watercolors so after the initial fill ins were done, they painted the waters with watercolor paints.

Because we don't do a lot of notebooking, again due to writing and spelling issues, I have also added in a few projects from Even-Moor's History Pockets Ancient Civilizations activity book (for Grades 1-3).  When we studied the Fertile Crescent and how the rivers were used we did the Sailing on the River project and when we studied the Tower of Babel we did the Ziggurat Temple Pop-Up Book.  (It is believed by some that the tower of Babel may have been a Ziggurat Temple where people went to worship their gods and goddesses.  Not the true, living God.)

Here we made the crown for God is King of All (and the kids are Kings kids.  ;) )

We also made a Shofar and Cuneiform cookies.

I think that wraps up our activities for weeks 2-3 in our adventures this week.