August 12, 2010- THE MOON "I am the light of the world"

So today was more of a fun learning day for us. We still learned about the moon today however today we learned how different it looked in size because of the distance apart we are from it on the earth. Daddy and I built the girls a space ship so that we could travel to the moon and explore! We put a table cloth over the kitchen table and hung stars from the fan, along with the moon (since we started on the earth). We even made the girls space helmets to wear in the ship and on the moon.




So we loaded all the girls into the space ship, and did a count down! Daddy stood outside the table and shook it and we stomped our feet to make it as realistic as we could. Once we landed on the moon we were able to see the sun and the earth! The girls really loved it!! Even baby E- was lovin her space hat!!

August 11, 2010- The Moon "I am the light of the world"

Today we again learned about the letter "M". We were so excited that Daddy helped us with school today! A-practiced her handwriting while daddy and S- learned how to do an ABC dot-to-dot page on the letter "M". After A- was done she also was able to join in the dot-to-dot fun!







We continued our lesson on the Moon today! Today we learned the different phases of the moon and WHY the moon changes shape! First mommy showed them photos she printed off line of a "New moon, crescent moon, quarter moon, and a full moon". Then we used the white ball, the globe and the flashlight (sun) to create the different moons. The girls then took black paper and drew a picture of all four moons with white chalk.

We also talked again about how we need to reflect Jesus's light just like the moon reflects the light of the sun.

August 9, 2010- THE MOON "I Am the light of the world"

This week we are talking about "The Moon". We had a time last week talking about the "Sun" since it rained 2 out of the three days we learned about it. So two days last week we didn't get to finish our "Sun" projects so I combined it with our "Moon" lesson today which worked out GREAT!!

First we took the globe and found where we lived. Then we used a flashlight as the sun and talked about how the sun does not stay in one spot all day long. When the sun goes down in the evening it means it's shining someplace else on the world.

Then we took a little white ball and that was our "Moon" we talked about how if there was NO sun, then the moon would not have a "light" of it's own. We took the flashlight and shined it on the white ball and watched the globe below light up (just a little) from the reflection of light.



Then we went into the bathroom and turned out all the lights and looked into the mirror. We talked about how the mirror does not have a light just like the moon, but when mommy shines the flashlight into the mirror it reflects back on our faces, just like the moon does to the earth.

Then we talked about how Jesus is the Sun, and we are the moon. When Jesus shines his light on us we can shine our light so the whole world can see! When we spend time with Jesus, we can invite him into our hearts so we can have light too because "Jesus (I AM) Is the light of the world."



At the end of our "Moon/Sun" lesson today Daddy gave the girls a special surprise! This weekend we got the new Veggie Tale DVD "Sweatpea Princess" and we also got the girls a special Sweatpea watch with it that Daddy gave them after our lesson today. He talked about how our watches tells us where the sun is at! We also showed them that 12:00 means the sun is straight up above us!




We also did our 100 chart and counted how many sticks we have in our jar! S- did great today with counting and tracing the numbers on her calendar!!




Then we learned about the letter "M" by making a "M" booklet, talking about what sound it makes and how "M IS FOR MOON" We also did our Math rods and made the letter "M" and counted how many rods it took to make the letter and what colors we used.

We had a wonderful lesson today and I'm looking forward to the rest of the week learning more about the "Moon" and how we can "reflect" Jesus!

August 4, 2010- "SUN" Jesus is the light of the world.

So today we started off with A- practicing some handwriting, and S- threading her letter S. They did a fantastic job!!



Both of them got to take out the sticks that we've put in the jar so far after we added one for today and count them out for our 100 chart. We also updated our calendar today as well as our 100 chart.




We did our science experiment today to the best of our ability since it was raining out. We took some grapes and talked about how if we put them in the sun they will turn to raisins. So we put some in a bowl and put them on the window sill until we can get them outside for now. We'll check them each day to see how many days it takes for them to turn to raisins! Then of course no experiment is complete without eating something, so we opened a pack of raisins and enjoyed them!!






We also talked again about the Sun and we learned how Jesus is like the sun because the Sun keeps us from walking in the darkness and falling. As long as we are obedient to Jesus he is like the sun because he helps us to walk the right way and not stumble and fall. The curriculum gave me a badge for the girls to wear but we did it a little different, I just wrote the saying "Jesus is the light of the world" on construction paper and let them make their own picture, they really liked that! If we did the badge it would have been torn up all over the house by the end of the day. So now they have their special pictures that they are SO proud of!!

August 3, 2010- "SUN" Jesus is the light of the world

Today we continued with the "Sun" lesson and was reminded again that "Jesus is the light of the world" our activity today was to paint a yellow sun and alternate yellow and orange rays so we can learn about patterns.

August 2, 2010- "SUN" Jesus is the light of the world!

We started our day out today with our 100 chart. We are going to count 100 days of school starting today. Each day we will put 1 Popsicle stick or straw in our jar, each time we get to 10 we will put a rubber band around them and put them in a box (to learn to count by 10's). Then we write the number of the day on our 100 chart today was day 1, tomorrow will be day 2 etc until we get up to day 100. On day 100 we will celebrate!! Not only did we learn to count to 100, but we also learned to count by 10's!


Then we went onto our August Calendar. For this we write the day in each square every day and then for the month of August we will be working on "Colors" so each day they will color in the square for that day with the color I tell them.



My poor little S- gets so frustrated sometimes and is always saying "I CAN'T DO IT!" So we got the book "the little engine that could" from the library this week and anytime she starts saying that we all start saying "I think I can, I think I can" until she does it, then we all praise her! She LOVES it! She has even started saying it herself without prompting when she gets frustrated!





Today we talked about the Letter "S" We did our Rods (math) and built an S with two colors then found all the light green rods and put on top. Then we counted how many light green rods it took to cover the entire S!





We colored our "S Book" and cut them out and learned that "S is for Snake, Skunk, Spoon, Shirt, etc..."



And at last we learned about the "SUN" we talked about how the sun is actually a star and it looks so big cause it's so much closer to us than the other stars. We put a blind fold on and tried walking in the darkness in the living room, but kept running into things! We learned it's so much easier to walk in the sunlight and when we can see. We also learned that "Jesus is also the light of the world" and by walking with Jesus he helps us not to fall and stumble in the darkness! And we will be memorizing this week that "Jesus is the light of the world"

July 27-Aug 2, 2010 Creation Day 7

Creation Day 7 GOD RESTED!!! Yes even God took a day off!! Day 7 we did on two seperate days, one day last week we went to Lifeway bookstore and bought some "creation silly bands" the girls LOVED them. We told the story of creation as they put them on their wrists and was able to take them off and retell it everytime they put them back on. They were awesome!! Then today we finished up with their creation books and stapled them together, and their creation numbers.

July 26, 2007 Creation Day 6

Creation Day 6 God Created the Animals and Adam & Eve!

July 23, 2010 Creation Day 5

Creation Day 5 God Created the Birds of the Air and the Sea Creatures.
(sorry I was slacking on photos this day)