Come Follow Me: Week of Feb. 11 - 17

Happy Valentine's Week!

I have thrown in a few Valentine-y activities, but not too many. You won't get sick of hearts!

For a printable version of this week's lesson ideas, you can find the file HERE. 

And as a reminder: 

These are my ideas for activities for the week. They 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 TJED inspired, Love of Learning environment in my home, 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.)

Feb 11 - 17	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5
Focus	Ye Must Be Born Again
Topics	The power of Jesus Christ can change me. Video: The Wedding in Cana (young children) Video: Jesus Turns Water into Wine .	I must be born again to enter the kingdom of God. Video: Nicodemus (young children) Video: Jesus Teaches Nicodemus About Being Born Again Scramble the words in John 3:3 and have children put them in order. How is being baptized and confirmed like being born again?	Heavenly Father shows His love for me through Jesus Christ. Video: I Stand All Amazed This lesson has lots of ideas to teach about the Sacrament and how it helps us remember Christ and the love he showed for us. The Sacrament Helps Me Think About Jesus.	Is God a spirit? Have children take turns looking at each other. Have them name a part of the body they see, such as arms, legs, eyes, etc. Explain that Heavenly Father has those body parts too. Explain that we know what Heavenly Father looks like because some prophets have seen Him and have written about them in the scriptures.	Christ offers me His living water. Video: The Woman at the Well (young children) Video: Jesus Teaches a Samaritan Woman Object lesson: Talk about miracles and how Christ can change us. See directions on pg. 2 to make slime.
Memorization	John 3:5
History and Geography	Map Work: Dead Sea, Jericho, Sinai  Map templates to use Read: Augustus Caesar’s World pgs. 56 - 65
Poetry/Language Arts	Rumpelstiltskin by the Grimm Brothers Optional: Read the chapter “Names Are Words, Too” from the Childcraft volume: The Magic of Words. Pg. 47-66	Video: Unpack Your Adjectives Adjectives for Kids (start at 2:29)	Handwriting Practice: Tracing Books of the New Testament (pg. 23) (copywork file)	Adjectives: Adjective Triangles	Parts of Speech: Parts of Speech Valentine Mail Sorting Practice identifying Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives
Fine Arts	Composer Study: George Handel Hallelujah Handel by Classical Kids (stream for free if you have Amazon Prime.) Or the book: Hallelujah Handel by Douglas Cowling. The Best of Handel by Classical Kids. Musical selections. (Stream for free if you have Amazon Prime.)		Song to Learn: He Sent His Son CS 34	Picture Study: Living Water	Art: How to Draw Frost (scroll down page to find the free tutorial.)
Science/Nature	Unit Study: Water and Our World Lesson 6: “Water Shapes the Earth” 🔳-Activity: Frozen Water Experiment 🔳-Mini-book & Vocab cards: read Water, Weathering, and Erosion. Place “Erosion,” “Weathering,” “Deposition,” “Sediment,” & “Delta” vocabulary cards on science wall. 🔳-Activity: Water and Soil Experiment. Ask the bulleted questions.
Math	Activity idea: Make a Crystal Grow. Gold is one of the most precious minerals. No wonder the King wanted the straw spun into gold! Discover some other minerals in crystal form.	Activity idea: Bedtime Math: A Day For Sweet Teeth Additional fun: Chocolate Playdough	Activity idea: Mathematicians are People too! Read about, Galileo Galilei pg. 45, “Seeing Isn’t Believing”	Activity idea: Game: Valentine’s Day Multiplication Game	Activity idea: Activity: Flat Cat & Square Hare: Area and Perimeter Math
Extra Resources	Video: Jesus Cleanses the Temple Follow the Water From Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros	Video: Ye Must Be Born Again (Elder Bednar)	Video: Tomorrow the Lord Will Do Wonders Among You (Elder Holland)	Flood Warning by Katharine Kenah	Video: The Blessing of Worship (Bishop Davies)
Chapter Book Read-Aloud	The Dog Who Was There (Chp. 13-14)

Resources

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

·         Rumpelstiltskin by Grimm Brothers

·         Childcraft: The Magic of Words

·         Hallelujah Handel by Douglas Cowling

·         Follow the Water From Brook to Ocean by Arthur Dorros

·         Flood Warning by Katharine Kenah

 Object Lesson:

Christ Can Change Me

Talk about some of the miracles that Christ performed and how Christ can change you too! Make some slime with the recipe below. The colored glue will represent you and wht water mixture will represent Christ. Pour the water mixture into the colored glue and watch it change. Talk about how this is similar to how Christ can change our hearts.

Recipe:

1. In a metal or glass bowl, add some coloring to 1/2 cup of Elmer's glue. Mix. Label the bowl: You & Me
2. In another small bowl, mix 1 cup warm water with 1 tsp. Borax until dissolved. Label the bowl: Jesus, Living Water
3. Slowly add the "living water" one tablespoon at a time into the glue mixture. Takes about 3 tablespoons. Stir with fingers. Pull out the slime! 

Jesus	Answered	And	Said	Unto
Him,	Verily,	Verily,	I	Say
Unto	Thee,	Except	A	Man
Be	Born	Again,	He	Cannot
See	The	Kingdom	Of	God.

John 3:3 – Cut out the words and have the children put them in order.