Broad Horizons: Archive of Homeschooling 2007-2008

Week of 4/6/08

Memory Verse:[Jesus said] "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last." Mark 9:35
Circle: Rain (play in rain if/when it rains & is warm enough)
MOVING - help pack!
PARTIALLY DONE Art: Thank You Cards from Birthday
DONE Art: Birthday card for Adam
DONE Art: Birthday card for Megan

Week of 3/31/08

Memory Verse:[Jesus said] "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last." Mark 9:35
Circle: Rain (play in rain if/when it rains & is warm enough)
We're moving . . . Homeschool is on "spring break" until we get moved LOL

Week of 3/24/08

Memory Verse:Let us love one another for love comes from God. 1 John 4:7
Circle: Wind
DONE Nature (all week): Grain a day From Kindergarten Snack Book (incorporate into menu)
SKIPPED Nature: Have Grandma show girls how she grinds grain
DONE Book: Fairy Houses
SKIPPED Handwork: Build Fairy house
SKIPPED Handwork: Add water feature to fairy house
DONE Book: We're Going on a Bear Hunt
SKIPPED Handwork: Add decorations to fairy house
DONE Book: Pancakes, Pancakes
DONE Nature: Talk about history of mills

Week of 3/17/08

Memory Verse:I will accept nothing belonging to you. Gen 14:23
Circle: Wind
DONE Finish St Patricks Day Lapbook
Art: Decorate goody bags for Birthday party

Week of 3/10/08

Memory Verse:Lets not have any quarreling between you and me. Gen 13:8
Circle: Wind
Extra: Start St Patricks Day Lapbook (worked on it a bunch)
SKIP Nature: Re-fill shell candles we made before
DONE Nature: Collect shells from around the house, add some to nature table
DONE Nature: Start herbs/plants for container garden
DONE Book: Houses from the Sea
DONE Art: Examine various items, and talk about their texture (C&P pg25)
DONE Book: Seven Blind Mice
DONE Nature: Add natural sponge to girls' bath toys

Week of 3/3/08

Memory Verse:Worship the Lord with gladness. Ps 100:2
Circle: Wind
Nature: Update Nature table for early spring
Art: Getting in touch with your painting arm (Children & Painting pg 10)
Art: Developing a Brushstroke Vocabulary (C&P p12)

(Incorporate C&P pg10 & 12 into another art lesson, instead of doing them all separately)

These are the resources we used in the Sound Unit:

Week of 2/18/08

Memory Verse:I have set my rainbow in the clouds. It will be a sign. Gen 9:13
Circle: Whatever strikes our fancy each day LOL
Music: Carnival of Animals

Week of 2/11/08

Memory Verse:Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise. Ps 48:1
Circle: Valentines Day
DONE Book: The Dragons Are Singing Tonight
DONE Handwork: Use puppets to perform poems from Dragon book
DONE Art: Watercolor Pencils

Week of 2/4/08

Memory Verse: I will praise you forever for what you have done. Ps 52:9
Circle: Valentines Day
DONE Book: Three Billy Goats Gruff
SKIP Handwork: Make goats puppets and act out Three Billy Goats Gruff

Week of 1/28/08

Memory Verse: We will obey the voice of the Lord. Jer. 42:6
Circle: Winter & Snow
Kindermusik: Practice with mallets
Art: Wet into Wet Wash
Nature: Night time nature walk
Art: Watercolor Pencils
Handwork: Make goats puppets and act out Three Billy Goats Gruff
Art: Smooth & Rough
Book: Three Billy Goats Gruff
Art: Gather Supplies
Art: Other Textures
Archive of previous weeks

Week of 1/21/08

Memory Verse: The Lord is good and his love endures forever. Ps 100:5
Circle: Winter & Snow
Nature: Night time nature walk
Art: Clouds wash
Book: Three Billy Goats Gruff
Handwork: Make goats puppets and act out Three Billy Goats Gruff
SKIP Art: Wet into Wet Wash
DONE Finish Adam & Eve lapbook (L)
DONE Art: Graduated wash
DONE Handwork: Read "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" and make horse sound effects
SKIP Art: Watercolor flat wash
DONE Book/CD: Charlie Parker Played Be Bop
DONE Book: Owl Moon

Week of 1/14/08

Memory Verse: God blessed the seventh day and made it holy. Gen 2:3
Circle: Winter & Snow
Finish Adam & Eve lapbook - A did, L still has one more mini book
DONE Handwork: Gather "household" instruments and make music
SKIPPED (snow)Art: Kinder Konzert
DONE Nature: Listening Walk
DONE Book: Ty's One Man Band
DONE Nature: Winter Nature Table
DONE Art: Read Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin

Week of 1/7/08
Memory Verse: God said, "Let us make man in our image." Gen 1:26
Circle: select a variety of books we haven't read for awhile and move to homeschool basket for this week.
Adam & Eve lapbook

Week of 12/31/07

Memory Verse: God saw all that He had made and it was very good. Gen 1:31
Circle: select a variety of books we haven't read for awhile and move to homeschool basket for this week.
Reading: Continue working through "In the Beginning" (for A)
Reading: Continue working with Bob Books
SKIP Nature: Rainbows
Book/Cooking: Sun Bread

While there are still some odds & ends we're going to tie up with the Water in our World Unit, for the most part we are done, here are the resources we used for this unit:

Week of 12/24/07

DONE Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: Children are a gift from the Lord. Ps 127:3
DONE Circle: Christmas - Advent Calendars
Reading: Continue working through "In the Beginning"
SKIP Nature: Make paper snowflakes
DONE Cooking: Christmas cookies
Book/Cooking: Sun Bread (Read book but didn't bake bread yet)

Week of 12/17/07

Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: Today a Savior is born. Luke 2:11
Circle: Christmas - Advent Calendars
Reading: Continue working through "In the Beginning"
Reading: Continue working with Bob Books
Cooking: Christmas cookies
DONE Nature: Talk about being thirsty
DONE Book: The Hermit and the Well
DONE Nature: Talk about what happens if we don't water plants
DONE Book: A Cool Drink of Water

Week of 12/10/07

Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: The angels . . . serve God and are sent to help. Heb 1:14
Circle: Christmas - Advent Calendar
Reading: Continue working through "In the Beginning"
Reading: Continue working with Bob Books
DONE Cooking: Banana Oatmeal Cookies
DONE Handwork: Make Pinecone Birdfeeders

Week of 12/3/07

Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: Let your word help me understand. Ps 119:169
Work through "In the Beginning" Workbook, and start working with Bob Books.

Week of 11/26/07

Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: Encourage one another and build each other up. 1 Thess. 5:11
Circle: Christmas (sing a carol, look at meaning behind a tradition, work on Nativity lapbook
DONE Book: Snowballs
DONE Cooking: Make tea, watch water change color as it steeps.

Week of 11/19/07

Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: Do what is right. 2 Cor. 8:21
DONE Circle Time: Thanksgiving
DONE Book: Snowflake Bentley
DONE Book: Blueberry Garden
DONE Art: Aluminum foil sculpture
DONE Book: Little Cloud
DONE Cooking: Thanksgiving Dinner Prep
SKIP Handwork: Paint mugs/bowls
SKIP Extra: Thanksgiving Lapbook
SKIP Nature: Paint pots for container gardening

Week of 11/12/07
Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: Come and stay at my house. Acts 16:15
Circle Time: Thanksgiving
Book: The Popcorn Shop
DONE: Handwork: Do a Water Project from Earth, Fire, Water & Air (boat)
DONE Art:: Pots & Pans art
DONE Book Crossings
SKIP Nature: Go to railroad museum to see steam locamotive (?)
DONE Cooking: Make pasta, add oil to water to watch it swirl
DONE Cooking: Make popcorn in a kettle with a glass lid to watch it pop

Week of 11/5/07

Memory Work: Luke 2:1-7
Memory Verse: The Lord has sent me so that you can see again. Acts 9:17
Circle Time: Thanksgiving
DONE Nature: Read "A Drop of Water" & fingerplay
DONE Nature: Re-do nature table with water/beach theme
DONE Nature: Walk along stream, imagine following to sea
DONE Handwork: Make Seashore Candles
DONE Books: The Seashore Book
DONE Other: Plant bulbs

Week of 10/29/07

Sea World, Disney World, Travel . . .

Resources used for "Sun, Moon and Shadows"

Week of 10/22/07

Circle: Pumpkin songs & fingerplays
Memory Verse: The church kept on praying to God for him. Acts 12:5
DONE Cooking: Homemade Tortillas/Burritos
DONE Cooking: Granola Bars
DONE Extras: Whole Foods Trick-or-Treating
DONE (as much as we're going to do) Art:: Mechanical Resists
SKIP Handwork: Seasonal Tree from More Magic Wool
SKIP Nature: Apple printing

Week of 10/15/07

Circle: Pumpkin songs & fingerplays
Memory Verse: God does not show favoritism Acts 10:34
DONE Nature: Star Gazing
DONE Cooking: Carve a pumpkin
DONE Cooking: Sourdough bread
DONE Other: Visit Pumpkin Patch/Corn Maze
SKIP Play: plant "magic" pumpkin seeds
SKIP Play: Hide small pumpkins in yard and let kids find them

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