October Field Trips!!!

Cowtown

This field trip took us back in time to a County Fair in the 1800's, but first we need a fire lesson.

With this trailer we were able to see how prepared the kids were if a fire broke out in the house. Being a daughter of a fire fighter I thought we had this one covered with our already multiple fire drills...Sorry Dad, looks like we need more practice... A~boy just sat their crying, but K~girl did go out the window right away!

Off to the 1800's they go!!!

Here the kids had a chance to experience a spelling lesson in a one room school house.

Here's Ms. Mel giving a lesson on how they washed and dried their clothes back in the day.

Hammer Time!

They printed their own tickets on the old time printing press!

We learned people back then couldn't just go buy their clothing in a store like we do now.

What's a fair without an organ grinder...

A guy calling us over to look at a tent filled with wonders from around the world...

or fun old time games?

What a History lesson, and a new appreciation for our dental care!!!

Walton's Pumpkin Patch

It was a perfect pumpkin picking day, with all the typical fall Kansas weather~ cold and windy!

It could have been raining and we still would have had an extrordinary experience.This was such a beautiful place.

They had so many activities for the kids...

and for Mommy and Daddy too!

What you don't see is us jumping on the big balloon. It was too fun I had to put the camera down!

In the middle of all the fun we worked some school in. We learned all about pumpkins, and how most pumpkin farms will set bee hives up around the pumpkin patch to help in pollination. Very interesting...

Time to find that perfect pumpkin!

Found two perfect pumpkins!!!;p

This was such an amazing day~ with our little pumpkins!

Dinosaur Week!!!

Letter of the Week: Dd

K~girl:Dd Dddd

A~boy:DDDDddddddddddddddddddddddd

Bible Verse: "God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. " Genesis 1:25

As if our daily lives aren't already filled with enough dinosaurs, we thought it would be a good time to really dig our, omnivores, teeth into this subject.

Here's my little Paleontologist...

That's what he wants to be when he grows up!

For Art we are learning about sculptures.

Now we get to make our own Dino sculptures.

K~girl decided her triceratops didn't need a body, just a tail;o) We've been learning that Art can be all shapes, sizes, and color and can be whatever one can imagine.

Our last lesson with our Dinosaurs was Dino Math. We thought it would be fun to count all of A~boy's dinosaurs, separate them into dino families and extinct each family with different circumstances. This helped us work on our adding, grouping and subtracting along with introducing many different theories with dinosaurs.

Mommy's Lesson: How to Teach about Dinosaurs?

As a Bible believing family, I realized this fasincation our son has with dinosaurs has really made me research all sides...all theories. And there are a lot of theories, even from christian perspectives-Just as there are a lot of different interpretations of the Bible. I do not and will not try to have all the answers and will trust God to show us what is meant to be seen in his time and way, through whatever resources he sends me to. That is why I believe the Bible is the "Living Word" in my life. God's personal journal to me, just as I pray it will be for our children.

I do believe science will never have all the answers because it is ever changing and based on theories. But Just as in religion, I believe, it is important to learn about ALL sides so we can grow our minds to be ready for the ultimate Truth. So what will I teach the children??? That anything taught without our Creator and Savior centered in our hearts while learning, will not be worth it's weight in knowledge in the End.

S, H and Sh!

Over the past couple of weeks we've learned about our Ss and Hh. So here's a hot air balloon for letter Hh;o) I wish I could say I planned this one out... How cool is that to land (or should I say fly off) on our Hh week?!?!

As a finale to our Hh week Nina and Papa Harley came by and reminded us of another Hh word;o)

Shhhh! This week we are putting S and H together!

Out of shoe strings we practiced our shapes

Bible Verse: "Shout with joy to God, all the earth!" Pslam 66:1

K~girl:Ss Hh SH sh

A~boy:ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhh sh sh SH

Last week was also filled with a field trip to the police station with our field trip group. Unfortunately I can't download my cell pics on the computer. So you won't be seeing K~girl and A~boy in the "bad boy jail", in the back of a police car, or checking out the taser and handcuffs.

All About Me Week

The kids are finding out everything about themselves...and we're finding out it's going to take 2 weeks for this lesson! Or, as CAB would say, it's a never ending lesson- for us girls.

Letter of the Week: Mm

Bible Verse: "...for with the measure you use, it will be measured to you." Luke 6:38

We are also learning where we live on a map.

Here are a few of their favorites(for today).

K~girl/A~boy

Color: Pink /Dinosaur Green?
Animal: Bunny /Tiger
Food: Pudding/ Watermelon
Bug: Butterfly/ Beetle
Toy: Spirit(Horse)/ Puzzles
Bible History: When Jesus was a baby... /David and the big guy he fights
Books: K~girl's is Tinkerbell and A~boy's the other.

We also learned about magnets and how they work...and when they don't work;o)

We also learned about germs, why we get sick and about our 5 senses: See, hear, smell, touch and taste...that was a fun lesson as I shocked their taste buds with lime juice:p

Next week we will be putting together a family tree!

I think I was over ambitious doing this blog weekly, so stay posted as I will just have to get everything updated when I can.