Splatter Painting

We have been learning this week about air and how important it is to all living creatures that God made. Today we painted with straws, paint and our air by blowing through the straws. Edward loved this project. He thought it was interesting how the harder that he blew through the straw, the farther from where the straw was pointing on the paper the paint went. He also thought it was interesting how when you moved the straw while blowing through it it caused the paint to cover more of the paper. He loved this project so much that we did 2 paintings. I am going to frame on of them to hang in our class room as Art Work. If you are wondering why the painting is done in the box, I put the paper in the box to help keep the paint from being blown all over the walls and table....not to mention me and my clothes.

This weeks Curriculum

Wow! I can't believe that it is already going to be Thursday. A side note, Edward will be going into see his ped in the morning about his thumb. I am praying it is completely healed and that he can take off the splint. He doesn't keep it on all the time, even hides it from time to time. Talk about frustrating not to mention all the worrying that he might hurt it worse. Anyway, I digress....This week we are learning the letters Ff and Gg. Our number is 5. I have some wonderful books called Numberlies, Alphatales and Numbertales. Each book is about a specific letter or number. I use them to help reinforce what we are learning. Our Colors are Brown and Yellow . Of course this weeks theme is Fire Safety. Circle is our shape. I have also started to incorporate Computer programs in our learning schedule. This week we are learning about Air.Why God made it and that it is important for all living creatures. Our Bible verse is Genesis 1:6. We made a butterfly using a balloon (for the body), a balloon stick (we added it just to help it fly), and a curriculum are picture that was to be used as a part of this project (Edward colored this). Edward writing his name has been improving every day. He still needs to see it to write it but we are progressing and that is what it is all about. He is getting his letters too. He is starting to recognize them every where in everything from street signs, store signs, posters and so forth. I love watching him get excited about it. This is so great and I am so blessed every day to be able to watch him growing knowledge wise.

Fire Safety Week

This week is National Fire Safety Week. This is also our Homeschool theme for the week. Today Edward and I attended a Teaching Parents Association of Wichita Event that they hosted for National Fire Safety Week. There was so much to do. Edward learned more than just Fire Safety at this event. He learned about the importance of wearing a seatbelt (and using his carseat), Safety when it comes to electricity and electrical wires, Bike Safety, first aid and even some health things like the importance of eating right and getting plenty of exercise. He was able to enjoy his first ever professional puppet show. He truly enjoyed himself. We would have never heard of such a wonderful event if it hadn't been for a friend (his Sunday School Teacher) who also homeschools. At home we have also included in our theme Train Safety, plus fire safety & electrical safety. He has also been learning all about 911,when to and when not to call it.

No Halloween Celebrated Here

We don't celebrate Halloween in our house. We celebrate Fall/Harvest This is our choice. We feel that Halloween is not a holiday, that we as Christians should celebrate. God laid this heavy on our hearts and we are choosing to follow His wishes (this also applies with Harry Potter Books....he has laid that heavily on our hearts that these books aren't of Christ, nor something that we would want us polluting our minds with). Yes, that means our son, doesn't get to go trick or treating but we don't feel that he is missing out on much. It is just so dangerous to go trick or treating anyway. He is old enough to understand that Halloween is a day (thanks to the fact that people do celebrate it and tend to decorate their homes (some not so tastefully)) that might look fun, but we are trying to give him our Christian values and see that it isn't a day that God would want us to celebrate. This year so far he hasn't wanted to decorate or even look at decorations pertaining to this holiday. He actually gets upset when he sees them. However we did decorate for the fall/harvest time. We have pumpkins (no carvings) and gourds on our front porch, with some fall flowers. A fall wreath on our front door. A welcome Fall Sign on front porch wall. We also have a beautiful fake pumpkin that is engraved with a great saying: Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, on each side of that pumpkin (we bought this last fall). We have some scarecrows (a boy and a girl,...really cute ones...we even have a couple of bigger ones for the front porch) sitting on our front entry hall table with some pumpkin spice potpourri. We have other fall decor that I need to go up to the attic to get that we bought last year (fake pumpkins with no carvings and so forth, nothing haunted, bloody, screaming, scary or questionable). So see we do decorate, we just choose to do it for Fall/Harvest not Halloween. For the most part Edward seems to understand that Halloween is a no no, the Lord has really been letting his heart hear what we are telling us and he hasn't questioned us about this yet. He might in a few years but I have a few great books to refer to incase he has questions and the Lord will help us to get through that too. Praise the Lord for those.