Sunday, February 19, 2012

MFW ECC Highlights: Saudi Arabia ~ wks 21-22

 

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  Welcome to “Weeks 21 and 22 in Review” in Exploring Countries and Cultures using MFW.

 

Welcome to our travels to Saudi Arabia!

  • We prayed for the people of the Middle EastIMG_3024
  • Camel lapbook
  • How do I impact the environment ?
  • Endangered and extinct species
  • Pollution ~ air and water, acid rain
  • Make hummus
  • Learn the Lord’s prayer
  • Read about God’s promises
  • Learn about Muhammad and Mecca
  • Impressionist Art Study

 

 

wow… what a busy two weeks for us!  Now here’s a few pictures to show we how much fun we had!

 

Middle Eastern Cuisine at a local Restaurant!

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Our ECC Co-op Kids ~ Valentine’s Exchange and Party

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A science experiment in our kitchen on “ the density of 3 liquids”.

  1. Corn syrup
  2. Canola oil
  3. Water
  4. and a few objects like a coin, cork, small toy and a grape

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Our Camel Lapbook from Homeschoolshare.com

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Our ECC Co-op Artist Impressionist study:  Paul Klee

The kids used oil pastels on watercolor paper.  They then went over the oils with watercolor paint.  The last step, to make the picture have a 3D look, was to add construction paper layers … as in an underwater scene.

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Our favorite resources this week:

 

Please link of and share your week using MFW!  Next week’s link will be hosted by Kattie @ 2 Ladybugs and a Lizard blog.

Enjoy your week,

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

MFW ECC Highlights: Kenya- wk 18-20

 

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 Welcome to “Weeks 18-20 in Review” in Exploring Countries and Cultures using My Father’s World curriculum!

 

Welcome to our travels to Kenya!

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  • Grasslands ~ plants and animals of Kenya
  • Research on cheetahs and elephants
  • Tapioca pudding – Kenyan recipe
  • Movie about a cheetah:  Duma
  • Movie about the people in each biome we’ve studied so far this year: Human Planet
  • Enjoying the book of Matthew for our Bible lessons
  • We learned the character traits of missionaries like: David Livingston and Mary Slessor

 

Global Art craft: Necklace

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Yummy ~ Kenyan Recipe:  Tapioca Pudding with Pineapple

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The missionary character trait copywork pages are from Mama Jenn’s website !

 

 

Though the girls are enjoying their studies of the different biomes, they were asking to do some hands on science experiments.

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Their experiment choice (thankfully it was an easy one): an underwater volcano!

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ECC co-op Class:  Artist Impressionist study

Led by Kattie from 2 Ladybug and a Lizard blog

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Artist: Paul Cezanne

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Still Life

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My girls watercolor paintings

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We are off to Asia next week! 

Next week’s linky will be hosted by Kattie @ 2 Ladybugs and a Lizard !

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