MFW: Learning God's Story Week 28

MFW:  LEARNING GOD'S STORY WEEK 28

This week we will learn about the books of Jude and Revelation, about Esther, the Jewish people returning home, and the Greek Alphabet. Also learn about the sh and zh sound, fractions, more counting practice, and about frozen water.  

BOOKS



Some of the books we used this week

BIBLE 



Practice writing the memory verse



Esther Bible Card



Esther becoming a queen bible card 



The birth of Jesus bible card

BIBLE VERSE

Memory verse: The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes crooked paths will be found out.
~Proverbs 10:9

~Esther 5:1-8; 7:1-6

~Nehemiah 4:1-9, 21; 6:15-16

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE 

Jude is a short letter that warned Christians about the danger of false teachers who were trying to destroy the church.

Revelation the last book of the bible begin with messages from Jesus to seven churches in Asia and then describes what will happen both in heaven and on earth, until the end of the world.

TIMELINE

Added Queen Esther, Rebuilding Jerusalem, and the Birth of Jesus pictures to our timeline.

BIBLE HISTORY

Learned about "Purim" which were days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.  Jews still celebrate this day, they go to the temple and listen to the story of Esther.  They would make these pastries filled with different types of fruit filling.  We didn't make any but looked at different pictures and then she drew her own version of them.  

WORKSHEETS

Writing the Greek Alphabet

Going back to Israel worksheet 

MATH

This week we were learning about fractions.  Before we started on the math worksheets I decided to first explain fractions using some of her Melissa and Doug cutting fruits and vegetables.  Little man really enjoyed this activity with us.  Also found some foam fraction circles at Target that also helped explaining fractions.

Matching the fruits with the correct foam circle. 

Fraction worksheet 

She really has enjoyed and caught on pretty fast to fraction 

Counting by 2s, 5s, and 10.

ARTS & CRAFTS

Art Card #14: "The Beach" by Laura Knight 

After learning about the birth of Jesus they kids made their own manager out of envelopes.  

ACTIVITIES

Practicing reading using one of her Bob books

We got a dust of snow on the ground which made the kids very happy and sad.  Happy to play in the dust of snow, sad that it wasn't enough to make snowman and snow angels.  It was still beautiful.

SCIENCE 

Went outside to look at some of the ice that had formed overnight since we were talking about frozen water. 

Placed some ice cubes on a plate and the kids first observed how it melted on the plates and then they placed some ice cubes into bowls full of water to see how fast it would melt.

Kids sprinkled some salt on the ice cubes and watched how the ice melted.  Then they played a bit with some plastic ice cubes we keep in the freezer.  

Froze some water in a bowl overnight, when we took it out of the freezer noticed the top of the bowl wasn't on because the water froze over.  The kids enjoyed playing with the big ice cube.

MUSIC 

Listening to Carnival of Animals and demonstrating a wild donkey and tortoise move.

VIDEOS 

Watched the story of Esther told by VeggieTales

POEM

GROWING 

     By: Author Unknown

Inside the seed. 

All bundled up tight. 

A tiny plant grows.

Needing water and light. 

I'll plant it in soil.

Let it catch the sun's glow.

Then water it gently.

And watch the plant grow.

FIELD TRIP

Went to the library for story and craft time

Today at the library was lego day, the kids enjoyed building with their friends.

END OF THE WEEK 

It was such a warm day we went outside to do school work, afterwards the kids wanted to play golf.  They said they had to wear safety goggles because golf was a dangerous sport.  Safety First!

This week we learned about the books of Jude and Revelation, about Esther, the Jewish people returning home, and the Greek Alphabet. Also learned about the sh and zh sound, fractions, more counting practice, and about frozen water.  

GOD BLESS!!

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Christmas 2016

CHRISTMAS 2016

This week was our Christmas break.  We did many different activities and talked about the real reason we celebrate Christmas "The Reason for the Season JESUS".  

BOOKS

Some of the great books we used this week 

ACTIVITIES

Every year we make ornaments using the kids hands for their grandparents and for ourselves.  This year we made little elves and reindeers out of their thumbprints.

Having fun while waiting for Santa to arrive

Excited to see Santa 

Went to our annual Christmas party at the Fayetteville Police Department.  The kids always look forward to these parties to see Santa.

Kids got some wonderful presents from Santa

We are truly blessed to have this wonderful teacher in Kanai's life "Darrell Tyner", he is one of the youth leaders.  She is not one to get close to someone or get excited whenever she sees someone.  But when it comes to Pastor Tyner she is over the moon about him.  May God continue to bless him as he blesses those around him.

Decorating some Christmas decorations for our wall

Painting ornaments for the Christmas tree

Christmas party with our homeschool co-op group 

Enjoying some Christmas stories and craft time at the library while waiting for Santa to arrive.

Painting some Christmas wrapping paper 

Christmas crafts at the library

They are always so happy when they see Santa 

Had some friends over (more like family) to do some arts & crafts fun.

FAMILY TIME

Every year my brother comes for Christmas, he has promised to always be here for Christmas since the day Kanani was born.  The kids love him so much and are on him like glue whenever he is in town.  Its hard for me to even get some time alone with him.  Such a wonderful bond between all of them. 

Going shopping with him is always an adventure 

Kids have loved having daddy home for a week, he is always working and isn't home much.  Whenever he is home is always a great time. 

CHRISTMAS DAY

This year we celebrated Christmas at our home, due to both sets of grandparents being in Puerto Rico this year.  The kids helped set the table and even helped me in the cooking process.

Kids loved having family over

Boy really enjoyed his Christmas cupcake

SCIENCE

Got the kids some science experiments for Christmas, Kanani got a ice growth experiment.  It was so cool seeing the cubes expand, and it came with a polar bear toy.

Dartanian got a snow making experiment.  It was so neat seeing the snow grow in a cup and then playing with the snow.  He's experiment also came with a penguin toy.

POEM

LUKE 2:13-14

And suddenly there was with the angel

a multitude of the heavenly host 

praising God and saying Glory to God 

in the highest, and on earth, peace, 

goodwill towards men.

VIDEOS

Some of the Christmas videos we watched this week 

END OF THE WEEK 

Took the kids to the park to enjoy some time with their favorite uncle before he left back to Florida.  Great way to end the week.

It has been a pretty great and relaxing week.  Just some of the things we did this week.  

GOD BLESS!