MFW Adventures: Wk 29 & Family Fun

 

Our Adventures took us to Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada, and Nebraska this week.  We learned about pioneer travels, the Hoover Dam, and Arbor Day.

Our favorite history Book Basket books:

  One of my favorite things about My Father’s World curriculum is their “Book Basket”  list in the teacher’s manual.  Each week, of our 34 weeks of lessons, has a list of anywhere from 10 – 20 books that I can chose from to enhance our studies.  I am blessed to live near some of the best libraries around.  

These are a few of our favorite books this week!

 

Science:  Our science this week was about Magnets.  The girls had so much fun that we did 2 weeks of lesson in one day!  The activities in the kit are so fun and amazing that your kids will be entertained for hours!

I bought this Magnet Kit from the MFW Adventures Deluxe Package.

 

 

 

 

 

The kit contains all the items you need to do about 20 magnet activities.

		Magnet Fun! VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

To add to our stud,y I got a DVD about Magnetism from the library.

It is geared toward kids in grades 5 – 8 but the girls and I were able to understand the concepts presented.  It is entertaining and informative.

 

 

Bible: Our memory verse this week was John 10:14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep, and my sheep know me.

We read through some of the Psalms of David.  David loved to write songs to God.  It was refreshing to hear him pour his heart out to the Lord. Check out Psalm 28, 15, 100 and 23 – they will lift you up!

That wraps up our week in Adventures – check out what other MFW families did this past week at A Heart Like Water.

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It was a family fun filled week this week……..

Prairie Primer:  Our Little House co-op kids sang songs, played ‘one potato – two potato”, and hopscotch as Mary and Laura enjoyed in Little House in the Prairie.

We visited Grandma and the cousins.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The cat disrupted our school day…by shredding the paper towel roll and sleeping on it! He is so proud of himself.

 

 

 

 

 

…… bad bad cat…………………

 

Baby Chicks VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

The girls earned a trip to a local ‘Fun Place’ with a few friends.

And the winner of the “Fun Day” ends the afternoon on stage!

Wordless Wednesday: 2nd Birthday

 

 

Happy Birthday Lola!

Sketch Tuesday: U is for Ugly

Join us each week as we participate in Barb’s SKETCH TUESDAY!

Each Tuesday, Barb posts a new sketch assignment on the Harmony Art Mom blog. Participate just when you and the kids want too.  No sign up is necessary.

Share your family’s sketches in Barb’s Sketch Tuesday slide show.  More details posted here.

I’m not much for doing art with my kids.  Crafts are fine but art and sketching…Not!  So S.T. helps keep me accountable by incorporating FUN in our school day!

Assignment: U is for Ugly

(*** warning – police monster had “boy parts” which mom turned into a tail)

Enjoy!

Winter Weds: Finding Winter Colors

Winter is here.

“ugh”, says Mom

"YEA!”, say the girls

Winter displays a lot of white in our state.  But what other colors are in our yard?

That was our Winter Wednesday challenge this from Barb at Handbook of Nature Study blog.  Here’s the challenge details.

The girls were to label the colors of Winter with color word cards.  Here’s what they found:

 

We had a great time on our Nature walk this week.   There were so many other colors amidst the Winter white.  I was surprised and I think the girls were too!  They were wanting to put the color labels on things like the green slide and the black trash can.  I had to remind them that we were labeling “the colorful things that God made!”

When you buy the Winter Wednesday challenge from Barb you receive the notebooking pages too!

Check out what other’s are doing with their Winter Wednesday challenges here!

Enjoy time with your kids OUTSIDE!