Week 18: Hands-on Learning!
Great shot! Eliam makes a direct hit as part of the Science Review Games the students play before their exam. Check out all the other exciting activities held this week, from making snow to building skeletons!
SUGGESTED AT-HOME READINGS VARY PER PROGRAM. PLEASE GO TO THE SECTION OF YOUR PROGRAM TO SEE THE SELECTED PAGES.
The Garden
This week at worship time we learned more about Jesus as a child and how he and his family were able to return to Nazareth. We also heard about the time he stayed behind when they went to Jerusalem. His parents had to search for him and were very worried. They eventually found him in the Temple, where he was teaching. We learned that we should always obey and trust God to lead, protect and take care of us but we must also obey and stay close to our parents when we are children.
During circle time, we continued to discuss the month of January and how it is a winter month in many parts of the world, and what that means.
We sang - Tin Tin Tin and thanked the good Lord for the weather.
Practiced our rhyme- I’m a little snowman look at me.
For our activity time we enjoyed discovering how to make puffy paint with shaving cream and glue. The kids loved using it to paint a winter tree. We also got to create pretend snow using baking soda and hair conditioner. We had so much fun making snowmen!! We are hoping to use the snow again this week.
This week’s stories were: Snowmen at Christmas, The Little Snowman, and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies.
The Seeds Program
BIBLE
This week, we began our readings in the Gospel of Luke. We learned about the miraculous announcements regarding the births of John and of Jesus. Luke wrote to Theophilus to assure him that everything he had heard about Jesus and the events surrounding his life were true. We went from the birth of Jesus to the time he was 12 years old and visiting the temple in Jerusalem. The students learned that the eyewitness accounts were intended to help others believe. They were asked, “Do we believe?” We also honored Gillian for her birthday.
As we finished Luke 2, we read that Jesus “grew in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.” Some of the kids then began to dance a song that they learned last year regarding this verse.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Bible
Luke 1-2
DK Illustrated Bible
pgs. 212-223
pgs. 226-227
SCIENCE
In order to review the different types of teeth that we have, the children made a drawing of a mouth in their science journal. We drew each set of teeth at a time: the incisors, the canines, the premolars, and the molars. The students colored each set of teeth a different color. We also learned about wisdom teeth and the children wondered why they were called wisdom teeth and why we even grew them in the first place. We also talked about dental hygiene and how to properly brush our teeth. Ask your children how long and how they should brush their teeth according to the video we shared. This week we will move further along into the digestive system.
Please remember to make your skeleton as we will begin adding the systems in the upcoming weeks. Here are the details:
You will find the reproducible pages in the The Body Book that was included in your book package. It is best that you make these copies in cardstock paper so the skeleton is sturdier.
These are the pages you need to copy:
1. Skeleton Base p. 54-60
2. Digestive System p. 93-98
3. Respiratory System p. 104-107
4. The Heart p. 118
5. The Urinary System- p.122
This is the order in which we will work. For now, you only need to cut out and build the skeleton base. I will be letting you know as we build the organ systems in class so you can add them to your skeleton at home. If you have more than one child, you can choose to make one together instead of more than one. That is up to you.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Encyclopedia of the Human Body
pgs. 34-35
HISTORY
The students designed their mini mosaics based on the art of the Byzantine Empire. Students designed, drew and then began pasting their colored “tiles” on their papers. We will finish them next week and take pictures to display in the next newsletter.
We looked at an example of a mosaic from the time of Emperor Justinian. Then we looked at a map of the region at the time. This was the beginning of what is known as the Middle Ages. It was during this time that Islam was founded by Mohammed.
You can read more about this part of History in the book, World History from Ancient to Modern Times.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Streams of Civilization
pgs. 213-216
pgs. 258-264
World History from Ancient to Modern Times.
pgs. 102-109
pgs. 112-113
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The Oaks Program
BIBLE
What good is a dead Messiah? This was the question posed in our class this week as we started our next chapter. This allowed for us to explore why the disciples would continue to promote the story of Jesus' death…they only would do it because it was true. We also began working on our new memory verse from 1 Corinthians 13.
HISTORY
The Oaks students are also studying the Byzantium Empire. We watched a video on how this empire lasted close to 1000 years until its fall to the Ottomans. We studied a map of the Golden Age of the empire under Justinian.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Streams of Civilization
pgs. 213-216
pgs. 258-264
World History from Ancient to Modern Times.
pgs. 102-109
pgs. 112-113
Arts Academy
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Arts Academy 〰️
We will hold Auditions this Tuesday and Wednesday for our Spring Show. Please check out the audition page for more information.
Registration has opened for our regular Spring Arts Classes beginning on January 27
Memory Verse
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ”