Growing in God's Grace: March 2016

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 28-30

Lesson 28 Famous American Abolitionists

Sojourner Truth

by Joanne Mattern

Harriet Tubman

by Wil Mara

Fredrick Douglas

by Lynne Weiss

Lesson 29 Hudson Taylor

We read more about Hudson Taylor in this book:

Missionary Stories with the Millers

by Mildred Martin

Lesson 30 Florence Nightingale

We read about Florence Nightingale in

Girls who Rocked the World

by Amelie Welden and Michelle McCann

Blessings!!

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Friday, March 25, 2016

Art History Month #6: Georgia O'Keefe

This month we studied Georgia O'Keeffe

Week 1:

We read the book:

Georgia O'Keefe

by Joanne Mattern

For this week, I had him paint big flower. He used water colors after drawing the flower.

Week 2

Georgia O'Keefe

by Mike Venzia

This week he did a construction paper flower project.

He folded his paper in half twice and then cut the petals out. He did this twice so he would have 2 flowers.

Final project!

Week 3:

Georgia in Hawaii

by Amy Novesky

This weeks project was to make her Ladder in the Sky drawing.

First he used water colors to paint the background for the sky. I then had him use a white chalk pastel to put stars in the sky. He painted the ground on after the sky dried and then cut out a ladder and glued it on.

Week 4:

Through Georgia's Eyes

by Rachel Rodriguez

For this project, I gave him a red sheet of construction paper and had him paint it with different shades of red, orange, and yellow. I told him all his strokes had to start from the middle and go to the outside.

He then cut a black circle out and made cuts in it to give it a 3-dimensional look. Then, he glued it in the middle.

Finished project!!

Blessings!!

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Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 25-27

Lesson 25 The Fall of the Alamo

The Alamo

by Rob Olliges

Lesson 26 David Livingstone

We read more about David Livingston in this book

Missionary Stories with the Millers

by Mildred Miller

Lesson 27 Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto

For this lesson we talked about greed and being content with what God has provided us with.

Blessings!!

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Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 22-24

Lesson 22 Brazil emerges as a colony

We will study more on this county later in our geography study. I will link to it when it is up!

Lesson 23 The Trail of Tears

The Trail of Tears

by Joseph Bruchac

Lesson 24 George Muller

For this lesson we talked about the importance of helping others less fortunate than us. Once a month, Conner and I volunteer at our local food pantry, We have seen it time and time again, where God provides more food when we are running out, to people showing up to help when there were very few. God always provides for his children!!

Blessings!!

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Monday, March 14, 2016

Geography Monday: Nicaragua

This week our travels bring us to Nicaragua!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1. Nicaragua is also called "the land of lakes and volcanoes."

2. Half of the population of Nicaragua is under the age of 15.

We also added these books to our study. You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.

Nicaragua

by Lisa Owings

Nicaragua is my Home

by Jamie Daniel

For our travels to Nicaragua, we fixed Gallo Pinto.

To make the Gallo Pinto, saute onions, add 2 cups kidney beans and 1 cupped cooked rice

The Bull Shark is native to the waters of Nicaragua.

Stay tuned for next weeks adventures as we travel to Cuba!

Blessings!!

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Mystery of History Volume 4 Lessons 19-21

Lesson 19 The Fall of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

by John Hamilton

Lesson 20 Simon Bolivar

A picture Book of Simon Bolivar

by David Adler

Lesson 21 The Greek War on Independence

He did the flag of Greece out of Legos. He outlined it in green!

Blessings!!

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Monday, March 7, 2016

Geography Monday: Costa Rica

This week our travels bring us to Costa Rica!

Here are some things that we learned this week:

1. More than 100 years ago Costa Rica became the first country in Central America to grow coffee.

2. Costa Rica is the wealthiest of the Central American countries and provides education for free.

3. There is a hummingbird gallery with 30 different species to view in Monteverde Cloud Forrest.

We also added these books and DVD to our study. You can go HERE to see the other books that we use.