Monday, February 15, 2010

Little House: On The Prairie Word Study

The memorization suggestion for this book is Psalm 8

Bible and Character:
complaining (Mark7:1-23, Matthew 5:27-30)
Israelites and Promised Land (Psalm 44;1-9)
Providence and God (Psalm 96;8, Romans 13:7-8)
fathers as family defenders (Psalm 82:3, Job 22:26, Psalm 7:10, 89:18, 59:9, 16:17, 94:22)
beholding (Romans 13:8-10)
foolishness (Proverbs 12:15, 1:22-23, 17:12, 13:16, 23:12)
selfishness (1 Samuel 16;7b, 11 Corinthians 9:7)
being neighborly (Proverbs 27:10, Matthew 22:39)
divine appointment/chance (Acts 8:26-39)
cheerful giver (John 3:16, Psalm 149:4)

Vocabulary:
ford
molasses
providential
infected
buffalo
malaria
puncheon
windlass
quicksand
scalawag
quinine
massacre

Animal Studies:
meadow larks,
dickcissels,
prairie chickens,
 mockingbirds,
Phoebe birds,
gophers
buffalo
mule
mustangs
wolves
mosquitoes
poisonous snakes of the prairie and snakes in general
fox
beaver
muskrat
panthers

Other Studies:
goldenrod
smoke inhalation
fire hazards/fire safety (fireplaces, woodstoves, etc)
sunburns and skin cancers
water tables/wells
trees: oak, sycamore, cottonwood

Here is a recipe for Bean Porridge.

1 comment:

~katie~ said...

Thank you so much for posting on this series!!

Blessings,
Katie