Tapestry of Grace Year 1: Week 4-6, Creation and early Israel
After taking a look at ancient Egypt for three weeks, we went back to the very beginning in week 4, and began to study the "books of Moses" after coming to an understanding of his own upbringing and life in Egypt. Starting with creation, we studied the Biblical account of how the world came into being, and paid particular attention to the stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and the genealogy up to Noah. We spent a lot of time understanding the flood and reading about Noah's life, before and after the flood. in our co-op this week, we went outside and measured how long and wide and tall Noah's ark would have been in real life. It was way bigger than any of us had ever imagined! We started here, and stepped off the length of the ark... You can hardly even see where we started! It was so far! We went back inside and got to work on making timbrels, which were a simple instrument similar to a tambourine the Israelites used. This is a gre...