Fourth Grade, Bible Set Three

Hymns

• My Redeemer
• I Will Sing the Wondrous Story
• He Keeps Me Singing
• Sunshine in My Soul
• Love Lifted Me

Bible Memory

• Psalm 19:11 - 14

The Bible Detective; Bible Reading

• When the Rooster; Matthew 26
• Price of the Christ; Matthew 26-27
• Prisoner Goes Free; Matthew 27, Mark 15
• Friend and Follower; Matthew 27
• Husband's Lie; Genesis 20
• No Looking Back; Genesis 19
• Wife Hunt; Genesis 24
• Dad's Favorite, Genesis 25, 27
• Dream; Genesis 37, 39-41
• Midwives; Ex 1-2
• God in Bush?; Exodus 3

Catechism

• Learned #58 - 61
• Reviewed a section each week

Our 24 Family Ways

• We choose to be peacemakers, even when we feel like arguing.
• Days 1 - 5
• Learning the Way
• Made a poster

Window on the World

• Kyrgyz
• Lesotho
• Lobi
• Madagascar
• Maldives

 Missionary Book

• 77 Zebra

Fourth Grade, Bible, Set Two

Hymns

• Faith of Our Fathers
• Yield Not to Temptation
• Open My Eyes
• What if it Were Today?
• In My Heart There Rings a Melody

Bible Memory

• Psalm 19:6 - 10

The Bible Detective; Bible Reading

• The Giant, 1 Samuel 17
• A Suffering Saint; Job 1-3
• In the Lions Den; Daniel 6
• Gifts of the Magi; Matthew 2
• Baptism of a King; Matthew 3
• The Obedient Storm; Matthew 8
• Mustard Seed Faith; Luke 17
• Down of the Farm; Luke 15
• Sisters; Luke 10
• Resurrection; John 11
• To Be Born Again; John 3

Catechism

• Learned #54 - 57
• Reviewed a section each week

Our 24 Family Ways

• We are diligent to complete a task promptly and thoroughly when asked.
• Days 1 - 5
• Learning the Way
• Made a booklet

Window on the World

• Japan
• Jolas
• Kal-Tamashaq
• Kazakhstan
• Kurts

 Missionary Book

• Charlie 

Fourth Grade, Bible, Set One

Hymns

• Praise My Soul the King of Heaven
• Cleanse Me
• Amazing Grace
• I Love to Tell the Story
• Whiter Than Snow

Bible Memory

• Psalm 19:1-5
• Reviewed one passage each week

The Bible Detective; Bible Reading

• On the First Day; Genesis 1, 2
• Lost Innocence; Genesis 2, 3
• Brotherly Love; Genesis 4
• Up in Smoke; Genesis 11, 18, 19
• Trade Rights; Genesis 25
• Remembering Joseph; Genesis 37-41
• Rollin' Down the River; Exodus 2, 3
• Fighting Like Brothers; Exodus 4, Numbers 17
• Parting the Red Sea; Exodus 14
• In the Presence of Jehovah; Exodus 34
• God Talks to a Boy; 1 Samuel 3

Catechism

• #50 - 54
• Reviewed a section each week

Our 24 Family Ways

• We choose to be joyful, even when we feel like complaining
• Days 1 - 5
• Learning the Way
• Make a poster

Window on the World

• Iceland
• India
• Indonesia
• Iraq
• Israel

Missionary Book

• Mik-Shrok

Third Grade, Bible , Set Seven

Hymns

• Come Ye Thankful People, Come
• Rock of Ages
• Thy Word is like a Garden
• Holy, Holy, Holy
• Fairest Lord Jesus

Bible Memory

• Romans 5:8
• Romans 6:23
• Romans 10:9-10
• Romans 5:1

We practiced presenting the Wordless Book to a friend.

Catechism

• Learned #47, 48, 49
• Reviewed Catechism each week

Prayer

• Countries/People
• Gypsies
• Haiti
• Hezaro
• Herrero
• Hui

Read-Aloud

• Books from our shelf

The Princess and The Kiss

• We completed the Life Lessons book and we had a very simple "ceremony" and gave K. the necklace that goes with the book.

Third Grade, Bible, Set Six

Hymns:

• Give of Your Best to the Master
• Now I Belong to Jesus
• Tell Me the Story of Jesus

Bible Memory

• we used the Verse Strips to review a passage each day during this set of weeks

Games

• I found the book, Games for Bible Discovery, by Monte Corley and Roy Nichols. I made some of the games to help us review facts about Moses, Abraham, and other Bible stories.
• We played Bible Order, which is like Rack-O, but with the books of the Bible. This is a very old game, and I don't think it is available anywhere, but if you have Rack-O stands, you can make cards with the names of the books of the Bible on them.

Catechism

• Learned #44, 45, 46
• Reviewed catechism each week

Prayer:

• Countries/Peoples
• Garifuna
• Gonds
• Greece
• Greenland
• Guinea-Bissau

Read-Aloud

• Short and Sweet by Katherine Loop
• Other books from our "Bible Shelf"

The Princess and The Kiss

• Lesson 21 in Life Lessons -- God wants you to pass on a godly heritage.
• The activity we did was to trace around one of our feet and then to write names of people we know who follow Jesus. People we can look to as good examples to follow. (1 Corinthians 11:1)

Third Grade, Bible, Set Five

Hymns:

• Reach Out to Jesus
• Crown Him With Many Crowns
• The Wonder of it All
• Glory for Me
• Have You Room for Jesus?

Bible Memory:

• Psalm 91:5 - 16
• Reviewed passges with Verse Strips

Project:

• Fort Faithful -- based on Psalm 91

Catechism:

• Learned #41, 42, 43
• Reviewed previously learned

Prayer:

• Countries/Peoples
• Druzes
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Falashas
• Fiji

Read-Aloud:

• Swiss Family Robinson in Words of one Syllable
• Picks from our Bible shelf

The Princess and the Kiss

• Lesson 20 in Life Lessons -- purity is not just a gift a woman can give to her husband; it is a way to honor the Lord. We are to be pure in body, heart, and mind.

Third Grade, Bible, Set Four

Hymns:

• Living for Jesus
• The Star-Spangled Banner
• American the Beautiful
• My Country 'Tis of Thee

Bible Memory:

• Romans 12:19b - 21
• Psalm 91:1 - 4
• Review a previous passage each week with Verse Strips

Catechism:

• Learned #38, 39, 40
• Reviewed previous

Prayer:

• Countries/Peoples
• Cuba
• Dailu
• Dayak
• Djibouti
• Dogon

Read-Aloud:

• Catching Their Talk in a Box by Betty M. Hockett -- the story of Joy Ridderhof, who went around the world recording the gospel in native languages.
• K.picked a book each Friday

The Princess and the Kiss

• Lesson 19 in Life Lessons -- trust God, wait patiently, and pray for your future husband

Third Grade, Bible, Set Three

Hymns:

• Pearly Gates
• Dare to be a Daniel
• Jesus Loves Even Me
• Wonderful Words of Life
• Higher Ground

Bible Memory:

• Romans 12:14 - 19a
• We reviewed one previously learned passage each week with Verse Strips.

Bible Study/Hearing God's Voice:

• Proverbs 17 - 22 -- usually K. asked a lot of questions about verses we were reading, so I decided not to try to do a chapter each day. Refer to Set One for more information.

Catechism:

• Learned #35, 36, 37
• Reviewed previous

Friend:

• I found an article in a Focus on the Family magazine that gave ideas for how to teach your child to be a friend. On days when we were going to the park or kids were coming over, we talked about them and made plans for her to implement some.

Prayer:

• We had a great answer to prayer! One of our prayer requests was for missionary friends whose car was hit while it was parked. Their insurance company was able to find the person who hit it and their car is getting fixed for free.
• Countries / Peoples:
• Buryat
• Chad
• Children of the Streets
• China
• Colombia

Read-Aloud:

• Jan Ken Pon: Stories of Children in Japan by Patricia Finrow Clark
• Each Friday K. got to pick a book from our Bible shelf for me to read to her.

The Princess and the Kiss

• Lesson 18 in Life Lessons -- God puts dreams in your heart. It is okay to have dreams about marriage and family, but be sure you please and obey God with all of your thoughts. Be content, don't worry about finding a husband, practice giving your whole life to God, and don't miss all the wonderful things God wants to do in your life right now.

Third Grade, Bible, Set Two

Hymns:

• O, Joyous Easter Morning
• The Easter Song
• Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
• At Calvary
• Christ Returneth

Bible Memory:

• Psalm 121 -- I have set this up the same way as in Set One, only the shape is mountains
• We reviewed one previously learned passage each week with Verse Strips.

Bible Study:

• I was able to download for free part of The Resurrection from  Grapevine Studies. This takes you from the Passover to the Ascension reading Bible passages and drawing stick figures to illustrate about 70 scenes. I bought K. a nice sketch book to do the drawings in.

Catechism:

• Learned #32, 33, 34
• Reviewed previous

Easter Activities:

• Another free download I have is "49 Activities and Practices for Lent". We tried to do three each week.

Prayer:

• Countries/Peoples
• Bangladesh
• Beja
• Bhutan
• Bijago
• Bulgaria

Read-Aloud

• God and a Boy Named Joe by Ethel Barrett

The Princess and the Kiss

• Lesson 17 in Life Lessons -- love comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and sincere faith; we want to make friends that we can serve the Lord with so we can "stir up love and good works" in each other.

Third Grade, Bible, Set One

• Hymns
• Can a Little Child Like Me?
• There Shall Be Showers of Blessing
• I Will Serve Thee
• All Things Bright and Beautiful
• Jesus is Coming Again
• Bible Memory
• Romans 12:9 - 13
• I cut large heart shapes out of scrapbooking paper, and white paper (a little smaller heart) and glued them together.
• By drawing lines on the white paper, K. can write the verse we are working on each week.
• I have written out each verse on 1/2" tall strips of cardstock, then I cut the strips up so each has two - four words on it. On Fridays we put these word strips in order. (Verse Strips)
• Hearing God's Voice
• Proverbs 1 - 16 -- we were supposed get up through chapter 25, but there were some days when we had discussions that were too important to just stop and do what was on the schedule, just so I could mark it off.
• We take turns reading the verses aloud, sometimes I will stop and explain a verse or ask K. what she thinks it means.
• Then we each write in our notebook
• The Big Idea (from the chapter)
• A Verse
• God wants me to be (complete sentence)
• I can do that today by (complete sentence)
• Memory Verse Review
• Each week we are pulling out the word strips from a passage we previously memorized and putting them in order.
• Catechism
• Each week we review some catechism that we previously memorized.
• We learned Catechisms #29 - 31 during this set
• Prayer
• This year we are using the book, Window on the World to pray for the peoples of the world. The book tells about the people, where the live, how they live, and tells things to thank God for and to ask God for.
• We are also keeping a prayer journal. I want K. to be able to see God answering prayer, so we have been praying for rain (this is the dryest winter in a very long time). We have had a few showers, but right now we are having a wonderful storm!
• Bible Reading
• I remembered that we had a chronological Bible, so I got that out (after searching high and low for it, then my husband found it on my closet shelf) this year. We started up at the ordination of the Priests. It seemed about the right place to start since we read Genesis in first grade and Exodus in second grade. However, K. wants to hear stories, so we may go back to her Bible and start reading in Joshua.
• The Princess and the Kiss
• We were ready for lesson 16 in the Life Lessons book. It was about being the right person -- whether you marry or not, the most important thing is to become everything God wants you to be and live a life that pleases Him.
• Read-Aloud
• We read The Hidden Jewel by Dave and Neta Jackson. This book is about Amy Carmichael and is the last of our Trailblazer Books.

Second Grade, Bible, Set Seven

Week One:

• Hymn: Wonderful Grace of Jesus
• Memory Verse: John 3:18
• Searching for Treasure: we colored the game board and talked about why different areas were described as they were, for instance, why would "Complaining" be a marsh or "Friendship" a river?
• Lost in India: we continued watching the videos and completing the activities
• We reviewed our catechism.
• We prayed.
• We continued reading Kidnapped by River Rats

Week Two:

• Hymn: Something Beautiful
• Memory Verse: John 3:19
• Searching for Treasure: we played the game. It took four days to complete a game. We played it for ten or fifteen minutes each day, then put sticky tabs with our names on it where our markers stopped each day so we could continue where we left on the following day.
• Lost in India: this was the final week of this program.
• We reviewed our catechism.
• We prayed.
• We finished the book, Kidnapped by River Rats

Week Three:
You can tell that this was a really strange week. There was a lot going on and we scaled a lot of our studies back to the bare minimum.

• Hymn: We Gather Together
• Memory Verse: John 3:20
• Searching for Treasure: we played the game through once, which took two days.
• Bible Reading: Exodus 36 - 40
• We prayed each day.

Week Four:

• Hymn: We Gather Together -- we only sang it twice last week, so we decided to have it for another week
• Memory Verse: John 3:21 (yeah!)
• Searching for Treasure: we played the game through once, again.
• Catechism: #106, 108, 109
• Reviewed all previous catechism
• Prayed daily.
• Began reading Danger on the Flying Trapeze about D.L. Moody

Week Five:

• Hymn: Come Ye Thankful People, Come -- you can tell it's Thanksgiving time
• Reviewed John 3:1-21 each day
• Princess and the Kiss -- read book and lesson 15
• Reviewed catechism
• Prayed daily
• Finished reading Danger on the Flying Trapeze

Second Grade, Bible, Set Six

Week One:

• Hymn: When We See Christ
• Memory Verse: John 3:11
• Searching for Treasure: Study 18, Intro - #3
• Review Catechism
• Pray daily
• Finished reading Escape from the Slave Traders (We met some people from Malawi, which is next to Lake Nyasa, which we read about in this book. It was really neat how it all worked together.)
• Reviewed previously memorized passages

Week Two:

• Hymn: He Touched Me
• Memory Verse: John 3:12
• Searching for Treasure: Study 18, #4 and Study 19, Intro - #2
• Bible Reading: Exodus 31 - 35
• Prayed daily
• Began reading Sinking the Dayspring about John Paton

Week Three:

• Hymn: He's Everything to Me (K. really likes this one, I've heard her singing it around the house)
• Memory Verse: John 3:13
• Searching for Treasure: Study 19, #3 - 4 and Study 20, Intro
• The Princess and the Kiss: Lesson 14 in the Life Lessons book. This lesson is about being pure in your life so you don't build walls between yourself and God or yourself and those in authority. We also read Mrs. Rosey-Posey and the Chocolate Cherry Treat.
• We prayed each day.
• We continued reading Sinking the Dayspring

Week Four:

• Hymn: Face to Face
• Memory Verses: John 3:14-15
• Searching for Treasure: Study 20, #1 - 4; this study was on was on working hard
• Catechism: # 100, 102, and 104
• We reviewed all the catechism we have learned once, and this year's catechism once.
• We prayed
• We finished reading Sinking the Dayspring

Week Five:

• Hymn: To God be the Glory
• Memory Verses: John 3:16 - 17 -- this is a long section, but K. already knew verse 16, so it was really only learning verse 17
• Lost in India: This is a four week program that Mission India and Sonlight Curriculum are doing. Each Tuesday and Thursday there is a new video to watch about Chris, who went to India to see a friend, but flew to the wrong airport and now has to travel through India to meet his friend, Justin. There are activities that go along with each video, which include stories about children who have become Christians through Mission India's Bible Clubs. The goal is to raise money for these Bible Clubs.
• We prayed
• We started reading Kidnapped by River Rats, which is about William and Catherine Booth.

Second Grade, Bible, Set Five

Week One:

• Hymn: Take My Life
• Memory Verse: John 3:4
• Searching for Treasure: Study 14, Intro - #4
• Prayed daily
• Started reading Listen for the Whippoorwill about Harriet Tubman

Week Two:

• Hymn: It Took a Miracle
• Memory Verse: John 3:5
• Searching for Treasure: Study 15, Intro - #4
• Bible Reading: Exodus 25 - 30
• Reviewed this year's catechism
• Prayed daily
• Continued reading Listen for the Whippoorwill

Week Three:

• Hymn: He Leadeth Me
• Memory Verse: John 3:6-7
• Searching for Treasure: Study 16, Intro - #4
• The Princess and the Kiss: Lesson 13 in the Life Lessons book. This lesson is about not making decisions based on your feelings, but on God's Word and giving Him your whole heart and about reaping what you sow (or plant). We did two art projects with this lesson.
• The first was to remind us that our feeling change and are "blown about" by circumstances. We took paper and colored an ocean scene with a wavy ocean. Then we took brown paper and drew a boat and cut it out and wrote "FEELINGS" on it. We used a brad to attach the boat to the ocean scene, so it would rock back and forth.
• For the second project, I drew four seeds on a large piece of paper and colored them. We named them faithfulness, love, kindness, and joy. K. drew a stem and flower from each seed. We talked about what we reap if we plant these characteristics in our lives. We decided on trust, love, friends, and happiness. Then I drew roots coming from each seed and dirt around the seeds and roots. We talked about how roots get nourishment for plants, and where would she get nourishment to plant these things in her life. Then I wrote "God's Word" below the roots.
• We reviewed our catechism.
• We prayed each day.
• We finished reading Listen for the Whippoorwill.
• We reviewed previously memorized passages.

Week Four:

• Hymn: Heaven Came Down and Glory Filled My Soul
• Memory Verse: John 3:8
• Searching for Treasure: Study 17, Intro - #4
• Catechism #95, 96, 98
• We reviewed this year's catechism
• We prayed daily
• We started reading Escape from the Slave Traders about David Livingstone
• We reviewed previously memorized passages.

Week Five:

• Hymn: Christ Arose
• Memory Verse: John 3:9-10
• Searching for Treasure: the summary lessons from studies 14 - 17
• K. was disappointed that we were reviewing, so each day I let her tell me what she remembered about the study we were reviewing that day. Then we would just look up the Bible verses for the ones she did not remember.
• We reviewed this year's catechism questions twice and the questions from previous years once
• We prayed daily
• We continued reading Escape from the Slave Traders.
• We reviewed previously memorized passages.

Second Grade, Bible, Set Four

Week One:

• Hymn: When He Cometh
• Memory Verse: John 1:15
• Searching for Treasure: Review section 2; Study 11, Introduction; One of the days of review was about the wise man and the foolish man building their houses on the rock or sand. We read the verses and noticed that the difference between the wise and the foolish was not that the did or didn't hear God's Word, but that they did or didn't do what God said. That led to a story from another book about the verse "be ye doers of the Word and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves". We also had a discussion about good fruit and bad fruit stemming from Proverbs 1:31, "eating the fruit of their ways".
• Reviewed catechism
• Prayed daily, focusing on praising God
• Finished reading Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
• Reviewed Bible passages

Week Two:

• Hymn: Onward Christian Soldiers
• Memory Verses: John 1:16-17
• Searching for Treasure: Study 11
• Bible Reading: Exodus 19 - 24
• Reviewed this year's catechism
• Prayed daily
• Began reading Attack in the Rye Grass about Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
• Reviewed Bible Passages

Week Three:

• Hymn: I Would Be True
• Memory Verse: John 1:18
• Searching for Treasure: Study 12, Intro - lesson 3
• Princess and the Kiss: Lesson 12; for an activity, we took an old umbrella and some glitter paint. K. decorated the umbrella and I wrote at the top "Authority, Umbrella of Protection". She is really enjoying playing with the umbrella.
• Prayed daily
• Continued reading Attack in the Rye Grass
• Reviewed Bible Passages

Week Four:

• Hymn: Battle Hymn of the Republic
• Memory Verses: John 3:1- 2; now that we have finished John 1:1-18, when K. could say it perfectly, she earned her $2
• Searching for Treasure: Study 12, lesson 4 - Study 13, lesson 1
• Catechism: 91, 93, 94
• Review this year's catechism
• Prayed daily
• Continued reading Attack in the Rye Grass

Week Five:

• Hymn/Patriotic Song: This is My Country
• Memory Verse: John 3:3
• Searching for Treasure: Study 13, lesson 2 - summary
• Reviews this year's catechism on three days
• Prayed daily
• Finished reading Attack in the Rye Grass

Second Grade, Bible, Set Three

Week One:

• Hymn: Jesus Loves Even Me
• Memory Verses: John 1:8 and 9
• Searching for Treasure: Reviewed Sections 2 and 3
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayed daily
• Began reading The Warrior's Challenge, Trailblazer Series
• Reviewed Bible passages

Week Two:

• Hymn: I Stand Amazed
• Memory Verse: John 1:10
• Searching for Treasure: Study 8; we were able to have some very timely conversations about anger. I was able to refer to recent incidents of how a cousin was trying to start a fight with her and how the Bible says that is what an angry person does.
• Bible Reading: Exodus 13 - 18
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayed daily
• Continued reading The Warrior's Challenge
• Reviewed Bible passages

Week Three:

• Hymn: Blessed Assurance
• Memory Verses: John 1:11 and 12
• Searching for Treasure: Study 8, Summary through Study 9, #3
• Princess and the Kiss: Lesson 11 -- it was very interesting how God worked that both Treasure and Kiss were dealing with pride this week
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayed daily
• Finished reading The Warrior's Challenge
• Reviewed Bible passages

Week Four:

• Hymn: It is No Secret
• Memory Verse: John 1:13
• Searching for Treasure: Study 9, #4 through Study 10, #1
• Catechism #85, 87, and 89
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayed daily
• Started reading Abandoned on the Wild Frontier (Peter Cartwright)
• Reviewed Bible Passages

Week Five

• Hymn: Lead Me to Calvary
• Memory Verse: John 1:14
• Searching for Treasure: Study 10, #2 - Summary
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayed daily -- while reading Seasons of a Mother's Heart I got convicted about the way we have our prayer time. In the book Sally Clarkson says, "Unlike homeschooling goals, though, prayer is not a task to be accomplished and checked off a list. Prayer is a relationship to be enjoyed." One of my goals for this planning week is to figure out how to take this prayer time from a "task to be completed" to a time where I am showing K. that prayer is part of our relationship with God and enjoyable.
• Continued reading Abandoned on the Wild Frontier
• Reviewed Bible Passages

Second Grade, Bible, Set Two

Week One:

• Hymn: In My Heart there Rings a Melody
• Memory Verse: John 1:1-2
• Searching for Treasure: Reviewed Studies 1 - 4
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayer
• Read God and a Boy Named Joe chapters 1 - 6

Week Two:

• Hymn: Jesus Bids us Shine
• Memory Verse: John 1:3
• Searching for Treasure: Study 5, Introduction - #4
• Read Exodus 7 - 12
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayer
• Read God and a Boy Named Joe chapters 7 - 11

Week Three:

• Hymn: America the Beautiful
• Memory Verse: John 1:4
• Searching for Treasure: Study 5 Review - Study 6 #2
• Kiss Lesson 10
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayer
• Read God and a Boy Named Joe chapters 12 - 16

Week Four:

• Hymn: I Know Who Holds Tomorrow
• Memory Verse: John 1:5
• Searching for Treasure: Study 6 #3 - Study 7 #1
• Catechism #82, 83, 84
• Reviewed Catechism
• Prayer
• Read The Chimney Sweep's Ransom chapters 1 - 4

Week Five:

• Hymn: Standing on the Promises
• Memory Verse: John 1:6-7
• Searching for Treasure: Study 7 #2 - Summary
• Catechism Review
• Prayer
• Read The Chimney Sweep's Ransom chapters 5 - 8; we will finish the book next week during our "off schedule" week

Second Grade, Bible, Set One

Week One:

• This week we sang A Child of the King.
• We memorized Exodus 20:1-3. I wrote the verses on construction paper cut in the shape of stone tablets. On Friday, I gave her an extra one and had her illustrate something about the verses. K. drew the Israelites being delivered from Egypt.
• Searching for Treasure: each day we did a reading and answered the questions. The first day I read the passage from the NKJV. I decided that I was going to have to spend a lot of time explaining what words meant, so I got our New Life Version and we are using it. We take turns reading. I'll read the odd number and she reads the even number verses.
• We have started Spy for the Night Riders about Martin Luther in the Trailblazer series by Dave and Neta Jackson. We are reading one chapter a day.
• One day a week we review our catechism.
• We have started a new page in our prayer journal.
• We continue to review the passages we have memorized in kindergarten and first grade in the car.

Week Two:

• This week K. chose Tell Me the Stories of Jesus for our hymn.
• We memorized Exodus 20:4 and 7a
• I read Exodus 1 - 6 to her from the NKJV Bible. I had pictures from the stories for K. to color while I read.
• Searching for Treasure: this study is going very well. K. is really listening to the scripture and being able to answer the three or four questions each day.
• We only have two more chapters in Spy for the Night Riders.
• We reviewed our catechism on Wednesday.
• We are adding more items to our prayer journal.
• We didn't go anywhere this week, so we didn't review our memory passages. Hmm, maybe I need to re-evaluate this method.

Week Three:

• This week we sang A Shelter in the Time of Storm for our hymn.
• Our memorization was Exodus 20:7b, 8, and 12
• We did lesson nine in Life Lessons from the Princess and the Kiss. The discussion was that "keeping your kiss" doesn't just have to do with keeping your kisses for your husband, but also means to guard your heart and how your senses are the doors to your heart. One day I read Mrs. Rosey-Posey and the Chocolate Cherry Treat since it goes right along with being set-apart and keeping your life pure.
• Searching for Treasure: we are learning much about wisdom. I'm glad I found this book, and that we are going at this slow pace.
• We finished Spy for the Night Riders and started The Queen's Smuggler about William Tyndale.
• We didn't review our catechism until Friday.
• We already have some answers to prayer!
• We were out two days this week, so we did get some review done.

Week Four:

• Our song this week was I'll be a Sunbeam. K. thinks she would like to sing it at the graduation program this year.
• We memorized Exodus 20:13 - 16
• Searching for Treasure: in the Bible we are reading from it uses the term "strong words" instead of "reproof". This morning I was telling K. that she needed to put the books away properly. I was speaking in a quiet, stern manner. She said that she didn't like it when I spoke to her like that. I sat down and put my arm around her and asked her and asked her if she thought I was using "strong words". She said yes. I then was able to remind her that the wise person learns from strong words but the fool hates them.
• We are continuing to enjoy The Queen's Smuggler.
• We reviewed our catechism on Wednesday.
• We have added more prayer requests.
• We were home all week, so we didn't review.

Week Five:

• Living for Jesus was our song this week.
• Exodus 20:17 completed our memorization of the 10 Commandments
• We learned Catechism #78, 80, and 81
• Searching for Treasure: we are having lots of conversations about being a wise girl instead of a fool.
• The Queen's Smuggler has gotten very exciting!
• We reviewed our catechism on Wednesday
• We are continuing to pray each day.
• We were able to review two passages this week.

First Grade, Bible, Set Seven

• We are continuing to memorize 1 Corinthians 13.
• In 24 Ways we are on #2, Reading the Bible and Praying everyday with an open heart. We have discussed what an "open heart" means, and I am able to pull examples from our memory verses, so that makes it more meaningful.
• We finished reading Genesis.
• We completed the Friendship book and are working on making a board game from what we learned.
• In lesson seven of Life Lessons from P & K,  we were learning about godly wisdom. The book suggested making a paper crown, but K. has so many crowns that I knew it wouldn't be special. I looked online for crown crafts and came up with this one. The beads are supposed to be on safety pins, and then hung from a larger safety pin to make a pin to wear, but I decided to just use things I had on hand, so we came up with this craft.

 

We put the beads on floral wire, and wrapped

the extra wire around a popsicle stick.

I used another piece of wire to make a hanger.

 

I had wooden alphabet letters (just about every letter

except W, so we turned an extra M upside down)

and K. painted them and we glued them on a tongue

depressor, and then glued the stick with

"WISDOM" onto  the popsicle stick.

• We finished reading Joel this week and played some games to review 1 Corinthians 13.

First Grade, Bible, Set Six

• We have started memorizing 1 Corinthians 13 (which is different from my original plan, but I think a better choice). We will memorize verses 1 - 8a, and 13.
• We have memorized quite a few verses and passages of scripture and I like for K. and myself to review them regularly, but with the volume, it is becoming burdensome. I am trying to figure out a way to review, but have fun too.
• We made a holder that has two pockets -- two envelopes glued back to back. We each decorated one side. Then we wrote the references on pieces of pretty paper and stuck them in side one. Each time we get in the car we will pick a paper and recite that passage of scripture. Then we put the reference in side two of the packet. That should have us reviewing three or four passages a week.

• Our hymn this set is What a Friend we Have in Jesus. It is calmer than the other hymns we have sung and I was wondering if K. would like it. The accompaniment is beautiful and she really likes it.
• We started reading Joel: A Boy of Galilee this week. It is very interesting and a couple times I've read past "Bible Time" and into "Math Time".
• Now that we have been using the above method to review our Bible verses for a few weeks, I can tell you that it is working very well. In fact, K. will remind me when we get in the car that she is supposed to pick a paper for our review.

First Grade, Bible, Set Five

• We started the second part of Little Pilgrim's Progress this week.
• The two "Ways" from 24 Ways for this set, about being content and generous, are really making for good discussions.
• K. brought me a book this week and said, "We should read this book for Bible. It is about being content." The book is The Runaway Flying Horse by Bonzon. She showed me on the last page that is says that the horse was content. We did read it for Bible one day and when we were through she said, "It is about learning to be content with where you live because God put you there."
• We read Genesis 29 - 35. I truly believe that God can close children's ears because K. did not ask questions about anything she isn't ready to hear about (and I'm not ready to explain).
• Chapter 6 in the Friendship book was really good on being content with what we have (including our talents) and not envying our friends because everything we have, and everything our friends have is a gift from God.