We just began WEAVER VOL. 2, Chapter 6.
I am really loving this chapter so far.
As we are looking at Exodus, we are learning that God truly is in control of all things.
We talked about how Moses heard from God and Aaron spoke to the people. God told Moses to tell Aaron to throw his staff down. Both Moses and Aaron obeyed God and did exactly what He said. The staff turned into a REAL snake and back into a staff made of wood again. The magicians in Pharaoh's court tried to imitate this miracle of God but theirs was just a cheap trick! God is greater than all other gods!
We studied snakes....lots of them!
We made a partial list of adjectives describing snakes.
SNAKES Are~
venomous or non-venomous
harmful or helpful to man
fanged (or not)
varied
solitary
camouflaged
multi-colored
creepy
scaly
reptilian
ecto thermic
molters
Heidi looked at the Black Mamba, King Cobra, and Anaconda.
John Ross looked at the Fer-de-lance and python.
It is truly amazing how snakes vary in size from very tiny 4 inch snakes to the huge Boa Constrictors that can weigh over 500 pounds! Even though I can't love them, SNAKES have a purpose in God's plan just as everything created by Him does.
We drew pictures of the eye of a snake and painted them with acrylic paints. What fun! We discovered that although snakes are found all over the world, the majority of the world's snakes live in the tropics where there just happens to be a very cool fungus living. We looked up SLIME MOLD and drew and painted that as well. VERY COOL!
Can you believe that SLIME MOLD
is really a single cell filled with lots of cytoplasm?
We also talked about what it means to be oviparous. The majority of snakes are oviparous but some are viviparous.
While painting, we listed to a recording or Ricki-Ticki-Tavi.
We rushed off to choir after that and had fun singing Christmas music.
BUSY DAYS!
You're a little ahead of us in the volume and your post gives me something to look forward to. I've been a bit of a slacker mom lately, and am starting to gear up again, actually looking forward to planning the next unit - Unit 4
Sounds like you've done a great job of covering a variety of aspects and keeping it interesting.
Sounds like an amazing study. I like your list of snake adjectives. You're right that snakes like all other creatures have a role to play in God's creation.
Blessings,
Missy
Edited by smokeybutter on Nov. 16, 2007 at 8:42 PM
The life and times of the McCullochs WEAVING in NM.
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life, you will have been all of these." George Washington
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Nov. 14, 2007 - Hi
We just started on the last Unit in Vol. 2.
How long have you been using Weaver?
I think we are going on year 6 years now.
Nice to "meet" you.
Dianna