Week 9 {11/8 - 11/12}

This week our Bible Stories were; Balaam's Talking Donkey, The Fall of Jericho, The Sun Stands Still, and Gideon's Army. I am really enjoying reading the Old Testament Stories to the kids, because so often in my own time I spend reading the Bible, I never "choose" the Old Testament! I will admit though sometimes if the passage is long that I have to read to the girls... I skim it! I know, I know... but let's face it - they will not stay attentive through the genealogy parts! : )

For Language Arts we did; Sequencing, Letter H, Mazes, and the Letter I. For Math we did; Number 9, Smallest to Largest, Number 10, and Ordinal Numbers. I obviously am not having Alyssa trying to write yet, but what I usually do is write the number or letter really big on a piece of paper and have her try to trace it. Most days I get scribble, however she stayed in the lines really well when she did her mazes!

Our God's World theme this week was pets and we just talked about all the different kinds of animals that people have as pets as opposed to farm animals. We got books from the library about dogs and cats, a pet store book. Second time... I FORGOT to take a picture! Ugh!! I even busted out photo albums I had from when I was a kid that had Spot in them as well as my hamsters (Fluffy and Pumpkin) and also pictures of the birds I babysat for my cousin Julie for couple months when she had her first baby (who is now married with his own baby.... that just seems CRAZY!). The girls really enjoyed looking at my photo's from when I was little and even seeing Mom Mom, Pop Pop and Uncle Rob in them.

Our Character Trait this week was Faithfulness and our Bible Memory Verse was Joshua 24:15 "But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord".



We also did some crafts this week. We made some baked playdoh Christmas shapes, that I am hoping we will paint and give as some gifts. The girls really enjoyed making these. We also made "helmets" that said "God is with us" to be like the helmets Gideon's Army wore.

Week 8 {11/1 - 11/5}

This week our Bible Stories were; The Ten Commandments, The Golden Calf, The Tabernacle and The Promised Land. I wish we spent more than just a day with the Ten Commandments, but now I know in the future, to just plan it better. I am still really happy with the curriculum I have, it's great. It is just some stories I think could use a little more time but hey, I know this is only preschool so I shouldn't expect too much! The girls are doing great at learning. They are both memorizing a verse every week, and just grasping concepts, it is great!

For Language we did; Letters E, F and G and we also did Rhyming. That was a cute exercise where I drew 6 pictures on a piece of paper (like hat, book, boat, etc) then I would say a word that rhymed with one of the words on the paper and they would have to figure it out. apparently the also recently learned rhyming on Sesame Street because Hayley said, "snore, door, zsa zsa gabor". I was a bit floored. Um, ok, Where did you hear that from? "Sesame Street". Gotta love SS!!

For Math we did; Numbers 7 and 8 and we also practiced counting. The would count as I bounced a ball. They can both count pretty well now. Hayley now gets the idea that the numbers are the same just repeated for 20, 30, and so on.

Our God's World Theme was Water. We talked about the 3 states of water: solid, liquid and gas (steam). They watched an ice cube melt and I showed them steam by boiling water. Then we also talked about the Ocean, Rivers, and Lakes. I totally forgot to get a picture of the library books! Slacker! Some of the books we had though were, "A House for Hermit Crab" by Eric Carle, "Harry by the Sea" by Gene Zion and "The Seashore Noisy Book" by Margaret Wise Brown. We also got the IMAX video "Under the Sea" from the Library too! Gotta love the Library!!!

Our Character Trait was Fairness and our Bible Memory Verse was Matthew 7:12 "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." This verse could not have come a t a better time! The girls are in a phase (and I say phase hoping that it will pass soon!) of pushing and pinching each other... I have repeated this verse a lot to them!! : )

Week 7 {10/25 - 10/29}

Well, this week was not so good. I got Strep, and I could not find a substitute! : ) We only did school two days and both of those it was abbreviated. The days we did do, had good crafts, so we did those. The less talking the better! I didn't do a memory verse with them either, since I could not keep repeating it.

The Bible Stories we did do were God leads Moses and the Israelites. The did a craft of how God led Moses during the day (with a pillar of cloud) and at night (with a pillar of fire)


We also talked about The Sea being Parted and Manna from Heaven. The Manna story had a craft of being thankful. So the girls told me 10 things each they were thankful for... this is good stuff!


Hayley's 10 - trees changing color, grass, food, house to live in, mickey mouse, my beautiful eyes, the toys we have, a dog, my beautiful blond hair, and having friends.
Alyssa's 10 - pens, markers, presents, Jesus (yes!), God (whew!), purse, my computer, Bible, leaves, and flowers. Told you... quality lists!

Some other this we did this week; Naming three things and guessing "what one doesn't belong", Numbers 5 and 6 and the Letter D.

Our God's World theme was "The United States and It's Flag". Thankfully Daddy did the reading of the library books in the evening!! We looked at a map of the United States and talked about the different states we knew people in and we talked about the American Flag. On Sunday after church we drove around and had a scavenger hunt of trying to find American Flags. It was a hit and in fact as I type this up two weeks later... we still play it every. single. time. : )

Week 6 {10/18 - 10/22}

This week our Bible Stories were; Israelites Become Slaves, Baby Moses, The Burning Bush, and the Ten Plagues. One craft we did was make flowers

For Language we; reviewed our address and phone number, the Letter B, Left to Right Progression, and the Letter C. For Math; Number 3 and 4, and Above, Below, Over and Under, and Color Identification. They like when math can be activities. For instance color identification was going and touching as many things as they could to the color I called out.

The Character Trait this week was Discernment and the Bible Memory Verse was 1 Thessalonians 5:21 "Test everything. Hold on to the good. Avoid every kind of evil."



Our God's World theme this week was Trees. We talked about the different parts of trees, how they grow, the different types of trees and the four seasons of trees. We did a craft of displaying the four different seasons of trees... Our Library books