Unit Leaf
Three units ago, we did some fun science projects with leaves. And what I love most from MFW is how they integrate Bible values in it, in science particularly! The topic of this lesson is: “I will live and grow in Jesus.”
I picked a leaf from some trees, one from each kind and let them dry. In a few days ahead, we observed that those leaves went shrink. We learnt that if a leaf leaves its tree, it will shrink-shrink-shrink. That’s going to be happened when we don’t live in Jesus, the Tree of life.
here’s a sunday school song to remind your child:
Read your Bible, pray every day, pray every day
Read your Bible, pray every day
And you’ll grow grow grow
And you’ll grow grow grow 2x
Read your Bible, pray every day
And you’ll grow grow grow
and now change the lyrics:
Neglect your Bible, forget to pray, forget to pray
Neglect your Bible, forget to pray
And you’ll shrink shrink shrink
And you’ll shrink shrink shrink 2x
Neglect your Bible, forget to pray
And you’ll shrink shrink shrink
We had our lesson under a young rambutan tree. Rambutan is a tropical plant, its fruit has hairy skin, and vary in color, from burgundy, orange to lemon green.
Then, we made a book. Book of Leaves. Joel picked leaves by himself. Carefully (with little help from me) he traced the outline. After that, he colored inside the leaf outline and I helped him write down the name of each tree on the paper. There was a tree I don’t even know its name, shame on me - and I proudly call my self Indonesian, LOL. We call it Pohon Depan Rumah (front yard tree). Seemed that I have to get a set of indonesian plants encyclopedia when it’s possible.
And, this is our book. Nice, eh?
Posted: April 24th, 2008 under the school.
Comments: none






Nah, inilah Joel bersama keyboard Yamaha PSR-350 kami yang sudah uzur. Saya sendiri belajar otodidak waktu SMP - seperti dapat enlightment waktu itu. Karena tidak pernah kursus musik sama sekali, ya akhirnya pasti mentok, dan saya ingin nanti Joel bisa belajar di tempat kursus musik yang baik - alat musik apa saja, dari piano - drum. Sekarang yang bisa saya lakukan hanya mengajarinya peka musik, buktinya dia selalu bisa menyanyi tanpa meleset dari tonenya alias tidak fals.
Beberapa waktu lalu saya sibuk cari globe. Tiap kali ke Gramedia atau toko buku saya sempetin liat harganya. Harganya cukup menyesakkan dada, yang ukuran mini Rp 75.000. Padahal seingat saya, dulu waktu masih sering ngebis, pernah ada penjual asongan yang menawarkan bola bentuk globe2 dengan harga berkisar 5.000-10.000. Di Tangerang sini saya belum pernah lihat. Ada teman yang menyarankan pake Google Earth, namun… kuota internet yang mepet membuat proses ini tidak akan ekonomis.
Maka bola ini pun jadi salah satu alat bantu belajar Joel. Karena sifat membalnya, saya jadi punya ide mengajaknya main lempar tangkap bola dan menyebutkan nama negara yang dia lihat pas dia menangkap bola. Senang rasanya pas mulut kecilnya menjawab: “Brazil!” atau “Indonesia” atau “China” - seperti foto ini- setelah dia berhasil menangkap bolanya. Motorik kasar dilatih, kemampuan baca terasah, geografi juga dapet 
