This week was brought to you by the Letter H and the Number 8. :-)
Here's what we covered:
Language Arts: - Letter of the week craft:
- Handwriting worksheets (heart, hippo) - H Sound worksheets
Math: - Number 8 worksheets (ice cream, traceable 8) - What Doesn't Belong worksheet - Concept of Hours We made a clock and introduced the concept of telling time by looking at the hour hand and minute hand. Her favorite part was decorating it, of course!
This year I didn't have a lot of time to make costumes, so I laid out the options we already had on my bed and asked each of the girls to choose.
Elise went as a cowgirl: And Caelyn went as a princess (same dress as last year, woohoo!): The girls LOVE "blow-ups:" Caelyn was on a mission to get candy this year and would barely pause for a photo: Sadie went trick-or-treating in her angel costume and had behavior to match: So glad Grandma and Grandpa C would join us!
Math: - Number 7 worksheet (jar and apples) - Insect pattern worksheet (I made 2 copies and cut out the bugs from one, then let Caelyn glue the correct bug to complete the pattern) - Number Line (I made this chart from 1 to 7 in Word, then asked Caelyn to add the correct number of nuts under each number. This was really too easy for her UNTIL she bumped the paper and all the nuts shifted a little. Then it was a good exercise for her to go back, count each row, figure out which ones were wrong and whether she needed to add or subtract nuts to make the whole chart right.)
- Greater Than concept: * Used the alligator analogy to help explain the greater than sign. * Used buttons and flashcard with ">" for Caelyn to place and indicate which pile was "greater than" the other. * Greater Than worksheet
Science: - Gorillas (read books and pretended to be gorillas) - Gorilla Craft - Watched a cute Gorilla story online - Coloring page - Science Journal page:
Social Studies: - George Washington (read books and talked about George Washington. Some of the books I read were too much for her, so I used the pictures and paraphrased the story. The one about George Washington's teeth looked so fun - poor George loses a tooth during each major event in the story and at the end he has none left and gets some false ones. However, I forgot about how much Caelyn LOATHES the dentist and this book had too much teeth/dentist stuff in it for her to stomach. Oh well!)
Sight Words: * Get, Girl, Green, Gorilla * (I had decided to cut back to three sight words a week, but she really wanted to include Gorilla, so I added that in. She's doing great with them, but it's like pulling teeth to go through them all and at five a week, it takes a while to get through them!)
Snack: * Grape Juice
Music: * Edward Grieg
Bible Stories: * Daniel in the Lion's Den * Jesus Calms the Storm
Caelyn and I cut out face parts (and necklaces) from old magazines and I printed out some flesh colored ovals from Word for the blank faces. Then I made a spinner (can't remember where I saw the idea blogged) and a box to sort it all away.
You take turns spinning the spinner and picking about the corresponding face part. If you already have it, then you lose your turn. (Kinda like Cooties - remember that one???) The girls REALLY like playing it. The faces actually do turn out pretty funny!
Social Studies: - Firefighters * Read books about firefighters and fire safety * Made pictures and cookies to take to the fire station. The fire fighters were SO nice and gave us a little mini tour and some fun trinkets to take home. Elise got to sit in a fire truck and try on some boots (Caelyn was too shy). A funny moment is when Elise told firefighter Mark: "my daddy is faster than you." It was such a good experience and chance for the girls to say thank you to these brave heroes.
Sight Words: Fire, Fish, For, Farm, Fun
Music: Fryderyk Chopin
Bible Stories: * Joshua and Jericho * Daniel and Lion's Den
Yesterday was THE most perfect fall day! Sunny and upper 60's, dry and gorgeous. I decided to take the girls on a nature hike and do some of our homeschooling outdoors. We sat on a bench, read about frogs and then went looking for some in the creek.
After reading, we learned that frogs like to come out at night, and they do hibernate during the winter, so we didn't see any. But that didn't stop the girls from enjoying the walk and looking for holes that frogs might be sleeping in.
We had a picnic lunch with our friends Julie, Ethan and Ryan. After lots of running around, the kids got to make a pumpkin mask craft at the Nature Center.
It was one of those fun days that makes me glad to be a stay-at-home mom. :-)
Our church had it's second annual Weekend of Service this year. They cancel services for the whole weekend (usually there are 6) and offered 150 service projects to serve with instead.
We participated with two other families by doing a bunch of yard work for two elderly, disabled sisters who live nearby. Our prayers were answered with great weather and everyone worked hard and had a great time!
Manual Labor: Before and After:
Caelyn and Elise "helped" too: Look at those nice neat bushes!
and My First Horse and Pony Book
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my mom has) and had the girls help me make our own version.
