Character Training - Endurance with free printable

 In addition to our Bible curriculum, we are using the Virtue Training Bible. We learn a new character trait each week using verses from the bible. I created several notebook pages to go along with our character studies. J uses these to add to her character notebook. This week's character was endurance.

J wasn't sure what endurance meant. She looked it up in her dictionary and added the definition to the top of her notebook page.

She worked on her word ring. Each week, she adds the character trait to her word ring. Each word page has the trait on the front and a key bible verse on the back. We use these to review each trait.

J looked up the verses in the bible and highlighted them in the key color - red. J added tabs to the page for easy reference later. She loves doing this and I love that it gives her experience looking up verses and such.

If you would like to download my Endurance Notebook Pages to use in your own study, please feel free. Enjoy! Hope you are having a great week:)

Download Endurance Bible Notebook Pages HERE.

Tot Tuesday

My friend brought me Starbucks the other day along with some extra whip cream.

Well, it gave us some time to have a conversation:)

Jesus and His Family Return Home

Our next lesson in Telling God's Story Book 1 was lesson 24 - Jesus and His Family Return Home. It was time for Jesus to return home.

J truly enjoys coloring her sheets while listening to the lesson. She loves any type of art activities.

This lesson was rather short but we did all of the activities planned. J worked on a secret message about the lesson.

J also worked on creating some coins from clay. They were replicas of coins from Herod's time and she used the diagram given to create them. She loves working with air dry clay. I always try to keep some on hand. She made two coins that she painted after they dried. I didn't have the chance to search for other activities as my computer was on the fritz (it seemed like forever). We are still loving this curriculum:) See You soon.

Lewis and Clark Unit - Week 2

In addition to our normal studies with Sonlight Core D - American History year 1, we are working through a unit/lap book on Lewis and Clark. We are using Hands of a Child Lewis and Clark lap book and several chapter books. Here are a few things that we worked on this week.

While discussing the Louisiana Purchase, J marked the map with the land mass that came with the purchase. The purchase doubled the size of America.

J worked on some coloring sheets of Lewis and Clark that she will use in her lap book.

We read about Thomas Jefferson and created a mini book about him. The book includes all of his political offices and several of his inventions.

We read that there was only one casualty during the entire expedition - a man named Floyd who they think died of an appendicitis. Well, it was a perfect time to look up what an appendix was - she is a little on the disgusted side!

Another interesting item that we read about was about a bear that attacked the travelers, was shot multiple times, and still came at them! The bear was over 8 feet tall! I wanted J to get a feel of how long 8 feet was so we got a tape measure out and marveled over the distance. Wow! Can you imagine a bear of that size running you down? Not too bad for week 2 of Lewis and Clark. Having fun learning with J! Have a good one.

American Artists - Edward Hopper

As part of our American History program, we are studying American Artists. As the backbone of our art studies, we are using Great American Artists for Kids. We learn about one artist each week, completing a notebook page, a timeline, and a project to reflect the art of the artist studied. This week, our artist was Edward Hopper.

I was able to find two books about Edward Hopper from the library. We started our lesson by reading each book and learning about Hopper's life.

J worked on an artist page for her notebook as well as an artist card for our wall.

J added Hopper to her timeline book that we use from our Sonlight studies. She was happy to see Picasso on her timeline - her favorite artist.

The project suggested in the Great American Artists book was to draw expressions on people but I found another project creating a lighthouse landscape from Art Projects for Kids (link below). I gave J a choice of projects (I really wanted to do the one with the origami boats - link below). She wanted to do the landscape.

Her finished project hanging on our fridge. It turned out cute. She painted it with watercolors after she drew it with pencil. I love the leaning lighthouse. She said she fashioned it after the leaning Tower of Pisa! Hope you are having an awesome week!

Links

Art Projects for Kids - has a free printable landscape project for Edward Hopper with a step-by-step guide for drawing a lighthouse.

Artipelago - has a great project for a seascape using ripped paper and boat origami.

Activity Village for Kids - has a printable project sheet for the origami boats for the previous project.

Tot Tuesday

My little one figured out what the step stool was for....

Oh, boy! Now, I will have to hide that thing!

Jesus' Life is in Danger

Lesson 23 in Telling God's Story Book 1 is Jesus' Life is in Danger. It talks about how Joseph had a dream telling him to take his family and flee into Egypt.

J colored the sheet that came with the lesson.

We played the Fleeing into Egypt game several times.

J worked on her Fleeing into Egypt comic strip. This lesson was relatively short and because of computer issues, I didn't supplement like I normally would have liked. You could do a mini lesson on Egypt and talk about what they saw or did while living there. You could make a map of their travels. I wish I did more for this lesson. Oh, well, maybe next time.

Links

Children's Bible Lessons - has a mini lesson along with a mapping activity.