Sunday, February 23, 2020

MFW: CtG and Gods Creation Week 21

MFW: Creation to the Greek and God's Creation from A to Z Week 21

This week we will continue to read Homer, Greeks, Trojans, Saul, when David gets anointed, David and Goliath, and David and Jonathan.  Learn a new Greek word, the Early Russians, Scythians, and how God rejected Saul as King.  Discuss more on the solar system, the moon, and how big the planets are.  D will start his lessons on the letter Jj, jewels, and how Jesus is more valuable than anything else.

BOOKS


Not all books are pictured here of what we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: Psalm 1

~Jesus is more valuable than anything else.

~Philippians 3:8

~Ezekiel 16:7

~Zechariah 9:14, 16-17a

~1 Samuel 13-18



David calms King Saul and David is anointed King bible cards.


David fights Goliath and King David bible cards.

LANGUAGE ARTS


Reading and spelling.


Reading one of her Biscuits book to her brother.


Greek word for the week: HYPNOS (sleep).


Working on his letter Jj worksheets.


Lots of handwriting practice.


Larry Boy wanted to help little man out with his sight words.


He has improved so much in his handwriting.

MATH


Fraction, division, addition, and multiplication.


Graphs, fractions, addition, and subtraction.


Writing down the numbers I call out and working on his calendar.



Addition, number recognition, and identifying shapes.


Put together this math activity to change things up a bit with D, I used a chocolate tray and had him place the pom poms into the slots to go with the number above each roll.
TIMELINE 

None for this week.
HISTORY


This week we celebrated MLK, Jr. day and talked about what he stood for and what ways we can make the world a better place.


Early Russians and Scythians

ART 


Lesson 32: Drawing a Portrait of Mother, K drew a picture of a mother in a book and D wanted to draw his family.


Lesson 33: Drawing Dragons, instead of drawing on we decided to observe our own bearded dragon Larry Boy.
SCIENCE


The sizes of the planets experiment.


The Phases of the Moon Experiment.


Bought these at Dollar Tree to go with our jewel lessons.


Can't believe within 3 days the crystals have already started to grow.
MUSIC/VIDEOS


Watched "Veggie Tales Dave and the Giant Pickle", to go with our David and Goliath lesson for the week.


The Best of Bach: Partita no. 3 for Solo Violin (Prelude) VIOLIN

                           Two-Part Invention (no. 8 in F) HARPSIHORD
                           Wachet Auf (Sleepers Awake) ORGAN
                           Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor (VII. Badinerie) FLUTE

Also listened to Say Hello to Classical Music: #20 Handel: Messiah (Overture).


FIELD TRIP 


Story and craft time at the library: theme for this week was Snowman.


Another story time and craft at the library with the theme being Colors.


Kids loved all the crafts and playing around with play-doh.  It was a sad day since it was our last library visit before we moved.  We will miss Mrs. Deborah Jordan greatly, we've known her for 5 years and she will always hold a very special place in our hearts.


Visited another library to spend some time with Elsa and Anna.


We made it to our new place and are looking forward to our new adventures together.

This week we continued to read Homer, Greeks, Trojans, Saul, when David gets anointed, David and Goliath, and David and Jonathan.  Learned a new Greek word, the Early Russians, Scythians, and how God rejected Saul as King.  Discussed more on the solar system, the moon, and how big the planets are.  D started his lessons on the letter Jj, jewels, and how Jesus is more valuable than anything else.  Now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

GOD BLESS!!

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MFW: Creation to the Greek and God's Creation from A to Z Week 20

This week we will learn about Athens and Sparta, the Philistines and the Ark, Israel ruled by Kings, when Israel asks for a King, and Saul becoming a king.  Discuss the Greeks at War, Greek Mythology, and colonies.  Learn more about how things move, all of earth's motion, solar system, and start our reading on the Trojan Horse.  D will learn about the letter Rr, rocks, the wise man who built his house upon the rock, and learn how we need to listen and obey God.  

BOOKS




Few of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: Psalm 23

I listen and obey; I build my life on the Rock.

~James 1:22-25

~Matthew 7:24-27

~1 Samuel 4-12



King Saul, King David, and King Solomon bible reader cards.



The Philistines and the Ark 

 

Few of our pets joining us for school, Larry Boy (bearded dragon) and Coco (Cockatiel).

LANGUAGE ARTS

  

We started a new reading curriculum (All About Reading), since I felt like the other one wasn't working for the kids.  So far they seem to really enjoy this one and everything is sticking.  

 

Greek word of the week: GEO (earth)

 

She's been into reading more again, she was doubting herself and comparing herself to her friends.  But thankfully her confidence has been lifted since we started the new Reading curriculum.

 

Workbook work

 

Language arts workbook working on her punctuation, sentences, and paragraphs.



Letter of the week for little man is the letter Rr.

  

Worksheet fun with the letter Rr.

 

Letter R cards and handwriting practice in the sand.

  

Letter R rod worksheets.

 

Worksheets and workbook work.
MATH

  

Fractions, measurements, division, and multiplication.

 

Handwriting and identifying his numbers.

 

Shapes and handwriting practice.

TIMELINE 

 

This week we added Saul to the timeline.

HISTORY



Discussed the Greeks at War, the Invasion of Crete, the siege of Troy, and the end of the Mycenaeans.

ART 





Had a blast with all the activities and crafts we did at our co-op.  It was a bitter sweet day since it marked our last time at co-op before we move.



Went to JC Penny for their kids craft, they made their own growth chart.

 

Lesson #30 Painting a Monastery 


Working on her artwork.



Her completed work.
SCIENCE

 

Day and Night Experiment


 

Took a flashlight and went into the bathroom, since it was the darkest room in the house, and rotated the light around K and D to demonstrate how the earth moves around the sun.



A Toilet Paper Map of the Solar System


Instead of using toilet paper we used a tape measure, we didn't want  to waste toilet paper.

 

Identifying and observing some of our rock and gem collection.


More of our precious gems and rocks.

 

Organizing and rearranging their rocks.

MUSIC/VIDEO



Say Hello to Classical Music: #19: Strauss: Thunder and Lightning Polka



The Best of Bach: Clavichord and Harpischord

 

Watched the video "Veggie Tales The Little House that Stood", went great with the bible lesson this week.

 

Checked these videos out at our library about the Solar System.
FIELD TRIP 


Went to the Post Office Museum in Washington D.C., we really enjoyed learning all about the postal system.  Definitely a must see if you are in the area.





    

After the Post Office Museum we went to see the White House and then got some pictures done at a little corner store.



Went to Georgia for my husband's graduation from his new job training and took a stroll down to St. Simons Island Pier, its such a cute little town.



Went to the 82nd Airborne symphony, had a great time and the kids loved getting their picture taken with Santa at the end.



My parents surprised the kids and me with tickets to Disney on Ice, we loved it.  Gotta say it was better than last year.

  

Oh how we are going to miss living close to my parents.

 

Went to the Washington D.C. zoo with the family while we were looking for houses in VA and WV.



Celebrated our 12 year Anniversary at the zoo with the family and then went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse.  

This week we learned about Athens and Sparta, the Philistines and the Ark, Israel ruled by Kings, when Israel asks for a King, and Saul becoming a king.  Discussed the Greeks at War, Greek Mythology, and colonies.  Learned more about how things move, all of earth's motion, solar system, and start our reading on the Trojan Horse.  D learned about the letter Rr, rocks, the wise man who built his house upon the rock, and learned how we need to listen and obey God.  Unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.  

GOD BLESS!!

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