Airplanes and Outer Space

                     Outer Space

Last week we had a blast studying Outer  Space with our Science buddies the Hill's. We examined the nucleus of a comet, made our very own comets, galaxy dough and witnessed the effects of a meteorite. I am so thankful I get to teach all about outer space from a biblical perspective. I love my Answers in Genesis Science Curriculum. I am awe struck by the magnificence of our Creator as we learn about God's Design for Heaven and Earth. 

                      Comet Nucleus 

                          Comets

                      Galaxy Dough

Look out LPS there is a meteorite coming

                   

                          Airplanes

Also we started our book study on the Childhood of The Wright Brothers. The girls had a great time designing and flying their own airplane. Leandra name her airplane Leandra's Flyway. Jesslyn named hers The Rainbow Jet. Leandra's plane got stuck in the tree and they had to use the broom to get it out. Jesslyn's plane preformed an amazing loop to loop trick and then land smoothly on the grass. 

The Teacher Becomes The Student

I had great plans for our first week of school. We were going to sail smoothly into this school year. It's year #4 so I should have it all down. I planned out our schedule and it looked like a beautiful dream on paper. But in real life it was a nightmare. We had a rough few first days. As I kept trying to figure out what was going wrong and why our academic school day was taking soooooo long. Then I was gently reminded by my dear friend that even though I may plan our daily schedule the day doesn't really belong to me it is God's.  Maybe what I thought needed to be done wasn't what He had planned.  Maybe even sometimes the teacher is actually the student. It was a great reminder that I need to yield my day to The Lord. that I need to give my plans to him to use to teach us to depend on him. So with that attitude in mind I look forward to a new week of school where God is the teacher. 

On a side note:  It was such a blessing to see Jesslyn love on her big sister this week.   Leandra was have a particularly hard day. Jesslyn was sad to see her sister struggling and upset. So she wanted to make her sister happy. Jessie and I had a talk about how it isn't her job to make Leandra happy and that Leandra had to choose that for herself. To that Jesslyn said "Well I want her to know that I love her and it will be ok. Can I make her something?" So she made her 2 extra chocolate carmel indoor s'mores. Jessie took the s'mores into Leandra's room and said "I love you, I hope you feel better. "  Leandra then invited her in to share the treat.