This was another fun week. Our focus of study was Jesus is the Bread of Life, and the settling of New York (New Netherlands).
Our memory verse this week was John 6:35 "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be thirsty." We talked about how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery and into the desert where they were starving because there wasn't much food. We thought it was interesting how after all that God had done for them, the Israelites decided to complain about being hungry instead of just asking God for help. Nevertheless, Good did feed them manna (a special bread) for 40 years while they lived in the desert.
Our memory verse this week was John 6:35 "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be thirsty." We talked about how Moses led the Israelites out of slavery and into the desert where they were starving because there wasn't much food. We thought it was interesting how after all that God had done for them, the Israelites decided to complain about being hungry instead of just asking God for help. Nevertheless, Good did feed them manna (a special bread) for 40 years while they lived in the desert.
As a side note, we were all amazed at how quickly the Israelites seemed to forget about the pillars of smoke and fire that led them through the desert as soon as Moses was out of the picture for a few days. While Moses was up on the mountain talking to God, they were down below worshipping a Golden Calf. Wow! I guess it's not so hard to imagine why so many people fail to see God in everything when these Israelites were so OBVIOUSLY in God's presence and were quick to forget.
We also studied the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5000 men (and their families) with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. We discussed how hard it might have been for the little boy to give his lunch to Jesus, completely trusting in Him. We also talked about obedience and how sometimes we just need to obey, even if we don't know why - just as this little boy did - because we never know what plans God may have.
We read John 6:26-35 and took a closer look at our memory verse. We learned that the "bread" we get from God is food for our spirit and will keep us alive forever - unlike regular bread which only satisfies for a few hours.
This week's science lesson was a fun yeast experiment. We filled two jars with yeast and water - added salt to one and sugar to the other and then covered both with a balloon and put them in a cabinet for a few minutes. The girls then tried to guess what would happen and why. Through this experiment we learned that the yeast needs the sugar for food. When the two are combined they make a gas called carbon dioxide and that's what makes the yeast bubble and the bread rise. Here you can see that the yeast mixed with sugar inflated the balloon.
We also had lots of fun making butter. We cheated a bit and used whipping cream instead of getting our milk from a cow like the pioneer children :) We put the cream in a jar and took turns shaking it until we had a lump of butter.
We also studied the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5000 men (and their families) with just 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish. We discussed how hard it might have been for the little boy to give his lunch to Jesus, completely trusting in Him. We also talked about obedience and how sometimes we just need to obey, even if we don't know why - just as this little boy did - because we never know what plans God may have.
We read John 6:26-35 and took a closer look at our memory verse. We learned that the "bread" we get from God is food for our spirit and will keep us alive forever - unlike regular bread which only satisfies for a few hours.
This week's science lesson was a fun yeast experiment. We filled two jars with yeast and water - added salt to one and sugar to the other and then covered both with a balloon and put them in a cabinet for a few minutes. The girls then tried to guess what would happen and why. Through this experiment we learned that the yeast needs the sugar for food. When the two are combined they make a gas called carbon dioxide and that's what makes the yeast bubble and the bread rise. Here you can see that the yeast mixed with sugar inflated the balloon.
We also had lots of fun making butter. We cheated a bit and used whipping cream instead of getting our milk from a cow like the pioneer children :) We put the cream in a jar and took turns shaking it until we had a lump of butter.
We spread it on some crackers and had a tasty afternoon snack!
One of Sydney's favorite parts of the week was reading The Courage of Sarah Noble. It was so eye-opening to her to read about a little girl who went with her father into the "wilderness" and was left alone all day to do the cooking. She was amazed that this little girl was cooking over an open fire! And so began Sydney's cooking lessons.....
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