Posted in Family on March 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Since it’s Spring Break I took the kids to the Knoxville Zoo!! We had a GREAT time!
Aaron’s favorite animal was the Rosette Spoonbill from Central America because its bill truly looked like a spoon.
Daniella’s favorite was petting two baby camels and a huge bullfrog.
Bethany’s favorite was the bamboo. Once she climbed on the [...]
Posted in Schooling, tagged Exploring Creation with Aplogia Science, Space Rocks Lapbook on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a picture of today’s lapbook page, with the instructions for my Astronomy students:
Starting at the top left Matchbook: Define “hypothesis”
Underneath: Famous Asteroids. If you cut off the name of an asteroid prematurely you may not remember its name. You can google “asteroids,” then click on “images” at the top. You [...]
Posted in Schooling, tagged Exploring Creation with Aplogia Science, Space Rocks on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is a great Venn Diagram comparing comets, meteoroids, and asteroids at http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/educators/resources/astronomy/module5/lesson2.asp. Number 2 can be rephrased by adding “Many ‘Old Earth’ scientists believe…”Once again I need to say that without Dana C.’s ideas, this page would still be an idea in my head. Many thanks to her!
Beginning on the left [...]
Posted in Schooling, tagged Meet the Masters on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In Art this week we learned about Edgar Degas and discussed his paintings of ballet dancers and horses. I asked if everyone knew what jockey is. The quick answer from our “peanut gallery” was, “Underwear!”
Posted in Schooling, tagged Apologia Science, Exploring Creation, Space Rocks on March 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Below is a picture of my first attempt at creating a Lapbook from scratch. My dear friend Dana C. gave me some excellent ideas. Our 5th grade Astronomy students started this project today and it went very well. Here is the email prayer from Peter B. that made a difference to me: “Lord Jesus, [...]
Posted in Christian Life on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is the way our Savior God wants us to live….
Since [...]
