Fish and Birds - Week 2

We saw the world through the eyes of birds this week at Brandy's house. She read them this colorful pop-up book about birds and explained many of the attributes God has given to the birds.

She talked about their eyes being monocular instead of binocular. The kids tried to see what that was like by trying to catch a ball with one eye closed.

The kids got to feel some real bird feathers, first dry, then wet. They felt a wet towel to see how little water the feather holds in comparison. 

They got to pass around a real bird's nest. And I can't remember why Brandy had this umbrella. I believe it was raining that day. ;) 

Brandy had stations set up for the kids to see how different birds used their different types of beaks. Which type of "beak" is easiest to do which task?

Fish and Birds - Week 1

Now it's time for our last unit of the year: birds and fish. Jenny had the kids sing our Creation Song, adding our verse about the birds and fish. The kids took turns reading from the Bible about Day 5.

She then read a couple books about birds, followed by a group effort of creating an acrostics about birds. 

The kids then got to make bird feeders to take home. We hung ours in our tree and caught a bird or two nibbling on it. 

Some were a little confused about who the snack was for. 

Then Jenny read a few more books about fish, this time and we got to create another acrostic. 

A little craft of homemade playdough...

Jenny made the kids birds nest and fish water for a snack. The kids weren't all sure about that drink, but it was yummy!

Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 5

Cheri did her lesson at the park this time. The kids always love that. She gave them a lesson on the birth and life of a star. The kids held a black plastic sheet to represent space. The two sparkle balls represent 2 hydrogen attracted to each other to create a star.

Then Miss Cheri showed them some pictures of star nurseries, a nebula.

 We learned a little about gravity. The kids tried to guess which ball had more gravity.

Then, of course, we had to try tossing our big ball. The kids did this a few times. It was too fun not to.

We talked about photons and how light particles travel. So we then had a relay race with the big ball as a traveling photon.

Here's where the kids got to create their own star nursery...

Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 4

To go along with our sun, moon, and stars theme, Theresa did a lesson on astronauts. First, she taught the kids a few facts about rockets and astronauts.

Then we gave her a countdown for the take off of a rocket. Make sure those rocket boosters come off! She told them about all the stages the rockets go through to get to the moon.

Then we had our astronaut training. The kids had to pick up the playdough with a robot arm and open and close a latch with astronaut gloves on.

Time to shoot off a rocket. All the kids had a blast with this project. I think they would have done it all day if we would let them. Even the little ones got a turn.

Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 3

Brandy taught the kids all about the moon and sun this week. She started out showing them how the sun shines on our earth, giving us light and energy.

Then she pulled out her fun science pop-up books and showed the kids the planets and talked about the moon, too. 

We talked about the surface of the moon and how craters and man's footprints are never blown away - well, unless Julie takes her big broom up there and sweeps them away. 

Time for a song...  

Then, everyone squeezed into the bathroom where it is dark, and we made our own eclipse.

No one complained about this craft: moon stages with oreos. 

Zane was sure to copy all the moon stages correctly in his moon book.

Snack time. Our snacks looked a bit like our solar system. Careful, that orange might be hot. ;)

Sun, Moon and Stars - Week 2

Sun, Moon, and Stars - Week 1

 It's a new day of Creation and a new unit: Sun, Moon, and Stars.

 Jenny started us off by teaching the kids a few facts about the planets.

Caedon read about this day in Creation from Genesis.

Then we all worked on making books or mobiles about the planets.

The kids cut, colored, and glued their planets to construction paper. This took a lot more time than we expected. We had to take some of the work home. We did finish our mobile, but I never got a picture of it. Some of the kids chose to make books out of theirs.