Living Lights Curriculum: Quarter 2 — All About Israel | Digital Version
Explore Israel through Bible stories, geography, music, cooking, and hands-on activities. Designed for children ages 4–7, this eight-week Christian curriculum combines Charlotte Mason-inspired learning with Montessori-inspired math.
Meet women of the Bible, discover Israel’s land and culture, and connect learning with creative projects and everyday experiences.
What’s Included
This 294-page digital curriculum includes lessons and activities in:
Bible and language arts.
Montessori-inspired math.
Social studies and geography.
Science.
Music appreciation.
Handicrafts, recipes, and habit-building.
Flashcards and optional letter-tracing practice.
Bible: Meet Women of Faith
Learn about Rachel, Ruth, Rebekah, Lois, Eunice, and other women of the Bible. Read their stories together and discuss their lives.
Social Studies: Explore Israel
Discover Israel’s animals, weather, money, games, and cultural traditions. Learn introductory Hebrew words and explore Jewish holidays, including learning how to play dreidel.
Montessori-Inspired Math
Introduce and practice mathematical concepts, including addition and subtraction, through hands-on activities. Manipulatives help children connect quantities with mathematical ideas.
Geography and Science
Review the continents and explore landforms such as lakes, islands, and peninsulas. Introduce directions and beginning map-reading skills, and discover facts about volcanoes.
Handicrafts: Create and Explore
Complete four handicraft projects inspired by the quarter’s studies. Activities such as making homemade mud bricks give children opportunities to create, build, and explore materials.
Cooking: A Taste of Israel
Prepare recipes from Israel and learn how foods connect with Jewish culture and holiday traditions. Cooking together provides opportunities to practice following directions and measuring ingredients.
Music Appreciation: Jewish Composers
Meet Jewish composers and explore their lives and music through the quarter’s composer studies.
Bible Memory, Poetry, and Flashcards
Use the included flashcard pages to practice Bible verses, Christian catechisms, poems, and Hebrew vocabulary.
Beginning Handwriting
Letter-tracing pages provide practice for children who are ready to begin writing. Use them according to your child’s readiness.
Please Note Before Ordering
This is a digital curriculum for you to download and print. No physical book will be shipped.
Reading books referenced in the curriculum, math manipulatives, craft supplies, and recipe ingredients are not included. Suitable household objects can be used for some math activities.
Quarter 2 is one of four eight-week quarters in Living Lights Year One. Children ages 4–7 have different learning needs; contact Nuggets of Wisdom if you would like help determining whether the material fits your child’s current reading, writing, and math skills.
