~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…

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…

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…

~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…

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…

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…

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 - …

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…