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Teaching Creation Thursday ~ Grand Canyon and a giveaway!

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Teaching Creation Thursday ~ Grand Canyon and a giveaway!

This week Dr. Reeves will be sharing with us about the Earth.

Many evolutionists consider the “Geologic Column” the strongest evidence that life arose gradually over millions of years. They claim that the sedimentary layers of rocks found all over the world show that the first forms of life to evolve are found in the deepest layers and the living things that evolved later are found in the upper layers.

However, this explanation is found to have a number of flaws. We believe you may find the Flood provides the best explanation for the earth’s sedimentary layers and is much more logical than the explanation given by evolutionists. Go to www.investigatethepossibilities.org and click on the “articles” tab for a kid-friendly article about the sedimentary layers in Grand Canyon.  Or you can just click HERE.  Which explanation do you think fits the evidence best–millions of years of evolution or a world wide flood?

Take time to browse around Investigate the Possibilities!  There are a lot of experiments, articles and videos to help you Investigate the Possibilities!

Next week, Dr. Reeves will follow up with a lesson about how sedimentary layers form and how some now-hardened layers formed in hours and days as a result of geologic activity after the Mt. Saint Helens eruption.

Now on to the giveaway!  I will be giving away this teacher guide and student Journal to The Earth: Its Structure and Its Changes!  My oldest  daughter and I did this book together and really enjoyed it.  I think your children will too!

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why I love Bright Ideas Press, a History link-up and a giveaway!!

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why I love Bright Ideas Press, a History link-up and a giveaway!!

Every since I started using Bright Ideas Press History and Geography last year, my kids and I have truly fell in love with it.  This curriculum works for our family.  How does it work?  The Mystery of History Volume 1 that we have been using, teaches Ancient Civilizations through the time of Christ.  We did start this volume last year, but started it over this year when I found out about their Illuminations program (which I also highly recommend!).  I am so glad that we did start over.  I am able to use this history book with all three of my children that I am homeschooling this year.  They are in the 9th, 2nd and 1st grades.  I love the fact that I can use it with all three kids.  Each lesson consists of a lesson that can be from 1-3 pages long.  Then at the end of the lesson, there are activities and projects for younger, middle and older children.  It works out great for us.  Also, in the back of the book, they have a book list for extra reading for the lessons.  I also have to mention the WonderMaps program.   The amount of maps that they have, starting with the ancient civilizations and going through chronological order, up through modern times is amazing!  We are also enjoying the Hands-On Geography and the Time-line.  It is so fun to see my kids enjoy history coming to life!

Just look at what we did this past week!

Soap Carving talking about Jonah and the Big Fish

Olympic Wreath Making

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So as you can tell, we love all that Bright Ideas Press has to offer!  That is I am going to host a history link-up for those who are using Bright Ideas Press curriculum.  If you use ANY of the history or geography curriculum that they publish, this link-up is for you!

Since it is Thanksgiving weekend and I am late getting this post up, I won’t do a link-up today.  However, come  back next Wednesday with your posts ready!  I will also have a landing page at the top of the blog that you will be able to click on with all the info needed.  I will also have a button in the side bar that you will be able to put on your blog as well. (Thank you to Honey at Honeycomb Design Studio for creating the beautiful buttons and banners!)

I also have to let you know that this was my idea and I am doing it all on my own.  While Bright Ideas Press does know about the link-up, they do not have anything to do with it.  I will be hosting it on my blog .  They are supporting me and have even donated $20 in store credit as a first giveaway!

That’s right, the giveaway that Bright Ideas Press is donating, is a $20 store credit.  It is just in time for this weekend’s sale!

All you have to do to enter the contest is leave me a comment telling me what you would use the $20 store credit on at Bright Ideas Press!  I will choose a winner late Friday night.  That will still give you plenty of time to use the store credit!

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

**UPDATE** Using Random.org, the winner is Cindy!!  Congrats!!

Disclaimer~ “This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan.  There are affiliate links in this post.  If I do make any money from you using the links, I will in return use it to purchase curriculum for our schooling.”

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so thankful and blessed… #1061-1070

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so thankful and blessed… #1061-1070

Psalm 100:3-5

3 Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!

5 For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

This past week was a pretty good week for us.  We were able to accomplish a lot is our homeschool and get caught up with some cleaning.  We are so blessed to be able to homeschool our children.  My husband works very hard so that I am able to stay at home with our children.  I am so proud of him and very thankful that he loves us so much and does his best to take care of us.  We were blessed by this job that he is now at.  We feel like God has led us out to Colorado for a reason.  Whether it is for the better paying job with better benefits or if it could be something else, we are doing out best to listen to Him, as we make our way.   We are so thankful for all that God has given us.

1061.  a better paying job.

1062. a job with amazing benefits.

1063. a husband who works so hard to provide for us.

1064. a husband who is very handy at fixing and building things.

1065. the bunk beds my husband built for our girls.

1066. a husband who can work and fix our vehicles.

1067. an apartment that fits out needs.

1068. a lady who is giving our daughter riding lessons.

1069. our neighbors who homeschool and have become our new friends.

1070. quiet neighbors in our building.

I would love for you to join in counting the many blessings that God gives. Stop by A Holy Experience and visit others who are also sharing their many blessings.

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The Homeschool Mother’s Journal and a History Link-Up in the works!

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The Homeschool Mother’s Journal and a History Link-Up in the works!

 Don’t forget to drop by iHomeschool Network and look at what other homeschoolers have been doing!

  • In my life this week…

    I have had a pretty good week.  I was able to get up and dressed, get the kids breakfast and get started on school.  It has been a good with with not much pain. I am thankful and blessed by God for keeping my pain away.  I also am working on a new link-up for history!

  • In our homeschool this week…

    We got a lot accomplished in our homeschool this week!  I am so proud of my kids.  Other than our usual math, phonics and writing, we carved soap into big fish (Jonah lesson in MOH), made Oylmpic wreaths (Olympic lesson in MOH) and read about Mercury in Astronomy.

  • Helpful homeschooling tips or advice to share…

     If you are able to, try to have a few minutes of quiet time at the beginning of the day and ask God to bless your day and your homeschool.  By putting God first, my days definitely go a lot smoother.

  • I am inspired by…

    I am inspired by Jenilee and her family.  Jenilee blogs at Our Goodwin Journey.  Jenilee and her husband Jeremy just announced that they are missionaries for Senegal, West Africa.  Will you join me in prayer for this blessed family and perhaps pray for how you can help and bless them in their new journey?

  • My favorite thing this week was…

    Claire, Sarah and Samuel making their Olympic wreaths.

    Claire, Sarah and Samuel with their big fish carvings.

  • Things I’m working on…

 I am working on the History link-up.  I share a little more about it at the bottom.  I am also helping out with Teaching Creation   Thursday at Creation Conversation!

  • I’m cooking…

    I have been in a baking and cooking mood lately.  The holidays and cooler weather always seems to get me in the baking mood.  This past week, we baked chocolate chip cookies.  They didn’t last long enough for me to get a picture of!  I also made a Pumpkin Spice Banana Nut Bread at the beginning of the week!

  • I’m grateful for…

     I am so thankful and blessed by the many friendships that I have made since I have started blogging.  I am encouraged by all of those who blog about their faith and those who encourage others through their faith and their homeschool journey.  It is my goal to do the same.

  • I’m praying for…

    I am praying for our family and that we find a church home soon.  I miss the fellowship with other believers.

  • A photo to share…

I am so excited about this new link-up I am having.  It will be a History link-up for those who are using Bright Ideas Press      history and geography curriculum.  I will begin having it once a week.  We will begin this next Wednesday and I have a giveaway from Bright Ideas Press!  It is a $20 store credit!!

 


 *This link-up is not officially affiliated with Bright Ideas Press but is my own project. I am a customer and fan.

* Affiliate links are included in this post.

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Teaching Creation Thursday ~ giveaway and a free download!

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Teaching Creation Thursday ~ giveaway and a free download!

A Journey of Joy
Today for Teaching Creation Thursday, we have a worksheet to give to you all, as well as a giveaway of one of the books that Dr. Carolyn Reeves co-authored.

The worksheet that Dr. Reeves has prepared for you all is an activity that you can do with your children. It is an activity that Dr. Reeves has done many times to help students understand how scientists try to reconstruct the past. (It is found in Forces & Motion, DeRosa and Reeves, Master Books, and Understanding Science While Believing the Bible, Reeves, The Master Design.) Trying to figure out what happened in the past is much like a detective would try to figure out what happened at a crime scene. Print (or re-create) a copy of a “damaged” drawing of a tree and have students try to reconstruct the way it looked originally. Don’t let them see any of the examples of completed drawings. After they finish, tell them there is no “right” or “wrong” proven answer. Then compare their efforts to reconstruct the tree to how a scientist might try to reconstruct the past.

You can download the worksheet by clicking on HERE.

Now for the giveaway, we  have this wonderful book set, Forces and Motion that is written by Dr. Carolyn Reeves and Tom DeRosa.  The worksheet that you can download above is actually found in this book!

Forces and Motion
Tom DeRosa, Dr. Carolyn Reeves

From the New Leaf Publishing Group, the description of the books is:

This amazing full-color book is filled with 20 hands-on activities that ignite a sense of curosity about the wonderful God has made. Concepts are introduced in an engaging way – by highlighting the science behind kids at play, like rollerskating, skateboarding, and even running. By guiding students through these easy to understand investigations, they learn to explain, apply, expand, and assess what they have personally observed!

Learn how to:

  • Determine the speed and motion of favorite toys
  • Create a catapult and experience the mechanics of pulleys
  • Set up a floating pencil race
  • Discover why friction creates heat

Investigate the incredible world that God has created with science that is fun and educational in this comprehensive series!

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