In Sparks Book 2-Wing Runner, Rank Section 8 all 27 books of the New Testament are listed to be recited. We created this to help us remember those books.
AWANA Sparks Books of the Bible New Testament Bookmark 
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Caught Being Good at AWANA
Mike and I are Sparks Directors of AWANA at our church. For those of you who don't know about AWANA it stands for Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed which comes from 2 Timonthy 2:15 "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth." Children come to club to hear a Bible lesson, play games, recite scripture verses they have memorized and have FUN!
We have started giving these notes out with a piece of candy to boys and girls we catch being good! ;-)
You can find it here. We have started giving these notes out with a piece of candy to boys and girls we catch being good! ;-)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
On a Roll- Word Blend Game
This is a game I just made for Meara to practice creating word blends. She and I take turns rolling both a number(1 or 2 syllables) and blend cube. Then we create a word based on the results of the cube writing a one or two for the syllable of the word on the recording sheet. At the end we tally the number of syllables for each blend to determine which blend had the highest number of syllables.
They can be found at the links below:
Blend Cube
On a Roll recording sheet
Number 1 and 2 Cube
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Storing Learning and File Folder Games
A few years ago I started looking for a storage solution for the file folder games that we were collecting. We started adding duct tape to the spine of the folder and punching holes in it to be placed inside of a three ring binder. This became a great solution for us. In the past week I have been searching the Internet for wonderful FREE printables to use in our home school classroom for second grade. I realized that most of the games I found needed a storage solution that was easy for our daughter to get out and put away on her own. This same concept worked using 9x12 envelopes, everything stores easily and neatly inside (this time I used clear packing tape). 
It was hard for us to keep up with the small pieces that went with each file folder game so we started storing them in sandwich bags. We added hole punches to the bag and the folder and secured the bag with brags. 
Here are a few of the wonderful places I found this week and used in the past for FREE printables:
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
New Addition
It's been cRaZy busy in our house. God gave us a beautiful sweet baby to add to our Irish clan, sweet baby Matthias. After some sickness when he was first born and again when he was ten weeks old requiring hospitalization he is now happy and healthy! We took a month and a half off from school so we are finishing first grade this week. We will have a week break and power on in to second grade. I am looking forward to blogging again. Hopefully, you all will still check in to see what we have to share! ;-)
