Little Hands Toward Heaven - Unit 13

We finally got back into the routine of doing school after taking some time off to pack, move, get settled, etc. Samuel was glad to be doing stuff again. He loves school, especially the crafts!

This unit was about David. We started out by learning about David as a shepherd. Here Samuel was working on an art project of David in the field with his sheep. We tore peices of paper to be clouds. Then Samuel drew a river and some flowers on the paper. Then we glued cotton balls on the page to be the sheep.

The next day we read about how David loved God and enjoyed playing music and singing songs to Him. We also worked on our Letter K worksheet. Samuel has been doing a great job of finding the letters on the page each week.

The next day, our story was about David and Goliath. We had a lot of fun this day. First, we did an activity where Samuel had to choose a toy. Then I would tell him to go find another toy that was bigger, and on and on until he got tired. He did a great job and we had several Star Wars men lined up by the end.

Then we made our Letter K on the floor which is always Samuel's favorite part of any of the units.

We also did an art activity. It's hard to see in the pictures, but Samuel drew a shepherd's staff on one side of the paper. On the other side, he drew 5 circles to represent the stones that David picked up. Then he drew a line from the stones to the bottom of the page to show that the stone hit Goliath and he fell down dead.

Our next story was about Jonathan and David being good friends. We talked about how good friends treat each other (ex. sharing toys, taking turns, etc.) which was a good lesson for Samuel since he sometimes has problems with these things at church. We also did an letter K craft by gluing cotton balls on the letter k.

The last day of the unit, we read about how David and his men found Saul asleep, but David would not allow any of his men to harm him. We also read a devotional about being kind to others.

Going Fishing

Ever since he got his Spiderman fishing pole for Easter, Samuel has been begging to go fishing. Some friends of ours from church just moved to a house that backs up to the river and told us we were welcome to come over anytime. So, Saturday afternoon, we took Samuel fishing. He didn't catch anything, but he seemed to have fun. I think he just liked playing in the water.

Waiting for some fish to bite

Samuel let Adam hold the pole quite a bit so that he could play with the sticks that he found along the edge of the river.

Adam helping Samuel cast

Playing in the mud

Adam brought along some bread to use as bait once our worms ran out.

Easter

After church on Easter, we let Samuel dig into his Easter basket. He was so excited.

His favorite thing was his new Spiderman fishing pole. He loves to watch fishing shows on TV and asks all the time when he can go fishing, so we decided to get him his own pole.

We also got him a book that tells the story of Easter.

After having a few pieces of candy, he wanted to go outside and practice casting with Daddy.

Another Day at Dollywood

Dollywood opened the same weekend that we moved to our new house and this was the first weekend we didn't have anything planned and could actually go. Adam took the day off work so we were able to go on a weekday and it wasn't too crowded. Samuel was excited to be back. We were hoping he would be over 42" so he could ride some new rides, but he still has about 1/2 an inch to go. Maybe by the end of the summer he'll be tall enough.

Waiting in line for the cars

Samuel driving

Samuel wanted to ride the river rampage. Adam was a chicken and refused to ride because he didn't want to get wet, but Samuel and I went without him. We did get a little wet, but it was fun!

Waiting in line for the VeggieTales roller coaster

These were just some funny pics Adam took. Samuel has decided that it's more fun to drive his truck backwards.