Co-op in Review: September 1, 2010

Today, the Upper Grammar class did a review of the Tower of Babel story, discussing what God did in confusing the languages and spreading people out across the land. Then they colored maps of Mesopotamia, Sumer and Egypt. For a craft, they made clay tablets and the kids used nails to carve their names in cuneiform. To end the class, they played a homemade board game answering questions on the Gilgamesh epic and reviewing vocabulary words. The Lower Grammar class also studied the Tower of Babel and the boys built their own towers using graham crackers and marshmallow cream. They played a game where each student made up their own “gibberish” language and tried to communicate with the other students. They understood how hard it would be to live where you couldn’t understand anyone. They discussed why God did this and how we need to be careful not to let pride take control in our lives. The FIAR kids read "A New Coat for Anna." It's the story of Anna and her mother who trade the few valuables they have left after World War II to get the things they need to make Anna a new winter coat. The kids had fun learning the steps need to make a coat and then they tie dyed coffee filters.