Come, Follow Me: Week of Feb 4 - 10

The Call

And...BOOM! It's February already!

How has your first month gone with implementing the Come, Follow Me program into your home? 

Don't beat yourself up it hasn't looked like a Pinterest worthy post! Just keep on keeping on!

Here are my ideas for activities for the week. Remember, these are MY vision of what I would like MY son to learn this week. This may not be what works at your house. I am trying to create a Love of Learning environment, so I use lots of different types of teaching and activities. Most of what I do only lasts around 10-15 minutes per activity. And I hardly ever get to everything on the chart. But I am prepared, and I have found that that preparation makes all the difference. (For an overview of my thoughts and intentions for the creation of these plans, I encourage you to read this post.)

As always, I hope that by sharing what we are doing in our home can help you in yours!

Feb 4 – Feb 10	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Focus	The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me
Topics	I can choose the Right as Jesus did. Video: “Jesus Is Tempted”	Jesus Christ is my Savior. Video: “Jesus Declares He Is the Messiah” Video: “Angry People in Nazareth”	Jesus Christ invites us to be “fishers of men.” “Jesus Invites Us to be Fishers of Men” activity. Either use it as a matching game, or children can go “fishing.” Talk about the pictures on the fish.	Jesus set the example for me by resisting temptation Use the scenarios from “A Little Better Every Day” to talk about situations where we can make a wrong choice. Talk about resisting the temptation and choose the better choice.	Fasting can help me feel close to Heavenly Father Write questions about fasting (such as why, when, or how we fast) on pieces of paper, and place in a bowl. Children try to answer questions. Share your experiences with fasting.
Memorization	Matthew 4:19
History and Geography	Map Work: Nazareth, Bethlehem, Tel Aviv Map templates to use Read: Augustus Caesar’s World pgs. 45 - 55
Poetry/Language Arts	Read the French fairy tale “Diamonds and Toads” by Charles Perrault. Compare it to the American folk tale “The Talking Eggs” by Robert D. San Souci.	Video: Action Verbs for Kids start at 2:35	Handwriting Practice: Writing Books of the New Testament (pg. 22) (copywork file)	Reading Practice: CandyLand Sight Word game Different sets of playing cards for different reading levels!!!	Verbs: I “Can” Verbs activity. Pgs. 11-14 I plan on doing this activity orally with my son.
Fine Arts	Composer Study: George Handel Review: Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler Optional: Read some additional information from Music Appreciation Bk. 1, Pgs. 81-85. Add “Musical Compositions” “Father of the Oratorio” & “Handel’s Messiah” to the Lapbook. Listen to Music Disc 2, tracks 17-26		Song to Learn: Choose the Right Way CS pg. 160	Picture Study: The Call by Jorge Cocco	Art: Toad Drawing by Katie Marley
Science/Nature	Unit Study: Water and Our World Lesson 5: “Bodies of Water” 🔳- Activity: Bodies of Water Cards 🔳-Activity: Creating Bodies of water 🔳-Activity: Mapping different types of bodies of water
Math	Activity idea: Farm Counting Cards. Use to practice counting or Counting On, which is a skill needed to understand addition.	Activity idea: Bedtime Math: Do the “Explosion of Diamonds” math riddles.	Activity idea: Mathematicians are People too! Read about John Napier, pg. 37, “Magician or Mathematician?”	Activity idea: Game: Math Facts Baseball	Activity idea: Game: The Grapes of Math. Begin by reading the book “The Grapes of Math” by Greg Tang
Extra Resources	“The Talking Eggs” by Robert D. San Souci	A Drop Around the World by Barbara Shaw McKinney	“To Root, to Toot, to Parachute: What is a Verb?” by Brian P Cleary	Earth’s Landforms and Bodies of Water by Natalie Hyde	“The Grapes of Math” by Greg Tang
Chapter Book Read-Aloud	The Dog Who Was There (Chp. 11 - 12)

Books recommended

·         Come, Follow Me-For Individuals and Families 2019 manual

·         Augustus Caesar’s World

·         The Dog Who Was There by Ron Marasco (read every week until done. Then pick another read-aloud.)

·          Mathematicians Are People Too! Stories from the Lives of Great Mathematicians by Luetta & Wilbert Reimer

·         Handel at the Court of Kings by Opal Wheeler

·         Diamonds and Toads  by Charles Perrault (or a French Fairy Tale collection by Perrault)

·         The Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci

·         A Drop Around the World  by Barbara Shaw McKinney

·         To Root, To Toot, To Parachute: What is a Verb? By Brian P Cleary

·         Earth’s Landforms and Bodies of Water by Natalie Hyde

·         The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang

Memorization verse: Matthew 4:19

For a printable version of these plans, go HERE.