This & That

We are finishing up Unit 14 today. We've hopped a few bunny trails lately including reading books on flight after finishing John Audubon

bubbles, water drops, miracles & birds

This week went by quickly!

K surprised me yesterday and did FIVE pages in The Reading Lesson book.  

Most days we're lucky to finish ONE...but FIVE!  I realized that it most likely had to do with the fact that the day before she wanted to begin reading some early reader level 1 books we have on one of our (many) bookshelves.  She was frustrated she couldn't read some of the words.  I stopped her and told her she'll be able to read them on her own when she's done with The Reading Lesson book.  I guess that spurred her on to accomplish a lot yesterday!  :)

K enjoyed blowing bubbles out of her crazy bubble blower at co-op this week...it was a lot of fun and the other Kindergarten kids enjoyed it!  :)  

To Make:  Use a clean yogurt container, sour cream container, etc. & punch 1 hole  the side to insert a drinking straw.  Cover the top of the container with 1 piece of felt and secure with rubber band.  Dip the felt in a mixture of Dawn dish soap and just a little water. Blow OUT the straw to see the bubbles come up over the felt.

She learned about LOTS of Jesus' miracles including when the men lowered their friend through the roof!

She had fun reenacting it with wooden blocks, a dish cloth and Legos. :)

Math game one day this week...Cool Cash Bingo.  They LOVE it!

Discovered water drops have "skin" to hold them together...

Blowing them across the table...soon D and C were there with her blowing more water drops!

'Lil C surprises me almost daily with what she can do...I'm amazed what she picks up from the other ones.  One day this week she sat at the table and asked for me to read more about "the bees" which we read a few weeks ago...she remembered!  She listens to Farmer Boy (D's read-aloud right now) and Danny Meadow Mouse (K's read-aloud right now).  She always runs over to move the book so she can see pictures...I'm constantly telling her to imagine the pictures in her head.  :)

I pulled out Mighty Mind (just the first few cards) and she quickly got the hang of it!  She kept wanting to do more and more cards!

C's favorite little piece puzzles right now...she does these almost daily!

K reenacting another miracle...healing Jairus' daughter.  She had to follow a certain path and skip, hop, tiptoe, etc. to the ending point....just like Jairus walked to find Jesus.  :)

D's wood thrush from last week that I forgot to take a picture of...he's enjoying listening to John Audubon's story each day for science.  I've noticed he looks for certain things in birds while outside and while in the car...flying, gliding, colors, sounds, etc...all the things we've studied so far.  I LOVE IT!

Units 10, 11 & 12

In between one kid down with the flu, traveling for a funeral, J's work travel, homeschool PE beginning and weekly co-op, ballet and church things...we managed to get through Units 10, 11 & 12 for K in LHFHG and Units 10 and 11 for D.  Whew!

I haven't been faithfully taking pics, but here's a few of K's work this week...

K painting paper with water...in an attempt to prove we can't turn water into wine like Jesus did...

 Then adding red food coloring...

I thought it was neat how the food coloring bled into the shape of a heart.

Checking out condensation...no purple water on the outside of the glass.  She was stumped for a minute.  :o)

As we read History for Little Pilgrims this week and looked at the timeline again, she wanted to make her own (something I did with D, but not with her as I felt she wasn't ready when we began in December).  She surprised me and did a great job with the pictures!

After the first few were done, she didn't want to color anymore.  I love how the cross is the center of history - from the beginning they looked towards it and now we look back at it.

Friday!

We finished Unit 9 in LHFHG and Bigger. D drew pictures for his history notebooking page for Ben Franklin (pic below). We need to work on his spacing.

He finished the book Science in Colonial America today. It was a good read!

I finally put together a rice box for C. She loved it and it kept her busy over an hour!!!! When K was done with her school she played for awhile, too!

K did a great job copying shapes on a grid for her Thinking Skills page. And for math we read the book All in One Hour. She showed the time every time it was mentioned in the story.

Sink & Float, Telling Time & Ben Franklin

K enjoyed doing her sink/float science experiment today. She wanted to continue playing in the water!

C was begging to do her "school" so I gave her a shape paper. She sat at the table on her own and colored BOTH sides. I'm amazed how well she colors already... Staying almost inside the lines.

K continued her work on telling time today. We read the book "Cluck O'CLOCK" which she thought was so funny. She sat with the little clock and showed the times as they were read throughout the book. When we were done our REAL clock showed 11:30 and she was able to read the time. She then showed the time to Daddy after dinner tonight.

She also read a story from The Reading Lesson to Daddy. She has been eager to read books in her room...which has encouraged her to work more in The Reading Lesson. :)

She did an activity about Naaman's healing with a Sharpie "sore" on Saran wrap with brown washable marker on top with oil. All washed off with soap & water but the sore. Jesus is the one who healed Naaman and not the water.

Drew has been reading about Ben Franklin in history & science. He is intrigued!

He is challenged with his math - long division in a good way. We have slowed down, but everyday he is gaining more confidence.

Outside of the house, the kids began homeschool PE which they thoroughly enjoy!

Silly Sentences

Both D&K wanted to sit at the table and do their work together this morning. I let them do their writing, thinking skills and math.

Then they spent time outside as it was so nice today!

Over lunch I read to them about St Patrick from a free St Patrick unit study from Knowledge Quest. D really enjoyed it ( and so did I).

We played a few games today including Sum Swamp (K's current favorite) and Silly Sentences. Both kids loved coming up with silly sentences...even C put pieces together asking me to read her sentences. :)

K worked through a Telling Time book for math today. She knows the hours!

Last week while on vacation, I went through what she needs to know for her Kindergarten year that we haven't covered in depth yet. Telling time was one of those things. Our library had an education pack I checked out that had several time books & manipulatives in it.

D had two pages left in his handwriting book. He surprised me by finishing both today! He had come a long way in his desire to write!!!! He bragged to Daddy tonight that he finished it!

He is getting frustrated with division so we are taking it slow...very slow. I am second-guessing math for both kiddos. Singapore may be shelved for a bit....

Spring Break!

I'm excited about our week!

Since we are having our family spring break this week, we're taking a break from HOD.

We played D's favorite math game today with our 1-9 dice. D was figuring out some 7, 8 & 9 multiplication facts. I love this game...he rolls & multiplies then colors the squares in his grid to match the answer. He will easily do 20 facts during the game and not complain once.

K had a sick day as she (and I) were up from 2-5 am this morning. :(. Hopefully she is on the mend!

We're going on a few "field trips" this week (as long as everyone stays well) that I'll share in a post at the end of the week. :)