indian pics & the ark

D's history reading was about Squanto today and he learned that Indians used pictures to communicate with others. So his project after the reading was to make up a story but tell it only in pictures. He could have gone all the way around the circle, but opted for a "short" story. :o) It's all about a person planting a vegetable plant from a packet of seeds.He surprised me by writing the last 6 lines of his poem (I had asked him to write only 4). He told me that he's beginning to like the copywork. WOW! He also illustrated it with a boy kneeling on his bed and praying as the poem for Unit 12 was titled The Prayer Perfect.

Last night after D went to bed, J told me that he asked D what his favorite part of the day was ~ D told him it was math because he gets to multiply in only two more days (one day now)! I thought that was HUGE considering the math competed with a choc-peppermint milkshake that was a big treat yesterday afternoon! :o)

K had fun hiding the "ark of the covenant" (a.k.a. yellow Lego brick) under two cups and having D guess which one it is under. :o) This activity was based on her Bible story today - Eli hearing the news that the Philistines fought the Israelites and took possession of the ark.

The kids received a package from Nana in the mail yesterday (Thanks, Nana!) with Valentine's Day cards and several fun Valentine crafts for each of them. K asked to do one today after her school work was complete. She made a bear puppet with LOTS of glue...I guess we have to work on making "small glue dots" and not "glue puddles!" ;o)