Sunday, October 21, 2007

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
Week of 12/17/07

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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