Tot Tuesday

Look what my little guy is learning how to do....

not too bad, huh? What a cutie, if I say so myself.

Jesus Entered Jerusalem as a King

Our next lesson from Telling God's Story Book 1 was about Jesus entering the city as a king. We are working through Jesus' last week of life as we come to an end in this Bible curriculum. This lesson was about the Triumphal Entry.

Again, Kaleb asked to participate in our Bible lesson. I always have sheets ready for him but I let him tell me when he is ready. The kids colored the sheet while I read through the lesson. We read first from the Bible and then we read the lesson text.

I found a simple craft from Mommy's Adventures (link below) to go along with the lesson. It required a printable leaf pattern and green/yellow tissue paper.

They tore up tissue paper and glued it onto the leaf pattern to create palm branches like the ones that were lain before Jesus as he entered the city. Kaleb surprised me by seeing this project all the way through to the end. He wasn't about to be out done by his sister. Because of repairs and such on the house, we left the lesson at that. But the text offered more to do if you wanted. See you soon.

Links

A Mommy's Adventures - has the free printable leaf pattern and tissue paper craft idea.

State Study - Florida

Every week (well, almost every week), we learn about a state. While learning about the state, J is working on a state notebook as well. This week's state was Florida. As you will see from the pictures, this state study went over to the new house because we couldn't finish it in time:)

J read about the state of Florida. You can see the bewildered look on her face about some of the silly laws of Florida.

J matched the states and capitals using the cards I found from The Dollar Store.

She drew an orange tree for her notebook since you can't have Florida without oranges:) I love my pretty girl. I was hoping to have 25 states done by the end of the school year. Not sure we will but we will eventually finish our state notebook. Next year, in fourth grade, we will do an in-depth study of our home state. This time, it was just an overview.

We're Taking a....

You have heard of taking a sick day, a mental health day, but today, we are taking a Lego day. Recently, we had a friend bring us an extreme amount of legos that her son decided to give up. When I say extreme, this kid was a lego enthusiast. We received a plastic bin, a box, a bag of legos and even a homemade Lego table. Wow. The kids went ballistic...so many legos in one place and we weren't even at the Lego store:)

The next day, we woke up to a rainy, yucky day. It was dreary and dark. We had school to do but we decided to take a Lego day. One day where the kids could just explore and play with their new treasures. A day to be free but I am sure I snuck in some chapter book reading while they were playing:) Every now and then, you need to take a day....a day not related to school to just be free. We are enjoying our day, playing Legos. Hope you enjoy your day:) See you soon.

Kaleb found some treasures in the Lego box....Star Wars.

J working intently on her creations.

She made a house complete with furniture and art work.

Riley was not to be outdone. He had to play too. He experimented with the Lego table. Thanks Liz and Matthew! They will definitely be played with (and stepped on).

Character Training - Forgiveness with free printable

As part of our Bible curriculum, J and I are working through the Virtue Training Bible. Each week, we learn about a new virtue and this week's virtue was forgiveness.

We start the lesson by discussing what forgiveness is and she looks up the definition in the dictionary. She adds that to her virtue notebook page (printable link below).

I found a cute coloring page on forgiveness from His Sunflower (link below). J loves to color while I am reading.

We then discussed ways she could forgive, especially her brothers:) She wrote them down in her notebook.

This time around, J asked to find the passage in the Bible and read it. She looked up each verse, read stout loud, and highlighted it. Her reading has come so far! I am a proud momma:)

Here is a view of what her virtue notebook looks like as well as her forgiveness word ring. If you would like the free printables that I created to go-along with the virtue study, please feel free to download. Enjoy. If you have any questions, let me know. I would also love to know if you are using the printables for your own notebook. Thanks.

Download Forgiveness Notebook Printable HERE.

Links

Kids of Integrity - has a free lesson plan, game ideas, and printable for forgiveness.

His Sunflower - a free coloring page and mini bible lesson on forgiveness.

Meaningful Mama - lessons on forgiveness.

Character First - has free printables and videos for forgiveness.

Tot Tuesday

My little one has taken to trying on other people's shoes, no matter how big they are! Here, he is in his daddy's boots.

Not only does he try them on, he walks through the house with them.

A little bit of cuteness here....he is working on getting his big sis's shoes on to take them for a spin. Have an awesome day.

It Was Not His Time

We are still working through our Bible curriculum Telling God's Story Book 1 and this week's lesson was titled "It Wasn't Jesus' Time." The lesson discussed the angry mob coming for Jesus but it wasn't his time.

Kaleb decided to join us for this week's lesson. I never ask him if he wants to work on school, I let him decide that he is ready. He colored the sheet while listening to the lesson. We discussed how angry the people were on the sheet and who he thought was Jesus.

The lesson included a fun activity about secret codes. J was working through the secret code from the book.

The code was to hard and long for Kaleb so I wrote "It wasn't Jesus' time" on a piece of paper and had him make up his own code.

Then they both painted a message with lemon juice for a hidden message.

When the lemon juice was dry, J warmed it up over a lamp to read it. She didn't think it would work but it did. How cool was that? Love it. See you soon.