2 in 1

It was 2 school days crammed into 1 for today.  My heart wasn't 100% in the schoolwork, but I knew we had to get 2 days done after skipping school on Tuesday for the party and not knowing how the rest of the week would play out with traveling.

Overall the kids did a great job.  There were a few complaints from D about doing 2 math pages and completing his handwriting, but he worked really hard and we were done in  2 1/2 hours this morning.

K's story and activity today was about God parting the Red Sea for the Israelites to cross and get away from the Egyptian army who was following them.  Her project today was to paint a piece of paper with "sea colors" only blue green & purple after I placed a piece of tape down through the center.  When she was done painting, the tape was removed to reveal the "dry land" God provided for the Israelites to walk on.  She did a great job using only the 3 colors to paint (good listening!).

At the beginning of the painting...(yes, those are Legos all over the floor on the right side of the picture - D was building something while I was working with K...we school among the mess somedays!).

Picture completed &  tape removed...she's so proud of her work!

 

K told me that the letter for the Unit was "G" and it said "F-F-F" - at that moment I realized we wouldn't do 2 days worth of work for her today.  We need to stay on letter "G" and practice that it says "G-G-G" another day!  Today was the day to tape the letter on the floor and she danced around the taped "G."

D coloring King David's crown to add to his timeline on the wall.  He was so excited we finally added something new after weeks of not adding anything because there's a gap between the history book we're using and the Bible stories we're learning.  His Bible stories today were about King David & King Solomon.

 

For Phonics today, D read two Hooked on Phonics readers instead of a chapter or two in the Magic Treehouse book.  While he reads the chapters in that book well, I think he's discouraged by the number of words on the pages.  Somehow books that have pictures on each page are more fun to read.  I don't want to discourage his reading endeavors, so I gave in today.  We'll pick the Magic Treehouse back up in a few weeks maybe?!  :o)

He finished chapter 8 in math today and will take his test tomorrow.  He did much better today concentrating and getting every "unknown" number problem correct on his own.  Yeah!  He even figured out a "tricky" (2 step) word problem all by himself.

I read two chapters of Peter Cottontail today and K was sitting at the table coloring as I read.  When it came time to ask questions about the chapter I read, K answered before D (and she was right!).  I'm so glad she can listen in...the chapter & question were about one of the animals helping another animal do something bad.  Even though they were "helping" it wasn't right to do something bad and K knew it.

Side Note: In the car tonight while on our way to pick up the van from the mechanic's - D was telling J about his rough behavior this afternoon.  K chimed in "It makes Jesus sad when we disobey."  I couldn't turn around and let D see a huge smile on my face, but if I had I'm sure I would have seen a look on D's face that read "can I smack her?"  I'm glad she's getting it and able to see wrong behavior in others...now, if she can only see it in HER behavior.  :o)

C enjoyed hanging out in her pack'n'play while the "big" kids do school.  D and K had used her gate yesterday to make a "boat" in the basement and I wasn't about to destroy the boat today in order to confine C.  The pack'n'play was the easier option. :o)

Two budding pianists and a third observing...(yep, K's wearing her tutu again).  The kids LOVE the piano whether they're playing with me or on their own and they have observed our 3 piano rules for the past 3 days...no banging the keys, no lowering the fallboard (cover that can pinch fingers), no kicking the piano.  I think it helped to give them a mini beginner lesson on Monday about soft & loud sounds...not banging.  :o) 

I should have taken a picture on Monday, but I didn't.  This is K's "8" page from Monday...she did all the cutting by herself and automatically added the blue sticker at the bottom right when she was finished without asking me...to make her paper "just like D's."  (He always picks a sticker for his math, handwriting and thinking skills papers once I've checked his work.)

 

I'm not sure when I'll post again - it may not be until next Tuesday.  We'll be doing school tomorrow, Friday and Monday whenever we can fit it in...