Creation Days 4, 5 & 6!

We've covered days 4, 5 and 6 of Creation since I last posted. Day 4 & 5 were last week, but we had such a busy weekend I have not had a chance to post about them until now. Bear is definitely catching on and remembering what was created on each day. We've sung a little song for each correlating day, 'Days Of Creation'.

 

Bear particularly enjoyed learning about what God created on the 4th day. He's very interested in planets (Saturn is very cool right now) and black holes (which he finds interestingly scary). The swirly line down his paper he says is the Milky Way. It's also complete with the aforementioned black holes and Saturn. :]

Here's what our white board has looked like during the past week. I found this idea over at answersingenesis.org I sectioned it off into 3 equal parts and labeled them 1-3 on the left hand side in blue, and then 4-6 in red on the right hand side. Of course, you can use any color, just make sure you have two different ones. For each day of 1-3 we drew what God created in blue, and then 4-6 we drew what was created in red. It helps make a visual of how God was setting up the environments to sustain the life he was getting ready to create.

* I should note on Day 1 in this photo, the light separating from dark (center) is all red as I was having to fix what the Little Miss had smudged. :] It was blue.

Hope you all are having a wonderful week!

Day Two & Three - Sky, Land, Plants & Seas!

We've made it through day 3 of school (and Day 3 of Creation) successfully! My Father's World - K is a wonderful curriculum and we are loving it so far. Here is some of what we did the past two days.

Bear is practicing his handwriting each day.

He's made a page each day of Creation so far and will put them together after Day 7 for our Creation Book!

Wonderful little book, simple, quick and beautifully illustrated. The kids went back through and talked about their favorite illustrations, which I explained was another word for 'drawings'!

I have found a wonderful excel spreadsheet that is a weekly summary for each unit in MFW-K. I hope to post a link to the wonderful blog I have discovered it on once I verify the links work correctly!

Homeschooling Kindergarten: Day 1 - Creation

This is our first year homeschooling. Our son attended Pre-K last year at the on-post school, and we were not completely satisfied with the experience. The entire year of Pre-K only further confirmed our desire to homeschool our children.


Our oldest will be 6 in September and knows his letters and most of the sounds. We decided to start with My Father's World kindergarten curriculum to lay a solid foundation for the coming homeschool years. Our first day was today, a few weeks before the public schools begin, as we are taking a family vacation towards the end of August.

We started by taking pictures for our 'Memory Books' for the school year. At the end of the year we will take another photo to see how much we grew! 

Of course E Bug wanted to be included! He will work on colors, shapes, numbers 1-10 and recognizing the ABC's this year. As long as he wants to participate, he will.  E Bug just turned 3, so Pre-K is not a priority at the moment, as Legos and Super Heroes are much more interesting right now!

Day 1 covered the first day of Creation. I read to Little Bear about Day 1 from the Bible, but he is super visual and these two books are WONDERFUL! They pretty much follow what Genesis says, with 'God Made It for You' explaining it a bit more (talks about no light in the darkness.. no lightbulbs, or candles, etc.. very cute and great for a Kindergarten to grasp). Both books have incredible illustrations.

We did our student work from the Student Pages of MFW and will work throughout the year on our handwriting in a daily journal. Handwriting will need ALOT of work before 1st grade! We will get there! :D