Keepers of the Faith-Sheep class #1

I decided to do series of classes on Sheep, wool, and weaving for my Keepers of the Faith class.

For this month's lesson I used the following books:

Warm as Wool

by Scott Russell Sanders

Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep

by Teri Sloat

Wool Experiment #1

You will need some:

 wool

2 pop cans

1 plastic bowl that is larger than you cans (I used a cool whip container)

hot water

2 thermometers

Boil the water and fill the pop cans 3/4s full of the hot water.

Put one of the cans in the plastic bowl and pack wool around it.  Leave the other sit to the side.  Put thermometers in both of them.  Write down the temperature of them ever 30 minutes for 2 hours.  Compare the temperatures of them at the end.  Our insulated one was 86 degrees, but our non-insulated one was 64 degrees.  This experiment shows why sheep's wool is so important to us and keeping us warm!

We practiced carding our wool.  For this I used 2 dog hair brushes and had him use them working them against each other.  Make sure you start off with a small amount of wool.  This takes time!!

As you have the wool out, allow them to feel and see the characteristics of the wool.

They should notice it is:

soft

light

oily (lanolin is squeezed from it)

The next step was to use a cotton ball and have him SLOWLY pull and twist on it to form yarn.

This was off of one cotton ball!!  Take you time!!

This is a post that is a piggy back off of yesterdays FIAR post.  

This was our sheep snack!  You will need:

2 toothpicks cut in half

1 large marshmellow

raisins

purple grape for the head

I wrapped up the class by having them complete this art/weaving project.  You can find more information on this HERE.

Stay tuned for next month's when I will have some printables and some new lessons and ideas for you!!  This will end up being about 3-4 months worth of classes!

Blessings!!

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FIAR: Warm as Wool

This was such a cute little book we done back int the spring!

Warm as Wool

by Scott Russell Sanders

Wool Experiment #1

You will need some:

 wool

2 pop cans

1 plastic bowl that is larger than you cans (I used a cool whip container)

hot water

2 thermometers

Boil the water and fill the pop cans 3/4s full of the hot water.

Put one of the cans in the plastic bowl and pack wool around it.  Leave the other sit to the side.  Put thermometers in both of them.  Write down the temperature of them ever 30 minutes for 2 hours.  Compare the temperatures of them at the end.  Our insulated one was 86 degrees, but our non-insulated one was 64 degrees.  This experiment shows why sheep's wool is so important to us and keeping us warm!

We practiced carding our wool.  For this I used 2 dog hair brushes and had him use them working them against each other.  Make sure you start off with a small amount of wool.  This takes time!!

The next step was to use a cotton ball and have him SLOWLY pull and twist on it to form yarn.

This was off of one cotton ball!!  Take you time!!

Blessings!!

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Keepers of the Faith-Knot tying class

                Last summer, in our church, we started a Keepers of the Faith club.  You can find out more about this awesome club and all they have to offer by visiting their website here.  (Not an affiliate link.)  For this month’s lesson  I chose to do knots.  We have been doing a lot of cooking the past several months, what with the holidays and such.  So, I thought this would be a nice change of pace!

                The way we have set our club up is doing both the boys and girls together, lasting about 2 hours once a month.    We start out with having them practice their hymn.  For right now, we are working on Rock of Ages.  Then, we do a character trait.  For this month, I chose generosity. 

I am using the Character Trails book by Character Concepts. (Not an affiliate link.)  I started out by asking them:

          What is generosity?

          How can we portray generosity?

Then I will go to the book, where it tells the story of The Good Samaritan in Luke 10.  I love this book, because not only does it base all character traits on the Bible, but it also links it to history and everyday life. There is also a set of questions at the end of each section and some practical projects.

Before we start our character trait today, I will be doing the set up for our Italian Knot Cookies.  They take an hour in the fridge, so plan accordingly!

After our character trait and cookie prep, I will start them on some basic knot information.  I will be covering:

1. What knots are made of.
2. What they are used for.
3. Basic rope maintenance.
4. The 3 parts to the rope.
5. Some of the different types of knots.

          I will then teach them some basic knots.  You can download a Instructional packet for this lesson here.  I am planning on teaching them the

Overhand Knot

Figure 8 Knot

The Reef Knot

There are instructions on the

clove hitch knot 

and the Bowline knot in the packet also if you would like to teach them!

          I also plan on using the story The Pirate Moore and doing the Mooring Hitch along with it.  You can find it here.  It is a very cute story!

          After we practice our knots, we will finish our Italian Knot cookies and bake them.  We will then fill in our notebooks (Activity packet is here.)  

Blessings!!

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