Our cuneiform cookies didn't turn out so well but they were fun and yummy all the same.
The kids enjoyed blowing their shofars waaaaay too much!
Weeks 4-5 coming soon and will include our version of pharaoh's death masks.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
CTG Weeks 2-3 Continued
I got around to loading the pictures of our cuneiform cookies and shofars onto our computer so I thought I'd add them here.
Our cuneiform cookies didn't turn out so well but they were fun and yummy all the same.
The kids enjoyed blowing their shofars waaaaay too much!
Weeks 4-5 coming soon and will include our version of pharaoh's death masks.
Our cuneiform cookies didn't turn out so well but they were fun and yummy all the same.
The kids enjoyed blowing their shofars waaaaay too much!
Weeks 4-5 coming soon and will include our version of pharaoh's death masks.
Friday, September 9, 2011
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.
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.
Monday, September 5, 2011
New Life Developments
I've been meaning to post our last couple of weeks of school but have been really busy.
My husband was recently chosen to be Pastor of Crossroads Church in Los Banos, CA. We are all very excited as we begin this new chapter of our lives.
In light of this, we have been very busy with school, church and preparing to move.
I hope to be able to get back to posting our school adventures soon.
My husband was recently chosen to be Pastor of Crossroads Church in Los Banos, CA. We are all very excited as we begin this new chapter of our lives.
In light of this, we have been very busy with school, church and preparing to move.
I hope to be able to get back to posting our school adventures soon.
Sunday, August 21, 2011
New Find . . . Paper Crafts for ECC, CTG and the rest of the MFW 5 Year Cycle
I was looking for a Roman Colosseum paper craft for my son after he (voluntarily) watched The Torchlighters Series DVD The Perpetua Story. (I cried through the whole ending but that's another story. This might be a good movie for RTR.) After watching the movie he tried making his own paper Colosseum and in my infamous mother/teacher mode I began an online search for a realistic Colosseum.
While looking for a free downloadable Colosseum resource I found this awesome site by Canon (the camera makers). The site was called Canon Creative Park. They had a whole paper craft section. It included animals, architecture, science, toys and more.
I found a few different Eiffel Tower projects if anyone is looking for one for ECC. There were also several other projects that could be used for ECC as well such at the Sydney Opera House or pandas. These would be great projects for older kids or as family projects if paper crafts are of interest.
There were projects that could be used for probably every year in the MFW 5 year cycle. There was a Viking Ship, Sphinx, Statue of Liberty, The Parthenon and even a world globe to name a few. There were simple to difficult animals, a silhouette puzzle (or tangram) and even Matryoshka Dolls. (Again for ECC).
They are located here: http://www.canon.com/c-park/ Click on your language. Then click on 'Paper Crafts'. Then click on your area of interest on the left hand side. The 'Art' section had some origami and 3D paper mosaic projects also.
I also posted this on the MFW message board.
While looking for a free downloadable Colosseum resource I found this awesome site by Canon (the camera makers). The site was called Canon Creative Park. They had a whole paper craft section. It included animals, architecture, science, toys and more.
I found a few different Eiffel Tower projects if anyone is looking for one for ECC. There were also several other projects that could be used for ECC as well such at the Sydney Opera House or pandas. These would be great projects for older kids or as family projects if paper crafts are of interest.
There were projects that could be used for probably every year in the MFW 5 year cycle. There was a Viking Ship, Sphinx, Statue of Liberty, The Parthenon and even a world globe to name a few. There were simple to difficult animals, a silhouette puzzle (or tangram) and even Matryoshka Dolls. (Again for ECC).
They are located here: http://www.canon.com/c-park/ Click on your language. Then click on 'Paper Crafts'. Then click on your area of interest on the left hand side. The 'Art' section had some origami and 3D paper mosaic projects also.
I also posted this on the MFW message board.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
CTG Week 1
This week was our first full week of school. We were all still getting into the routine of things and taking it a bit slow.
Our Projects
We completed two similar hands on projects this week.
The first project was the notebook page from the MFW CTG Student Pack. Instead of having my kids draw in the days of creation I had them use colored paper, stickers and anything else I had on hand that would work. They really don't like to color or draw too much so they really liked completing the project this way.
The second project was the Days of Creation project from our Old Testament Activity Pak from Homeschool in the Woods.
We also started the art program God and the History of Art. I have not been able to follow through with a formal art program in the past but I'm hoping to stick with this one this year.
The kids first lesson was a lesson in frustration. The book told a little about Joni Eareckson Tada and then challenged the kids to try to draw with a pencil in their mouths. I looked up some of Joni's artwork online and we also brought up the movie we recently watched, Soul Surfer as we talked about other disabilities and ways to work around them. As we discussed this the kids got the idea of trying this project with their toes as well!
For more information about Joni you can visit her web site here:
http://www.joniandfriends.org/
Creation Game
For a review of the days of creation I thought we could play a simple game. I sort of made up my own variaton from two creation game ideas that were listed on the My Father's World Kindergarten Creation week archives board. I printed the Creation Game Board and Flash Cards found here: http://sundayschoolsources.com/ottoc.htm. I then used the game pieces and one die from our Sum Swamp game (any small toy animals or even buttons or beans and die could be used.)
The rules I made up were as follows:
Roll the die. To move forward you must correctly say what God created on that day. If you answer incorrectly you lose your turn. If you answer correctly you move forward the number of spaces you rolled on the die. If you land on a number on the game board you may move forward that amount of spaces. If you land on a negative number you must tell what happened on that corresponding day of creation. If you are correct you move forward that number of spaces. If you are incorrect you move back that number of spaces. To help us remember, as mom would get days 3 and 4 mixed up herself, I laid out the number cards from the flash card deck I printed face down and wrote the numbers on the back. Then the players could self check their answers. The kids thought it was a fun way to review the Days of Creation. (This was much easier to say than to write.)
We didn't get to do the Sabbath feast due to scheduling and time conflicts. :(
Our Projects
We completed two similar hands on projects this week.
The first project was the notebook page from the MFW CTG Student Pack. Instead of having my kids draw in the days of creation I had them use colored paper, stickers and anything else I had on hand that would work. They really don't like to color or draw too much so they really liked completing the project this way.
The second project was the Days of Creation project from our Old Testament Activity Pak from Homeschool in the Woods.
We also started the art program God and the History of Art. I have not been able to follow through with a formal art program in the past but I'm hoping to stick with this one this year.
The kids first lesson was a lesson in frustration. The book told a little about Joni Eareckson Tada and then challenged the kids to try to draw with a pencil in their mouths. I looked up some of Joni's artwork online and we also brought up the movie we recently watched, Soul Surfer as we talked about other disabilities and ways to work around them. As we discussed this the kids got the idea of trying this project with their toes as well!
For more information about Joni you can visit her web site here:
http://www.joniandfriends.org/
Creation Game
For a review of the days of creation I thought we could play a simple game. I sort of made up my own variaton from two creation game ideas that were listed on the My Father's World Kindergarten Creation week archives board. I printed the Creation Game Board and Flash Cards found here: http://sundayschoolsources.com/ottoc.htm. I then used the game pieces and one die from our Sum Swamp game (any small toy animals or even buttons or beans and die could be used.)
The rules I made up were as follows:
Roll the die. To move forward you must correctly say what God created on that day. If you answer incorrectly you lose your turn. If you answer correctly you move forward the number of spaces you rolled on the die. If you land on a number on the game board you may move forward that amount of spaces. If you land on a negative number you must tell what happened on that corresponding day of creation. If you are correct you move forward that number of spaces. If you are incorrect you move back that number of spaces. To help us remember, as mom would get days 3 and 4 mixed up herself, I laid out the number cards from the flash card deck I printed face down and wrote the numbers on the back. Then the players could self check their answers. The kids thought it was a fun way to review the Days of Creation. (This was much easier to say than to write.)
We didn't get to do the Sabbath feast due to scheduling and time conflicts. :(
Friday, August 19, 2011
Our First Days of School 2011
To keep with tradition we went on our annual Family Field Trip to kick off our new school year. We went to a small local zoo as we do every year, had a picnic and went to a local museum. The kids loved it, as always. :)
Our official first day of school included gifts of school supplies (and some fun extras), all about me posters and pages, pictures with their teacher (mom), etc.
We also finally finished our Independence Day lapbook from this summer.
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| The Old Court House. They don't make 'em like that anymore. |
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| The Court Room |
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| The School Room |
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| Beau on Rotary Phone |
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| Roo on Rotary Phone |
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| Monkey Watching with Dad |
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| The Kids and the Mountain Lion |
We also finally finished our Independence Day lapbook from this summer.
Speaking of summer, when we did do summer school we did a mini study of U.S. history. We worked on the lapbook, read a few of the books and listened to the Patriotic music CD from when we did MFW ADV and watched a few Liberty's Kids episodes from Netflix. This was in addition to math and reading. You can find the lapbook here: http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?products_id=37985&it=1
I'll be posting about our first week with MFW CTG soon.
Our 2011-2012 curriculum choices are now posted
Well, I finally have our curriculum choices finalized and posted. If interested, check the sidebar to the right under 'My Pages' and click on 'Curriculum Choices 2011-2012'. I'm sure I'll be adding and changing things as the year progresses. I'll post any additions or changes here on my main blog page.
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