Haven at Home Happenings... Of ravens, thumbprints, snakes, war, and more

We were blessed with a very full week,
as we attempted to 'pick up the pace'
with our learning at home.

It began with waking Monday morning
to discover our lil' girls had found a bird in the backyard...
a DEAD bird.



I was SO glad to see they were wearing gloves ;)





This, of course, led to a nature study.
We researched to discover what kind of bird it was
and found it to be a baby raven.
Somehow it ended up dead in our pool overnight...
poor thing.
But we made the best of it :)

We looked in our field guide and read about ravens
and, also, read some portions of Scripture pertaining to ravens...

like when they brought food to Elijah
{1 Kings 17:4}
and when Noah sent the raven from the ark
{Genesis 8}
and what YHVH says about those
that despise and mock their parents
{Proverbs 30:17}
and how YHVH cares for the ravens
and even more so for us
{Luke 12:24}


Then the children drew illustrations of the raven...



And, of course, we disposed of the raven ;)

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We, also, enjoyed digging into our Torah study this week,
along with our discussion, worksheets,
and copywork {like this one}.
We are, also, working at memorizing a couple of verses,
including the Shema
(and we plan to learn to sing it, as well). :)




color pages illustrating how kings were to write out the Torah
{good idea for believers, too}









Hebrew copywork




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We, also, took out our McGuffey Readers
and each one began reading aloud from them this week,
as well as doing some copywork from them.
And each child worked on other various subjects, too.



World War 2 living book




workbook about our 50 states




And a little art, too :)

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One day, while running errands, we enjoyed a day of Yuki-schooling
(our version of vanschooling, which I hope to write a post about soon).
We enjoyed listening to a cd of science songs...
singing about YHVH's wonderful creation!


And there were times of play and miscellaneous activities, too...



strategy... playing Axis and Allies


Fingerprint art...




I just LOVED all of their thumbprint animals!



Mixing and baking cookies...



When I was making my challah
in the shape of a menorah this week,
the girls wanted to shape their own dough, too...
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And they made...
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Snakes!


LOL

They enjoyed eating their snakes
and sharing pieces of them, too. :)


I thank and praise YHVH for the week He gave us.
His goodness is so evident every day.
What an amazing and awesome Elohim we have!

Thank you, Abba!