Sunday, June 28, 2020

MFW: CtG and Gods Creation Completion

MFW: Creation to the Greek and God's Creation from A to Z Completion 
We have finished both curriculums and will be taking a break before we start on the next chapter.  Planning on starting in the beginning of July, 5th grade: Rome to the Reformation and 1st grade: Learning God's Story.  We've learned so much and have seen so much growth between all of us.  Excited to begin our new adventures soon.  


The kids have taken their final exams and have passed with flying colors.  



Recap of the year:  Found out mid year that K has dyslexia which makes lots of sense as far as how behind she is in reading.  Thankfully we have found a great curriculum that is made for children with dyslexia "All About Reading".  Seen such an improvement in her reading and her confidence.  Before she would start of strong and then decline and get frustrated.  Now she actually gets excited to read and everyday we sit together and she reads.  Love that we have found something that has helped her build that confidence in reading.  I believe with all my heart that she will catch up and excel in her reading this year.  For D I've found that "Hooked on Phonics" has helped him with his reading.  He actually has picked up reading pretty well and also likes to sit with me everyday to read his words and little books.  Such a blessing to see the kids get excited to read their books everyday and not fight to get them to read.  Happy to have finally found something that will work for the kids and getting them on the right track to reading.  


During our school year we put our house up for sale and I started packing everything up every chance I got.  Within 2 months I had everything packed and ready to place in storage.  Once we sold the house the kids and me moved in with my parents.  My husband was in Georgia in training.  When he completed his training he got his orders that he would be working in VA.  He found us a place to live in WV, a great home which we are renting.  We ended up moving in February from NC to WV (right before all this COVID-19 closed everything down).  It was hard moving away from my parents and everything familiar.  

Change is never easy, especially for the kids.  They still cry and say how much they miss NC.  It hasn't been easy, especially with not being able to explore and do the things we are used to due to COVID-19.  Thankfully they have the neighbor kids that they talk to, the kids parents won't let them come over to play in the yard because of the virus.  So the kids just talk between the fence and make up games so they can somewhat play together.  We love going to parks, museums,  libraries, and just explore everything we can.  Unfortuniatly for now we can't do those things for the time being.  Little by little things are opening up, still little skittish to go out especially if their will be a lot of people around.  New norm is wearing a mask everywhere we go.  Thankfully the kids don't mind wearing their masks and are really good about washing their hands and sanitizing everything.  I have a OCD and am constantly cleaning, so it's not much of a difference for me, I would say my cleaning has gotten more intense.  

Another thing we all miss is soccer.  K loves soccer and has been playing the sport since she was 4.  Loved watching her play and enjoy learning new tricks.  It's not the same thing to play one on one at home then getting to practice and play with your team.  Soccer has been canceled for the year.  Looking into seeing what other activities are open to enroll the kids in, like archery.  

I know their are people who are suffering way more than we are.  We are blessed and thank God everyday for everything we have.  So grateful to God for always taking care of us and helping us through everything.  Praying for this nation, president, for this virus to go away, and for the people.  The world has turned their back on God, which is so sad to see all this war between the people.  Praying things change especially for the sake of our kids.

Jesus said if you love me keep my commandments.

Love God and experience God.

These are our motto to live by.  

GOD BLESS!!

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Monday, June 22, 2020

MFW: CtG and Gods Creation Week 30 and 31

MFW: Creation to the Greek and God's Creation from A to Z Week 30 & 31 

This week we have combined week 30 and 31, mainly because we are officially burned out.  It's been such a hectic year already and not just because of COVID 19.  Between packing, moving, selling the house, looking for a new place to live and then moving across states, we are just ready for a break from it all.  The kids have done amazing through all the change, plus we will come back to CtG around 8th grade so we can finish what we didn't in the next cycle.  We will learn more about Judah, Daniel and the King's food, Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, the Fiery Furnace, Athens, and Sparta.  Also learn more on about Greece, Judah taken captive, land vertebrates, handwriting in the wall, Cyrus King of Persia, and more on insulation and temperature.  We will continue working on a lot of reading and preparing for the end of year testing.  

BOOKS





Few books we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: Isaiah 40:21-26

~2 Chronicles 36:11-21

~Daniel 1-3, 4-

~Isaiah 40:27-28

~Psalm 1

~Leviticus 25:1-7


Rebekah, Pottery, and King Belshazzar's Party Bible Cards.



Daniel in the Lion's Den and Lion Bible Card.

LANGUAGE ARTS


Greek Word: DEMOS (the people, the citizens)


Greek word of the week: MIKROS (small) and MEGAS (great, large, big)



Lots of reading for this one. 



So happy with how much she has improved and is even reading faster.



Filling in the missing letter, and working on his Spanish.



Reviewing his letters and reading in his Hooked on Phonics book.



Reading and letter searching.



Started reading the Fables for Children, which some of them don't make sense and a few the kids like.  



Read several different Aesop's Fables for Children.

MATH



Calendar and weather chart



Math reviews prepping for her finals.



Word problems



Measurement



Addition and problem solving.


Adding and Subtracting problems



Sequence, shape recognition, and matching.



Matching, addition, and subtracting. 

TIMELINE 



Added Judah taken Captive by Babylon, Daniel, and The Fiery Furnace to our timeline.



Added Persia (King Cyrus) and Jews Return to Israel to our timeline.


 Briefly discussed Queen Elizabeth, Alexander the Great, and Birth of Jesus before adding to the timeline.   

HISTORY


After discussing the Fiery Furnace the kids played with their hand spinners which I found on Crafting the Word of God.



Printed these from True Way Kids website on Daniel and the Lion's Den.



The Fall of Jerusalem, Daniel in Babylon, and Nebuchadnezzar's Furnace.  



Voting for Ostracism in Athens 



The Writing on the wall, Daniel in the Lion's Den, and Classical Greece and Helleniza.  



Greek Alphabet worksheet

ART 



In remembrance of Memorial Day the kids painted egg cartons red to honor the fallen and support the living who have worn our nation's uniform.  



Made another wreath to remember all those that sacrificed for our freedom. 



She always loves playing with shaving cream and making cute designs on paper to use as wrapping paper or some kind of wall art.  



Lesson 99: Designing a coin 



Lesson 100: Greek Pottery & Creative Designs



Lesson 102: Light against dark, dark against light.

SCIENCE


Love living in the mountains and seeing all the different birds that live in our backyard.  



Earthworm Locomotion Experiment, which we have done in the past and the kids remembered everything from it.  Insulation: the Beginning experiment which we prepped and forgot to get pictures of.  



Insulation Experiment 



Taking your Temperature Experiment 



Seeing how their temperatures change when the temperature around them is different. 

MUSIC/VIDEO



Listened to the best of Handel and watched "Veggietales Rack, Shack, & Benny".



Watched several different videos about Memorial Day. 

FIELD TRIP 



Went to Shenandoah National Park with the family for a Nature Hike. 




Went on a nature hike with the family and saw 3 waterfalls, love being outdoors and soaking in God's creation.


LOVE!!!


Few of God's Creation we observed from our hike. 

We combined two weeks before concluding school and taking a much needed break.  Didn't finish week 32-34 but we will definitely finish in the next cycle.  Learned more about Judah, Daniel and the King's food, Nebuchadnezzar's Dream, the Fiery Furnace, Athens, and Sparta.  Also learned more on about Greece, Judah taken captive, land vertebrates, handwriting in the wall, Cyrus King of Persia, and more on insulation and temperature.  We continued working on a lot of reading and preparing for the end of year testing.  


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