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R is for Rainbow

R is for Rainbow
~Malachi is 4 years ~ ABC Book: R a i n b o w R's Memory Verse: From Sing the Word A-Z R emember the Sabbath Day.  By keeping it holy I say. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the 7th day is the Sabbath…

Writing Strands: Sentence and Paragraph Control

We are working our way through the Writing Strands curriculum. In this lesson, we learned how to: 1. Include more than one piece of information in a sentence 2. Understand the relationship between main and supporting ideas 3. Write a paragraph so that it w…

Swimming Creatures Lesson 5: Primeval Reptiles

Swimming Creatures Lesson 5: Primeval Reptiles
In this lesson, we discussed 4 kinds of large sea reptiles: nothasaurs, mosasaurs, icthyosaurs, and plesiosaurs. For our notebooking activites, we drew a picture of each and labeled them. On the back, they wrote a few facts about each of the giant marine r…

Chicka Chicka 123

Chicka Chicka 123
~Eliana is 25 months ~ ~Malachi is 48 mo. ~ We have been having fun with Chicka Chicka 123! It took a few times reading the book to convince both my 2 and 4 year old that the tree in this book is an apple tree and not a coconut tree! So, we ha…

Spring in My Step

I love when spring peeks it's head around the corner and brings with it sun-shiny days. It puts a new spring in my step! I uncovered the strawberries and found some still covered in ice. I had a pretty thick layer of hay over them to insulate them over th…

Prepare and Pray Lesson 8: The Rainy Season

Prepare and Pray Lesson 8: The Rainy Season
In Chapter 8, the Robinson's are preparing for the rainy season by gathering and storing provisions such as manioc potatoes, coconuts, sweet acorns, sugar-canes, sowing the corn and housing the animals. They then retreated to the tight space of the holl…

Africa Week 6: Next Stop . . .Kenya

Africa Week 6: Next Stop . . .Kenya
Our next stop is our last stop in Africa! Here is what we did today. We: Colored the flag of Kenya Read Fascinating Facts Did a language activity and learned some everyday expressions such as: jambo - hello kwa heri - goodbye tafadhali - please asante - …

Day Book 3/2/09

Day Book 3/2/09
The Simple Woman's Daybook FOR TODAY ~Day 5 of the 12th month of the Biblical calendar~ Outside my window... we had a heat wave today! I heard 67 and 70 degrees. I just know it was a perfect day!  I am thinking... that I can't believe we are already 2…