It was a bit harder to find a good song for this week's Bible verse but I did finally find something and because of the stomping, clapping, dancing and motioning in the video, I think the kids approved and actually enjoyed this video and song. And the second video was just another visual and audio review for our verse as well.
With our Bible topic this week being Bread, our scripture focused on the time when Jesus taught that He is the bread of life and the time he fed the multitude with a boy's small basket of bread and fish. Its a difficult concept to explain how bread and water are compared to our faith in Christ, especially because they understand it literally, but they seemed to grasp the basic of what it meant and we continued to discuss it throughout the week. Since I strongly believe we are living in the end times and the persecution of Christians is not too far in the future, I used the opportunity to explain that Jesus is telling the people that bread and water is important, but nothing in this life is as important as our faith in Him. We should always choose Christ over bread, water, persecution and even life. It brings tears to my eyes to even think about that with them, but if they learn nothing else in life I hope they remember to hold on to Jesus through everything.
Sorry - did I chase a rabbit there? So I found this Beginner's Bible animated video of Jesus feeding the multitude on YouTube. Its a very short clip, but just another way to reinforce the story that we read.
I win the "Mom of the Year" award this week for being so unprepared for our science experiments, so YouTube came to our rescue once again as we learned about how yeast feeds on sugar and releases carbon dioxide into the balloon. We found this videos helpful, the first since it appears to be a father with his young children (my kids love to see other kids around their age involved in the video) and the second appears to be a mother and her older daughters with clearer instructions, better video quality and additional information. The kids learned what they needed to know from the videos and our discussion afterward ended with Kellan recalling that at Navigators co-op last week (when he brought me home a flower he planted) he learned that plants breath carbon dioxide and make oxygen. Score!
I was prepared to make butter - go figure I'd remember what we needed to make butter! It was in the curriculum to wait until later in the week to make butter, but as soon as we read about the how colonists made theirs the kids immediately began asking if we could make some, too. Its a good thing we had it planned and ingredients on hand already.
I had a little help shaking and "whipping" our butter and when we got tired and needed some motivation, we found some encouragement to "whip" a little more on YouTube. Don't judge.
The week passed quickly and we were short on photos, but we had another great day at Navigators co-op at the end of the week. Kellan's class read Dr. Seuss's Hop on Pop and because it was such a beautiful day, we took them outside to hop on pictures of pop and bubblewrap. They blew and popped bubbles and went back in to eat popcorn.
Sadie Quinn also had a great time playing with the boys and searching for dinosaur rocks. When it was my turn to go in her class, we practiced colors and counting 1 - 2 - 3 before moving to the next room with more toys.
Brooklee learned more about bugs and brought home a bag of pins that we can use to pin the bugs she found to a foam board. Joy! In art she painted with crushed chalk and eggs (yuck!) and in cupcake class she made Dr. Seuss themed cupcakes. In full disclosure, I peeked in during the end of cupcake class and though she may have learned how to make a Dr. Seuss themed cupcake, I saw her eat all of her individual ingredients without making her final masterpiece but maybe if the day comes to make one she'll remember the steps? I know she enjoyed every bite and thats all that matters, right?
It was another blessed week full of fun and hard work, mixed with frustrations, celebrations and just a normal week in the life of a homeschool family!
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