Mary and Martha

We are still working through Telling God's Story Book 1. Our lesson for the week was about Mary and Martha.

J colored the sheet while I read the lesson from the bible.

We talked about our strengths and how we could use them to serve God. We also talked about how we can get over-extended by saying yes to every ministry opportunity and how we needed to have balance.

She made puppets and acted out the story for her brothers, much to the delight of the youngers! So, which one are you like.....Mary or Martha?

Links

Mrs. Jones Creations - has a free printable mini pack on the lesson of Mary and Martha.

Sermons 4 Kids - has a mini lesson on Mary and Martha along with a few printables.

Character Training - Faith with free printable

J and I are working through the Virtue Training Bible this year in addition to our regular Bible program. The virtue for the week was Faith. While we learn about the virtue of faith, J is also creating a virtue notebook with some printables that I have created to go along with our learning.

J looked up the definition of faith in the dictionary. She wrote the definition under the faith heading in her notebook.

We discussed people in the bible who had faith - Noah, Moses, etc... J put together theming book of bible verses about faith.

She highlighted each verse in the bible and added the correct color tab. Our Bible is filling up of great scriptures for all of our virtues that we are learning about.

J's virtue notebook - faith page and faith verse ring. If you would like a copy of the notebook printable that we used to add to our virtue notebook, link is below. Enjoy. Hope you have an awesome weekend.

Download Faith Notebook Printable HERE.

Links

Meaningful Mama - has a couple of posts about Faithfulness.

His Sunflower - has a free printable coloring sheet for Faithful.

American Artists - Gutzon Borglum

This year, we are studying American History with Sonlight and as an added bonus, we are studying American artists. We are using Great American Artists for Kids book as the spine to our art study. This week's artist was Gutzon Borglum. He was the artist/visionary of Mount Rushmore.

We started the lesson by reading about Mount Rushmore and Gutzon Borglum from a library book. While we read, J colored a page to add to her artist notebook. This free coloring page came from Raising our Kids - link below.

We took an online tour of Mount Rushmore and enjoyed looking at the pictures of how it was made. It is truly hard to believe that no one was seriously injured or killed during the construction of the monument.

J worked on her artist page and notecard for our artist wall. She also drew a mini version of Mount Rushmore and added it to our United States map.

The project for our artist was to create a clay carving of Mount Rushmore and the presidents. I just had J create two of the presidents. She chose Washington and Jefferson.

She added Gutzon to her timeline, which is quickly filling up.

Her finished Mount Rushmore product. J used a toothpick to do the carving. Can't you see the likenesses? I love them! I love our American Art studies! See you soon.

Links

The Crafty Classroom - has a hands-on project using play dough or clay.

Paper Toys - has a free printable paper version of Mount Rushmore to put together.

Christianity Cove - has a simpler version of Mount Rushmore using clay and coins.

Kiwi Kids - has another paper version of Mount Rushmore that just uses a brown paper bag and cut-outs of the presidents.

Tippy Toe Crafts - has a younger version of Mount Rushmore using coloring sheets and a paper plate.

Raising Our Kids - has a free printable coloring page of Mount Rushmore.

Tot Tuesday

Guess what my baby can do....?

His favorite new spot to sit.....right in the middle of my table....while we are working on school. We have had to remove all chairs that are unused and hide them in the bedrooms to prevent his constant climbing onto the table. But that doesn't mean he doesn't find something else to climb on! I've never had a climber before....oh, boy!

Philip and Nathaniel

We are continuing our progress through Telling God's Story Book 1 and this week's lesson was about the calling of Philip and Nathaniel.

We started the lesson by reading the story from the Bible and coloring the sheet included in the lesson.

One of her projects was to created a crown.

Her finished crown - pinkish/red.

We worked on our family tree - seeing where and who we came from.

And she made a telescope to see Nathaniel under the tree. Cute. I pretty much stuck to the simple lesson plan since my computer was still on the fritz. But it was well rounded and J enjoyed it - that's all that matters, right? :) 

Cooking with Kaleb

In case you hadn't noticed, Kaleb has been missing somewhat from the blog due to his involvement with VPK - Voluntary Pre Kindergarten. It takes up most of his day and I no longer work with him as I used to. That doesn't mean he won't reappear next school when I bring him back home.

I was recently struggling with the fact that I am not able to work with him like I used to. Frankly, I missed him. But I found a new way to connect with Kaleb....cooking dinner.

It is a simple fix and he loves doing it! It didn't occur to me to ask him to help with dinner. It happened by accident - I needed him to leave the situation on day (he was irritating his siblings a bit too much). Ever since that day, I can expect him to come and help me with dinner. I enjoy the time with just him. We talk about what we are making, how his day went, anything really. We just talk. I love it and I love that we are making memories.

American Artists - John Singer Sargent

We are still working through our art book - Great American Artists for Kids while we learn American History for the next two school years. Our artist this week was John Singer Sargent. This artist was somewhat difficult to find activities and children's books for, so we stuck with the suggested art activity from the book.

We read what we could about Sargent and created a notebook page for her art notebook. I have an art app on my iPad and it had some extra information on the artist.

She added Sargent to her timeline.

We looked at Sargent's works on my iPad and J chose a work that she wanted to replicate. She drew it in pencil and then painted in watercolor.

J added the side pony tail for interest. I love the eyelashes and the lips!

Her completed art project for John Singer Sargent. Pretty cute. Hope you are having an awesome week. See you soon.