Week 24: A Colorful Place to Learn
The girls here are surrounded by colors! The books on the shelf, the pattern blocks, and the transforming robots all add those touches of brightness that bring joy to both the students and staff. Over all, our programs were filled with delightful moments that we hope you will enjoy reading about this week.
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The Garden
It was a wonderful week at the Garden as we welcomed our new student Milena to the group. Milena jumped right into all the activities as if she had been with us since the beginning of the year!
In Worship Time, we heard two parables that Jesus shared to help people understand the kingdom of God: the parable of the treasure and the parable of the farmer and his seed. We learned that parables are short stories that Jesus often used, especially because he knew that people could not understand what He was teaching about the kingdom of God. The kids were so interested in the stories and were eager to answer questions at the end.
During circle time, we welcomed the month of March and talked about how spring was coming soon. The students learned a song about a bumblebee and loved doing it while holding a small, plush bee in their hands.
During activity time this week, we worked in the block area, drawing, and play-doh. We also enjoyed a rainy day dance session with our colorful scarves. The children did a great job following directions and had a blast while doing it.
This week's story: The Snow Thief
The Seeds Program
BIBLE
This was a very important time in our study of the Book of Luke. We read about Jesus’ last supper with his disciples before he was arrested, tried, crucified and buried. This is at the core of the gospel message because it reminds us of all He went through to take our sins upon Himself. We look forward to learning about his resurrection this coming week and remembering that because Jesus lives, we can trust that one day, we who believe in His name will see Him face to face. Definitely check out these pages as a family in the DK Illustrated Bible this week.
This week we honored Estrella with her birthday book, The Flower Thief.
SUGGESTED READINGS
Bible
Luke 22 and 23
DK Illustrated Bible
pgs. 296-305
SCIENCE
This week we used our journals to document what we learned about the blood and its components. The student drew a big drop of blood and inside drew different shapes for plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. They learned that plasma makes up most of the blood and is the liquid where oxygen and waste are transported. The red blood cells carry the oxygen around the body, the white blood cells kill germs and protect our body from getting sick, and the platelets help stop bleeding. The older students were challenged to learn a beautiful verse of repentance by David. He wrote in Psalm 51:10 "Create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me.” We talked about how God is far more interested in our spiritual heart and how this short prayer can help us call out to Him when we have not done the right thing. We will learn more about the mechanics of our physical heart this week.
SKELETON PROGRESS:
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
***You can add the heart to your skeleton***
SUGGESTED READINGS
Encyclopedia of the Human Body
p.26-29
HISTORY
We hopped in our time machine again this week to learn more about the medieval period in England. The students are doing a great job in their realistic portraits of King Alfred and King William, but we also learned about the kings of England, and other kings in Europe, who sent soldiers called knights to Jerusalem to fight in what was called the Crusades. This lasted a long time, and really changed the way people lived, as many of the knights returned with new customs learned in the Middle East. Like taking frequent baths! We also learned about a document called the Magna Carta that limited the king’s power in England. Finally we played a medieval game called Nine Men’s Morris, which the students were encouraged to practice at home with the gameboard we sent on Friday and the link to an online version. Here is the link again: https://toytheater.com/nine-mens-morris/
Also, its time to add more labels to our TIMELINE. Check out the video below:
SUGGESTED READINGS
World History from Ancient to Modern Times
Pg. 141 - Going on a Pilgrimage
Pgs. 146-147 - The Crusades
Seeds Memory Verse Song
“If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal (Clang, clang, clang). If I have great power and understand, all mysteries, and all things, and if I have the faith to remove mountains, but have not love...I am nothing!
If I give away all I have and give up my body, but if I don’t have love, I gain nothing...I gain nothing!”
The Oaks Program
In our reading of More than a Carpenter, we are discussing a chapter that begs the question: If the resurrection of Jesus Christ did not occur, then what are the other theories to explain the empty tomb. While there are some, we have learned that many of them may be possible, but not plausible. In fact, for some, such as a collective hallucination theory, it takes more faith to believe its claims than it does to believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. We are having great talks about this topic and also doing a great job of memorizing our verses from 1 Corinthians 13.
OAKS MEMORY PASSAGE (1 Corinthians 13:1-7):
1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. 4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant 5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; 6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. 7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
SCIENCE
This week the Chemistry students learned about the four main colligative properties: freezing point depression, boiling point elevation, vapor pressure lowering, and osmotic pressure. Through their virtual lab, the students explored the concept of freezing point depression more in depth by comparing the freezing points of various NaCl solutions.
In Marine Science, the students learned about God's wonderfully unique design of water properties that allow life on Earth as we know it to exist! Because of the polar covalent bonds within the water molecule and the hydrogen bonds between water molecules, water has high specific heat and high surface tension. And because water expands when it is frozen, which makes it float, marine life as we know it can survive during cold weather and in cold climates. Finally, the chapter ended with a review of density and buoyancy, which the students had learned in Pre-Physics.
HISTORY
The week we covered the period of the Crusades and in our readings, we learned what some of the reasons for going on the Crusades were for the leaders of Europe at the time. The students did a note-drawing activity, where they had to listen to the Crusade story being read from The Story of the World and draw out their interpretations of the readings. Some drew maps of knights traveling all the way from England to Jerusalem. Others drew the Hagia Sofia, a Christian Church at the time in Turkey, that was being threatened by invaders. In all, we learned that the Crusades were a long and complicated time in history that seemed to have no real benefit to any of the parties involved.
SUGGESTED READINGS
The Story of the World
P. 160-167 : The Age of Crusades
P. 174-180: Richard The Lionhearted; The Magna Carta
Streams of Civilization
P. 308-313
World History from Ancient to Modern Times
Pg. 141 - Going on a Pilgrimage
Pgs. 146-147 - The Crusades
