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.