Monday we finished Unit 10 for both kids. K had a final review of letters A-H and everytime she gets to letter "D" she says "that's D's letter" and everytime we get to "G" she says "that's Grandma's letter!" I had her trace the dots I made for each letter...she surprised me and did really well!
We read a chapter from a "new book" for D's curriculum about Alexander and a horse (frightened by a shadow) and then we got out a flashlight and made shadows, talked about what causes the shadow and why Alexander could ride the horse once he turned it to face the sun instead of having his back to the sun. D thought it was really neat.
We began Unit 11 for both kids on Tuesday. I was feeling bad, but we got through the work. (I really didn't want to have to double a day later this week.) D's Bible story was about the angel speaking to Mary, telling her she was going to have Jesus. (Yep, we're in the NT now!) He has a new rhyme which talks about celebrating Jesus' birthday in December and goes over the months of the year. He is instructed to do a somersault when he hears the name of his birthday month. He likes this!
K learned a new letter "I" which says "I-I-Impossible" and has the motion as if she's lifting something heavy. She learned about Gideon picking the men to fight that drank water from their hands. She drew a picture with a blue wavy line across the bottom (river) and a smile on the left side and I trace her hand on the right side. She then circled the hand to symbolize those where the men God told Gideon to pick to fight in his army.
She knew "I" today when I brought out the flashcard! Her Bible story was about Samson being strong. She drew "barbells" (weights) for her count on me paper. I drew the first one and then she did all the rest. She wrote the numbers in purple crayon (over top the ones I wrote in pink).
D's Bible story today was about Jesus being born in a stable. D asked "how did the baby come out of Mary?" My answer, "How God made babies to come out." Oh goodness, didn't want to go into details today about it. His activity was to set up a nativity and so I grabbed the Playmobil nativity out of our Christmas box (I had gotten last summer at a garage sale!). The kids had fun setting it up and playing with it for a few minutes. Then we packed it away again until after Thanksgiving. ;o)
We finished Peter Cottontail (a.k.a. Peter Rabbit) today - he finally learns that he can't hibernate or be like other animals because he was made to be a rabbit! When I asked D what his favorite part of the book was, he said "the whole thing!" I'm glad he enjoyed it.
He's nearing the end of chapter 10 in his math book. He completed the last lesson review page today, but he's still not solid on his facts yet. So we'll review more tomorrow and take his test on Friday. He's anxious to get into chapter 11, but I told him he has to be able to say the answers to his facts "fast" before he can move on. The next chapter is about shapes & counting by 2's which he knows...so I'm thinking we'll continue reviewing his facts daily.
He copied his verse for Unit 11 today (sorry the picture is light to see his pencil) and when I put away his other handwriting papers from the bulletin board, I looked at his handwriting from September. What a change! I showed D the difference between the papers. I love keeping a portfolio of his work (besides for assessment at the end of the school year) to show him how he's progressing!
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