Kingdom First Homeschool

Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 17

2012-01-21T16:34:00.000-05:00

What a blessed week we had! We did our normal studies and I added in a few winter theme extras. We continue on working through LHFHG and we have learned a lot. We finished up unit 17.

Some of the things covered in this unit were Jesus appearing a lot of different times in the 40 days after He rose from the tomb and how everyone reacted to see Him really alive although He had a body that could now walk through doors and walls, it was still Jesus. They saw and touched His scars, Thomas was the biggest doubter and Jesus told Him that he believes cause he can see, but blessed will those be that have not yet seen yet believe…That’s us!! Glory!

Jesus told everyone to teach each other the truths of His death and resurrection after He leaves, to preach the gospel to everyone then He blessed them and ascended into the heavens. We talked about before Jesus left He promised that He would send a helper the Holy Spirit. We learned about the day of Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit came with fire and anointing for all who believe.

{Jada} did great with these word and picture match printables I found HERE.

{Jasmine} worked through these winter activities I printed from HERE. The first activity was snowman ordering, Next Winter Prewriting, and then a cute snowman puzzle. Lot’s of other activities in this free pack to choose from.

{Jasmine} Math mat from Childcareland.com .

One of the greatest history lessons ever is the day of Pentecost when God sends the Holy Spirit with fire and anointing for all of us to receive Holy Spirit and all the gifts of the Spirit and this was not just for the disciples this is not power that passed away with the church of Acts, this power is available to all of us today and forever if you believe.

The girls drew and colored the people during Pentecost, next we ripped red, yellow and orange paper to look like fire. Then we glued fire coming from heaven and fire on their heads and fire in their spirit which represents the Holy Spirit in us today.

{Jada} {Jasmine}

Watching Leapfrog’s ‘Word Factory’ practicing handwriting

That was our blessed week. Please leave a comment and let me know what’s on your mind or in your spirit. I love to connect with other Christians or Christian Homeschool moms. God Bless you and have a great weekend.

Forest Rose

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Little Hearts For His Glory~Weeks 15 & 16

2012-01-13T18:12:00.000-05:00

What a great vacation we had! Lot’s of fun family time and a little adventure too. I have been sooo busy that my postings have fell short of the norm. This is why I am posting 2 weeks together in hopes to catch up.

Week 15 was only a three day school week, but in order to keep things going as planned I had to squeeze a 5 day unit into 3 days not an easy task, but we managed to pull it off! During week 15 we learned a lot about the life and ministry of Jesus which is nothing short of amazing He walked in perfect love, Lazarus’ death and resurrection his sisters Mary & Martha, Zaccheus the short tax collector who climbed a tree to see Jesus and the favor he received because of it. We did a painting to go along with this.

We learned how Jesus drove out the men buying and selling and disrespecting the temple. So awesome to see the righteous anger of Jesus when He saw what was going on in the temple, can’t imagine what He would do today if He were actually invited into half the churches in the world, but that’s a whole other post for some other time. Here are a few pics from week 15

Yay…Painting! As I told you earlier we learned about Zaccheus, how he climbed the tree to see Jesus. LHFHG had this cute paint project to do. Brown paint, green paint, powdered dish/laundry detergent, paper, paintbrush, and a paper towel. Mix the brown paint with the powder to add texture and have them paint the branches and trunk of the tree{for Jasmine I lightly traced a tree for her) with the paint brush, next give them green paint and a paper towel scrunched up have them dip and dab to make the leaves.

Workbook time


Jasmine loves our target dollar section foam clock.


Cut and paste project.

Playing a colors game kit I got from a church rummage sale.

Week 16

In week 16 we talked about Mary and how she poured perfume on Jesus’ feet to show Him how much she loved Him and we talked about the sacrifices we can make in our daily life like making the choice to pray or talk with Him and put down the video game or in just following Holy Spirit’s nudge to do or NOT do something. In little ways like this we can be a blessing to Jesus and walk out of it being blessed ourselves.

We talked about how to pray and we learned from Jesus how to pray in Matthew 6:9-13. There’s a lot of power in these few passages! Amazing! We talked about the last supper and the power in communion then we did communion and praise and worship. I love it when the glory of God comes in and takes over my classroom!

The Garden of Gethsemane was another lesson for the week so amazing how Jesus walked in pure love with the soldiers and healed the man’s ear even though he was there to hurt Him! He didn’t hesitate to heal His enemy. I truly believe this is one of the main reasons the majority of the church walks powerless today we hold grudges, we hate our enemies, we don’t know how to forgive, we turn away the sinners, we walk in false religious veils. Jesus forgave you before you sinned. He died for you for all sins past, present and future! He loves you no matter what. He never had to work to forgive anyone it was just instantaneous because He loved!!

Our lessons this week took us through the crucifixion of our LORD and on through to the great day of His Resurrection. It has been such a blessing to go through these moments in history with my children through the guiding of the Holy Spirit. These are the lessons in history that have made us who we are and what we stand for. We have learned a lot this week about love and the power of love.

It saddens me to know that not everyone knows this kind of love and if I could say one thing to you if you are a person that doesn’t live your life enlightened and empowered by the love of God, It is never to late. Say to yourself you are ready, ready to change your life and your children’s lives and put a stop to the anger, sorrow and pain. Ask Jesus to come into your heart and never look back. Get into a spirit filled church that walks in the power of the Holy Spirit and start praying and reading the word of God everyday. You are a spirit being created by God He has a purpose and a calling on your life find out what that calling is and move into it. Never look back at who you were, you are a new creation in Him now, forgive everyone including yourself. If you need anything let me know my email me at forestrose@ymail.com. Well I got caught up in the preach…lol sorry! On that note here are a few pics from week 16.

We are now on our fourth chapter book here are a couple of Jada’s journal entries.

Jasmine working out of our fast finisher box. This is something new I started this week. This is a box compiled of puzzles in Ziplocs, this marker board, books, busy bags, and etc. this is for the one who finishes there work before I am ready to move on with them.

This is an impromptu idea I just came up with while looking in my drawer of manipulative items. 1 die, 6 blocks or any other item. Have the child roll the die, here Jasmine rolled 6 I had her put 6 blocks in a line, next she rolled 4 so she had to take away 2 to make 4. She loved it! Simple yet challenging for a 4 year old. For an older child you could add more blocks and another die.

I’ve talked about before my challenges with my girls and math and I am happy to say things are looking up Jada has been doing amazing and moving quickly through her lessons now. As long as she focuses she can do the work. Praise God this has been a block for us for some time now and glory to God progress is here.

Jasmine loves her workbook time She has been doing great with Funnix beginning math on the computer.

Well that is our 2 week catch up! Hope you all have an amazing weekend. If you are not a follower or a subscriber I encourage you to do so now, I love to connect. God Bless you in all you do, I pray God pours out a blessing upon you and your families as you teach your children.

Forest Rose

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Anything’s possible

2012-01-04T05:00:00.000-05:00

Well it's time to say goodbye…goodbye to sleeping in and staying up late...Yep it's back to school time! Although the girls are not ready for vacation to be over, mama is! I love the routine, I love the plan in place. I'll miss having extra time to do all my put off projects, but it is worth it to get back to normalcy. Everything runs smoother when you have a plan in place.

I have a shiny, reorganized school room and lots of ideas for the year, so I am excited to see what God has in store for us in 2012...It's going to be amazing I know it. I am filled with the thrill of a new year and a fresh start. There’s just something awesome about knowing anything is possible with God!! Thanks to all my readers for your words of encouragement and for blessing me with comments and emails. I love it!! Hope you all have an amazing year! May your path be a blessed one!

Forest Rose

Hi-jacked by pop-up {don't click the link}

2011-12-20T22:50:00.000-05:00

I recently changed browsers and I noticed I had a weird pop-up appear when I clicked on my blog, saying you are an Indiana winner...hmm. If you have seen this pop-up don't click the link it is not me and I don't know where or why it is on my blog. Hopefully this non computer savvy blogger can figure it out. And another thing sometimes I hear a women in the background talking, selling something this is also not me. I am not selling anything, nor am I running a contest. So please don't click on any pop-ups. I will try to figure this out soon. So sorry if you thought you won something. I know God is in control and will help me remedy this. Praying you all have an amazing Christmas and a Blessed New Year.

Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 14

2011-12-16T15:39:00.001-05:00

Here we are again for another end of week post..LHFHG has been taking us through the life and ministry of Jesus. We have learned a lot about our Lord and His life on this earth and how amazing He is! He is still so amazing because as we all know He is still very much alive in the flesh at the right hand of the father and is very much alive in us as believers! I am so thankful that my children and I know Him personally.

Throughout His life here on earth He was nothing short of awesome. As we walked through history this week we’ve learned so much about the extravagant love, peace and faith He walked in and to sum it up…WOW! He has not one ounce of selfishness or fear in Him. He is faith, love, hope, joy, peace, honor, purity. He loved everyone He came in contact with, even those that wanted to hurt Him.

During this time of year as we celebrate His birth we are truly blessed by the greatest gift, the gift of true love and the gift of sight, we no longer live life blinded to the reality of our purpose which is our relationship with Him and with each other. If anything, I want my children to really understand how important it is that we have the honor to serve an amazing God and friend. It is such a blessing as a mother to see my children carry the light of God for all to see and I know that God has a great purpose for them to change the lives of many. Thank You Lord!

Here are a few xtra things we did this week..

Jasmine drew Rapunzel in her journal this week…

Jada has been doing great in listening skills, When I read the chapter book to them or any book for that matter, I tell them to listen with their eyes, ears and heart. Jada has been listening and answering questions correctly. She’s really listening…Yay! Here are a couple of her journal entries.

They love anything that has to do with baby Jesus so when I saw THESE I knew we had to add them in.

I found this Christmas tree which came with a printable scripture also. Ezekiel 31:7 So the tree was great and beautiful, with its’ branches. Its’ long roots reached down to the many waters.

Dot to Dots

These are cute Roll-Gingerbread man. They enjoyed rolling the dice and drawing each part of the gingerbread man. Jasmine beat Jada by a leg..lol.

We hope you enjoy your Christmas and New year. May God pour out His blessings upon you and your families this season! Love & Blessings to all!

Forest Rose

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Change Your Atmosphere

2011-12-10T17:39:00.001-05:00

Have you ever seen your child do something naughty and it reminded you of yourself or your spouses behavior? Unfortunately this is a reality in our house sometimes. I'll see my oldest daughter talking to her little sister in a wrong way and say oh that sounds like something I would say...eek, I gotta quit saying that or acting like that!

Our kids can only do what they see us do...They learn from who we are and what we do more than what we try to teach them. I am constantly checking and rechecking how I act in front of my kids with my spouse or with other people. It is vital that we know what spirit we are walking in at all times we are either choosing the enemies character or God's character. We need to be aware of fear, anger, selfishness, wrong attitudes, unbelief and doubt.

When Jesus walked on the earth He walked in complete confidence of who He was and still is, God's son incarnate{embodied in flesh}. He was a man of GREAT character. He loved, He laughed, He healed, He taught, He did nothing, but what the father showed Him to do. John 5:19 says Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. This scripture speaks a lot to me-obedience, honor, integrity, love, strength, anointing, power, faith, and trust in the father. These are all the characteristics I would love my home realm to be and also the realm of God we walk with when we leave the house.

If we were to actually put this principal of only doing what the father tells us to do, we would fill our homes with only peace, love and joy because that is the character and atmospheric realm of God. Wouldn't that be amazing to always be filled with the peace and love of the father. We actually can...Yes I said it! We can! If we make the decision today to follow God's will and not our own we will break off every wrong characteristic that our children are now learning from us. They will be raised in complete love, joy, peace, faith and obedience. Wow can you imagine the anointing! wooo! I'm getting excited just thinking about it. Glory!! So let's make a pact to only do what the father tells/shows us to do and break off all the characteristics of the enemy in our household. It’s never to late all things are possible to them that believe! Believe, trust and wait on the Lord, He will guide you!

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Moments to Remember~Pencil Grip

2011-12-10T07:00:00.000-05:00

"Moments to Remember was developed as a simple way to look back on our week as homeschoolers and find photos that encompass the memories we want to remember.

The week may have been tough, there may have been more bumps than smiles, but in the end these are the moments that keep us going, the ones we need to remember."

My little lady Jordan now 18.5 months, has been rapidly growing up before my eyes. She is moving so fast! I’ve always heard your baby is the fastest to grow of course I’m gonna be reluctant to believe that, yep but I am just now coming out of denial! She is moving leaps and bounds! I truly think it is a ploy to catch up with her big sisters. She watches them and learns immediately. Amazing!!

The other day during school the older girls were working on their journals, so I gave Jordan a piece of paper and a pencil to doodle…To my amazement she held her pencil the proper way! Now this may seem small to some a yall, but I was stunned. So there it is my moment to remember for this week. My little lady and her perfect pencil grip!! No joke! Check it out!

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Little Hearts for His Glory~Weeks 12 & 13

2011-12-09T11:22:00.001-05:00

So I’m going to try to make this as short and sweet as possible, just so I can catch up on my wrap-ups. Our homeschool has been going amazing…I truly believe this is the best decision I ever made in my life!! {No exaggeration} Yes most days are hard, but I would not replace a single one, cause with every trial comes GREAT reward! And we have truly found a way to even rejoice during our trials and seek God out for the solution. Current trial being math, neither of my girls like it at all! I’ve tried many different techniques, but they don’t get it and don’t want to. So I press on seeking God first in every area, yes, math included and I will wait on Him for an answer. So all that said here are a few pics from weeks 12 and 13.

Jasmine’s journal lately has been mainly drawings of her beloved bunny:)

Jada journaling about The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse.

Jada measuring with blocks and paperclips.

Jasmine doing her Funnix math.

Jasmine had fun doing alpha Christmas tree mats.

I printed this last year from abcteach.com but couldn’t find link again…sorry.

Again I printed these read, write & make mats from a unit I found HERE last year and can’t find the unit anymore.

This sort tree was in the same unit the read, write & make mats were in above.

~Sister Teacher-I blogged about it HERE.

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They made these beaded wreath ornaments-

Things you’ll need:

beads
pipe cleaner
bow

Bead the pipe cleaner, twist the ends together to form a circle, and fasten a bow and done.

Paper stockings are a must for Christmas craft..We do one every year. This one takes me back to my early years.

What you’ll need:

Construction paper
Yarn or ribbon
Hole puncher
Beads
Stickers, glitter etc.

Cut out 2 stockings for each child, hole punch all around the edges, lace the yarn through

each hole starting at top going all the way around and ending at top {tape the end of yarn so it doesn’t fray} bead ends of each yarn piece and tie a bow. decorate with stickers, glitter etc. Now you can hang it up and place some goodies in it.

Wreath scissor practice.

I made this word search for colors worksheet HERE.

Shwew…..That’s it for our 2 week wrap-up. Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed weekend!

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2011-12-07T09:34:00.001-05:00

~Moments to Remember~Sister teacher

2011-12-03T15:59:00.001-05:00

I am so amazed with my daughters and the strong, unbreakable bond that they share, specifically on this day, a day to remember. On this particular day we were finished with school and Jada was eager, not eager to learn, but eager to teach, she wanted to teach her sister. It is difficult for Jasmine, because she is the younger yet equal sister, to understand why her big sis Knows how to read better than her. So Jada hopped in and took on the task of teaching Jasmine to read. I let Jada go and do whatever she wanted to do with her and I just watched in amazement and of course snapped a few pics cause in was so darn cute!! She came up with a lesson plan and here are some pictures to tell the story. enjoy!!

Miss Jada started her out with review in her HOP.

She wrote some words for her to practice..

I love how she follows each word with her finger for her:)

Cuddle reading time..

Love this pic:)

Last part of the lesson using magnets to spell words:)

She taught her how to spell JESUS!

After the lesson was said and done, I truly think Jasmine learned a lot from her big sis…lol! It is truly a blessing to see the love they share for each other! The next time we have a day where it just seems like all they are doing is whining and arguing I will return to these moments to remember posts to remember why it is I get up everyday and do what I do, what God has called me to do, homeschool my girls! I hope you all enjoyed our moment to remember! Abundant blessings to you all and I can’t wait to see what you all shared. If you haven’t shared a moment to remember post and would like to do so, just click on the button below and share now!!

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Little Hearts for His Glory~Week 11

2011-12-02T14:37:00.001-05:00

Hello to all I hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving Holiday. We enjoyed time with family and we were blessed beyond measure! Love the turkey…mmm mmm good. Well week 11 was great we covered a lot and had a tons of fun. I know this is kinda late, but I’m running behind on my posting…lol. We continue to move through LHFHG, All about Spelling, HOP, HOM(Jada) and Funnix beginning math(Jasmine). I usually only take pics of the extra’s we do so here are a few.

Week 11- The one with Thanksgiving {yea I know it’s late}~

Jasmine working hard on her beginning sounds wheel.

Making a princess pattern.

Jada spelling her numbers...

and again with these princess number spelling cards.

Playing Mickey mouse game.

Jasmine doing great in her reading she knows –at –an –ap –ag word family words and some sight words too.

~Jada’s Journal-time~

Jasmine reading her cat HOP book

Jada reading Pig Fun HOP book.

Found these cute cutting skills worksheets:)

Lunch bag Pilgrim girl puppets…

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~Jasmine’s Journal-time~

Jada subtracting.

Turkey color by number

Pilgrim handwriting practice.

Jasmine turned hers over and traced the cute pilgrims:)

Which turkey is different worksheet.

We read a great Thanksgiving Story I found HERE!

Turkey maze worksheet.

The day after Thanksgiving we decorated our Christmas tree:))

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Thanks again for stopping by to see our week in review. Hopefully I will find time to do my week 12 post later..lol! Well until then have a blessed weekend! Click on a button below to link up your week or see what others have been up to.

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I lift my eyes

2011-11-28T08:48:00.001-05:00

I Lift my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God, till he shows us his mercy. Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt. We have endured no end of ridicule from the arrogant of contempt from the proud. -Psalm 123 {NIV}

I lift my eyes to You LORD! I love You my sweet LORD! Though all seem to come against who I am in You I hear Your still small voice inside me telling me "hold on sweet child I am with you." You always warn me of the attacks that lie ahead and give me confidence to stand against the contempt that tries to come against me. Thank You for Your strong protecting hand that always brings me out without even the smell of smoke upon me. GLORY!

I lift my eyes to You LORD! No matter how many times I fall or sin You never attack me in anger or turn Your back to me, You always correct me gently and are quick to forgive. Thank You for Your mercies new each and everyday.

I lift my eyes to You LORD! Though it may seem like lack is a constant and we never have enough to survive at times You always come through with more than enough! Thank you LORD for your provision according to Your riches and Glory and that my table is filled with the bread from heaven each and everyday!

My heart is filled with Your true love each and everyday. My house is filled with Your joy, filled with Glory each and everyday. My faith and my strength are growing in You each and everyday. My hands are filled with Your anointing each and everyday. Sickness has a hard time staying on us more each and everyday. The blinded and proud that come against me are battling You my LORD, my God, The KING of KINGS each and everyday.

Thank You for the Holy Spirit, my friend that gently, but firmly guides, comforts, and strengthens my spirit man. Thank you for Your angels that You have given me for protection and to get the job done. I will keep my eyes fixed on you LORD. When You look at me You weep with love and joy. Fill me more and seal me with Your love and Your Joy overflowing. I will carry You with me like a flame forever. Use me to fulfill Your master plan. Bring my will into the obedience of Your will so they line up for the completion of Your Kingdom. Keep me humbled in all I do for You and under Your mighty hand. All glory to You LORD!

I lift my eyes to You LORD.

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Little Hearts for His Glory~Week 10

2011-11-18T15:34:00.001-05:00

{Hello and thanks for stopping by}

Less is more right…This is going to be a quick wrap-up this week. Although we did a lot this week I took pictures of little!

We continue on in LHFHG which has been going really well although I tend to skip a lot and add a lot of my own, I don’t know if this is just habit or something else altogether. Along with LHFHG I add workbooks, crafts and other activities I find around the web by all you ladies or things I have created and have on hand.

We have just finished our second chapter book The Adventures of Peter Cottontail and we are beginning our third.. The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse.

The ladies have gymnastics weekly and this week we began a reading group at the library. We stay busy everyday and the girls are enjoying most of it. The Holy Spirit is our guide daily and we are learning to be yielded to what God wants us to do daily.
Here are a few pictures from our week:)

A little impromptu 2 part sorting activity I threw together. 1-Sort paperclip by color in the bowls 2- sort on the paper I just clipped each color of paperclip to the top and drew lines…easy peasy!

Again her –at & –an family apple sort.


Workbook time.



Jasmines Journal-time

Measuring with little foam blocks.

All about spelling~segmenting words~ she used these bingo chips to pull forward for each sound in 2-sound words and 3-sound words.

Measuring…

Telling-Time worksheet.

Journal-time for Jada:)

Outside fun-time!!

Love and Blessings to you all and thanks for stopping by!

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Chalkboard painting~Early handwriting

2011-11-16T07:59:00.001-05:00

Hello lovelies…I have had such a reaction to this activity that I thought I would finally do a post focused directly on this fun way to write.

**All you need is a chalkboard, chalk, water in a cup and a paintbrush, oh and a rag to wipe after each word is finished.

Either you or your child writes a letter, word, shape, number or even a squiggly line on the chalkboard, get creative here. Then comes the fun part- trace it with a paintbrush dipped in water…My girls LOVE this and could do it for a long, long time. Have fun painting!!

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Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 9

2011-11-11T20:47:00.001-05:00

Hello to all our wonderful friends, I really enjoy sharing with you what God has been teaching us through our homeschool. I hope these updates have been helpful and a blessing to you!! I love Comments so please leave one, thanks! {Especially if you are a new follower here}

Morning routine: Morning board over breakfast, Praise and Worship, prayer, bible reading and discussion.

Scripture: Philippians 3:14 In everything you do stay away from complaining and arguing.

~This is a big problem in our house {all parties included, yep even me} So we took this further and did a whole unit study on this, which was amazing. We really dug into the problem through the word of God and are getting to the root of the thing. We stop and pray a lot through out our day whenever these bad attitudes pop up and try to take over. As long as we continue to go against, and not accept these uncontrolled emotions we will have victory in the end..HA!

History: Elijah and Elisha, God heals Naaman HIS way, Jonah in the belly of the whale, and Joash and Josiah the two very young kings of Judah.

Phonics: Hooked on Phonics-Kindergarten (Jada is close to the end, Jasmine is in the beginning)

Character of the week: Loving: John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.

~We discussed this a lot…We talked about how Jesus loves us, he sacrificed himself for us and how we could bring this into our household to have this type of love in our realm. It was really amazing to see the girls giving more and being reminded by the Holy Spirit throughout their day to sacrifice for each other….AWESOME!

Science: The World God Made included in our LHFHG

All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms and segmenting words.

Math: Funnix Beginning math for Jasmine and HOM and Singapore Early Bird Math 2A for Jada which was included in LHFHG.

What we are reading: Psalms and The Adventures of Peter Cottontail daily.

Journal-time: Jada draws a picture and writes a story everyday after we read our above chapter book. Jasmine just draws a picture and maybe writes one word.

~Our week in pictures~

~Jasmine{4}~

rhyming cards Clothespin number match

-at and –an apple sorting               -at and –an family slides


                                    ~Journal-Time~


         ~Roll it, Read it, Write it~With our Education Cubes~


       ~Telling time magnets~                      ~Bunny Journal~


~Another picture of Bunny~       ~Painting the sight words with Water~


                                           ~Jada{5}~

                                       ~Journal-time~




                                 ~break the sight word code~


             ~Such a cutie~                      ~Telling time flashcards~


~Leapfrog Word builder~                         ~Sisterly love~


   ~Roll it, Read it, Write it~ With our Education Cubes~


                                ~Jordan{17.5 Months}~

Growing too fast…


~Almost always can be found doing something naughty~


~Taking off with our Education Cubes, so I gave her one of her own~

Well that’s a wrap! Once again we say good-bye or until next time!
Love and Blessings to you all and thanks for stopping by!

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God Bless you and have a great weekend!!

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Let the little Children come to me...

2011-11-07T15:05:00.001-05:00

"LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN COME TO ME, AND DO NOT STOP THEM; FOR IT IS TO SUCH AS THESE THAT THE KINGDOM OF GOD BELONGS."-Luke 18:16

When this moment in history happened, Jesus was engaged in deep conversation with some VERY important men talking about some VERY important things, but he stopped them to bless the children. How many times have we been in this same situation as Jesus..Seeming to us to be doing something more important than taking a moment to REALLY hear our kids hearts, but react this way instead…

"MOMMY..MOMMY..MOMMY.."
"Not now..I'm busy."
"BUT, MOMMY"
"WHAT...WHAT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU MUST INTERRUPT?!"
"MOMMY..I LOVE YOU AND I JUST WANTED A HUG"
"OUCH...(as I cringe at how I reacted-slow wake up call from my selfishness) OK, sorry honey, I love you too"

The true unconditional love of my child has broken my own selfish anger off of me, what a slap in the face.

Unintentionally we are teaching our kids they don't matter, by this behavior. HARSH REALITY, I know I have done it many, many, times, but here lately the Lord has really been OPENING MY EYES to these kind of situations in my life, this is just one of many...OUCH! Although it's hard and it hurts to admit my faults as a mother, but I will and I will and I will, until each and everything that I do that is gonna hinder my child's relationship with God and people. Because really that is what we are doing, we are teaching our kid's to be selfish and inconsiderate, thus this whole scenario is to be repeated and repeated, generation after generation until someone stands up against this iniquity (habits/sins passed down from generation to generation) and every other iniquity that we allow to still live in our lives.

My purpose and calling right now, in the Lord, is the leading and guidance of my children...I want to do a GREAT job, so I will continue to grow and change FOREVER, yep FOREVER, for Him and for them!! I want my beautiful children to be able to come to me anytime any day and know they will be welcomed and loved always and completely forever-more! In the same way Jesus was with those children and with all children, I will continue to press in to be more like DAILY with my own kids and all kids put in my path by God.

So as for me and my household we choose to break this iniquity and every other iniquity that the Holy Spirit reveals to us so that my children and grandchildren will be free from them!! Glory!!

The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down. -Proverbs 14:1

~Watch this precious video~My heart, Your home~

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Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 8

2011-11-04T13:34:00.001-04:00

Yet another amazing week teaching, learning, growing and loving with my girls!!

Morning routine: Morning board over breakfast, Praise and Worship, prayer, bible reading and discussion.

Scripture: Psalm 121:2 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.

~Kids seem to have a lot of worries and fears, and as parents it is important to let them know that they do not have to accept fear. Fear is a spirit from the enemy. (2 Tim. 1:7 says for God has NOT given us the SPIRIT of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.) Most of their fears are only in their thoughts which they do have the ability to control. We need to give them the tools that they need in the spirit to be able to go against these spirits that try to steal, kill and destroy our kids through being gripped by fear. Unless our kids understand we have the victory through Christ Jesus they will not know how to go against these spirits of fear, worry or anything else that satan throws at us.

History: God anoints David to be king, David brings down the giant, Saul dies and David becomes king, David’s son Solomon becomes the next king, Solomon builds God’s temple.

Phonics: Hooked on Phonics-Kindergarten (Jada is close to the end, Jasmine is in the beginning)

Character of the week: Self Control-Philippians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Science: The World God Made included in our LHFHG

All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms

Math: Funnix Beginning math for Jasmine and HOM and Singapore Early Bird Math 2A for Jada which was included in LHFHG.

What we are reading: Psalms and The Adventures of Peter Cottontail daily.

Journal-time: Jada draws a picture and writes a story everyday after we read our above chapter book. Jasmine just draws a picture and maybe writes one word.

Here are a few photos from our week:)

~Jasmine’s Journal-time~

~Jada’s Journal-time~

Jasmine’s workbook and reading time…

Jada’s Workbook and reading time…

~Special craft day~

{Autumn Handprint Wreath}

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God Bless you and have a great weekend!!

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Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 7

2011-10-28T21:00:00.000-04:00

Morning routine: Morning board over breakfast, Praise and Worship, prayer, bible reading and discussion.

Scripture: Psalm 121:2 My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

~To many times we are looking to each other for something God wants to do for us..We focused on asking God for help and relying on Him instead of looking to others.

History: Gideon, Samson, Ruth, Hannah and we also learned how the Israelites were no longer happy with God being their king…they wanted to have a fleshly king.

Phonics: Hooked on Phonics-Kindergarten (Jada is close to the end, Jasmine is in the beginning)

Character of the week: Prayerful- Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thankgiving, present your requests to God.

~ We discussed how important prayer was, real earnest and sincere prayer at that…AKA praying in the spirit. Every problem the girls come to me with..I say “give it to God” “Pray about it”. I think it is important for them to learn early that our relationship with God is the most important! More important than mommy, daddy, sister or anyone. Always rely and lean on God for your answer. Now that doesn’t mean neglect other relationships by any means it just means the balance of it is God first everyone else next.

Science: The World God Made included in our LHFHG

All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms

Math: Funnix Beginning math for Jasmine and HOM and Singapore Early Bird Math 2A for Jada which was included in LHFHG.

What we are reading: Psalms and The Adventures of Peter Cottontail daily.

Journal-time: Jada draws a picture and writes a story everyday after we read our above chapter book. Jasmine just draws a picture and maybe writes one word.

Here are a few pics from our week:)

Jasmine loved this dot to dot puppy.

Jasmine’s journal.

Jasmine reached her first goal in reading…She received her first HOP book.

Jasmine’s absolutely loves her new (used) mazes from a church rummage sale.

Jada practicing her handwriting:)

Jada is nearing the end of her HOP!!

Jada’s Journal.

We did a fun sorting activity from LHFHG schedule. The girls had to

each find 5 different items and bring them to the table, we then

sorted them based on different criteria..shape, color, size,

what they are used for, etc. They really enjoyed this.

They had a blast playing I spy preschool.

Here’s lil sis Jordan now 17 months, always wanting to join in on the fun:))

What a blessing it has been to homeschool my beautiful ladies…It is the hardest, yet most rewarding thing I have ever done. I praise God everyday for placing this in my heart. Thank You JESUS!! All Glory to you LORD!!

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God Bless you and have a great week end!!

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Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 6

2011-10-24T14:43:00.000-04:00

A few key points:

Morning routine: Morning board over breakfast, Praise and Worship, prayer and bible reading and discussion.

Scripture: Matthew 22:37 (We reviewed this again) Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.
~We have been talking about how important it is to love God and put Him first in all we do.
History: Entering the promised land (Moses sent spies to Jericho, Walls of Jericho fell after soldiers marched around it, Joshua led Israel into the promised land after Moses dies, Balaam and the donkey)
Phonics: Hooked on Phonics-Kindergarten (Jada is close to the end, Jasmine is in the beginning)
Character of the week: Honest- The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful.
Science: The World God Made included in our LHFHG
All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms
Math: Funnix Beginning math for Jasmine and HOM and Singapore Early Bird Math 2A for Jada which was included in LHFHG.
What we are reading: Just finished The Adventures of Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess moving on to his book The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. Cute books so far.

Journal-time: Jada draws a picture and writes a story everyday after we read our above chapter book. Jasmine just draws a picture and maybe writes one word.

Here are a few pics from our week:)

~Jasmine’s Journal~

~Jada’s Journal~

Jasmine worked on these Fish Colored Counting Cards=)

Jada continuing in her HOP. Her reading is improving daily:))

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God Bless you and have a great week!!

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Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 5

2011-10-15T15:49:00.001-04:00

We had a lot of good times this week! We went on a nature walk and did a cool painting project with the leaves and pinecones. The girls had their first gymnastics class which went great. Also we had a fun play date at Aunt Trisha’s house, always a blessing:))

We continue on in LHFHG. The girls are having a hard time getting used to doing almost the same thing everyday, because we used to just use workboxes and I planned all there activities for them which were new everyday. But I know that this is a good transition for them and they will get used to it:) All in all LHFHG is a rich curriculum and I really like it.

Praise and worship, prayer and scripture talk have really been on fire. God has been showing us amazing things through His word and really opening us up to how wants our homeschool day to go, which is sometimes not as I planned, but we just give in and allow the Holy Spirit to guide and direct our days and wow have we been blessed by it!! GLORY! We started a new thing..While the girls are eating there food, I am reading the word and talking about what God is revealing to us through those scriptures…Amazing!

A few key points:

Scripture: Matthew 22:37 Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and mind.

~We have been talking about how important it is to love God and put Him first in all we do.

History: Moses and God’s people exile from Egypt.

~God freed the people and all they did was murmur and complain and doubt God, yet God still would supply all their needs and keep them safe from calamity…Why? Cause God is love and He gives us new mercies everyday!!

Character of the week: Orderly- 1Corninthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.

~I have really been on the girls about this FOREVER! God has blessed them with there nice things they have to care for them. Well, here lately I have really been seeing some breakthroughs in this long, long battle. They have moments now of being orderly..sigh of relief:) So for now I will praise God for each small improvement and continue to stay patient when it seems nothing is changing.

Science: Clouds and Birds

All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms

Math: Funnix Beginning math for Jasmine and HOM and Singapore Early Bird Math 2A for Jada which was included in LHFHG.

Here are a few pics from our week:)

We did a Leaf print painting which I blogged about HERE!

We learned about clouds and how they fill with water, when they are full it rains. We dipped cotton balls in water and watched them rain.

We then used cotton balls to create a sky with 3 different types of clouds.

Rhymes in motion:)

Jada’s handwriting (HOH)

Funnix math.

Beginning sounds cards.

Reading practice. (HOP)

Jada’s journal:)

Jasmine’s Journal:)

Thanks again for stopping by to see what we’ve been up to. If you’ve never left a comment before please do so now. I really enjoy comments:))

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Leaf walk & paint

2011-10-14T16:32:00.001-04:00

Well every fall we get to do something we all enjoy—Our Annual Leaf Walk...Yay!! We had so much fun this year, the weather was beautiful (hot)! We started off on our journey and the girls were beyond thrilled. They were screeching and screaming with joy the whole time. Aaahhh look at this one mommy…ooooh and this one mommy!

If anyone read our last years post, Jada was super picky about the leaf selection, she only wanted purple, I warned her and warned her the closer we got to our house “the leaf walk is almost over just pick some leaves”. “Nooooo I want purple I just know there will be purple.” Needless to say no purple leaves and Jada came home with an empty bag and a broken heart:( Here’s a cute pic of her sorrow from last year…lol.

Here are some much happier pictures from this year…She learned her lesson and grabbed tons of leaves…LOL!

By the end of the walk these bags were filled with flowers, bark, sticks, stones, pinecones and leaves.

Then later in the week they did leaf print painting. They painted the vein side of the leaf with orange, red and purple. Next they flipped them over onto cardstock and pressed on a print. They also painted their pinecones and did some prints with those as well. They love to paint, so this was very exciting for them.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a blessed fall season.

To see what we have done for fall in the past go HERE.
To see my pinterest fall ideas from around the web go HERE.

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Going Fishing for letters

2011-10-12T15:21:00.001-04:00

This is a great letter recognition game I put together and we have used it in many different ways.

Things you’ll need:

large baby formula can or coffee can will work.
baby jar lids (enough for each letter and/or number)
stickers- blank or already with letters and/or numbers
fishing pole (we found ours at the dollar store)

On each lid put a sticker with a letter, number or anything you would like to teach. I used all of the letters of the alphabet. Cut a slit in the top of the formula can so they can put them in after they are done. The can works well for the clink sound…They love that:) Next we take turns fishing. The fishing poles have magnets on them.

A few ways to play:

Call out a letter and see if they can catch that fish.
Call out a word and see if they catch the fish with the beginning or ending sound.
Have them free fish and tell you about their catch- what is the letter, sound or even a word that begins or ends with that letter.

The girls really enjoyed this and I think it is important to keep learning fun and interesting for them. Thanks for stopping by! Love and Blessings!

~Forest Rose~

Little Hearts For His Glory~Week 4

2011-10-07T15:57:00.000-04:00

Well we made it through the first month of school...yay! All is well the kids are enjoying most of it. Some things they could do without, but what kid likes it all. LOL! We are working through our Little Hearts for His Glory. Jada and Jasmine are also working through HOP Jada is close to finishing and Jasmine has just begun. We added in a fun fall craft this week and hopefully every week from here on out!

A few key points:
Scripture: Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

History: We studied Jacob's family in Egypt and Moses and the exile from Egypt. This was fun because Moses is Jada's favorite character from the Bible.

Character of the week: Attentive: Psalm 85:8a- I will hear what God the LORD will speak.

Science: Sun, water, soil and air.

All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms

Math: Funnix Beginning math for Jasmine and HOM and Singapore Early Bird Math 2A for Jada which was include in LHFHG.

Here are a few pics:)

Jada working in her Do it Carefully workbook from LHFHG.

Jasmine drawing a picture of her favorite things to do in school.

Jada loves drawing and writing about Granny Fox in her daily journal!

I like this picture of Reddy fox and his sore leg! LOL!

Jasmine telling me about her story "Mommy this is you and Daddy married

and over here is Granny and Reddy Fox!" So cute!

She has been wanting to write the story like Jada, so we

have been writing just a couple words. :))

Jada was very dramatic with this story!! She is such a character!

She said this is a turtle family running to hide.

Jada did a cut and paste puzzle picture from her do it carefully book.

Jasmine worked on the letter x in her special binder.

Another journal entry from Jada.

We did an awesome fall craft this week. I blogged about it here and found it here.

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Fun Fall Tree Craft

2011-10-07T11:55:00.000-04:00

This was one of our favorite crafts ever!! It was so much fun!! We love doing crafts around here, especially fall crafts. We found this one over at 1+1+1=1.

We painted our paper towel tubes with brown paint.

While they dried we worked on our ground. I peeled some

brown crayons and had them rub all over the whole paper.

I had some fall leaves that I had purchased from the dollar store

last year that worked great, we glued a few to the ground.

After our tree trunk dried we cut slits on the top(thin) and a few on the bottom(thick)

then taped our tree to the ground. Next we glued our leaves onto the branches.

They turned out so cute:))

Check out my fall ideas Pinterest board for more great ideas I found around the web for this season.

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Little Hearts for His Glory~Week 3

2011-10-03T23:23:00.001-04:00

We had another fun-filled week of playing and learning! The Little Hearts for His Glory curriculum is working out great! Turns out it is a perfect fit for us this year! With a busy mama and some fast learning kiddos it has been a God send! Thank you LORD! We continue through it learning and growing together we are truly blessed to have each day planned for us!! How great is that!!

A few key points:
Scripture: Proverbs 20:11- Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it be right.
History: We studied Abraham and his descendents.
Character of the week: Honesty-Proverbs 12:22-The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful.
Science: We discussed the sense of smell.
All About Spelling: Mastering the phonograms

Here are a few pics:)

Jasmine reading HOP to Jada!

Jada's Journal time:)

Jasmine's Journal time:)

Very proud of her journal!

Jasmine working on her HOP! She is doing amazing!

Not-So-Thrilled Journal picture! LOL!

Artistic expressions: White crayon on black paper..have

child poke holes all through there name. We used golf tees.

The sun shines through and makes their names all sparkly and fun!

Jada working on subtraction:)

May God Bless your homeschool this week!! Love and Blessings to all!!

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~Forest Rose~