Legos, Raisins & Oatmeal

The past two days for D's math, we've used Legos during the lesson time (I am loving Singapore!).  Yesterday, I pulled out 4 colors of Lego blocks in random amounts less than 10.  He had to sort them and then use stickers to graph the amount of each color of Lego.  He LOVED it and begged to do it again today.  We'll have to begin graphing the weather or something else that he can do daily...maybe good attitudes & first time obedience?!  ;o)

Then today for his math, we used a bunch of regular-sized Lego blocks (4x8) to group into tens and write the numbers on scrap paper below (sorry no pics).  He enjoyed it again.  He had learned place value with MUS earlier this fall and a little bit last year.  Each curriculum teaches it a bit differently but he was able to make the switch today successfully.

D's Bible story yesterday and today was the time when Jesus ascended into heaven while He was talking with his disciples and commanded them to take the Good News into all the world.  Yesterday we looked at the globe and saw how far Israel is from our home.  We talked about how the Good News has traveled around the world - by people & God's Word.  Today we read the story directly from Acts 1:7-11 out of D's Bible.  We also reviewed where the book of Acts was since Drew had to memorize the books of the New Testament for Sparks the past few weeks.

To go along with the Bible story today - D's activity was to fill a glass with water, drop several raisins in, then add 2 tsp. vinegar and 2 tsp. baking soda. 

 

Mix it around and then wait several minutes.

The raisins were supposed to raise and lower in the water...we waited 5 minutes and nothing happened with the raisins.  I then added a bit more vinegar and that did the trick to make the raisins rise.  

K's Bible story yesterday was about King Josiah finding God's laws and being very sad the nation was not following them.  She had to draw a picture following directions I gave to her - two blue eyes for King Josiah, a black square to represent God's Laws (Bible) and then a red smile because the king was happy he found God's laws and could obey them now.

 

Today she pushed play doh into the paper I had made for her with capital & lowercase N.  She did a good job with just a little help from me.  I assured here we'd put the play doh back in the container when we were done so it wouldn't dry out.  I think she was afraid it was going to be an "N" forever! ;o)

Today's Bible story for K was about the Israelites worshiping God again, turning away from worshipping idols.  Her activity was to put the "sun" (marble), "statue" (Lego man), "animal idol" (monkey) and "money" (plastic coins) in a transparent container filled with dry oatmeal.  She then had to turn the container around and when she found the "idols" she was to say, "No! No! Worship only God!"  She enjoyed trying to find the objects she had put inside (with a little help from D).

 

One more day of school left for the week and then next week we'll be away for a week of vacation with family...