Josiah's Newest Addition and a Surprise

The new addition - Miss Katydid

And the surprise - fuzzy caterpillar has shedded his fluffy coat

for something more armour-like (a chrysalis)

Wordless Wednesday - Josiah's Critters

a cacoon
hopper
caterpillar

mantis

anole

Just for Fun

Josiah- "I'm not impressed."

"Wow, I'm impressed!"

"Now, look what I can do."

"First you have to sort and count the pieces."

"Follow the directions, step by step."

"Get your mom to do the hard parts and

. . .

Voila!"
"You have a roller coaster."

"I think Hannah's impressed now."

Fun Friday - Science with Light

While sharing with Dad what we learned about this week, we could not forget this . . .

We are having so much fun with the experiments in this book. One of them I remember doing as a kid. Little did I know that it was a science experiment. Do you remember cracking candy in the dark to see the light?

Another one involved having fun with your TV (while it is off) and a flashlight. The kids could not wait to show this to Dad. Josiah keeps asking "When can we do these experiments again?" If you don't know what I'm talking about, get the book. Just kidding! Place your hand against the TV screen and shine a flashlight around and around the area that your hand is covering. Turn off the flashlight and remove your hand. The TV does not need to be on, just plugged in. It works best if you close your eyes while you have the flashlight on.

Then, while the lights are out and we have the flashlight, another flashback happened. Josiah was dancing around and being his usual silly self and I started moving the flashlight back and forth rapidly until it looked like an old-timey movie. Remember doing that? Everyone had a turn in the "spotlight". What a fun way to spend the evening! Maybe this will "spark" some fun at your house.

Wordless Wednesday - Crystal Garden

Speaking of the Light

It was a pleasant ending to a week of toil. We had been reading - And God said, "Let there be light". (Genesis 1:3) I lit the candles that were labeled with the words JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, that had been rolled in glue and then in salt by the children.

We drank from the glass,

We ate the bread,

We blessed the Lord.

We ate.

Then we read

John 1:3-5

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

Then one child remembers a scripture in Revelations and we look it up, too.

There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light.

Revelation 22:5

We blessed the Lord again and thanked him for many things including

Josiah's clean bill of health from the doctor today,

confirmation that his heart is okey.

I'm also thankful that we could begin to delve into Creation to the Greeks (Hannah)

and My Father's World First Grade (Josiah) this week.

The lessons are rich and we have so many good books to learn from.

I'm thankful we have a nice, comfy couch to read together on.


I'm thankful for this big wall where we can display our maps and timeline and add things throughout the year. It's also a nice sunny room where Hannah can do her seatwork, while
Josiah does his seatwork in the kitchen.

We need the light in so many ways.

Shabbot Shalom!
(Sabbath Peace)

Summer Lessons - Friday

We finish out our Summer Lessons with Science Friday. The following are a sample of some of the experiments we've done. I did not take pictures of all of them.

The squished balloon - Aurora Science

Hannah is lifting the jar with the balloon.

The churning guilty conscience - Hero Training

This is very cool when you see it in action

and see the colors moving and changing.

The Ring Thing - Aurora Science

Very simple and easy to make.

What does it do?


It flies!
Cooler than a regular paper airplane.