Today we began studying subjects from the book, Miss Rumphius. The kids enjoyed it, especially D! We sat cuddled on the couch reading Miss R, plus A Seed is Sleepy and How a Seed Grows.
The books about seeds told us how "smart" the seeds are since they include a coat, the seed leaves and can lay dormant for years and then grow. I asked them, "Who made the seeds smart?" They knew the answer...Our Amazing Creator...God!
We also talked about what a lupine is as that is the seed that Miss Rumphius plants in her town. D looked up what a "bushel" is in the dictionary since the book we read said Miss R ordered 5 bushels of seeds to plant. Hopefully, he will see a BUSHEL of apples soon!
K displaying photosynthesis...she's a plant with leaves (hands) getting sun, carbon dioxide and water from her roots (feet). Silly, but it helped her remember!
D displaying his pic of photosynthesis. He told me, "I remember this from last year, Mom!" Hooray!
C wants to be right up at the table with D&K...she colored with markers today. She gave herself half a blue mustache...ha! D is being kind and drawing a pic for her to color. :o)
They are working hard with their math. D is still studying $. K is learning/ordering the days of the week.
K does not like her reading book (again)...so I'm figuring something out. She does a great job with words she knows. She knows all the sounds...just doesn't want to do actually read. For now she's doing phonics worksheets reviewing letter sounds...I'm thinking I may just teach her to read using REAL books. Imagine that! Ha!
Her handwriting is awesome! She's writing 2-3 letter words after learning a new lowercase letter and she is NEAT!
D is wishing he could rush his cursive...he'd love to know it all write now and write everything in cursive as it's much neater/cleaner than his printing. He's such a boy! :o)
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