Week 4 in CTG

Wow! I just have to say we love this curriculum so far.

We celebrated Rosh Hashanah over the weekend, and have been blowing the shofar every day and reading the "reasons" to remember. I've tried to talk to Rabbit about the symbolism of the different parts, but she's not quite getting it. Anyway, here is our shofar:

Here is how our table looked for Rosh Hashanah:

Besides the crown on the globe, Rabbit made crowns for herself and the boys.

For Bible this week we've been working on memorizing the books of the Old Testament. Rabbit has already learned these for Sunday School and AWANA, so it has just been review. However, mfwrocks posted a great idea for a game. We write the numbers on the back of the "flashcards" and place them in order on the floor or table. Then, one of us flips one over. The other person has to name the book before and the book after. I figured this would help Rabbit be able to find the books quicker in her Bible. We enjoyed this game.

Most of History has been studying Egypt. One day we looked at the Unification of Upper and Lower Egypt. The kids acted it out. Here is Tigger and Rabbit with their crowns:

And of course, Rabbit had to be King Menes. Here she is with the combined crown:

Rabbit enjoyed coloring the notebook page. We did not make the reed boat. We thought about using corn stalks or leaves (our corn didn't grow this year) as an alternative. We may still try doing this sometime. Reading about Egypt has been interesting, but many of our books from the library haven't come in yet.

Science has been fun playing with the different aspects of pyramids. I think the kids were surprised how strong they were. If you do the experiements, get LOTS of sticky-tac.

Rabbit is doing well for her other subjects. Right now we're working in Singapore math. Rabbit decided she wanted to try it.

She's enjoying the stories in The Easy Spanish. I'm not having her go too in depth. At this point we're looking at "exposure" to the language.

The God and the History of Art lesson are fun. I see the exercises carrying over into her other drawing.

The Tanglewood's Secret is such a good book! Don't miss it if you can.

We didn't do the Yom Kippur feast. We talked about it a little, but had other plans this weekend. But, it was kind of funny - for the boys bed time our bookmark was at the story of Jonah, so we got to talk about it a little bit.