I meant to put what we worked on today in my post about our 1st BPA lessons but I got so carried away with describing what we did I forgot.  So here it is.

Biblical Principle Lessons:

God's Principle of Individuality(see previous post)

Bible Study/History:

We reviewed what we read the last time about Joseph and how his whole family came to Egypt.  And how Pharaoh made Joseph ruler over the kingdom.  So I went to the library and got 2 books about Egypt and one about Mesopotamia-the 1st civilization(around the time of Abraham) We read and discussed and I showed them pictures from the book ANCIENT EGYPT by George Hart.  We read and discussed how Ancient Egypt was built along the Nile River.  We read the section on how Pharaoh was believed to be a god and how he was the ruler of Egypt.  We talked about how worshipping anything or anyone except the One True God is idolatry.  They knew that from their KID'S  TEN COMMANDMENT video with THE GOLDEN CALF.  We talked about how the Pharaoh went to war and looked at the different weapons they used to fight with. I showed them pictures of pyramids and how they were built to bury the Pharaoh when he died.  I skipped over the section on descriptions of Ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses, mythology, priests and temple rituals, religion and magic.  I don't want them confused at this early age nor do I feel they need to know what rituals were done in Egyptian temples.  I went on to the section on hieroglyphs and how the scribes were trained to copy manuscripts and write these Egyptian symbols. I briefly touched on how the scribes wrote on papyrus scrolls.  We talked about(and read some) the craftsman and artists that were in Egypt such as carpenters, stonemasons, jerwelers, bronzesmiths, and artists who decorated the temple.  We stopped there.  All of these topics I covered with very broad strokes and read only the interesting topics that would not be too hard for them to grasp.  The next section we'll cover is Life in The Home in Ancient Egypt.

Math:

Worked with quarters.  She did very well placing each coin next to it's name.  This is the first time she's been able to do this.  She also has memorized what each coin is worth.  So I put one nickel and one penny together and showed her how to determine how much money that is.  So I made up about 7-8 problems like that choosing different combinations of coins and putting them together.  She would write next to each coin what it was worth and form the equation to add the 2 numbers.  We even ventured into adding 4 coins together.  She got stuck so I showed her how to add 4 number along with reminding her about carrying.

Reading:

She read the scriptures from the bible during Principle Study practicing her posture and diction, and enunciation

Physical Activity:

I told them we were done with Table Time and it was time for Physical Activity time.  They went and got their jump ropes and jumped for about 15-20 minutes off and on.  They enjoyed it so my daughter asked me to jump with her in a jumping contest to see who could jump the longest.  God knows I needed the exercise but after jumping about 60 times(we counted) I wanted no more parts of that.  Maybe if I begin to make exercise a regular part of my day then it will flow even easier for them.

They went outside to play before dinner, around 5:30pm. After they ate ham sandwiches and played a little more we concluded our night with baths and they got on the dining room floor and put puzzles together.  We were supposed to read Heidi but they chose the puzzles instead.  They wanted both but I'm too tired for that.  I'll read to them right after table time tomorrow, Lord willing.