MFW 1st Grade: Week #31 & #32

We had completed MFW 1st grade awhile ago, but I just haven’t had the time to finish the post sitting in my draft folder. 

Here are some pics of what the little ones were up too.

This is Little Lizard doing his button art…..well that is if throwing the buttons on the floor counts :0)

Little Ladybug is picking up on patterns and has fun sorting colors.  She also LOVES bugs, so she really likes this game.

 

Week 31

Bible:  New Testament stories we read.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.  ~Proverbs 11:30

Zacchaeus

Big Ladybug loves singing the Veggie Tales song about Zacchaeus, so she was thrilled to learn about him.

I printed this Zacchaeus craft from Danielle’s Place.  page 1; page 2

 

The Last Supper

 

Jesus Shows His Love

She  made a stained glass (crayon/wax paper) cross.

 

Jesus Is Alive!

 

Week 32

Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.  ~Proverbs 19:21

Jesus Goes Back to Heaven

Resurrection Butterflies

The girls loved their butterfly friends, they played with them for days!  I drew this template, but got the idea from here.

Stephen and Saul

Peter in Jail

New Heaven and New Earth

Our Finished Timeline

 

 

Science:  You can check out our 3 week study on plants/flowers here.

Did you know???

1. Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches.
2. Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.

Spring 2011: Plant & Flower Study

In My Father’s World 1st grade science this spring, we have been focusing on plants.  So far we have looked at seeds, germinated kidney beans, and experimented with how light and water effect plant growth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The past 3 weeks we focused on plant parts and flowers.  We used Considering God’s Creation, Handbook of Nature Study, and Barb’s Outdoor Hour Challenge Garden Study and Plant Challenges to help us along.

 

 

We read out of Handbook of Nature Study. 

The little ones enjoyed looking at it too!

We discussed the parts of the plant and looked closely at some grass roots.  She learned about chlorophyll and photosynthesis.  We also discussed pollination and completed Barb’s Outdoor Hour Challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Ladybug enjoyed coloring and putting together the parts of the flower from Considering God’s Creation.  She glued salt on the plant and the bee’s legs to show pollen transfer.

She also wanted to sketch and watercolor some flowers.  However, she found it to be a little more difficult than she expected, so I helped her sketch them.

We studied the rose bush in our backyard.

She really enjoyed our nature walk to collect different kinds of leaves and doing the leaf rubbings.

We both really enjoyed our plant and flower study together :)

MFW 1st Grade: Week #30

 

A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.  ~Proverbs 22:9

 

Bible:  The New Testament Bible Stories we covered this week were:

The Good Samaritan

 

The Lost Coin

The girls had fun going on a coin hunt around the house.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lost Son

Big Ladybug painted a paper-mached pig. 

When the lost son was away from home and poor, he had a job feeding pigs.  He has lost all of his money, was hungry, and wished that he could eat what he was feeding them.

 

The Blind Man

 

 

Science:  We have been working on a plant and flower study.

 

 

 

Big Ladybug has been reading Andi's Scary School Days and really enjoying it.  She loves the free printable activities off the website.  We hope to eventually read all the books in the series.

 

Did you know???

Pigs are very intelligent and learn quickly. They pick up tricks faster than dogs. Pigs rank #4 in animal intelligence behind chimpanzees, dolphins and elephants. Piglets learn their names by two to three weeks of age and respond when called.