CtG - Week 16

Here are a few highlights from our week...

Bible and History

Everything went really well for Week 16. Nothing too earth shattering to report this week though. I didn't even get around to taking a single picture :(

The kids have been reviewing the 10 Commandments as well as Psalm 23 and are pretty good at remembering both.

We sang (and did the hand motions) to the song '12 Men Went to Spy on Canaan'. Here is a link to a video if you don't happen to know the song. We also had grapes for our snack this week.

We are absolutely loving Treasures of the Snow! These read-alouds are totally awesome and so relevant and relatable for kids. I highly recommend them to everyone. My little brother, who recently started attending public school, has said...out of everything...he missed the stories the most :-D



Science

We were not been able to get to the weenie roast experiment. We wanted to...even got our box all set up, but the weather would not cooperate. It has been rainy and cloudy all week. I should also mention -  we are in the winter season here, so even if we did have some sun, it has been rather chilly, so I am not sure how well our solar weenies would have cooked anyway.

We completed the activity to measure the distance between the planets and the sun. Even paced off several hundred steps. Then the kids got bored after the 4th or 5th planet and they were done. They got the jist of it and that is all that matters :)

I hope you had a great week as well!

MFW-ECC - Week 16 - Germany

Our Week in Review

This week went by even faster than the last one! I am so glad to be taking the ENTIRE week of Thanksgiving off from school next week. The kids are REALLY excited about that! I need to catch up on cleaning and laundry something awful. I'm hoping to be able to relax a bit and look forward to spending time with family and friends too :)

Art/Music

This week, the kids made Edelweiss hats. 

As you can tell, they made each hat according to their own style and they didn't want to add the flowers and feathers. If you'd like to find out how to make your own hat, click here.

Science

Somehow, we completely skipped the selected reading for Properties and Ecosystems this week :-o   That's too bad too, the freezing fresh and saltwater experiment looked interesting.  

In Living World, the kids enjoyed reading about freshwater plants and animals. We even watched a few interesting videos.

To watch a short video of cichlid fry coming out from its parent's mouth, click here. The background music is kooky, but the kids thought the video was cool and weird all at the same time ;)

This short video shows a huge paddlefish eating.

Geography

This subject was rather uneventful. The kiddos stamped their passports and entered Germany. We also played the geography game a time or two this week.

Bible

We are thoroughly enjoying reading about George Muller. I have enjoyed it so much that I wanted to delve deeper into his life by downloading his book, A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings. You can actually download it for free if you would like to read it as well. Click here to go to that site.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving week!

(This post has been linked up at 2 Ladybugs and a Lizard )