July 19, 2011: Creation Day 3 & Proverbs

Today's number of the day was 3! E~ our 2 year old had a blast today! She got to put up the apple on the tree! A~ did great with her pattern worksheets in her math book and her number of the day worksheet!



While we were working on that stuff, E~ was building away with her math stuff! She was building towers while singing "The B-I-B-L-E". And when the tower got too tall and started leaning, and she knew she couldn't put anymore on to of it; the smart little thing tried taking it off the peg board and put it under it on the bottom! LOL



A~ did her review of the letters "G, H, & I"




And then for our bible lesson we did Creation Day 3 Genesis 1:9-13 " Then God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered together so the dry land will appear." And it happened. God named the dry land "earth" and the water that was gathered together "seas." God saw that this was good. Then God said, "Let the earth produce plants - some to make grain for seeds and others to make fruits with seeds in them. Every seed will produce more of its own kind of plant." And it happened. The earth produced plants with grain for seeds and trees that made fruit with seeds in them. Each seed grew its own kind of plant. God saw that all this was good. Evening passed, and morning came. This was the third day"

We also read Proverbs 9:10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom...." We talked about what it means to fear the Lord and what it means to have wisdom and we worked on memorizing this verse today.

After all this we colored a picture of what it looked like after God created the Seas, Sky and land.

July 17, 2011: "Creation Day 2 & Clay Pots"

The number of the day today was "2". We put up our 2nd apple, and wrote a 2 on our 100 chart. Then A~ did her number of the day worksheet.





A's~ Math worksheet today was again about patterns. She had to color a bit then cut out the squares and continue the pattern. She did great!!



While mommy worked with A~ on her math & phonics, Daddy was able to help S~ with her ABC's and doing her string patterns.




For phonics today we reviewed the letters "D,E, & F" and how to correctly print them. We also did an exercise for "A, B, & C" where mommy says the word "Apple" and A~ has to correctly write the first letter of the word on her page. She did fantastic!!




Then today we did day 2 of Creation. Genesis 1:6-8 "Then God Said, "Let there be something to divide the water in two." So God made the air and placed some of the water above the air and some below it. God named the air "sky". Evening passed and morning came. This was the second day."







So for day 1 we learned about scrolls, and how they used to store them in clay jars. Today we made our own miniature jar! The girls had a blast!!

We also learned about the book of Proverbs, how it was written mostly by King Solomon who lived a LONG time ago. Each week we will be memorizing a proverb because they will help us become wise. Proverbs are like valuable treasures!

First Day of School: July 12, 2011: "Creation Day 1 & Scrolls"

Today was our first day of School for 2011-2012! We started early again this year since my due date is Sept again. This way we can take a few more weeks off school if we need to! A~ turned 5 in Feb, and today was her 1st day of 1st Grade! S~ just turned 4 in May and today was her first day of Kindergarten! E~ turned 2 in June and today was her first day of pre-school, and T~ will be 1 in August and she was just along for the ride.

I was a bit upset about the photos today, we had several great photos that we took and we lost them so we had to improvise! So what you don't see today you will see in our photos tomorrow.



We started our day out with our school songs, and then we did the pledge to the American Flag, Christian Flag, and the Bible. Today E~ got to be the bible holder.



Our number for today was the number 1. S~ got to put up the 1st apple on our tree today! We also wrote the number 1 on our 100 chart.



A~ did her number of the day worksheet. She practiced writing the number 1 and then we wrote equations that equaled 1.





A~, also gets to start her first math book this year. We start this year off with learning about patterns. It was actually a bit more challenging then I thought it would be. We used blocks to help her understand the problems and she did great!!




A~ did page 1 of her student workbook, which for the next 9 days is just reviewing the ABC's how to write them correctly and their sounds.





Today we learned about the first day of Creation. Genisis 1:1-5 In the beginning God created the sky and the earth. The earth was empty and had no form. Darkness covered the ocean, and God's Spirit was moving over the water. Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, so he divided the light from the darkness. God namaed the light "day" and the darkness "night." Evening passed, and morning came. This was the first day."

We colored the number 1 for "Creation day 1" and also made page 1 of our creation book showing dark from light.




Then A's~ bible lesson today was about Scrolls. We learned how the bible was a special book because it had God's words in it. It was written a long time ago and instead of books, people wrote on scrolls. Instead of having pages like a book, scrolls were made of one large long sheet, up to 35 feet long and 10-12 inches wide. The sheets were made from leather, parchment, or a plant called papyrus. They were rolled up from left to right between two wooden rollers. The rods were usually decorated at both ends with knobs or ornaments, to protect the scrolls and make them easier to handle. Scrolls were often stored in pottery jars. The writing was in short vertical columns a few inches wide, written side by side, and separated by a narrow space. To read the scroll, one column at a time was uncovered and read, and then rolled up on the other roller. usually people only wrote on one side of the sheet. It took five scrolls to write the first five books of the Bible!

When a bible scroll got old, people couldn't just go to the store and buy a new one like we can with a book today. Somebody had to copy ALL the words by hand! They had to write VERY VERY carefully so there weren't any mistakes. The words were so special because the Bible is God's words to us!

So on the pages above A~ wrote the letters A, B, & C in her best handwriting! Then as we finish all 26 letters in the next few days we will link them together and make our own scroll!

Today was a great start to the year I'm looking forward to sharing our day with you tomorrow, since we lost a few photos today!

Our summer project: Collect for Kenya...you can help!

So I saw on a blog the other day about the "Focus on the Family, Clubhouse JR. Summer Challenge" I've been looking for a while for things that the girls could do for others as a service project but haven't ever really found anything that has worked for us. So after seeing this summer challenge I thought it was a great idea for the girls to get involved, experience what true poverty is like, and work hard to help someone else. I thought it was a chance to instill thankfulness, selflessness, and compassion into them.

So this summer we will be working hard to be able to send school supplies and small toys to the children in Kenya. I want the girls to have to work for this and not just be handed things so the way they will be earning money to buy these things will be 1. We are having a yard sale next weekend. They have gone through their toys and put what they don't want into bags, we will put them in a bucket and ask for donations for the toys for the kids in Kenya. 2. They will have opportunities to earn money from doing their daily chores around our home, and will be able to decide what out of their money they would like to use for the kids in Kenya. SO far I've been pleased with their attitudes and answers and how selfless they have been with this. And #3...YOU...They will happily come to your house for small chores (remember they are only 4 & 5 but are great helpers ;)), They will be taking donations if you want to just donate money, school supplies or NEW small toys. #3 Mommy will be helping a bit with this one, Since I have my home business of making hair bows...I will also designate 1 type of bow to sell where all the proceeds will go to the girls so they can send stuff to Kenya. Check out my facebook page.

We are super excited about helping the kids!! When I showed them the photos and explained to them about how most of them don't have parents and even some of them -no homes, S~ was quick to say "Well mom, they can come live with us!" lol, If only we could, I'd take every one of them!

If you are interested in helping them out this summer with their project or donating items please feel free to message me at mom2manycoopers@gmail.com. Our deadline for sending the items is August 31, 2011.

Thanks!!

Week of June 1, 2011: Butterfly: God can make me new

Our favorite lesson this year was definitely the butterfly lesson!! Since A~'s favorite thing is butterflies she was so excited!!







Once we received our caterpillars in the mail, we watched them for about a week until they climbed to the top and hung down head first. Then one morning we woke up and they had spun a chrysalis!








Once they were completely wrapped up and had settled for a few days, daddy helped us move them into the butterfly habitat so that when they hatched they were ready to fly around!





We waited about a week, and all 5 butterflies hatched within 24 hours! We were all SO excited that we got to see them come out of the chrysalis!











After a few days of watching them and feeding them, we decided it was time to let them go. We talked about how just like the caterpillar was wrapped up in the silk and transformed into something beautiful, when we give our lives to Christ that's exactly what he does to us. He wraps us in his arms and transforms our old ugly hearts into new beautiful hearts!

We had a blast this school year! But we won't be long gone cause we are taking a SHORT break then we will be doing some character building this summer as well as a summer mission project. So keep watch we'll be posting about our summer project soon!!

May 20, 2011: "Frog" I use my tongue wisely

April 22, 2011 "Jewel" Jesus is more valuable than anything else