The Servant Girl Helps Naaman - Unit Study

This week for our Bible lessons I did a unit on Naaman with the kids. The kids enjoyed this little unit and I thought I would share some of the resources we used. 

Videos

These videos from Gracelink were great for helping them understand this story - A Little Maid Serves God, Disappearing Spots, Naaman Serves God. Gracelink has become one of my favorite resources for Bible lessons. 

Song

 We enjoyed singing this fun little Naaman Song.

Crafts/Worksheets

Naaman Coloring Page

Another coloring page

Namaan Worksheet

This was my favorite of the activities we did in this study. I printed, colored, laminated and cut out one set to use as an illustration for the kids. I showed them how after Naaman dipped in the river seven times he finally came up healed of all the spots caused by leprosy. I realized after I had laminated the picture that I should have made the river look muddy instead of such a nice clean blue. 

Here are the ones the kids made. They did a pretty good job of making the river look muddy. 

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Slow Cooker Cheeseburger Soup

On Tuesday evenings Amanda does volunteer work at the SPCA and I go with her. Since I'm not home to make dinner that evening I like to have something in the slow cooker so we can eat as soon as Amanda and I get home. I found this recipe for Crockpot Bacon Cheeseburger Soup, made some adaptations and put it in the slow cooker this morning. 

1 lb ground beef, browned

2 14.5 ounce cans diced tomatoes

1 onion, chopped

1 stalk celery, chopped

3 carrots, diced

2 potatoes, diced

1 cup frozen corn

8 oz cream cheese

4 beef bouillon cubes

4 cups water

1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp black pepper

Mix all ingredients in slow cooker and cook on low for 7-9 hours.

Ten minutes before time to serve add . . . 

1/4 cup flour

1 cup milk

2 cups cheddar cheese.

Mix flour and milk together stirring until smooth. Stir this mixture and the cheese into the soup. Cover and cook for ten minutes or until cheese is melted. 

Serve and enjoy.

Austin and Amanda insisted that this should not be called Cheeseburger soup because they had never seen a cheeseburger with carrots, corn, celery or potatoes on it! But it was still given a nod of approval by most - Austin ate two bowls of it and asked me to make it again, CJ said it was good and ate two bowls of it, Michael finished his bowl of soup even though when he first saw it he said he didn't want any and Doug said it was fine to put some in his lunch tomorrow. Amanda on the other hand did not approve . . . but there are a LOT of foods Amanda does not approve of so I'm not taking that too seriously. 

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The Walnut Acre Weekly - 4/1 - 4/07

Words to Live By

 For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

Romans 5:10

I'm late with this post so I'm mostly going to let the pictures speak for themselves.

Outdoor Fun

Growing Green Things

Furry, Feathered and Four Footed Friends

This Robin flew into our garage and couldn't find it's way back out. I caught it in a window and showed it to the kids before we let it fly away.

Homeschool Fun

Books We Enjoyed This Week

The younger kids and I enjoyed these books this week.

Evening Reading - I am reading the first book with Austin and Amanda. Singing Wheels is the book I've been reading Michael and CJ. We finished it Thursday evening and I was sorry to see it end.

Out and About

It was a really busy week. Doug took Austin and Michael to their Scout meetings Monday evening, I took Amanda to do her volunteer work at the SPCA Tuesday evening, we all went to church Wednesday evening, Austin, Amanda and Michael went to Grandma's Thursday evening and I had a meeting at church, Friday evening Austin left on a camping trip with the Boy Scouts and the rest of us went out to Shoney's for dinner, and Saturday we went grocery and dishwasher shopping. Yes, that was a run on sentence and it felt like even more of a run on week. But it was a good week too.

Just Having Fun Together

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Words to Live By

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.

John 11:25-26

Homeschool Wrap Up

This week with the younger kids we focused on Easter. We watched videos of the Easter story, and did a variety of worksheets and crafts. I somehow didn't get any pictures of our work but we did a lot of it. The kids were really interested in and amazed by the story of Jesus death and resurrection. It was so neat to watch them take it all in and ask questions and have discussions about why Jesus died for us and how wonderful it is that He rose again and is alive today. 

Austin and Amanda continued their study of Acts as well as their study of the human skeletal system. The focus in math this week was once again on decimals. 

Easter

Although we made sure we understood the true meaning of Easter we also had fun with an Easter egg hunt with the kids on Friday.

Austin and Amanda filled the eggs upstairs in the hallway and then took them out and hid them while I did our morning learning activities with the younger kids. 

And then the hunt was on!

And of course they had to sit awhile and enjoy the candy!

Saturday there was an Easter egg hunt at church that we took to the kids to. First there was face painting. Then there was the hunt that I was so busy helping the kids with that I didn't get a single picture. After all the eggs were found and everything settled down we had a simple lunch of hotdogs, macaroni and cheese, deviled eggs, cookies and chips. After lunch there was a story time with kids telling the Easter story from the Bible.

Outdoor Fun

Our week started out looking like this! I was not really happy about more snow but I did have to admit it was pretty.

By the end of the week though, it had warmed up outside and the kids spent hours out playing. 

Furry, Feathered and Four Footed Friends

Our neighbor farmer friend told Doug we could get the loose hay from the hay barn to use in our chicken coop. The kids loved taking the wheelbarrow and wagons to load up with hay and then bringing it back for the chickens. And the chickens are loving their new bedding.

There was one exciting moment when Damien, trying to help, ran ahead and opened the gate to the chicken pen. A rooster took the opportunity to make a dash for freedom and came running out. This scared CJ who took off screaming one direction, which in turn scared Damien who took off crying in the other direction. All the noise scared the rooster who puffed himself all up to protect the hens from impending calamity. Mykalin and I got the rooster back in quickly though and everyone else soon calmed down. 

Growing Green Things

Both Friday and Saturday Doug did some tilling. Friday he tilled up and expanded the old garden space and also tilled up a new garden space on another part of our acre. Then on Saturday he tilled around the old grape arbor. There just a couple, somewhat scraggly grapevines there when we moved in but they, except for one, have died out. This year I want to plant pole beans there, training the vines up over the arbor to give the kids a fun playspace and me some beans. Eventually I would like to put more grapevines there but I don't think that's going to happen this year. 

Out and About

Amanda at the SPCA. 

Other Notes and News

Much of Austin's spare time this week has been occupied working on and riding this moped he bought from Grandpa Tuesday. 

Just Having Fun Together

Here's a peek into some of the other fun things we did together this week. 

Weekly Quote

Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push. ~  Joann Thomas

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Words to Live By

The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”

Matthew 21:9

Homeschool Fun

 With the younger kids this week we reviewed the alphabet and the sounds the letters make, learned about the -un word family, studied shapes and worked on counting to 10, and did a unit on the book Angus Lost. 

Austin and Amanda have been studying the book of Acts, working with decimals, learning about the Skeletal System, and together we've been reading The Gate of Heaven (Lions of Judah Series #3).

On his own Austin has continued to learn about American History and Amanda has been delving into animal health and veterinary medicine. 

At night before they go to bed I've been reading Singing Wheels and Bible Animal Stories for Bedtime with CJ and Michael. Often, if Mykalin and Madelynn are here at that time they join us.

In the Kitchen

I've long been on a search for a homemade whole wheat bread recipe that I like. I've tried a quite few different ones and just didn't really like any of them. Saturday I tried another one . . . and liked it! This recipe can either be made into rolls like I did here or loaves.  Here is the recipe - Daily Delicious Whole Wheat Bread. This one is definitely going to be on make again list. I love how simple it is and that there are options for making different size batches. I made the quarter recipe this time but next time I'll probably go with the half recipe since we like it so well. The full recipe would just be to big for my mixer or I would make that and store the bread in the freezer until we use it.

Outdoor Fun

Although the calendar says it's Spring it has felt more like winter here. The kids haven't gone out much and when they did a little earlier this week I didn't get any pictures. But yesterday they were out a lot. Now, today, it's snowing again!

Furry, Feathered and Four Footed Friends

Doug spent part of the day yesterday working on making some nesting boxes for our hens. We've been getting an average of four eggs a day. I know when the weather gets a little warmer we will be getting a lot more but I'm happy with each of these little treasures I find right now.

I found Michael and Amanda's cat Sheena snoozing away the other night. She seems to really like him, letting him carry her around with very little protest and curling up beside him or on his lap when he sits down.

Growing Green Things

The herbs (basil, parsley and chives) that Michael and Lauren planted are starting to grow on a sunny windowsill in the living room. 

Yesterday I planted lots of seeds in starter trays - four varieties of tomatoes, three varieties of peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons and okra. When the weather does finally turn warm I want to have lots of little plants to put in the garden.

Out and About

Tuesday Amanda spent some time at the SPCA playing with these two cats. 

Wednesday evening we were at church and Thursday evening the kids spent the evening at their grandparents. This morning we had church but the evening service was cancelled because of the snow. Austin went on a weekend trip with the church youth to Acquire the Fire and really enjoyed it. This is the third year he has gone and he always enjoys it and looks forward to the next time he gets to go.

Just Having Fun Together

Here are some more pictures of the fun we had together this week. 

Weekly Quote

God gives us dreams a size to big so we can grow in them. ~ Author Unknown

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