Preparing and Res to Ref- Unit 18

Preparing Hearts for His Glory

This week we resumed with our reading of Grandpa's Box.  The time was here for Jesus to be born!  The long awaited savior arrived on earth.  

We learned that the magi asked King Herod where the King of the Jews was to be born and he became worried. God warned the magi not to return to Herod and he warned Mary and Joseph to seek safety in Egypt. 

The kids history project was to draw and paint the Star of Bethlehem.  There wasn't specific instructions on what kind of star so, we chose one I was familiar with. 

Next, they were to erase the center lines of the star in the center, add a border, and draw shapes inside the star. We painted the outside border with blue. 

We slowly added more white into our blue color to paint the shapes. They gradually became lighter.  

I love how each of the kids stars are unique. 

 The kids cut the stars out and we hung them in our school room!  They really enjoyed this project.  Mixing the paint was a hit! 

Jesus' birth was announced with this special star! It led the magi from the east to worship Jesus in Bethlehem. 

Satan wanted Jesus to sin and he tempted Jesus three times. Jesus quoted God's word and did not fall for Satans schemes.

We learned God did many miracles as signs that he was indeed God's son. People had a hard time believing God had come to earth in human form through Jesus. It is pretty amazing that Satan tried to have Jesus killed more than once, but it wasn't the right time. 

This week we added constellations to our star books. We learned that Polaris stays north while the constellations seem to go around in circles because of the earth spinning on its axis. 

Our experiment was to pretend to be the earth slowly rotating on its axis. We looked up to see the Polaris staying in the north and the constellation seem to move. 

Resurrection to Reformation

This week we learned how the Renaissance spread through Europe.

Michelangelo was a talented sculptor, painter, and architect.  He sculpted the Pieta, David, and Moses. We learned that Michelangelo was commissioned by Pope Julius II to repaint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.  The ceiling contained more than 300 figures and it took him 4 years to complete.  

The Sistine Chapel is part of the Pope's residence in Vatican City.

This week the history art project was to sketch and paint one of the most famous images painted in the Sistine Chapel of God giving life to mankind through Adam.  We thought it looked a little bit like ET but I am so glad he (my non art child) put forth effort to get this completed.  He got the chance to see that it would be very difficult to paint upside down.

Jan van Eyck was a flemish artist who lived in Flanders.  He used great detail and perspective in his art.

We did have time to enjoy the snow this week!
Stay warm!

See you next week!