We started our bible school in Genesis 1 and Matthew 1. I wanted to give just a brief description of how our day works.
Genesis 1
Separating the waters above from the waters below- we discussed how we have water on earth and water in the sky (clouds). This led us to talk about the water cycle
God making things after their own kind- Dogs always make dogs, cows always make cows, and humans always make humans. There could not be evolution the way it is described in how people came to be. Two monkeys have never produced a person. God produced many types of animals. There may be variations but one kind does not ever become another kind.
Lights in the sky to show us signs and time- We took an orange and drew an equator and a spot to represent us. We showed how we measure a day, year, and seasons using the orange as the Earth and Naomi as the sun. This was really fun.
Adam and Eve were vegetarians- at this point God gave them green plants to eat.
For handwriting, Virginia wrote James 1:1 and Nathaniel wrote James 1:1-3. This helped with the memorization, along with handwriting practice.
Spelling for the week came from these verses also. Virginia- servant, Jesus Christ, tribes, faith. Nathaniel had words such as various, endurance, encounter, dispersed.
Matthew 1
I had always dreaded reading the list of genealogies. However, doing it as a family made it really fun. We shared any stories about the descendants listed or stories that happened around their time. We discussed the approximate ages of Mary and Joseph. We discussed the marriage rituals of the culture. We talked about the census and why they were used then and today. This brought up a lot of current events as we talked about the government checking up on people.
This is just a brief description. The afternoon is used for naps for the youngest two and math for the older two. This will also be the time for story writing, journaling, drawing, and other assignments that link to what was discussed on the day.
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