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Monday, August 24, 2009

Tapestry of Grace Year 1 Weeks 1 & 2

We started school on August 8th with Tapestry of Grace Year 1. We knew it was going to be exciting and we were really looking forward to it.

We started out with pyramids, mummies, pharaohs, and Egypt herself. It has been fascinating to take virtual tours of pyramids, learn about the mummification process, see pharaohs as Moses saw them, and learn about the land of Egypt.

Tapestry of Grace has not disappointed with presentation or material. It is wonderfully laid out and the girls are making connections to 'regular' history and Biblical history and how they run concurrently with each other.

We have read many books already and done several craft projects. (I haven't taken pictures of a few of them!)


These are our salt dough sculptures of the Sphinx. It was harder to do than the girls originally thought they would be!




This is our 4yodds, it looks a little more like a lamb than the Sphinx, but she did it on her own so we are letting it be!!



This is our 10yodds.



The 11yodds


The 7yodds


This is our 10yodd. She was supposed to make her own 'smell' like an apothecary would have to help heal or cure someone. It was so disgusting that we couldn't stand it and had to dump it down the toilet. :-D She definitely made her own smell!! lol


We have also been reading in Exodus to go along with our Egyptian studies. It is enlightening to read these things together and see the whole picture.

3 comments:

Mrs. Edwards said...

Great sculptures!

You are so right: "We have also been reading in Exodus to go along with our Egyptian studies. It is enlightening to read these things together and see the whole picture."

While the book of Exodus stands alone fine, it is really amazing to understand the events of Exodus within the context of Egypt and their death/burial beliefs. We'll be doing the plague chart today. I can't wait for the kids to see how each plague was a judgment on Egyptian false beliefs.

It is so good to see your projects!
~Amy

Cynthia said...

FUN! We enjoyed year 1 last year.

Kristine said...

Oh, cool, love these sculptures! We've done ancient Egypt twice, but we've never done that!