MFW ECC Highlights: Week 5 - Mexico

 

  Welcome to our “Week 5 in Review” using Exploring Countries and Cultures with My Father’s World!

 

Geography Focus this week:

The girls packed their bags and headed to Mexico this week! 

They received their airline tickets and some spending money – pesos.

 

 

 

 I used the money and airline ticket idea from Gator mom @ Baby Gator University.  Here’s her blog post link – scroll down to where you see her picture of a passport, money and airline ticket.  She has two links in her post. 

My girls loved packing their backpacks (dolls and a pillow pet included) to board the plane!

We are using Expedition Earth curriculum along with our ECC lessons.

 

Science Focus this week:

• Our ECC Co-op went to the local zoo
• We studied the desert ecosystem 
• We studied a few desert animals in depth – Gila monster, desert tortoise, kangaroo rat and the rattle snake
• How animals cope with the desert temperatures
• Temperature experiment in the shade and sun

The girls learned about how a cold blooded animal , like a turtle, adapts to temperature in the desert.  We used bean bags turtles and a thermometer to determine temperature differences in the sun and shade.  It was a chilly day for our experiment – it was 60 in the shade and 65 in the sun.

The girls completed Zoo Adventure worksheets on desert animals of their choice from a science curriculum - Considering God’s Creation.  I downloaded resources about each of the animals from the Enchanted Learning website.

Favorite Video this week:

Science Fundamental – Ecosystems and Biomes

 

 

 

 

Bible Focus this week:

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• Missionary focus from our read aloud – Heaven’s Heroes: Cameron Townsend

Our Matthew readings were from chapters 3 - 4 this week.  We learned what it means to be an ambassador of Christ and that our citizenship is in Heaven! 

 

Memory Verse: Matthew 4:4 “Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.” 

• Prayer wall – the people of Cuba

 

ECC Co-op Kids:

Kattie led our art lessons with a clay sun.  It is drying and we will be painting it next week. 

Jessica led our cooking – yummy homemade corn tortillas topped with beans and cheese

Our week ended with a trip to a local Mexican Restaurant!

 Our nature study this week was on the Milkweed (I hope to post it soon).

Favorite Resources this week:

Be sure to drop by Kattie’s blog – 2 ladybugs and a lizard to see what other’s are doing in My Father’s World.