Simple Joy Crafting

  We've been back to school for a couple weeks but I'm just now getting to posting about it!  School with a newborn has been easier than I [...]

Here's a picture of Matthew, just because he's cute!  For week 28, we continued our study of Abraham Lincoln and his presidential years, includin [...]

This was our last week!!!  Wow, I can't believe we're finished!  We took a field trip this week to see some sheep being shorn.  After w [...]

This week we continued to use Science With Air .  Above, Caleb is dropping two identical pieces of paper.  One is balled up, and one is flat [...]

Well, our first week is now in the past!  Read more about our first day here.  So far, I'm VERY pleased with Exploring Countries & Cultures (ECC [...]

This was week 2 of Exploring Countries & Cultures for 3rd grade, and MFW 1st grade. I will be real, and say that schooling with a 2 year old and a [...]

We've finished weeks 3 & 4, and we're finally getting used to doing school again! It always takes a couple weeks for the kids to realize that momm [...]

We studied Mexico this week!  The kids were excited to get their "passports" and some Mexican money!  They took a "train" around the driveway, and t [...]

[...] This week's bible verse was John 1:1, a verse that Caleb memorized during bible quizzing this year, so he was excited [...]

[...] envelopes he did.  He also wrote a letter to a friend, and sent a picture to grandpa. Our bible verse for this week was about how we are all part of the body of Christ. To go along with our verse [...]

[...] you can see in the first picture.  Then we used our jewels to make a crown that had our bible verse on it.  "Jesus is Lord of lords and King of kings".  I didn't get a picture [...]

[...] reading Mountain Born , and so far are enjoying it a lot.  It goes well with our bible verse this week, which talks about Jesus being our Good Shepherd. We had more fun in science [...]

[...] it!  I have fond memories of many of these shirts!  I found an old comforter at the thrift store for $3.50, which is going to the be backing and batting.  It's a light blue color on the [...]

[...] we were engaged and first married.  The back was a large bed covering that I found at the thrift store for only $3.50! This was the first machine quilt I've done.  I made Rebekah a small [...]

[...] I love thrift store shopping!  I found 3 dresses and 2 skirts for Rebekah, but needed to do a bit of altering on a [...]

[...] during snack time. We've also found a few fun things at the Dollar Tree and our favorite thrift store as extras. At Dollar Tree, I found word search books with phonics. On the "long e" [...]

[...] get his work done without whining and crying!  I'll be using this trick again!   For bible time, we've been learning that Jesus is the Lamb of God.  Below are their sheep pictures with [...]

[...] . I love how Caleb's paper turned out. We've been reading through the book of Matthew for our bible time. I read a blog article by a fellow My Father's World user about copywork and dictation, that I [...]

[...] and how strong the arch shape is.  Here are 4 egg shells holding up 20 pounds of books! For bible time, Caleb's been copying some verses from Matthew 5.  We also read about the Quechua Indians in [...]

[...] country every two weeks, and I can't always find the time to get a long blog post up! Our Bible time has been focused on the beginning of the book of Matthew. Caleb did some copywork and [...]

[...] has way more than Caleb because she is doing 1st grade, and then also tagging along for Exploring Countries & Cultures.  Each kid, including Joshua, has a school box full of supplies. The top [...]

[...] left of our school year!  I'm getting excited about moving on to My Father's World's Exploring Countries and Cultures! [...]

[...] 'll be using My Father's World First Grade! Because she'll be following along with Caleb in Exploring Countries & Cultures, we'll be skipping the science and art from 1st grade. I did buy the art [...]

[...] now in the past!  Read more about our first day here.  So far, I'm VERY pleased with Exploring Countries & Cultures (ECC from now on).  We started off the week learning the bible verse, [...]

[...] the addition one too!  (I also got an alphabet one for Joshua.) We're still using Primary Language Lessons for our language arts curriculum.  Below is a dictation that Caleb did, it's part [...]

[...] ;Here's a picture of Old Faithful we took. Here is a drawing Caleb did for English (Primary Language Lessons ).  He had to read a story and then illustrate it.  This is a bird in a [...]

[...] Names of Jesus poster.  Rebekah's is the next picture. We made it to lesson #85 in Primary Language Lessons .  My Father's World has come out with their own updated version, so I think we [...]

[...] 's World created, Language Lessons for Today, 3rd Grade.  It is very similar to Primary Language Lessons, which we used last year, but it is more modern and, I hope, easier to teach.  If [...]

[...] and has been doing a lot of pages! Here are a couple of her student pages.  She did the math page all by herself, I was impressed she understood the equations already (she did this before she [...]

[...] along with her Kindergarten.  She did letter X this week for Fox.  Below is a math page of hers.  And the next picture is her drawing page, which I also thing is so cute! [...]

[...] Rabbit, and then she drew Mr. McGregor's garden.  She didn't want to color it. Her math page involved measuring with a ruler, just like Caleb's!  I think she felt like a big girl! [...]