Yesterday we discovered the kid's computer is sick, messed up, refusing to work and I don't know what happened. It's been so good for over a year and a half! While it sits downstairs refusing to load, telling me it's missing some random file on a start-up disk I don't have...I've come up with a few other activities for K while I work with D. She likes to be right where we are in the morning during school time and I like to keep her challenged.
So today, K began her school time sorting little wooden hearts I had picked up for $1 at a craft store earlier in the week. It's something we can use for her sort by color or size and something D can graph that's not edible. ;o) This morning she sorted them by color and did a great job using 6 play cups/bowls! (this was a non-HOD activity)
After the hearts, she told me the letter name & sound for "P" and traced the flashcard with her finger.She is easily remembering the name & letter sound this week - HOORAY! She did her hide & seek page all by herself today (finding letter P in various words, drawing a line connecting lowercase & uppercase P). She also completed her counting page for Unit 19 drawing ovals for fish bodies and a triangle for the fish tails.
She has come so far in 6 months - especially her drawing skills!
For her activity to go along with her Bible story today (Jonah - specifically the storm that came up on the boat) - she pretended to be the "wind" of the storm and blew various objects (pencil, pompom, crayon, and heavier items) across the table. She really liked blowing the yellow pompom across the table. D even joined in on the fun. She discovered the heavy items couldn't be blown by her "wind" like her "balloon buddy."
"Balloon Buddy" (thanks for the idea, mom!) - a balloon filled with dry, hard ingredients for D (and K) to hold, squeeze and pull while they work, listen, or read during school time at the table. I made two "buddies" the other day: 1 filled with salt and 1 filled with popcorn kernels. I am planning to fill more with rice, dry beans, and a mixture of a few things. The kids LOVE these things which really surprised me. D begged to draw a face on his with a Sharpie. Of course I let him and then K asked that I make her green "buddy" into a cat face. Ha! So silly, but it helps them to have something squishy, pliable to hold to concentrate while they're working.
We read the story from D's history book about the Caesars today - how most of them wanted the Romans to worship them and not God. Except for Constantine which encouraged people to worship the one and only true GOD! To go along with the story, D was to build a road out of food or blocks (he used graham crackers) and have people & chariots (GeoTrax people & train cars) moving on the road with one person asking the other people if they believe in God or if they heard He had risen from the dead. It was cute to watch him act this out and of course, since it involved food, K was beside him participating, too!
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