Hidden Word Number Fifiteen

This week's Hidden Word:

O SON OF UTTERANCE!

Turn thy face unto Mine and renounce all save Me; for My sovereignty endureth and My dominion perisheth not. If thou seekest another than Me, yea, if thou searchest the universe for evermore, thy quest will be in vain.

~Baha'u'llah

 

So. I had already thought about how we were going approach this Hidden Word. I was thinking along the lines of "every created thing is a sign of God" and doing a nature scavenger hunt. But. Bella and Asher were very busy hanging up glow in the dark stars on their bedroom ceilings, and talking about outer space. Hence, we changed direction a bit and re-oriented towards the wonder that is the night sky.

We had a blank board book and some paint chips, and so I used these to create a "pocket book". Inspired by these, we decided to make our own constellation card guides to fit in the pockets.

First we painted some paper for background (yes, Ai Ana has taken to wearing her 3D glasses), then we had to stop to wait for it dry. Which entailed discussion of the Hidden Word and tea and blueberry pie (my am I glad we picked so many in the summer) and ice cream. Our discussion ranged from the all-encompassing nature of spiritual reality to the latest articles on the likelihood of planets at other stars.

The paper now dry, we cut out circles and carefully marked out a constellation on each one. We then used a hole punch to folllow the pattern, and...

A constellation card that cast its shadow and shows you what to look for in the night sky! We realised we could shine our torches through them at night, and they would be quite useful when out star-gazing.

We labelled each one and tucked it into a pocket. Some pockets held several cards, and we have the potential to keep adding more. As the children selected their constellations, it led to lots of discussion regarding Greek mythology, so we headed in that direction for a while, too.

Finally, Bella wrote the Hidden Word in the front, and we had our completed book. I am very excited about this idea of pocket books-- they could be so very useful for everything from nature guides (a book of trees with leaves and bark rubbings or birds with feathers and sketches) to virtues guides (choose a page and read a story and find a relevant quotation) to color or prayers or daily rhythms or children's recipes... The possibilities are endless! I am going to have to keep an eye out for more blank books.

Comments

[http://www.designermama-manaallamano.blogspot.com/]

I LOVE!!!!! Those glasses!!! She is so hip!!!

[angie]

this is such a beautiful project Katurah, from the lovely watercolours, to the finished book. and that pie! oh wow. I could totally use some of that!

[g.]

This is so lovely!

[Molly]

somehow, i had lost track of the naturewatch site... THANK you for re-discovering it for me.

also, blueberry pie. i've never made one. clearly, long overdue.