house, fire & 10 men

We had a great school day this morning again.  It really helps when C naps the entire hour a half that it takes us to do school.  D and K each began Unit 10 today.

D's Bible story today was about the Shadrach, Meshach & Abindigo who King Nebuchadnezzar had thrown into the fire for worshiping God and not idols.  We read the story from the Bible story book first and then went to Daniel in the Bible to read a few verses.  The book left out the part about the men coming out of the fire not even smelling like smoke.  D and I talked about the few times we've been near a bonfire at Grandma & Pap's house and we smell like smoke just sitting near the fire.  How neat it was that these men weren't burned and didn't smell like fire/smoke!  D's words, "That's amazing!"  He then went on to tell me how amazing God is that He could make a man walk just by speaking (NT story he's heard before).

I love teaching him at home and know this is where God wants me to be right now.  I also love having this curriculum that is Christ-centered.  I'm so thankful he's getting knowledge of the Bible so young and has a relationship with Jesus.  My prayer is that he'll continue to grow his relationship and be the man God wants him to be.  I want to ..."have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth." (3 John 4).  I always have thought of this verse in terms of children being grown, but God's brought it to my mind a lot lately and I think it applies to the present.  Walking in truth is a lifestyle - I want it now for them not something they'll just "do" later on...

Back to school - for an art activity to go with his Bible story - we wrote 3+1 (3 men plus the angel God sent to protect them) with Sharpie on white paper and he painted over it with a thick layer of  red, orange & yellow paint.  D then used a toothpick to make the paint textured & move the paint into flame shapes.

 

His Thinking Skills page today was a large blank box where he had to draw a picture of the front of our home.  We went outside (D, K & I) stood on the sidewalk by the road and D drew his picture.  Not bad...left out one window on the right because it wouldn't fit. :o)  He brought it back inside and colored it and filled in more details as I read a chapter of Peter Cottontail.  Don't you just love the jumbo jet on top of the roof?!  We have these airplanes fly over a lot on their way to land.  They are so loud, but fun to watch.

D took his math test for chapter 9 today.  Originally, I was going to have him do another review page, but when I went through the +9 flashcards, he knew them better than I thought he did.  He really wanted to do his test, so I let him.  He got everything right!  :o)

K's Bible Story today was about God telling Moses that Joshua would lead the Israelites.  For her #10 page (last page of her counting book), she cut out 10 men or "Joshua's" as she called them. :o)  She did it all by herself while I was helping D with his Phonics.  When she was done she counted all of them - 1-10 correctly!  We then looked back through her book - 1 tree, 2 hands...etc.  All the pages are hole-punched and in a 3-prong paper folder. 

K has a letter review this week: A-H and so her rhyme reviews all the letter sounds & motions.  She did them correctly when I went through her flashcards with her.  I was happy!  She knows C now!  :o)  We also went back through the 4 pages in her devotional book for letters E-H.  She loves this book and especially the pictures of the little kids doing the right/wrong things.  Each letter had a specific verse we reviewed.

When I told her she was done with school, she said, "No, I want to do more school today."  She stayed at the table and played with the math blocks while D worked on his math test.  :o)  I love that she loves school!

Tonight we're headed to a bookstore to meet Mike Berenstain and pick up the Give Thanks book. I'm so excited!  D told me he doesn't want to go - but that's what he always says about doing something new/different.  He's going.  :o)