Week 1- SUCCESS!!

YAY!!  We made it through our first week of the school year with attitudes checked at the door, willing to learn, eager to do our best, very few tantrums, and minimal tears.  Oh yeah, and the kids did really well, too!  ;-) 

The children learned a very important lesson.  They learned to work together, and help one another.

Loving our new curriculum! We were supposed to keep an earthworm in a jar...shhh, I skipped this. We have had enough things in jars for experimentation around here, thank you! But, we learned about what a niche is, as we explored our own backyard.

Luca really got into this exercise!  He explored ants, and bugs on the sidewalk and inside the barks of trees, while Bella recorded our observations...

Sofia was having a little trouble seeing through the glare in her magnifying glass and decided to chuck it across the yard!  Only Emma (our dog) could console her!

We observed a lot of rotting apples on the ground...

Rotting apples + a bucket full of water can only mean one thing...

APPLE SOUP!!!

Unfortunately, no proper exploration is without some pain. 

Poor Gigi :-(

We learned how to use the scale on a map. 

From our house to Mimi in Las Vegas, is is approx. 1,200 mi.

From our house to Diane in NC, it is approx. 600 mi.

Then, we made a map to scale of our dining room.

not too sure it is accurate!

We started our Geography From A to Z Vocabulary Cards of which I will make a slide show and keep them in there each week.

We also read a book called God Speaks Numanggang by David Hazell

It's a book about a missionary family who moved to a remote village in Papau New Guinea, and for 30 years they lived there translating the Bible into their language.  First, they had to learn the language.  Then, turn it into a written one, teach the people how to read and write it, and translate the Bible into the Numanggang language.  This was an awesome read, rich with photos of this family's experience.  It was great to show the kids how important God's word is in people's heart language.  Our curriculum, My Father's World donates a large portion of the money they receive to Bible translation.  I really feel that is a huge blessing, and I'm happy to contribute.  The children really enjoyed this story and the pictures.

 

Eli's favorite spot to play!

So, that concludes our week 1 progress.  Next week looks like even more fun.  Come on back and see us again!