Sunday, March 31, 2013

Quilt I Made for My New Grandbaby...


These puppies were "painted" using fabric paints.  This was done many years ago by my MIL or SIL and stored away.  My SIL found them a couple of years ago and gave them to me.  Over the last few days I pieced them all together into this fabulous "hand-tied" quilt for my new grandson.

 



My new grandson:

Future Homeschooler

Big Brother Loves His New Baby!
 

Big Sissy Loves Her New Baby, Too!

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

2013 Spring Bulletin Board Idea...


This bulletin board idea for Spring can be used as a visual aid in Preschool and Kindergarten for:

Social Studies - The Family Unit / My Family / Farm Life
(My new grandbaby's name will be added next week, after his birth.)

Science - Birds/Chickens
(Info about birds/chickens maybe found on the internet.)

Arts / Crafts 
(Similar images of chickens, eggs, and flowers may be copied from the internet. The grass is made from green construction paper.  The nest is made from brown and tan construction paper, cut into thin strips and "fan" folded to make crinkled paper strips. The strips are then glued together into a nest shape.)

Math - Introduction to Addition

Health & Nutrition - Chicken & Eggs as Food - Protein

Home Economics - Cooking
(Your child can help gather and measure ingredients for your favorite chicken recipe.)
Cooking is also a great way for teaching your child about fractions.




Thursday, March 7, 2013

"V v" is for "Volcano"...

This week we have been learning the letter "V" sound, and some words that begin with that letter.  This is what we have done with the word "volcano":

We read a book about volcanoes and then drew a picture of a volcano.  
We practiced writing the letter "V".



The book we read was by National Geographic.  Great pictures, but it did mention ...millions of years.  If you don't believe in evolution and the earth being millions of years old, you can just skip tht part of the reading.  We did!

This is the volcano eruption kit that we obtained from Amazon .com.
If you prefer to make your own volcano, you can find instructions online. 
 

 Of course, we had to supply the ingredients for the chemical reaction to make our volcano erupt and look realistic.
 

My grandson adding the final ingredients...


Watching intently...


Looking into the cup and trying to figure out how that stuff worked...


Of course, the stuff must be touched!


 After looking at those amazing photos in the book about volcanoes, my grandson was rather disappointed in how his own volcano erupted.  "Where's the smoke?"  he asked.  "Where's the fire?"
LOL !!!


Tuesday, March 5, 2013

"T t" is for Turtle (paper plate craft project)...

This turtle has a Bible verse displayed on its back which speaks of one of the traits of the typical land turtle:  SLOW.  The turtle can remind us that there is one area of our lives in which we must be SLOW:  "...be slow to speak, (be) slow to wrath."  James 1: 19.


 On the underside of our turtle, we put the letter "T t" and added a few facts about turtles to bring in a science lesson.


STEPS FOR MAKING A PAPER PLATE TURTLE:

 1. Color the bottom of two paper plates.


 2a.  On the inside of the paper plate, glue/tape the turtle's head, tail, and legs.
When flipped back over, it should look like this:

2b.


 3.  Flip upside down and put a wadded-up plastic grocery bag or gift wrap tissue in the center.


 4.  Place the other paper plate on top.


 5.  Secure edges of paper plates with paper clips.


6.  Staple around the edges of the paper plates, securing the top plate to the bottom plate.
Remove paper clips.


This idea was obtained from the book Christian Crafts from Paper Plates by Mary Currier.  Published by Shining Star Publications.  

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Easter Crafts for Children...

 
Handprint Chick and Egg
(construction paper and wiggle eyes)
- a good way to introduce the 'oval' shape -
 
 
 
The Empty Tomb - Matthew 28:6
"He is not here; for he is risen."
(construction paper and brass fastener)

 
 
Jesus Christ - Lamb of God
(Copy onto cardstock an image of a lamb.  You can find one to be copied free from the internet. Glue on cotton balls.  Add a construction paper heart with these words:
 
Jesus Christ - Lamb of God
Perfect Sacrifice For My Sins