MFW: CtG and Gods Creation Week 12

MFW: Creation to the Greek and God's Creation from A to Z Week 12

This week we will continue our studies on the ten commandments, start learning about the 10 plagues, Egyptian temples, gods, and their belief of the afterlife.  Water in its gas phase and water being cohesive and adhesive.  Also will learn all about insects, its life cycle, identifying body parts, and observe the many different ones that surround us.

BOOKS

Few book we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: Ten Commandments; I am a wise child, so I work hard.

~Exodus 20:14

~Matthew 5:27-30

~Romans 1:18-23, 25

~Exodus 5-9

~Proverbs 6:6-9; 30:24-25; 10:4-5

~Colossians 3:23-24

~Psalm 19:7-10

~2 Thessalonians 3:10b

LANGUAGE ARTS

Greek word this week: Kinesis (kinetic, cinema)



Reading, handwriting, and spelling practice.



Spelling and Language Arts workbook



Learning about writing letters and how to send a letter.

Observing letter Ii objects

Handwriting practice 

Letter Ii picture cards

Made little circles for the caterpillar's body with the letter of his name on them.  He formed the caterpillar by spelling out his name.

Worksheet and reading practice

 Made some letter bugs with all the letters we have done so far.  He would say them and then erase as he went, getting rid of the bugs.

Reading, spelling, and handwriting practice.

MATH

100 Chart



Calendar and weather chart 

Adding fractions 

Subtracting Fractions 

Learning time, handwriting practice, love that K captured this special moment of me helping D with his writing.  It's rare when I'm in a picture with the kids since I'm always the one behind the camera.

Identifying and counting numbers with his ice cream math activity I made him awhile back, went perfect with the letter of the week.  He would first place the numbers (ice cream cones) in the correct order and then would place the correct scoops of ice cream (pom poms) on the cones.

Made number bugs, same as I did with the letter bugs, he would add the correct number of legs to the bugs according to the number.

Sequence and counting 

HISTORY

Studied about the Egyptian temples, gods and their belief of the afterlife.

Made a scroll of the ten plagues, got this ideas from Jesus without Language website.

Working on their 10 Plagues book, starting with the waters turning into blood.

Kids made their own 10 Plagues book, got these pages from Carol blog, started with the first five this week and will finish the rest next week.

ART 

Made this cute thumbprint alphabet for D.  He loved seeing his thumbprints form something for each letter, found this on Easy Peasy and Fun Fingerprint Alphabet.

Thumbprint Insects, saw several of these on Pinterest.

Kids worked together to form different shapes and this bug, love activities that gets them to work together.

SCIENCE

Skating Drops Experiment

We've been learning all about insects with little man, got out our Ant Body Part lap book I made for when K was in Kindergarten.  He really enjoyed learning about the ant's body.



Learned about the ant's life cycle, he memorized all the stages and was excited to tell everyone about it.

Also worked on the Ladybugs and Honey Bees life cycle.

Completed his Honeycomb picture using a grain of rice to represent the eggs, a piece of white bean shaped paper for the larva, brown paper for honey, and the yellow hexagon shape for the honeycomb.

MUSIC 

Say Hello to Classical Music: #11 Rinsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee

The Best of Vivaldi

FIELD TRIP 

Letter Ii cannot be complete without a trip to our favorite homemade ice cream shop at Gillis Hill Farm with the family.

Story time at the library: Back to School with Math

Counting, matching, and placing numbers in order.

Measuring with blocks

Made cute school buses and school house with popsicle sticks. 

This week we continued our studies on the ten commandments, started learning about the 10 plagues, Egyptian temples, gods, and their belief of the afterlife.  Water in its gas phase and water being cohesive and adhesive.  Also learned all about insects, its life cycle, identified the insects body parts, and observed the many different ones that surround us.  Little man loved trying to catch as many bugs as possible, I had to make sure his pockets were cleared before letting him come in the house.  Great week of learning and fun, 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 11

This week we will more about water: liquid, gas, and solid.  Do several water experiments.  Work on memorizing the ten commandments.  Learn about Egyptian invasion, Obelisk, Code of Hammurabi, The Old Babylonian Kingdom, and how to draw a tree.  Little man will work on the letter Ww, number 10, review his colors and shapes, work on adding and subtraction.  It's going to be a fun week of lots of learning.   

BOOKS

Few of the books we used this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse:  Exodus 20

~Genesis 45:16-18; 25-46:7; 26-27; 47:11-12; 47:27

~Exodus 2:11-25; 17:1-6

~Isaiah 55:1, 3

~John 7:37-39a; 4:6-14

~Acts 20:35b

Baby Moses bible cards

The Burning Bush Bible Cards

Pottery and Chariots Bible Cards

LANGUAGE ARTS

Lots of reading, working on spelling words, and more cursive handwriting practice.



This week she learned the Greek word THESIS: parenthesis.

Observing letter Ww items.



Letter W fun 



Handwriting and reading practice.

Identifying letter sound and more reading practice. 

Reading and handwriting practice.

MATH

Calendar and weather work.



100 Chart 



Multiplication word problems.



Adding and Subtracting Fractions.

Reviewing numbers, handwriting practice, and learning the number 10.

Counting 1-10, shape recognition, and handwriting practice.

Printed these cute worksheets from Mary Martha Mama website to go with our Moses theme.

TIMELINE 

Added Israel in Egypt, Code of Hammurabi, and Moses 1526 BC.

HISTORY

Learned about chariots, warfare, and from slavery to freedom.

The Empire of Hammurabi and the Egyptian Empire, some very interesting facts.

Story Sequencing of the story of Baby Moses, printed from Mary Martha Mama website.

Printed this worksheet from the above link (Mary Martha Mama) to go with our studies on Moses.

Kids glued pieces of tissue paper to a bush to represent the burning bush.

ART 

Drawing a Tree

Designing an Obelisk

SCIENCE

Learning about the types of clouds and the water cycle, got these posters at Dollar Tree.

State of Matter: Solid, Liquid, and Gas.  Got these worksheets from Clever Learner and Mrs. Thompson Treasures both I found on Pinterest.

Sink and Float Experiment

Observing water condensation.

Making it rain, filled half of a mason jar with water, then added shaving cream on top to represent clouds, gave each one a cup of water with food coloring and a dropper.  They got the colored water and added them it to the shaving cream, once the cream got full of water and colored water would come down into the water to represent rain.  One of their favorite experiments to do.

Observing the water in its solid and liquid form, seeing how the water takes the form of whatever container it's in.



Why things float Experiment

We were able to float 42 coins before the tin foil sunk in the water.

After 4 days we observed how the water condensated and evaporated in the mason jars.

Looked at waters 3 state of matters: Liquid, Solid, and Gas form.

Observed how water moves up a leaf.

We added oil and water on some construction paper to represent how ducks stay dry.  It was really cool to see how the water would run off the paper with the oil on it.  

Here's a closer look at the feather with oil on it, the picture doesn't do it justice.

Ordered some water beads online last year which went perfect for our studies of water absorption.

It took about 6 hours to get these water beads the size they are now.  Added them to a small water bottle for them to enjoy.  Of course I sealed the top so no one opens the bottle and spills water and the beads everywhere.

MUSIC/VIDEOS

The Best of Vivaldi: Winter, colored this beautiful picture while listening to the music.

Say Hello to Classical Music: #10 Handel: Water Music, he loves dancing to the music.  

Watched "Veggie Tales: Duke and the Giant Pie Water", which has the story of baby Moses in it.

FIELD TRIP 

Went to Gillis Hill Farm with my dad and the kids to get some ice cream and then take a walk around the farm.  Always such a relaxing place to go with the family.

So many cute animals and beautiful areas to take pictures.

This week we learned more about water: liquid, gas, and solid.  Did several water experiments.  Worked on memorizing the ten commandments.  Learned about Egyptian invasion, Obelisk, Code of Hammurabi, The Old Babylonian Kingdom, and how to draw a tree.  Little man worked on the letter Ww, number 10, review his colors and shapes, work on adding and subtraction.  It's been a very fun week of learning, now unto next week to see what adventures are in store for us.

GOD BLESS!!

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