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October 9, 2008
Heather L
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Pumpkin Lapbook

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We did a short unit on pumpkins in preparation for next week’s field trip to the pumpkin patch. We based this lapbook on the books The Pumpkin Patch Parable, From Seed to Pumpkin, and The Pumpkin Book. We made booklets for the Pumpkin Prayer, Pumpkins and Jesus, and The Inspiring Pumpkin that we found here. We did some pumpkin vocabulary. We made a booklet that covered the process of growing a pumpkin. We put all of the verses from The Pumpkin Patch Parable into a pocket. We found the Label the Parts of a Pumpkin, Pumpkin Patch Fractions, Pumpkin Patch…

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October 9, 2008
Heather L
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BFS #104 – Never Leave Home Without It

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Assignment: In the memory verse Jesus tells us that He will never leave us, not even at the end of the world. He assures us in this verse that He will be with us and that means through everything we go through in life. I thought it would be interesting to write about the things we would never leave home without. For some it might be baby needs, others it might be a gym bag and bottle of water, and for some it might be your Bible and a notepad or small journal, maybe even your son or daughters favorite…

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October 8, 2008
Heather L
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Apiary Field Trip

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Today, we headed out on a field trip with our homeschooling group to a local apiary. We had a lot of fun as the kids (and adults) learned more about bees, honey, and beeswax. I came home with 4 pints of fresh honey, some beeswax candles, and a honey cookbook. I couldn’t pass up the great deal on yummy local honey and candles. Learning about how they build the boxes for the bees. Showing the parts of the hives. Talking about the hive and displaying empty hive. Munchkin getting a close-up look at the empty hive. Talking about the gear…

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