S is for Snowflake Week

Building 3d snowflakes!
Even though its spring we actually got a few days of light snow coincidentally this week when going over the letter S with my Little Engineer Pre-K son. He's following the Letter of the Week Curriculum from Confessions of a Homeschooler. But because I've already posted many pictures of the activities I thought I'd show off some of the extra curricular activities.

Activity 1: Making 3D Snowflakes!

Supplies:

• 2 different colors of construction paper
• scissors
• Elmer's glue
• hole punch
• string

Step 1:

Start by folding a 8.5x11 piece of construction paper into a square then cut off the remainder paper on fold crease.

Step 2: Fold the square piece of construction paper in 4 equal sized pieces. So out of the original 8.5x11 sheet you should have 4 small squares. Repeat steps one and two to end up with 6 small squares total. Take one piece and fold diagonally, then again along the diagonal crease.

Step 3: Cut 3 lines from bottom to top point approximately 1 cm apart. Make sure to not cut all the way through! Repeat with all 6 squares.

Step 4: Carefully unfold cut triangles then attach middle cuts with glue.

Hold down for 5 seconds .

Cuts should not go through the main center crease.

Attach the 2 center pieces with glue.

 Step 5: Flip over and glue second row together with same method then repeat gluing and flipping until all rows are glued together. This is one a six pieces needed to complete 3D snowflake.

Flip after row 1

Glue Row 3 then flip again

Glue row 2 then flip again

Junior gluing row 4

Little Engineer gluing row 2            

A large version completed

Step 6: Repeat step 5 six times to create six 3D flakes, then attach all six together by gluing then from one point.

Use hole puncture and attach string. Hang in classroom and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd24LcZ0iAs

Ephesians Study 101

His Grace is my need!

For some time now I've been feeling a strong urgency to improve my understanding of THE BIBLE. Why? Because daily I am confronted with the realities of life and know that without the knowledge of how to handle it I am going to FAIL! This begins with learning the Word! I mean not the hundreds of sermons I grew up listening to and believing that it became a part of me. Not the daily devotionals that are so easy to breeze through without saturation. NO. I mean sitting down, educating, processing, interpreting, being led by the Holy Spirit in understanding. Not head knowledge of the Bible but HEART knowledge. This difference is this. Before you could throw a popular Bible name at me and ask the story and I could probably tell you about it, the Bible, the Gospel, etc. But when I'm home with my children and I sense, I feel the urgency to explain to them grace so they might possess peace I realized I don't really understand grace and therefore do not have peace.  How do I know this, because I quote the Bible but don't know where its written. I pray with my kids but somehow confuse them. And the best example is-their behavior, they mirror what they see! Let's get real! I throw my hands up and fall to my knees-its time to make room for GOD and control freak mom needs to step aside-Amen!

Ephesians is where it begins. Why Ephesians? Because the entire book is dedicated to us. To gain understanding about the infinite riches of God. Its written directly to us, meaning everybody Jews and Gentile alike. And hey I'm a little of both.
I will be following the Ephesians Sermons of John MacArthur. I you don't know him, get to know him. Also various teaching by Piper (if I can wrap my puny head around it), the Jesus Freak books to keep the fire and humility strong, and of course my Bible and my prayers. FYI-When you are meditating and praying you might find that the things you say are from your heart...are from the Holy Spirit reviving your insides to change, move, grow, be passionate, I call it preaching to yourself-because He is in you.

Why am I sharing this with you? Because I want my vertical relationship with God and His Word to connect with my horizontal relationships here on Earth-you dig?

The first volume goes through the following:

• Introduction to Ephesians
• The Body Formed in Eternity Past, Part 1&2
• Redemption Through His Blood
• Divine Promises Guaranteed
• Our Resources in Christ
• Coming Alive in Christ
• The Unity of the Body; Part 1,2,3
• The Mystery Revealed

Grace to You, 
Jenna

Boys Need to Build!

Tecno Toolbox

  I'm always on the hunt for a fun new toy for the boys that's hands on and uses imagination. My father-in-law found this toy and I must say they love it! Using tools like daddy such as a screw drivers, flat-head screw drivers and Alan wrenches really makes them feel grown up. Its made with sturdy plastic and comes with a booklet of many ideas of 3D things to build. Also for the younger boys they can use the top to practice making 2D designs such as a house. My pre-k son practices making the alphabet letters with it.

Website: http://www.quercettistore.com/en/prodotti/tecno-toolbox

Comes with a simple manual that progresses from easy to more complex designs

The Car

Enjoy!