Moses Parts The Red Sea

This was our cute little craft, I'll have to get the site up here of the printouts. We used this with our lesson on how God is always our provider and no matter what our circumstance is we can always go to Him for guidance. The characters depict Moses and his people crossing over the dry ground after God had parted the Red Sea.
My oldest really enjoyed this project. All the pieces to color and glue on the little dolls was right up her alley. My middle daughter liked doing this too, without as much detail. And my youngest who is two, she liked the story and just the coloring the assembly part for her was to intricate.

Fun In The Sun

We are totally taking advantage of this unseasonably warm weather. The girls have been asking to go swimming for the last week with all the warm weather we have been having. I kept putting it off, like a good mother would. Well, this week it got up into the 80's, yes and it is only the beginning of April!! Anyway, my husband hides (and I use this term, since I can't get to the stuff) all the seasonal items in the rafters of our rather large pole building. So I improvised, with no swimming pool in close proximity of my reach, I used an oversized bin. We also added a few other small bins and some dishes, contiainters, etc. The fun was just the same--cooling off on a warm day--you can't really go wrong no matter what items you use. The giggles and laughter were intoxicating. I can't wait for summer to arrive for good!!

Easter Hands

This was the repercussions of painting Easter eggs this year. All 3 girls were dyed with dark shades of reds and purples. They had so much fun getting to this point. Towards the end they just dumped the dye into cups and used their hands to fish out the eggs, hence the colorful fingers, hands, and arms. This looked very stunning Easter morning at church with their fancy Easter dresses on. Oh well, you are only a kid once, so might as well live it up. Although a few of us adults, had some stained hands too. Any suggestions on how to get this off, before Easter church service let me know?

Easter

As Easter approached us, we studied each phase. The triumphal entry, Jesus dying on the cross, and the resurrection. This was our craft for the death of Jesus. The girls talked alot about how it wasn't nice that the men wanted Jesus killed. It was a great lead into talking about why Jesus had to die and how we can ask for forgiveness of our sins so one day we can enter heaven. It was nice listening in on their conversations and take on the whole concept of Easter and what it really means.

This was a creation game that the girls enjoyed playing. We used the book Creation, which is very simple and a very easy read. After reading the story, which they have heard numerous times, I sent them to work on match which day corresponded to what was being created by God on that day. They did really well with this and enjoyed helping the little one with hers.

Maple Sugaring

This is Pennsylvania maple syrup--mmm mmm good.

This was a demonstration, around the colonial era, of how they cooked the sap down into maple syrup.

In this demonstration, the men cooked rocks on an open fire, to heat them up. They then placed them in the cut out log filled with sap. This is how the American Indians would have cooked down the sap.

You can see the jug attached to the tree. It is partially filled with the sap.

It takes 40 gallons of sugar maple sap to get 1 gallon of maple syrup.

This was a Maple Sugaring event that we went to at a local state park. Talk about a great find. For $1 per person, we were given a grand tour and demonstration of how the maple sugaring process works and the history behind it. The girls also participated in a taste testing and craft time. Then at the end, we all got pancakes with you guessed it maple syrup drizzled on top. It was a very educational activity, but oh so much fun. My middle daughter even got to help 'tap' a tree. The girls were so impressed with this activity. We extended it at home with making books (which still aren't done, thanks to me), hopefully they will be done by next maple sugar season--haha.

Sadie and the Snowman

This was our second bout of snow back in the beginning of February 2010, before the real snow came--over 50 some inches!! Anyway, we had been reading the book Sadie and the Snowman over and over again this winter. Absolutely love this book and so do the girls. The girls were so excited when it snowed and we got to create our own snowman. It ended up being a day in the low 40's and enjoyed making a snowman with very little bundling in the way of scarves, mittens, hats, etc. The girls chose what to accessorize him with. Chocolate chip cookies for the eyes and buttons, licorice for the smile, and a healthy choice a carrot for the nose. They decided he wasn't quite complete until he had scarf, hat, and arms. They endearingly named him Mr. Frosty. It was so much fun. I think I had just as much or even more fun then they did. They also enjoyed snacking on the goodies while creating him.