Daniel's 10th birthday!!!!

Today is Daniel's birthday.Both Daniel & my oldest son like to cook & bake so Dominic helped Daniel make his own cake this morning.They dyed the icing blue to look like the ocean.Daniel was so excited he set the alarm and woke up his sister who is his best friend. Since he loves music we purchased him music Cds.Daniel wanted Neapolitan ice cream with his cake.Our family tradition is everyone in the family tells Daniel what is so special about him.

It is hard to believe he is 10 years old already :O)

We praise the Lord for our Daniel!!!

WB 30 History Resource,Cold War, & preschool

Today we read the second part of the History Resource and continued the study on the Cold War.We studied the Cold War because this was a recommend project since Robert G.LeTourneau's lifetime.The HOC Cold War study has been very interesting.

Then the older students went to an Easter party.The entire family was invited but the little ones have colds & coughs so I dropped them off.The older boys had an airsoft battle in the woods while the girls died eggs & fellow shipped with each other.

The little ones wanted to do "school" so I pulled out their Rod & Staff books we worked on at the co-op.There are some pages they did not finish so we did school.They were happy.I had to laugh at Angelo because he said my school is much harder lol.I think they all say that to each other up the line. These Rod & Staff preschool workbooks are cheap and easy to do so I keep them on the shelf for when they want to do school.Of course I don't make my preschoolers do school the crazy kids ask for it they want to be like their big brothers & sisters.That is the beauty of homeschooling they see learning is a part of life.

Here are two great preschool blogs for ideas and worksheets.

Confessions of a Homeschooler

http://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/ and Homeschool Creations http://www.homeschoolcreations.com/index.html

WB 30 History Resource & Cold War

How God rewarded alms with the ability to move mountains.Today we studied another hero of the faith, Robert Gilmour LeTourneau inventor of the bulldozer and other heavy equipment that advanced technology in this century.We looked at his life seeing the struggles at the beginning then how God greatly blessed him.His life story is so encouraging.When he died he was a multi-millionaire that kept 10% for himself and gave the rest to God.He offered chapel service in his plants and most of the 90% went to missions and organizations.Christ truly blessed his faithfulness.We looked at how he & his wife stepped out in faith when times were not easy.He lived through the great depression etc.Even with all his wealth this a a quote from Mr.LeTourneau,"Evelyn and I find our greatest reward in fact that our sons and daughter are carrying on the principles we believe in with our grandchildren. His heartfelt reward from God was not his wealth for he seen himself as a tool (businessman) that was given money to provide for the work of the Lord but the true reward was his children loving Christ. He was a cool guy and I am so glad we were introduced to this saint through the Wisdom Booklets.
************We then continued our study on the Cold War and this week we watched the moody film Animal Kingdom and being in awe of God's creation.This was a recommend film from Considering God's Creation.It was not about animal classification but the animals were grouped in order for examples interesting birds etc.We always enjoy the Moody's films especially the fact they give glory to the creator after all we are creation scientist :O)

WB 30 Power Through Precision & Cold War lapbook / notebooking pages

Today we did Power Through Precision.Our focus was looking at those whom the Bible reveals of those whom to do alms.The stranger,fatherless, widow, & the poor.We then were challenged to seek those in our life or community we could glorify Christ by reaching out to those in need.We looked at many Bible examples and scripture that reached out to the poor, widows, etc. and how God blessed them. Deuteronomy 24:19. We then continued our study on the Cold War.We are using the Hands of a Child lapbook (Angelina), and also the HOC Cold War notebooking pages.The living book we are using along with this study is The Cold War by David Taylor.It is a great compliment to the study.This is the picture of the front of Angelina's lapbook.I made the lapbook over the weekend and she just fills in the mini-booklet.

Over the weekend I also organized the HOC lessons.I printed out the daily lesson plans & highlighted the days in the teachers manual.I still use the lesson plan but it helps me as I read through the teacher's manual.I also list the activity(or mini-booklet) in the manual.This helps me feel organized as I cover the material.

I printed out all the notebooking pages for Dominic & Joe and placed them in a notebook with prongs.I then print out the list of vocabulary words so they can place it n the side pocket for daily use.Finally,each day I list the vocabulary words on the board so they can get the definitions from their list and fill out the vocabulary words on their notebook page or mini-book.Angelina also has a list she keeps in her lapbook.Daniel does not do vocabulary words,

Here is a sample of the Hands of a Child notebooking pages.My older students prefer the notebooking pages.The information is still organized like a lapbook.We also add pictures & flaps to make it more colorful.The same lessons go with the notebook & lapbook which makes it convenient for multiple students and personality types.

Daniel is also doing notebooking pages but he is doing Westvon Publishing Happy Scribe copybook & History Scribe on the Cold War.I have the CD with all the units but you can purchase it individually at Currclick.

He draws a picture and we also pasted a picture on his notebooking page.

I sit down with Daniel and just like when we do our writing assignments in the WBLA we discuss the important word in each sentence then he vocally tells me the sentence in his owns words.Finally, after his thoughts are collected he writes them down.We do not do the check list challenge.

Today marks the mid-point of my pregnancy.I am 20 weeks!!!

Celebrating the Passover !!!!

We celebrate the Passover yearly to remember the picture of Christ when the Israelites were free from slavery and remember the freedom from sin for those who believe in the Lamb of God who died to take away the sins of the world. Daddy is the leader as head of the house and I light the candles.

Nehemiah paid close attention to every detail of the Passover.He loved being a part of the celebration.This is one of the family favorite Holy Days we celebrate each year.

The washing of hands.

Daddy telling the story of the Passover showing Nehemiah the pictures.

Angelo hiding his eyes while Joe hides the Afikoman.

Job dipping his fingers in the new wine for each plague.

This is our traditional Passover meal.Lamb roast on a Matzo cracker with horseradish, Chicken soup with Matzo balls, and Haroset. This is the only time of year we eat Haroset, Matzo balls, & lamb so it makes it a special meal that tastes good :O)

After dinner the younger kids have to find the Afikoman.Who ever finds it gets a prize.Job found it this year and he got Lego toys.Everyone got candy.The we had desert...pound cake which we all enjoyed.

It was a great day remembering what the Lord Jesus Christ did as the Lamb of God.We sang hymns.

Blessed are YOU ,Lord, our God, King of the universe, who has shown us a glimpse of your infinite grace and mercy.Thanks be to You for Your Son, our eternal Redeemer and Savior, the True and Perfect Lamb.

WB 30 Insights through Investigation & Cold War

Today we completed the Insights through Investigations studying infinitives in both the English and Greek language.Looking at the Greek infinitives is a valuable tool for understanding scripture for example knowing the infinitive shows the purpose when doing a verse study. *******************************We began our study on the Cold War which is a recommended study for the History Resource which I plan to cover later this week.We are using the Hands of a Child -Cold War pack for the study.I will explain how we are using the HOC pack more tomorrow.