Creation to Christ - Unit 4

This week we learned about Jacobs journey to Haran to find a wife.  Jacob was a shepherd and God spoke to him in a dream. We read the story of Jacob and Esau and learned that Esau forgave him after many years.

We read about Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers.

Our history project was to make a shepherd headband from string and straws.  We did use the end of a narrow paintbrush to help get the yarn through the straw. 

Once the kids got the hang of this, it went quickly!  

And soon, all 3 were finished!! 

The boys were anxious to wear their towels on their heads!  The girl, not so much! Lol! I told her it looked like a princess headband. 

The highlight this week was the Hebrew feast! We loved our family meal and enjoyed listening to 'The top Hebrew songs' as our background music!  

We enjoyed dipping warm flatbread into our toasted garlic, balsamic vinegar,  spices, and olive oil dip.  The rest of our menu was orchard grape juice, green peppers, cucumbers, grapes, white cubed cheese, pistachios, almonds, raisins, and of course.... TURKISH DELIGHT!  (Which by the way we found on Amazon!)

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The kids couldn't wait to try it since they had seen it on Narnia.  LOL...  But they definitely said that it wasn't what they expected.  They all tried the different flavors and said that it reminded them of sugar gum drops! The lemon and mint flavors were their favorites! 

This week we expanded on our creative writing.  The kids were learning to write descriptive paragraphs.  They chose an object and described it using adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.  Writing is often a struggle but, there was a spark at the end of the tunnel when they had the chance to use the computer to type it themselves!  :)  They did a great job!

Our poem this week was Robert Frost's 'A Passing Glimpse'.  The kids painted a field with water color and added purple flowers along the bottom.  We learned that the glimpse that he was referring to was likely from a train car.  

I love seeing the differences the kids have in their artwork.  Although this week it is subtle, uniqueness is grand!



This week in Science the kids have been learning about predator and prey.  We learned that their relationship keeps the cougar and deer population balanced.


Until next week!

Creation to Christ - Unit 3

This week after learning about more tracks (specifically bear tracks) in Science, the kids were determined to pack up all their best exploring tools, compasses, and snacks to head out into our backyard forest to search for bears.   They knew exactly what they were looking for after adding the bear footprints into our animal track books. 

Although, we didn't find any bear, raccoon, or skunk tracks this time, we did find really cool deer tracks near the creek and some really pretty red mushrooms.  This one looks like a heart! 

The kids cut out the animal shapes to add to our map in their correct location of where the animals may be found.  Last week we placed dogs, raccoons, and otters.  This week we added different types of bears.

Our science worksheet was defining romp and holt and the kids were able to make some raccoon tracks across the bottom of their page.

We wanted to include vocabulary into our school year for words we get stuck on.  This week we added covenant.  I found this awesome spiral bound notebook just for vocabulary from lakeshore.  You can find it on amazon here:  Vocabulary Journal

For our history art project, we made an illusion to remind us that God told Isaac that He would make Isaac's descendants as numerous as the stars.  We cut our paper and drew vertical lines 1" apart.  We cut star shapes and traced them onto our paper. 

We colored every other column alternating between the stars and columns.... 

I let the kids choose the color they wanted but, the black and white really stands out to me.  They really enjoyed this simple project. 

We added the star illusion to our history pages.  The kids are really struggling with writing small enough to fit everything into the assigned boxes.  We will have to keep working on that. 

We took our science experiment outside this week  to see which would melt fastest.  The ice cube under the black or the ice cube under the white sheet.

Another observation was that our black pavement  is much hotter than the lighter pavement.  We learned that the black sheet absorbed more light causing it to be warmer and melt faster than the white sheet.  

We learned that this is extremely important for the polar bear's dark skin underneath his coat to help him stay warm.  We copied our results onto our lab sheet.  

Our water color supplies have definitely expanded this year!

Our water color painting this week was of Robert Frost's poem, 'A Peck of Gold.'  They copied a stanza to glue on their painting.  (Some had to use 2 to get their cursive writing to fit!)

These paintings turned out so soft and pretty.  I am still loving the art and poetry appreciation.

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Be blessed!

Creation to Christ - Unit 2

Creation to Christ - Unit 2

This week we read about some of the false religions established likely by Nimrod.  He rebelled against Gods command to spread out and fill the earth and he built the Tower of Babel.  God confused the peoples languages after the flood because they were disobedient.

God promised that through Abram's offspring all the people on the earth would be blessed and the promised Savior would be born from his family tree.  We learned that there were 10 generations from Adam to the flood and 10 more from Noah to Abram.

We read about a cylinder seal of King Urukh that has been unearthed.  The kids were excited to make their own cylinder seal to sign their cuneiform tablet. 

This one likes to get messy.  So she was the official dough mixer!

First, the kids wrote their names in Sharpie on a piece of paper.  We wrapped it around the cylinder seal and they used a push pin to make markings of the letters.  Once they removed the paper they could see an outline of the area they needed to carve.   (kinda like pumpkin carving)

I would definitely say to make sure that the cylinder is cleared of any debris from the carving before it dries as the little pieces will clutter the embossing.

After the cylinder had hardened, the kids gently rolled their cylinder into the tablet. Slow and steady will keep it from pulling up the letters.....   We had to start over on one of them.

The kids used a paper clip to write their cuneiform characters into their tablets.  Overall, I think this turned out great!  The kids were really proud of their Sumerian clay tablets.  

We started reading 'The Golden Bull' this week.  The children were all captivated by the first several chapters often asking me to continue reading.  This book so far is giving us a wonderful  and unique view into a culture of other children growing up in early civilization and their struggle to survive.

Our poetry study and watercolor painting this week was Robert Frost's "The Pasture."

The kids painted a pasture spring with twigs sticking up through the surface of the spring.  They created a shadowing along side of the twigs.  I absolutely love the blend of poetry and art appreciation.  This just may be my favorite part about Creation to Christ so far! 

The kids made animal track books in Science.  They learned that mammals must sweat to cool off and they also nurse their young, are warm-blooded, and have vertebrae.   We added a dog track to our track book and the kids learned that in a pack there is a pecking order.

The kids drew and labeled the parts of the paw.  We also added it into our Science notebooking pages.  

We were able to find the locations of various places in Turkey on our globe and then they labeled on their own maps.

Math  - Teaching Textbooks & CLE,  spelling lessons - Explode the Code, and Grammar (First Language Lesson.... All went well this week too.  Two weeks complete!  Thankful we are starting to get into the groove of the new year.

See you next week! 

Be blessed!