Mystery of History Volume 3 Lessons 82-84

Lesson 82

Amish Home

by Raymond Bial

Eating homemade noodles that we made a couple of weeks ago!!

Lesson 83

Peter the Great

by Diane Stanley

Lesson 84

We read thru the story's on Isaac Watts in the book Hymns for a Kid's Heart volume 1.  Then we sand the song Our God, Our Help in Ages Past.

Here is out favorite group singing Joy to the World!

Blessings!!

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How I am doing my World Geography study

After doing our own US Geography study, I set out to do our world geography study.  The goal is to do every country.  For the most part we will do 2 countries a week, some we may stay in a little longer.

I thought I would make a list of all the books that I will be using in addition to some from the library.

Hungry Planet

&

Material World

by Peter Menzel

Celebrations!

&

Children Just Like Me

by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley

A Life Like Mine

by Barnabas and Anabel Kindersley

Geography of the World

by DK Publishing

Passport to the World

by Craig Froman

Angry Birds Playground Atlas

by Elizabeth Carney

80 Tales Around the World

by Saviour Pirotta

Children From Australia to Zimbabwe

by Maya Ajmera & Anna Rhesa Versola

Encyclopedia of World Geography

by Usborne

Children's Amazing Places

by Robert Hamilton

World of Animals

& 

World Religions

by Usborne

You Can Change the World

Volumes 1 & 2

by Daphne Spraggett & Jill Johnstone

A Trip Around the World

Another Trip Around the World

&

A New Trip Around the World

by Carson -Dellosa Publishing

Art Projects from Around the World

Grades 1-3  & 4-6

by Scholastic

Eat Your Way Around the World

by Jamie Aramini

Missionary Stories with the Millers

by Mildred Martin

     I also made a tub for each continent.  In them, I put pictures of various things in that continent,  Some figures that I got out of Toobs, flashcards, and misc other things that we have found.  Here is some of the pictures of my North American tub.  The downloads are from various sites on-line.

We will also be making a salt dough map for each continent, marking our countries as we go along.

Stay tuned for next month as we travel to Canada!

Blessings!!

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Mystery of History Volume 3 Lessons 79-81

Lesson 79

Fire Cat

by Pippa Goodhart

Lesson 80

For this lesson, he designed his own paper money!

Lesson 81

The Salem Witch Trials

by Joeming Dunn

We also talked about Ephesians 6:10-18  ESV

The Whole Armor of God

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

Blessings!!

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Mystery of History Volume 3 Lessons 76-78

Lesson 76   John Milton and John Bunyan

Dangerous journey [DVD] : a victorious journey of faith and pilgrimage

Lesson 77   William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania

The story of William Penn

by Aliki.

Lesson 78   The Atlantic Slave Trade

For this lesson we listened to Amazing Grace on a CD.  He is just starting to learn this song on the piano and I can't wait to here him when he has it mastered!!

Blessings!!

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DIY : Valentine's Day countdown

This cutie helped me make a Valentine's Day Countdown!  Was some great mother/son time!

All you need is some scrap lumber, heart template, and a couple of 2-3 inch round tree cut, dried tree branch pieces.

First, you want to cut the tree branch pieces.  I made ours about 1 inch thick.  You will need 14 of them!

Then, I spray painted half of them pink and half of them purple.  It took a couple of coats.

While I was painting, He traced our template onto a piece of 3/4 inch plywood.

I then cut it out.

I had him use the file and clean up all the edges.

Then we spray painted it red.

The frame stand I made was out of thicker board of pallet wood.  

I used a drill bit then to put holes in the painted wood circles and then placed them around the heart.

The holes were bigger than my nail heads, so I hammered them in while they were placed around the heart.

After that was done, I attached the heart to my stand.

I then painted the numbers on the hearts and the verse on the heart.  Then I sprayed each one of them with some clear coat.

Blessings!!

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Word of the Year for 2016

     This is my first year picking  word of the year.  I read about the idea and thought it was awesome!  I have never been a person to pick resolutions.  Deep down inside I always knew that I couldn't keep them.

     There are so many things in my life that I need to work on.  From my spiritually walk, my physical walk, my walk as a mother, my walk as a wife, and my walk as my own person.

SPIRITUAL WALK
     1st up, my spiritual walk.  I am in this phase of my life where I find it hard to get into the word of God on a daily.  I know I am not in this walk alone.  As moms, so much of our time is on others.  From the farm animals, to homeschooling, to cleaning, ugh!  I feel that if I work on this area, so many other areas in my life will start clicking.  

PHYSICAL WALK
     This is the part of me I have grown to dislike.  I need to lose 80 pounds (at least).  I hide behind my kids in pictures, or hide from the camera.  Can't find clothes to fit that look decent.

MOTHERLY WALK
     Sometimes I yell.  Sometimes I feel like I don't do enough for my kids.  (Thanks Pinterest and Facebook!)  

WIFE WALK
     I fall asleep way to early.  Partly because I get up way to early to take care of things, but I can't keep my eyes open much past 9pm.  Leaves us very little time to relax together.

WALK AS MY OWN PERSON
     Who am I?  I don't think I know who I remotely am.  Which all brings me back to my spiritual walk.  

Lord heal me

and

me.

     So, my word of the year is 

TRANSFORM.

Verse of the Year:

Do not be conformed to this world, but be TRANSFORMED by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12:2  ESV

Blessings!!

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