Week 24: Eyes Up!
WEEK 24: Eyes Up!
This week’s Studio Time activity in SEEDS produced some of the coolest work we’ve done so far this year, while the OAKS students needed to create some “eye-catching” period war posters in their class. Check them all out in this week’s newsletter.
Scroll down to see the supplemental readings for the week, galleries of our latest photos, and our current memory verse.
Seeing things in a new way
Studying the color wheel evolved into very cool SEEDS art project that all the kids enjoyed.
Memory Verse #12
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
SEEDS and OAKS Programs Suggested Readings for the Week
The readings are meant to reinforce the topics covered in class last week and to have parents and other siblings be a part of what we’re learning. These readings are not required for the class, but can be a good supplement. You can try to read all or just a few of the selections. Use your discretion as to what to cover based upon the ages of your children.
HISTORY
The Last 500 Years / World History from Ancient to Modern Times
The Rise of Fascism p. 78-79 / p.274-275
The Story of the World
Hitler’s Rise to Power p. 341
Rebuilding the “Fatherland” p. 355
The Three-War War p. 363
GARDEN - Pre-K and K
The kids welcomed Miss Nicole back.
We serve a mighty God indeed! One who calms the storm and who pulls us out when we cry out to Him as we saw in the story of Jesus and Peter walking on the water this week. We reminded them that we must keep our eyes on Jesus and trust Him even when it is hard. During our activity time, we continued our study of rocks. We talked about molten rock inside the Earth and made volcanoes with baking soda and vinegar. Hallel and Juan Diego were so excited to see what happened when they mixed their materials in their model volcanoes. After the experiment, they drew a picture of what they observed.
On Thursday, our hearts were full when we received Miss Nicole! We enjoyed park time and were so thankful that Miss Nicole was able to lead the children in their activities and read them the story at the end of the day. We are so thankful for what the Lord has done and will continue to do in Miss Nicole’s life and we look forward to being all together again this week when Elena returns from her trip.
SEEDS - Grades 1-6
Worship
Sermon on the mount…reminding the kids about park routines
We had the big blessing this week of celebrating two students for their birthdays: Angélica Zoé and Matías. Both students were presented with their birthday books and everyone had a great time hearing the stories during our read-aloud time. Thank you to both families who brought special treats for the kids. In addition, we continued learning the new hymn, “Juntos Cantaremos” and reciting Psalm 119:105 at our “Proclaim Day.”
Science
God is so creative! He created all the colors that we can see and gave us so much beauty to enjoy in nature. White light from the sun includes every color of the rainbow: ROY G BIV
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet
God also created light that we cannot see.
Infrared (IR) light has a frequency that is too low to be visible to the naked eye. However, due to the fact that IR light generates heat, humans have many uses for it. Night vision goggles, heat seeking missiles used to destroy other missiles, search and rescue scopes, and weather satellites used to detect cloud shape and size are among the many benefits. Ultraviolet (UV) light has a frequency that is too high to be visible. UV light can be harmful when it causes a sunburn but it also has many beneficial uses. It has been used to kill bacteria and purify medical equipment.
Why is the sky blue? Why is the sunset orange?
During the day, the higher frequency wavelengths of blue light scatter easily when they hit the gas particles in the atmosphere, causing the sky to look blue. On the contrary, at sunrise and sunset, the rays of light travel through a lot more of the atmosphere. The lower frequency wavelengths of visible light—red, orange, and yellow (ROY)—are still visible after traveling through so much air. Since we have a Roi in our faithful vines class, we joked that his twin brother ROY was the only one who could make it through the atmosphere at sunrise and sunset. :-)
Light bounces and bends!
We are able to see our reflections in a mirror because light bounces off of smooth shiny surfaces. Light reflects, or bounces, off of an object at the same angle as it enters. Also, just like walking through water slows us down, light moves slower through water. As light changes its speed in water, it bends, making objects appear to be in a slightly different location than they really are. This bending of light is called refraction.
History
We used lots of “drama” this week as we acted out some of the events that led France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany in World War II. Miss Gilmarie was a huge help in portraying one of the countries, who upon seeing the Germans invade and attack their neighboring countries, made the tough decision to go to war. We used chalk to draw out the shapes of the countries on the pavement before acting out our war games. We did the same as we looked at how the Japanese also allied themselves with the Axis powers and began attacking in the Pacific.
Studio
Inspired by the study of light in Science class, we played with the different primary colors of paint to create a color wheel. On Wednesday, the students received a small plate with a glob of RED, BLUE, and YELLOW paint. After reviewing the primary colors and what results when we mix them, we began mixing them to create our secondary colors: PURPLE, ORANGE, and GREEN. We also had time and space to include two tertiary colors: INDIGO and LIGHT GREEN. Each student filled their color wheels as we mixed and talked about the colors. On Friday, we took the color wheels and transformed them into the iris of an eye! The kids first began by sketching the eye shape, eyelid, and eyelashes with a pencil. When they had finished the received a very special and new material to the Seeds Studio: permanent markers. We looked at the chisel tip of the marker and noticed the thicker line that it made. I invited the children to trace what they had sketched in pencil using the chisel tip of their permanent marker. They could choose to use the tip of the marker to add more details when they were finished. I love how their pieces turned out, don’t you?
OAKS - 7+
Worship/Studio
Multi-age learning: Elisha from OAKS orders some “fast food” at The Garden’s restaurant.
Last week, we told you that we began working on a creative writing project. As we have been reading Patricia St. John’s , “A Young Person’s to Knowing God,” we have definitely noticed a pattern in her style of storytelling. Therefore, our new project is to use her style as an inspiration to write our own stories that also point to aspects of God’s character (His attributes, answer to prayer, miracles, etc.) and use those stories to compile our own little book and read the stories aloud on future podcasts. This is an exciting project and the students have already come up with some great ideas for their first drafts.
History/Studio
In History, we dove deeper into the reasons why Germany began to invade its surrounding countries before World War II. Hitler’s ideas of uniting the “Fatherland” were some of the main reasons he sought to dominate the countries around him in his effort to eventually conquer all of Europe. We discussed what the situations were in the country that would allow so many to support him and help him rise so quickly to power.
As a connection activity for studio time, we looked at the many war posters that were made in the US that helped people be warned about and prepare for possible attacks. In groups, the students designed their own posters using some of the advertising techniques we identified in the original posters of the time. The students got QUITE creative in their designs.
Science
This week we reviewed the colors within the visible spectrum of light using the fun acronym Roy. G Biv as well as infrared and ultraviolet light that are part of the invisible spectrum of light. We discussed how we actually see colors. When we see a blue ball we can see it is blue because all the other colors of light are absorbed into the ball expect for blue. Blue bounces off the ball and into our eye, allowing us to know what color the ball truly is. This explains why bright things are so bright as they are reflecting all of the colors and why black is considered the absence of color as all the colors are absorbed into black and no colors bounce off of it. We also learned that the primary colors of light are actually different from the primary colors of paint. With light, the primary colors are actually red, green, and blue. We played with this in class by having three toilet paper rolls covered with red, green, and blue cellophane paper. We shone flashlights through the tubes and united the lights on the wall. When they met together, we could see the white light in the middle! We will finish our study of light this week by experimenting with reflection and refraction..
Arts Academy
Our rehearsals for “Charlotte’s Web” are going great as you can see in a couple of our group shots shown below as well as in a video clip from one of our rehearsals. The Drama Club Jr. group were exploring partner work this week, while the Art Club was developing their eye for drawing loose still objects, like rolled up scarves and fabric.
