MFW ECC Highlights: Week 18 Kenya

 

We have begun our travels through Africa, and so far it has been fun!  Here are a few of our highlights.

 

Bible:

1.  Read about missionary Mary Slessor

2.  Character trait Mercy

 

Memory verse Matthew 6:19-21

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.”

“But store up for yourselves treasure in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

 

Geography: 

1.  Geography game

2.  Beginning Geography workbook

 

 

 

 

Science:

1. Grasslands and the animals that live there.
2. Watched Human Planet from the Discovery Channel.  We have had to fast forward this show a few times, but overall we all have really enjoyed it!

This is Big Ladybug’s brown sack mural.  We used the safari animals from pg. 38 of A Trip Around the World.

 Art:

• African Masks (idea was from here.)

And of course they all had fun with this project!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to share how your week went using My Father’s World…..please link up below!!  Next week will be hosted by Monica at Discover Their Gifts.

 

Getting Back Into the Swing of Things: MFW Weeks 16 & 17 Germany

 

Well I had to dust off my keyboard…………..kinda had an unplanned hiatus from blogging over the holidays.

 

We returned to school and had a smooth transition back into the routine.  We traveled to Germany and here are some brief highlights.

 

 

Bible:  Missionary studies and character traits of Martin Luther and John Wesley.

 

Science:

1. Read about lakes/ponds, and freshwater plants and animals.

2. Learned about the parts of a river in Beginning Geography workbook.

3.  Researched about turtles.

 

Cooking:  We made potato pancakes and the girls loved them!

And it has gotten pretty cold here, so we have been trying to stay warm :0)

 

How has your week been traveling in My Father’s World?  Link up below to share!  Next week will be hosted by Monica at Discover Their Gifts.