I am so ridiculously far behind in blogging our weekly lessons. I apologiz to those of you on the MFW blogroll who have been visiting!!! I'm going to attempt to catch up in separate posts - hopefully I don't confuse you or leave out too many details since everything happened so long ago.
Anyway...
Week 11
Bible ~ We continued learning about Jesus as the Giver of Water. It really difficult to explain to a 9 year old how a person can have his spiritual thirst satisfied. She nodded her head a lot and seemed to understand, but I felt like I could never explain it well enough. Perhaps the difference is in her innocence. There's something to the idea of coming to the Lord like a child!
Social Studies ~ Last week we studied the birth of our nation and the Declaration of Independence. This week we gained a new appreciation for George Washington. What an amazing man! We also read about and tried to make our own Johnny Cakes.
Anyway...
Week 11
Bible ~ We continued learning about Jesus as the Giver of Water. It really difficult to explain to a 9 year old how a person can have his spiritual thirst satisfied. She nodded her head a lot and seemed to understand, but I felt like I could never explain it well enough. Perhaps the difference is in her innocence. There's something to the idea of coming to the Lord like a child!
Social Studies ~ Last week we studied the birth of our nation and the Declaration of Independence. This week we gained a new appreciation for George Washington. What an amazing man! We also read about and tried to make our own Johnny Cakes.
Ingredients: water, butter, cornmeal, sugar and salt. Easy peasey.
But the girls seemed to like them anyway. They tried dipping them in maple syrup and melted butter. I'm sure you will understand how surprised I was when they declared maple syrup their favorite topping *gasp*
Read Aloud ~ We're still working on Sarah Witcher's Story which is supposed to be the true story of a little girl (4ish maybe) who wandered away from the family homestead and got lost in the woods for several days. She was taken care of by a bear whom she had mistaken for the family dog. It's been a good insight into faith, family life, and the culture of the time period and my girls are hanging on every word.
Music ~ We are singing and learning all about Yankee Doodle Dandy! The girls think it's funny that macaroni (as in "Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni") referred to a stylish way of dressing and not their favorite lunch. They seem put off that the British would be making fun of the early Americans like they did. But, go USA! We all love that the early Americans took it in stride and adopted the song as their own - despite it's original cruel intentions.
