colors, Moses, bivalves/univalves & Pocahontas

I've had a bit of trouble lately with C disrupting K's work, begging to do "skool," too.  An idea came to me on Monday.  I would call C to the table first to do her "school" and then maybe she would be content to go play while K did her school?!?!

It worked for Monday!  She colored YELLOW on a sun, daffodil, lemon & moon.  She was so proud of her work!

She begged to do "math" so I had her count 1-3 bears on number cards and then we moved them around the table to pretend they were boats.

K enjoyed finding baby "Moses" in his basket.

D's science (Bigger U4/D3) about Bivalves & Univalves.  I am very proud of the amount of writing he's doing lately (without complaining)!  He stumped his daddy when he asked him to tell the difference between mollusks that are bivalves & univalves after dinner.  :)

Below is his Indian blanket art project (Bigger U4/D4) where he had to fold the paper in half and then mirror the lines on each side of the fold.  He began with a VERY complicated pattern and then realized it was hard to copy so he made the ones near the outer edges of the paper easier. :)

K's movement for the "sun" when she was telling me what things plants need to grow!

She begged me to take a video...so I'd call out & show the card "sun" or "air" or "dirt" or "rain" and she'd have to do the motion.

K's math using her pink number line and a teddy bear counter to figure out subtraction problems.  :) She's doing fantastic in math (*shock!* to think I was trying to stall her from advancing in 1A!)

On Tuesday, D finished the book, Stone Fox, for his 10 day Adventure genre book for DITHOR (Draw into the Heart of Reading). I was in tears as he read the last chapter. D's eyes were misty, too.  :)

Warning ***book spoiler***  The boy in the story, Willy, competes in a dogsled race to earn $500 to pay the taxes on his Grandfather's farm (he's ill) so they don't lose it.   His dog, Searchlight, is the only dog pulling Willy's sled.  Searchlight's heart gives out just before the finish line and the dog dies instantly. ;(  The Indian man, Stone Fox, racing behind Willy with 5 dogs pulling his sled stops (he was favored to win the race).  Stone Fox draws a line in the snow and says he'll shoot any other sled team that crosses it as other racers catch up to where Willy stopped.  Stone Fox allows Willy to carry his dog across the finish line to win. 

C's "school" today - the color GREEN!  The big kids told her she used "yellow" again but I assured them it's a bright, light green since we pulled out all the shades of green when C began her paper today. She just chose to color with the very lightest one.  :)

K opted to draw/color pics of all the plagues we talked about today (LHFHG U4/D5).  She did a great job - we read a day ahead to learn about the 10th plague to complete this project today.

D drawing a "wigwam" for the "Pocahontas" entry on his timeline.  I was intrigued by what we learned about Pocahontas.  I'm so glad they haven't watched Disney's version (personal preference on my part) because it would have ruined the REAL story of Pocahontas for them.

He also had to complete an acrostic of POCAHONTAS' name for his history notebook.  I re-read the portions of the history book we've read the past few days.  I'd stop every few sentences and ask D what he could write about Pocahontas.  t took a little time to come up with phrases for the O's.  D did a good job and didn't give up!

D completed his "ADVENTURE" genre introduction today (a day early).  He had to roll the die and I would make a "wrong buzzer" sound or a "ding" depending on the number rolled.  A "ding" meant he had the correct number for the character.  Then he'd go on to the setting and finally the problem.

He wrote "Peter" and "Norway" and "Rescue Gold" at the bottom of his paper and discovered our book is SNOW TREASURE!  I'm excited about the book because it's based on a true story!  :o)