Make Your Own Resurrection Eggs

My kids (and Sunday School kids) love Resurrection Eggs. I made these years ago and they’ve held up well. Stretch Mark Mama also has a nice version complete with a printable file of verses.

Now, you may notice that several of our egg ‘ingredients” differ. This is fine. Mine were created to go with the book Benjamin’s Box, but you can substitute quite nicely with Bible verses. If you can’t find one of the items, just substitute another. You can find yet another set of verses and instructions HERE.

My eggs include:

1- wooden donkey (piece of fur would substitute nicely)

2 – three pennies

3 – piece of bread (this is now VERY stale!)

4 – sticker with praying hands

5 – strip of leather

6 – thorn

7 – nail

8 – dice and spear

9 – gauze

10 – pebble

11 – EMPTY!

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My kids still love opening the eggs and reading the book each year.

March 29, 2011 | Filed Under Homemaking, Homeschooling | Leave a Comment

Make Your Own Memory Game!

Make your very own customized family matching game!

Materials needed:
Duplicate Photos (approximately 36)
Card Stock Paper
Laminate (or Decoupage)
Scissors or Paper Cutter
Lay out your duplicate photos on heavy card stock, placing them in neat rows with plenty of space around each. Once they are in place, glue them to the card stock. After the glue has dried, you will need to add a protective cover on the front and back side of your card stock/photo sheet. This can be done by either laminating or adding a few coats of decoupage. You can also “laminate” with clear Contact paper. For the last step, cut the pieces into the exact same size with either scissors or a paper cutter.

Tip! For a professional laminating job, take your photo/card stock sheet into your local copy place like Office Max or Staples.
Tip! Try adding letters of the alphabet to each piece. For example, M can be on the picture of Mommy or D on the picture of your dog.

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March 18, 2011 | Filed Under Homeschooling | Leave a Comment

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March 14, 2011 | Filed Under Homeschooling | Leave a Comment

Hands-On Homeschooling

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I think one of the things I enjoy most about homeschooling is the opportunity it provides for hands-on learning. As a former A+ student, and high school Valedictorian, I graduated realizing that I had “succeeded” largely due to my memorization and test-taking skills. I was seldom required to demonstrate a practical understanding of the material I was tested on.

Therefore, I’ve made a point to try and incorporate hands-on activities into our homeschooling whenever possible. In addition to helping the learning “stick”, it’s just plain fun! A recent example was this archeological dig we completed as part of our studies on the Jamestown Colony. This specific activity was from the Time Traveler’s Colonial Times CD from Homeschool in the Woods.

First, I placed some potting soil in an empty two liter bottle, marked with lines at various intervals. I then placed objects in the various layers. I included a square nail, a shell, a ring, a toy, etc. Then the kids recorded where and what they had found in their journal.

The journal asks what the “find” tells them about the society at the time. I expanded on this by asking how a discovery could be misleading. For instance, since a ring was discovered, it could be assumed that the colony included women. However, we also discussed that maybe the ring could have been carried over by a man in remembrance of the wife he left back home, or perhaps it had been traded several times before arriving in this specific spot.

This discussion helped make the point that we shouldn’t jump to conclusions, but should look for further corroborating evidence to support our theories.

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Happy Homeschooling!

siggy-dena

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March 7, 2011 | Filed Under Homeschooling | 1 Comment

WFMW: Best Tips Edition ~ Free Audiobooks

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My kids love listening to audiobooks. How about yours? Fortunately, there are many, many books online at no charge. Browse a few of these sites and enjoy!

Homeschool Radio Shows

Loudlit.org

Literal Systems