Second guessing my decision telling the kids we were only schooling 4 days this week and 4 days next week due to the holiday. It gave them a case of the cRaZiEs all week! It is important to me to have days off when Daddy is off work too though, so we can do things as a family. We pulled through and combined a couple days and made it work.
This weeks verse was Matthew 6: 19-21.
We shortened it a little here to go along with the song on the 'Hide Em' in your Heart' CD.
It was great to have them write in their journal about the field trip to the Norfolk Zoo. We saw lots of animals.
Journal Writing
In art we made self portraits with a head template I found on Pinterest. The kids thought this was a fun project and it was a great opportunity to reinforce that everyone is unique and special in God's eyes.
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In Science, we talked about light and how some things block out light completely and others show light through. The kids made their predictions and experimented to see which objects!
We also experimented with water and learned that it doesn't have a shape of its own but takes the shape of whatever contains it. I didn't have a chance to get pics because I was keeping up with the kids on this one. Nonetheless, they love experimenting and it's fun watching them learn!
The kids favorite part of homeschool is still getting to go to school barefoot and in their pajamas!! She decided she needed a blanket at her desk while doing her rainbow copywork! HA! She's getting it finished so... Ok, fine by me!
Believe it or not... Rainbow Copywork with colored pencils is still one of their favorites!
In history we learned about the Pilgrims creating new lives in Amsterdam, Holland. The women and children were finally able to join their husbands and were amazed with the new land surrounded by water. We made a dike from playdoh to show how it held back the water from the land. They rang their bell and patched the holes when the water leaked just as they did in Holland.
Mason worked on multiplication tables with dice for Math. He understands the concept and enjoyed using the dice to learn. Kenlyn is working on addition and subtraction.
We finished out the week reading the parable of the rich man in Luke 12:13-21. We made red barns and copied our memory verse inside the doors to remind us when we open the doors that we shouldn't store treasures here on earth.
We learned that the rich man built bigger barns when his crop was terrific and would no longer fit in the small barn. He stored up his earthly treasure but, he wasn't prepared when his time on earth was over. We learned to be careful what we treasure and how we spend our time.
After finishing our Helen Keller biography, today we watched Disney's version of her story called, The Miracle Worker. The kids really enjoyed the book, her story and the movie. They both also showed interest in learning sign language.
See you next week!
Be Blessed!
Enjoyed the blog...It's good to keep up with Mason and Kenlyn and their new teacher.
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Deletedid you make the copywork pages yourself? We've been using the ones on the facebook group, but it doesn't have a middle line, or room enough for a second line to copy. would you mind sharing?
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