Easter Fun

This past week has been very busy and I have not had much time to be on the computer.  But we did have a good Easter.

Some cousins came over to color eggs with the girls.  This was Little Ladybug’s first time coloring eggs, she LOVED it!!

 

We ate some pizza and rushed off to see Rio in 3-D. 

On Easter we went to Papa’s for his annual egg hunt.  The girls were very excited to see their cousins and get some candy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was Little Lizard’s first egg hunt.  He seemed to enjoy running around outside………chasing the dogs.  I don’t think he really cared much about finding eggs, but he did keep pointing at them, saying “ball”. (He has a slight ball obsession.)

 

 

We then ended our busy day by visiting at Great Grandma’s.  The kids had fun digging in her flower bed looking for bugs, and of course, bickering over who was using what shovel.

MFW 1st Grade- Week #26 and Homeschool Highlights- 6

Kathi at A Heart Like Water is on spring break this week…..YEAH for her!!!!  So I am guest hosting My Father’s World Homeschool Highlights this week.

On to our weekly wrap-up:

Little Ladybug now wants to do her “school work” on a regular basis.  She worked in her Kumon activity books, practicing gluing and cutting :0)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bible: Memory Verse

Esther

King Xerxes of Persia became angry at his wife, so he kicked her out and searched for a new one.  Esther was beautiful and the king chose her.  However, Esther was a Jew and she kept this a secret from the king.

Esther learned that the king's official Haman had a plan to kill all the Jews.  She was afraid to go to the king to ask that he save the Jews from this horrific event. 

She waited for the right time and trusted in God before presenting her request to the king.  The king was happy to grant her wish and ordered the evil Haman to be put to death.

Celebrating Purim

We celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim (POOR-im).  The Jewish people set aside two days a year to celebrate this law that saved the Jews. 

We celebrated it by dressing as Queen Esther and making hamantaschen (HUM-men-tash-en) cookies.  They have 3 corners like Haman’s hat and have a filling.  We chose apricots for our filling.

 

 

Big Ladybug liked dressing up as her Hello Kitty version of Queen Esther.

 

 

The Jewish People Return Home

The Jewish people had been in Babylon for 70 years when God let them return to Israel.  Jerusalem and the protective walls around it needed to be rebuilt.

The Samaritians were not pleased that the Jews were rebuilding so they insulted them and wanted to fight them.  The Jews prayed to God to protect them as they rebuilt their city, and He did.

Science:  Science with Plants

We began our new science book this week.

Big Ladybug looked at beans and how they are seeds.  She soaked them in water so she could look at the insides.  She also couldn’t resist making art from them.

She set up these two jars with dried kidney beans with the hope that they germinate and some bean plants grow.

Easter Art

The girls love to paint so they really enjoyed using watercolors to make a stained glass Easter cross from Crafty Classroom.

Did you know????

Some kinds of raw beans and especially red and kidney beans, contain a harmful toxin (the lectin Phytohaemagglutinin) that must be destroyed by cooking. A recommended method is to boil the beans for at least ten minutes; undercooked beans may be more toxic than raw beans

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Our Prairie Primer Co-op

This year we have really enjoyed our Prairie Primer co-op.  We read Little House on the Prairie and we just finished Little House in the Big Woods.  The kids learned a lot, but most importantly they (and us moms) made new friendships!

Here’s a look at some of the fun stuff they completed since Christmas.  The focus was mostly on Indians. 

Here they are making some wigwams.

 

 

 

 

 

Our little guys hanging out :)

  

They made some Indian jewelry and head dresses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They also had fun making teepees.

Each child picked a tribe and put together a project to present at the final class.  Big Ladybug chose the Sioux Indians and we completed our first lapbook.  We used some printable resources from Dynamic 2 Moms.

Thank you Miss. Eydie for volunteering your time to teach our co-op class!  We all really enjoyed ourselves!

We are sad to see it end, but our co-op will be continuing for some FUN summer science and then in the fall with My Father’s World Exploring Countries and Cultures!

Sketch Tuesday: Tails

 

Assignment:  Something with a tail.

“Beautiful Day”

 

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MFW 1st Grade: Week #25

 

The man of integrity walks securely, but he who takes the crooked paths will be found out.  ~Proverbs 10:9

The Fiery Furnace

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were 3 Jewish men taken to Babylon to help King Nebuchadnezzar.  They were faithful to God, and God was to them. 
One day the king had a HUGE gold statue made and ordered all of his men to come and check it out.  The officials decided that everyone should worship the statue and if they didn’t, they would be thrown into the fiery furnace.
The people worshiped as they were told, that is except Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.  The king was very upset and threw them into the furnace.  God protected them and they were shielded from the flames.
When they realized the men did not parish, they were taken out of the furnace.  The people of Babylon then realized that God had the power to save.
What did we learn?

Have faith, regardless of what comes your way. 

Big Ladybug made this craft from DLTK.

 This was a cute Veggie Tales movie that went along with the Bible story.





Daniel and the Lion’s Den

(I love this picture!)

Daniel was originally a prisoner taken to Babylon, and because he was honest and a hard worker, King Darius’ put him in charge of the whole kingdom. 

This made the other men jealous, so they devised a plan in the hopes to hurt Daniel.  They convinced the king to make a law that stated if you prayed to anything other then the king, you would be thrown into the lions den.

The evil men watched Daniel and saw that he continued to pray to his God.  They informed the king and he was upset.  Daniel was breaking his law, but he was the king’s friend and the king did not want to see him harmed.  However, he threw Daniel in the den and told him to pray to his God to protect him.

The next day the king went to the den and pleased to see that Daniel’s God had protected him and he was alive.  The king then ordered the kingdom to worship the God of Daniel.

What did we learn?

We need to live and act in a way that pleases God, regardless of what the rest of the world is doing.

Papa and E stopped by right when they girls were making their lion craft, so they got to join in on the fun! 

 

We enjoyed this book and movies from the library.



Science with Water:  Frozen Water

We finished up the Science with Water book this week. 

Big Ladybug looked at how ice takes up space, how it floats, why it is slippery, and how it melts. 

 

Did you know???

American physician and humanitarian John Gorrie built a refrigerator in 1844 with the purpose of cooling air. His refrigerator produced ice which he hung from the ceiling in a basin. Gorrie can be considered the creator of ice cubes, even though his aim was not to cool drinks. Rather, he used the ice to cool the ambient room temperature. During his time, a dominant idea was that bad air quality caused disease. Therefore, in order to help treat sickness, he pushed for the draining of swamps and the cooling of sickrooms. (wikipedia.org)

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