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I cannot believe we have circled one round and back to Exploring Countries and Cultures ! This year, I have a 1st Grader, 4th Grader, 6th Grader, and 8th Grader. On top of that, I will have a baby to spice things up! Woo-hoo! Here is our plan this year. BIBLE The 2 middle girls will read Matthew, using this devotional . Baby Sis will go through MFW 1st Grade : Learning God's Story So she will go through the entire Bible, while memorizing some proverbs. As a family, we will continue to memorize Philippians chapters 3-4. For Big Bro, he signed up for this devotional . We will also read Hero Tales and other YWAM missionaries' stories. GEOGRAPHY/SOCIAL SCIENCE We will do a travel journal for each child, pretending that we "traveled" that country. Will see how it goes, but I think it suits my creative girls. This year, I decided to do more "teaching". I did my research and will teach them about the country: landmarks, foods, traditions, cul...

We ended the year of ECC (Exploring Countries and Cultures), 1st grade (2nd time) and also Pre-K. I really enjoyed this year and these are some things I thought that worked well this year and some that I would improve. 1st Grade and Pre-K LOVES 1. Daily Calendar I cannot say how much I love the daily calendar. This was for the 1st grader. I love especially the daily math. It started easy (because of the smaller number) and added up. And because of this, I found my girl was all ready for Singapore Math 1B three quarter into the year. Her understanding on place values was strong and so was her addition with double digits. It also "taught" her (by means of practicing everyday) money and time! It was very very cool. I compiled the calendar pages from  here  and  here   For the Pre-K'ler, at the end of the year she traced her letters very well and knew her numbers. What a great way to learn! I got the resource from  here 2. Dr...

* My pinterest page, booklist, planning pages are on the side bar* Overview Bible:  Samoa, Iceland Christian Heros:  Geography:  Antarctica, Vocab(iceberg, crevasse, glacier, peninsula) Math:  multiplication, division Language:   Spelling Power, Chinese Bible Lessons  Science: Antarctica, iceberg Art:  Penguin art Books we read:  Bible Prayed for Samoa and Iceland Geography Watched some video of Antarctica and learnt about Arctic and Antarctic Science The iceberg experiment (showing most of the ice in the water) Language We did more lessons. Will compile all the lessons in the last blog of the year. Lesson 1   Lesson 2    Lesson 3   Lesson 4   Math We did multiplication and division.Little boy is doing his multiplication up to 7 now. Art The mosaic penguin We did the handprint penguin/iceberg art and the little one wanted to do too. So we did. ...

* My pinterest page, booklist, planning pages are on the side bar* Overview Bible:  New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Christian Heros:  Geography:  Australia, Vocab(sea mount, reef, atoll, archipelago) Math:  multiplication, division Language:   Spelling Power, Chinese Bible Lessons  Science: Coral Reefs Art:  Sydney's Opera House, Aboriginal Dot Painting Books we read:  Mirror Are we there yet This is Australia What is a marsupial Down under (vanishing culture) Bible Prayed for Papua New Guinea and New Zealand Geography Science We watched some amazing videos of the coral reefs on youtube Language We did more lessons. Will compile all the lessons in the last blog of the year. Lesson 1   Lesson 2    Lesson 3   Lesson 4   Math We did multiplication and division. Took MANY weeks of review Art This marsupial lapbook was very very fun to do ...

* My pinterest page, booklist, planning pages are on the side bar* Overview Bible:  Russia Christian Heros:  Geography:  Russia(Asia), Vocab(tundra, geyser, taiga, steppe) Math:  multiplication, division Language:   Spelling Power, Chinese Bible Lessons  Science: Tundra, Arctic Art:  nesting dolls, St Basil's Cathedral,  Books we read:  Arctic Tundra The mitten The Blessing cup The tree of the dancing goat Welcome to Russia Bible Prayed for Russia And since it was Passion Week, we did a Resurrection Roll fun project. Geography Made bliny and thought it's like crepes. but it's tasty! Boy did a great job!! And girl was so funny...she drew this during quiet time We watched a really fun nesting doll video on youtube Science um, never knew when Science popped up...from a neglected sweet potato behind the cupboard We learnt about Tundra Language We did mo...