Our Country School: Creation Wrap Up

Well the Lord created the heavens and the earth in just 7 days, but it has taken us months to finish our Creation unit. But, am happy to say we had our last Creation lesson this last week and are ready to move on to Genesis chapter 2 lol!!


Our guide for our Bible lessons this quarter is "The Beginner's Bible" which I highly recommend. We read 'The Beginning' this week. Our memory verse was Genesis 1:1-which Mustang is getting very good at. Our song for the week was Happy All the Time {no paticular reason I just love it}.


After we read the story in our Bible, I pulled out our new Creation Nesting Globes to retell the story. The kids really liked these! They are very hard to put back together, but they were fun and held everyone's attention.



To wrap up our Creation studies, we made our first page in our activity Bible. I got this idea from EarlyLearningAtHome.com {I will warn you now that you will likely spend HOURS exploring her site, its awesome}. I typed our memory verse on a piece of card stock and using a brad, we attached the earths that we made in our prior lessons to the page. I really love how this turned out and I cant wait to make the up coming pages in our 'Bible.'






This is Mustang's page. Didnt she do a great job? If you are wondering about the graphics, I just Googled until I found things I liked for our project. And that's it! Next lesson we will be moving on to Adam naming the animals and the creation of Eve.



This post is linked up {er will be tomorrow} at Carisa's Rasing Rock Stars linky on 1+1+1=1. For more Bible lesson ideas, check out her site. God Bless!!

Raising Rock Stars: Creation Day 6, part 2

"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, [b] and over all the creatures that move along the ground." So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. " Genesis 1:26-27 NIV

We are on our 2nd part on the day 6 of Creation. The creation of man. First of all, I have a complaint. As I looked for good graphics to use with our crafts and learning, I found that the vast majority of online Creation printables look like Adam and Eve are on drugs. Am I the only one to notice this? The second issue I have is that they all show Adam and Eve created on day 6. I realize that the verse mentions females to point out that we are all created in God's image, but if you read further you realize that Eve wasnt around on day 6. I only wish I was good at creating graphics, then I could make my own, but for now I am at the mercy of the generous people who have been willing to share their printables. Who, buy the way, I am VERY GRATEFUL. But, if anyone knows of a good Adam only, not on drugs, free printables let me know!


After reading in our Bible story book, we read All About Me from DK books. We received this book from our former doctor's office! Every few visits, our doctor used to give the kids free books. We miss them!!

The discussion of our body parts lead to an impromptu game of Hokey Pokey, which all three kids LOVED.



I made strips with each of their names on it and used milk caps to create puzzles. I got this idea from Carissa at 1+1+1=1, though she uses water bottle caps. We never drink water, so I didnt have any caps and decided to make my own. Well, milk caps are not the best idea, they are so BIG. They dont seem that big, but when you line them all up they certainly are. Oh well. This was Charger's first time learning to spell his name, and he really really loved it.





We finished up by coloring some pages for our lapbooks that I got from Lapbook Lessons. They have so many great printables!

And that's a wrap. For more Raising Rock Stars ideas, check out the weekly linky at 1+1+1=1. God Bless!!

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 6A
Part 7 {coming}

Raising Rock Stars: Creation Day 6

As you may notice, we missed day 5. Really, we didnt, but the pictures are on my fried laptop. Its okay, though. I didnt do very much for day 5. So, on to day 6.

"And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. " Genesis 1:24 & 25 NIV

Once again, we worked on our Day of Creation Earth with clip art from Bible Kids Fun Zone.

Then we played a sorting game. I printed off pictures of birds, fish, and land animals from clip art I found here and here. I took the 5 and 6 from our numbers puzzle. Using our new pocket chart we matched up the animals with which day they were created. We did this as a group, but I also wrote a 5 or 6 on the back for self checking.

We used our Melissa and Doug sound puzzle to discuss the different sounds that animals make.

Then we discussed how God made the animals male and female so that they could have babies. We brought out our Noah's Ark animals and observed the males and females and their differences.


The animal shadow matching also made another appearance. Charger did very well with this! And, the new pocket chart came in handy once again. If you would like a chance to win your own pocket chart, make sure you enter my CSNstores giveaway {ends May 17th, 2010}.

For more Raising Rock Stars Posts, check out 1+1+1=1. God Bless!

Raising Rock Stars: Creation Day 4

"And God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day." Genesis 1:14-19 NIV


We are on day 4 of Creation, the day the Lord created the sun, moon, and stars. Charger has a mini obsession with the moon, so I decided to focus our extention activities on the moon.

It was a beautiful day, so we took advantage of the sunshine and went outside. This seemed to mess with the pictures. Sorry they are so dark :(.



We worked on our day 4 earth for our Creation lapbook.

We read The Moon by Lydia Carlin {part of Scholastic's Solar System Readers pack}.



And we pulled out this cool Solar System Information Pack that my mom and sister picked up for us last Summer. It has a cool poster and a book and STICKERS! Thank you guys!!

Then we made a moon surface....or at least that's what it was supposed to be.



Instructions were to glue beans and macaroni to a paper plate. The kids loved this part! And, since we were outside, I did too ;). Charger filled every inch that he could, taking great pride in each and every bean. "I did it, I did it." He would exclaim {and of course want me to acknowledge and praise him for all 83 beans}. Mustang, on the other hand, kept wanting to go inside to wash her hands because she didnt like the glue on her fingers.



When the beans and macaroni were all glued down and dry, we wrapped the plate in alluminum foil, and pushed it down over the beans and mac to create craters. To be fair, the plates did look like the surface of the moon {at least the pictures I have seen, havent been there}.

The directions were to wait until the glue was dry. But, well, its hard to wait for glue to dry when you are two, four, or even thirty. It didnt take long before the beans and macaroni started to come off of the plate. Once one piece came off, it all did, and soon we had home made marraccas! They were fun while they lasted, but found the trash soon afterwards...dont tell the kids k?

I think we all had a great time with this lesson. I am certainly enjoying this Creation series. I hope you enjoy reading about it! God Bless!!

This is part 4 of a 7 part series:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 5 {coming}
Part 6 {coming}
Part 7 {coming}

Raising Rock Stars: Creation Day 3

On day three of Creation, God created flowers, plants and trees. We had a lot of fun with this one.

I am a little behind in posting our Raising Rock stars lessons, which you will probably notice since Charger's hair is MUCH longer. I forgot just how badly he needed his hair cut before we finally cut it!

First we read the Creation story again in our 5-minute Bible Story book.



Then we worked on our day 3 earth for our lapbook. I got the graphics from Bible Kids Fun Zone.




We matched calendar flowers-a great idea I got from Chasing Cheerios. I took an old calendar and cut out the little display pictures from the back of the calendar and then Charger had to match them with the full size pictures from each month. See the hair? Wow it was long!

Then we made the CUTEST project we have done to date-no lie. I got the idea from Elise at Inspiration Surrounds Creativity Abounds who has some of THE most creative ideas ever. I highly recommend her blog!





We took a pom pom, pipe cleaner, and felt. I cut circles and petals out of different colors of felt. Charger and Mustang would first pick a pom pom and pipe cleaners and I would wrap the end of the pipe cleaner around the pom pom and then they would thread a circle and petal on the pipe cleaner to make a flower.



LOVE THEM! We gave them to grandmas and aunts for Easter. They seemed to enjoy them as well.

To check out what others are doing in their Bible lessons check out 1+1+1=1.

This is part 3 of a 7 part series.

Part 1
Part 2
Part 4 {coming}
Part 5 {coming}
Part 6 {coming}
Part 7 {coming}

Raising Rock Stars: Creation Day 2

And God said, "Let there be an expanse between the waters to separate water from water." So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. And it was so. God called the expanse "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day. Genesis 1:6-8 NIV from Biblegateway.com.

This week we read about 2 day of Creation. We read from 'Read Me a Bible Story,' and from '5-minute Bible Stories.' We sang 'He's Got the Whole World' and the kids are starting to recognize this song. They LOVE to dance and clap along while I sing to them. One of these weeks I hope they will sing WITH me :).

I made up a sorting game and brought it out this week with just days 1 and 2.



For Day 1 I cut out a white and black square. For Day 2, I used clip art for the heavens and the water. (click on the word and it will link you to the photo I used) The water is not the same as the picture I have. It is waay better! I just came across it and intend to update my set.

Then we read 'The Little Cloud' by Eric Carle. Very cute, highly recommended.



Finally, we worked on the second page of our lapbook. Mustang and Charger colored their earths to have a sky and a sea. I found clip art on Bible Kids Fun Zone {tons of cute stuff there!}.




We will be taking a break, next week, from our Creation study to learn about Easter, THE #1 best story of all time! Check out day 3 in 2 weeks.

This is part 2 of a 7 part series.

Part 1
Part 3 {coming}
Part 4 {coming}
Part 5 {coming}
Part 6 {coming}
Part 7 {coming}

I get a lot of my ideas and inspiration from Carisa and her blog 1+1+1=1. She started Raising Rock stars and has a ton of great resources to use when teaching your kids about the Lord. Check out her weekly post!

Raising Rock Stars: Creation Day 1

Awhile back, we learned about Creation in about 20 minutes on a Saturday. That post is here. Now, I know that kids have an interesting mix of being able to remember everything and nothing all at the same time, but I am not sure that anyone could remember Creation after only a 20 minute lesson.

I had thought that I would follow Carisa's plan on Raising Rock Stars to revisit Creation for a 2nd time. But, as I put together all the pieces I realized that this would be at least a 7 week lesson. Of course I was extra excited to realize that I had just planned out 7 weeks worth of Bible lessons!

So, we started with Day 1. Light and Dark. We sang 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hands', as suggested by Carisa. We read a Creation poem from 'Read Me a Bible Story.' Then we read about Day 1 in our 5-Minute Bible Stories book.



To help understand dark and light, we all went into our closet (yes we only have one, a family closet) because it doesnt have any windows. We closed the doors to it and stood in there a few minutes. Then, we open the door to the light.

We colored pictures of things used during the day and night and then glued them to the 'dark' or the 'night.' Charger did some of the coloring and helped me glue the pieces down. Mustang did all her coloring and some of the cutting. She got tired of cutting, though. She did glue all her pieces down.




We also started our Creation lapbook. I Mustang and Charger each color an earth to represent Day 1. Each week, will be coloring an earth to add to our book.



This lesson took about 30 minutes all by itself! Imagine if I had decided to do all 7 days in one lesson-we would have taken all day! I do think that this set up is going to best for our family. Since we will be teaching all our Science lessons from a Creation perspective, I want Mustang and Charger to have the best understanding of Creation that they can at their young ages. I am excited to teach them the rest of the story!

Resources used this week:

Raising Rock Stars Site
Day 1 Poster {Part of the Felt Set}
And I literally just spent an hour trying to figure out where I printed the clip art for our light/dark collage and cant find it! I want to give credit, so if you know where I got it, please let me know! Otherwise, I will update when I find it.

You may also be interested in this week's Raising Rock Stars post from 1+1+1=1. They are learning about the 10 Commandments. God Bless!

This is part 1 of a 7 part series

Part 2
Part 3 {coming}
Part 4 {coming}
Part 5 {coming}
Part 6 {coming}
Part 7 {coming}

Raising Rock Stars: Creation

We had a special session of Raising Rock Stars with Daddy this week! We normally attend church on Saturday evenings, but this last Saturday it didnt even reach 10 degrees outside. Just a bit too cold to venture out for any reason, so we decided to have a session of 'home church.'

Our verse this week is "...God Created the heavens and the earth." Genesis 1:1

Daddy read the creation story out of The Beginner's Bible-one of my favorite for children. Daddy wasnt exactly thrilled about being in this picture. But he did it for the blog :)



On her blog, 1+1+1=1 (creater of Raising Rockstars), Carisa suggested a number of different resources including this mini book. I decided to turn it into pieces for our flannel graph. As we read about each day, I would add another piece to the graph. We did discover one flaw in the mini book. Day 6 shows a graphic of Adam and Eve, but Eve wasnt created until after Day 7. I didnt even notice that she was there until Mustang pointed out that her Bible book showed a picture of just Adam.



When we were done reading the Bible story, I took down the flannel graph pieces and had Mustang put them back up in order.



Then, I had Charger match numbers from his puzzle with the numbers on the flannel graph.



We were going to sing the song 'My God so Big" but we forgot-oops! We love that song and sang it later instead.

After we were done reading and working on numbers, Mustang and Charger headed to the kitchen to play with Playdough and create things themselves.




For more great ideas for your family devotions check out 1+1+1=1. You may also be interested in what we did last week. Thanks for checking us out!