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Items Needed: A Cheerful Giver PDF (*FREE* on  Teachers Pay Teachers ) Prayer : Song : “Jesus Said Love Everyone” - Children’s Song Book page 61. Scripture : 2 Corinthians 9:7  The apostle, Paul, wrote this important principle in one of his letters: “Let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.”  Ask your children what they think it means to be a cheerful giver. What does a cheerful giver look like? Discuss. Cheerful means happy, optimistic (positive attitude), bright, smily, etc. And a giver means someone that helps others.   Opening Activity : Are You a Cheerful Giver? Preparation: Print and cut out the fruit and baskets (pages 6-9).  Place the baskets together, so the basket looks brown on the front and back. Staple the sides and bottom of the baskets together, leaving the top open (this is so the fruit can slide into the basket). Pretend you are at a farmer’s market. Have chil...

Last week, we learned all about Seed Dispersal! It was so fascinating learning about seeds and how they are dispersed to continue to reproduce. Below, you will see our five day lesson plan with a book and activity each day. You will also find a seed sorting activity with pictures to sort. Free Download:  Seed Dispersal PDF   MONDAY Book: A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds Activity: Dissect & Explore Seeds; Fruit/Vegetable Stamping Supplies: Fruits & Vegetables of Choice, Finger Paint Paper , Paint Fruit Picking. One of the things I love about Oregon is the farms here. There are so many and a lot of them have U-Pick. This afternoon, we went to the farm and picked fruit to use for our activities today. Dissect & Explore Seeds. Read the book and get ready to dissect fruits/vegetables. Guess how many seeds are in each one. Kids LOVE to dissect things. Observe the shapes of the seeds, how many there are, which one has less/more, etc. Feel free to taste test! T...

While we were at the farm this week, we picked some "peaches" to take home to make Peach Cobbler (from Pinch of Yum). When I went to check out, I learned what a nectarine was. Apparently a peach and a nectarine are in the same fruit family, but a peach is fuzzy and a nectarine's skin is smooth. I'm glad I'm 32 and finally know the difference. Technically, we made a "nectarine cobbler" and it was amazing. INGREDIENTS: (Peach Filling) 5-6 large fresh yellow peaches, sliced 1/4 cup sugar (Cobbler Topping) 1/2 salted butter, melted 3/4 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon baking powder a pinch of salt whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for serving INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Smear the bottom of a 8x8 pan with a little bit of butter. Add peaches and sugar, and mix directly in the pan. Mix the butter, sugar, vanilla, flour, baking powder, and salt until a cookie dough like batter forms.  ...

Items Needed: Yarn or String Craft Sticks We Believe in Being Honest PDF (*FREE* on   Teachers Pay Teachers ) We Believe in Being Honest Prayer : Song : “I Believe in Being Honest” - Children’s Song Book page 149. Scripture : 1 Corinthians 4:1-2  The apostle, Paul, taught that servants of Christ do not lie to others — they have “renounced the hidden things of dishonesty.” Ask your children what it means to lie? And what it means to be honest. When we are honest we tell the truth. We believe in being honest. Opening Activity : True vs. NOT True Preparation: Print and cut out the “true” and “not true” circles on page 6. Tape them onto a popsicle stick. Print enough so each child has one true and one not true popsicle stick.  Explain when something is TRUE, it’s a fact or something that really happened. When something is NOT TRUE, it is NOT a fact or didn’t really happen. We’re going to practice. Read the sentences below ...

We just completed our first week of homeschool. You can view our daily schedule (including which curriculum we use for math, reading and writing) by clicking the link. Below you'll find the art and science activities we did this week - focusing on Exploring Colors.  The Color Exploration PDF includes the Color Exploration lesson plan, Colors in Nature printable in English and Spanish (staple onto brown paper bags and use for the nature walk) and the blank Nature Color Collage (used on Monday).  MONDAY : Book: Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, Que Ves Ahi (Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?) Activity: Nature Walk & Nature Color Collage  Supplies: Brown lunch sack, Color Exploration PDF, glue, magnifying glass (optional). Book. Since my boys both know their colors, I thought they'd be interested in learning them in Spanish. However, they had no interest. Haha. Instead they wanted me to go through, "Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo Que Ves Ahi" in English. And I d...