What a great vacation we had! Lot’s of fun family time and a little adventure too. I have been sooo busy that my postings have fell short of the norm. This is why I am posting 2 weeks together in hopes to catch up.
Week 15 was only a three day school week, but in order to keep things going as planned I had to squeeze a 5 day unit into 3 days not an easy task, but we managed to pull it off! During week 15 we learned a lot about the life and ministry of Jesus which is nothing short of amazing He walked in perfect love, Lazarus’ death and resurrection his sisters Mary & Martha, Zaccheus the short tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus and the favor he received because of it. We did a painting to go along with this.
We learned how Jesus drove out the men buying and selling and disrespecting the temple. So awesome to see the righteous anger of Jesus when He saw what was going on in the temple, can’t imagine what He would do today if He were actually invited into half the churches in the world, but that’s a whole other post for some other time. Here are a few pics from week 15
Yay…Painting! As I told you earlier we learned about Zaccheus, how he climbed the tree to see Jesus. LHFHG had this cute paint project to do. Brown paint, green paint, powdered dish/laundry detergent, paper, paintbrush, and a paper towel. Mix the brown paint with the powder to add texture and have them paint the branches and trunk of the tree{for Jasmine I lightly traced a tree for her) with the paint brush, next give them green paint and a paper towel scrunched up have them dip and dab to make the leaves.
Workbook time
Jasmine loves our target dollar section foam clock.
Cut and paste project.
Playing a colors game kit I got from a church rummage sale.
Week 16
In week 16 we talked about Mary and how she poured perfume on Jesus’ feet to show Him how much she loved Him and we talked about the sacrifices we can make in our daily life like making the choice to pray or talk with Him and put down the video game or in just following Holy Spirit’s nudge to do or NOT do something. In little ways like this we can be a blessing to Jesus and walk out of it being blessed ourselves.
We talked about how to pray and we learned from Jesus how to pray in Matthew 6:9-13. There’s a lot of power in these few passages! Amazing! We talked about the last supper and the power in communion then we did communion and praise and worship. I love it when the glory of God comes in and takes over my classroom!
The Garden of Gethsemane was another lesson for the week so amazing how Jesus walked in pure love with the soldiers and healed the man’s ear even though he was there to hurt Him! He didn’t hesitate to heal His enemy. I truly believe this is one of the main reasons the majority of the church walks powerless today we hold grudges, we hate our enemies, we don’t know how to forgive, we turn away the sinners, we walk in false religious veils. Jesus forgave you before you sinned. He died for you for all sins past, present and future! He loves you no matter what. He never had to work to forgive anyone it was just instantaneous because He loved!!
Our lessons this week took us through the crucifixion of our LORD and on through to the great day of His Resurrection. It has been such a blessing to go through these moments in history with my children through the guiding of the Holy Spirit. These are the lessons in history that have made us who we are and what we stand for. We have learned a lot this week about love and the power of love.
It saddens me to know that not everyone knows this kind of love and if I could say one thing to you if you are a person that doesn’t live your life enlightened and empowered by the love of God, It is never to late. Say to yourself you are ready, ready to change your life and your children’s lives and put a stop to the anger, sorrow and pain. Ask Jesus to come into your heart and never look back. Get into a spirit filled church that walks in the power of the Holy Spirit and start praying and reading the word of God everyday. You are a spirit being created by God He has a purpose and a calling on your life find out what that calling is and move into it. Never look back at who you were, you are a new creation in Him now, forgive everyone including yourself. If you need anything let me know my email me at forestrose@ymail.com. Well I got caught up in the preach…lol sorry! On that note here are a few pics from week 16.
We are now on our fourth chapter book here are a couple of Jada’s journal entries.
Jasmine working out of our fast finisher box. This is something new I started this week. This is a box compiled of puzzles in Ziplocs, this marker board, books, busy bags, and etc. this is for the one who finishes there work before I am ready to move on with them.
This is an impromptu idea I just came up with while looking in my drawer of manipulative items. 1 die, 6 blocks or any other item. Have the child roll the die, here Jasmine rolled 6 I had her put 6 blocks in a line, next she rolled 4 so she had to take away 2 to make 4. She loved it! Simple yet challenging for a 4 year old. For an older child you could add more blocks and another die.
I’ve talked about before my challenges with my girls and math and I am happy to say things are looking up Jada has been doing amazing and moving quickly through her lessons now. As long as she focuses she can do the work. Praise God this has been a block for us for some time now and glory to God progress is here.
Jasmine loves her workbook time
She has been doing great with Funnix beginning math on the computer.
Well that is our 2 week catch up! Hope you all have an amazing weekend. If you are not a follower or a subscriber I encourage you to do so now, I love to connect. God Bless you in all you do, I pray God pours out a blessing upon you and your families as you teach your children.
Forest Rose
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Wow! What a lot of fun you and your girls have!
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