This week we studied all about the Letter U and the Number 7. We also studied about "US".
We learned all about our 5 senses, we learned that we have a Skeletal System - including 206 bones, we learned about our muscles, and we learned that blood travels through our bodies in veins.
Our Memory Verse for the week was Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Our Library Books:
Monday, November 14, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Week 9 ~ Review Week ~ {10/31 - 11/4-2011}
This week we spent reviewing our first 8 weeks. This idea kinda came to me late, but better later than never, right? The curriculum originally plans for you to spend 6 days on each lesson. However, their 6th day is just a reading day and since we read our Library books a couple days a week, it didn't really make sense to me to have a reading day. Nor does it make sense to me that you would carry over from one week to the next!! They don't intend for you to do six days a week, but rather just carry to the next week. Hello? Really? Obviously, the people that made this curriculum are not Type A people, but alas, I have figured out a solution. So, going forth we will do 5 weeks worth of lessons and then on the 6th week, we will take one day to review each of the previous 5 lessons.
It was really nice this week to go over all that the girls learned about the subjects we studied, the memory verses and practice writing those number and letters again.
So, that was this past week. We had to double up on some of the days, but all in all, it was a good review week and I look forward to incorporating these weeks into our schedule!
It was really nice this week to go over all that the girls learned about the subjects we studied, the memory verses and practice writing those number and letters again.
So, that was this past week. We had to double up on some of the days, but all in all, it was a good review week and I look forward to incorporating these weeks into our schedule!
Week 8 T ~ Turtle {10/24 - 10/28/2011}
This week we studied the Letter T and Turtle and the Number 6. We learned some pretty interesting facts about turtles... Turtles do not have any teeth and they also do not have any bones! We learned that some Turtles live on land and some in the water. We talked about how turtles are really slow and can't run and we read about the Tortoise and the Hare and how the turtle had perseverance.
Here are our Library Books:
Monday, October 24, 2011
Week 7 N ~ Nest {10/17 - 10/21/2011}
This week we learned about the Letter N, Nests, and the Number 5. I can't believe we are in week 7 already, it is going by so fast. The girls are really enjoying it. Most days we do not do school until the afternoon when Cole is napping and usually they are bugging me all morning asking me when we are going to do it. Just this week when we were downstairs doing school, Hayley looked at me and said, "I really like doing school". Priceless.
This week we learned about Nests (mostly bird nests) and how birds make their nests. We also looked at a bunch of pictures of nests online and we watched a video of birds hatching which was really cool. Last year we had watched the live video of the baby eagles and we went back and checked it out and we were able to see both the mom and the dad but all the babies had flown the coup.
We memorized Psalm 116:6, "The Lord protects the simplehearted" and relayed that to how Parent Birdies protect their eggs in their Nests and provide food and warmth for them, so God protects us and watches out for us as well.
Our Library books:
A Nest Craft we did:
Week 6 A ~ Apple {10/10 - 10/14/2011}
This week we learned about the Letter A, Apples, and the Number 4. This was a fun week! We unfortunately did have the opportunity to go pick our own apples, but we did go to the store and buy several different kinds of apples.
We did a taste test of all the different ones, and every ones favorite the ones we had bought were the Michigan Honeycrisps. Then the girls helped me peel a bunch of the apples and we made an Apple Crisp one day and another day we made Apple Sauce.
We memorized John 15:5 this week, "I am the vine, you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." We studied how last week Jesus was like the tree and we needed to stay connected to Him to have life, and this week continued the same idea except that we need to stay connected so we can bear fruit too, and the girls pretty much had remembered the scripture verse they learned last year on the Fruits of the Spirit.
Our Library Books:
We did a craft of making an Apple shaker. We painted paper plates, and stapled them together with some beans inside to represent the seeds.
Someone else really enjoyed this Lesson too:
Week 5 L ~ Leaf {10/3 - 10/7/2011}
This week we studied the Letter L, Leaf and the #3. Our usual day starts with what I call Circle Time. We sing and dance with motions to different songs (Hokey Pokey, He's got the Whole World in His Hands, and some other great kids songs I have found for helping kids with their fine motor skills) We then do the Pledge of Allegiance which the girls have already memorized and then we do our Calendar and Weather Charts. We talk about what day Today is, what Yesterday was, and what Tomorrow will be and we change the date on the calendar to a different color. We then talk about what the weather is like and change our weather chart to reflect that. After that, we usually start with our lesson assignments for the day.
For the Lesson on Leaves we went outside and collected a whole bunch of different shape leaves. We made a leaf book by tracing the leaves and coloring them in. We learned how leaves change colors, and we even laminated some leaves.
Our Biblical Concept this week was 'I will live and grow in Jesus", so we memorized 1 John 5:12 "He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. " We did a visual of this of going out and looking at the leaves on the trees and how they were healthy and alive when they were connected to the tree. Then we took two leaves off the tree and brought them inside and watched how they slowly started to die as they were not connected to the tree anymore.
Our Library Books:
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Week 4 M ~ Moon {9/26 - 9/30/2011}
This week we studied M and we learned about the Moon. We did our usual worksheets that help us learn about the letter M and the M sound as well as practice writing them. We also learned about the #2.
In learning about the moon we learned that the moon doesn't have any light of it's own and that if just reflects the Sun's light. The Sun gives light to the moon, so the moon can be a light to the world. We continued on with the same scripture verse from last week, just to reinforce it, and in this context we talked about Jesus being the Sun, then we are like the Moon and we need to reflect Jesus' light to others. One way we visualized this is we went into the dark bathroom (again! It is the only room with no windows!!) and I shined the flashlight into the mirror and it reflected the light onto the girls. So the flashlight was the Sun, the Mirror was the Moon and it reflected the Sun's light onto us.
We also studied the different phases of the moon: full, half, crescent and new and drew pictures of them.
This week I also had a "day off" and Daddy was my substitute teacher. The girls were so excited that Daddy was going to do school with them. One of the activities that Daddy helped supervise was to make a mobile of the Sun, Moon and Stars.
Our Library books for the week:
Week 3 S ~ Sun {9/19 - 9/23/2011}
This week we are studying the Letter S and Sun. We practiced our handwriting of the Letter S as well as learning how the "s" sound goes and what other words start with that sound.
As for learning about the Sun we learned about what the sun is made of, and also how the Earth rotates around the Sun. We made a Sun Dial that we put outside on the table so we could see how the Earth was moving and the shadow was changing. We also did an activity in our bathroom. I took a globe and flashlight in there, and we watched how daytime and nighttime were different on the different parts of the globe.
We also learned how BIG the sun really is. The sun is 109 times larger than the Earth in diameter. To help visualize this, we put one penny to represent the Earth and then we counted out 109 to represent the Sun.
Our Biblical Principal this week was that Jesus is like the Sun. We memorized John 8:12 Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Our Library books for this week:
As for learning about the Sun we learned about what the sun is made of, and also how the Earth rotates around the Sun. We made a Sun Dial that we put outside on the table so we could see how the Earth was moving and the shadow was changing. We also did an activity in our bathroom. I took a globe and flashlight in there, and we watched how daytime and nighttime were different on the different parts of the globe.
We also learned how BIG the sun really is. The sun is 109 times larger than the Earth in diameter. To help visualize this, we put one penny to represent the Earth and then we counted out 109 to represent the Sun.
Our Biblical Principal this week was that Jesus is like the Sun. We memorized John 8:12 Jesus said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Our Library books for this week:
Weeks 1 and 2 Creation {9/6 - 9/16/2011}
Our first two weeks of school focused on studying the Creation Story. Everyday we studied one of the days of Creation and what God created that day. They would then draw a picture of what God created.
It was a very easy intro into school and I liked it a lot. I like how every week with this curriculum they add something, so it isn't so overwhelming all at once.
Here are some of the books that we checked out from the library for our Creation Weeks!
It was a very easy intro into school and I liked it a lot. I like how every week with this curriculum they add something, so it isn't so overwhelming all at once.
Here are some of the books that we checked out from the library for our Creation Weeks!
Our New School Room
Last year we did school at our kitchen table, and it really didn't work for me, not having an assigned area where we did it, where things could be left out and have some sort of organization to it.
Over the summer, Daddy with the help of Grandpa did a lot of work in our basement so we could have a school room. They laid carpet, did lighting, moved furniture around and we also got new glass block windows. It really looks like a different place and me and the girls love it!!!
2011 - 2012 Curriculum
For the 2011 - 2012 School Year we will be doing My Father's World Kindergarten Curriculum with Hayley. Alyssa will participate with some of it, and then I will supplement her with other workbooks, etc.
These are of the girls, opening the box of curriculum when it arrived... they were beyond excited!!!
You can read more about what the curriculum is all about here: http://www.mfwbooks.com/products/M50/20/0/0/1
Catch Up
Ok, So, I slacked at the end of the year... Sorry!! We continued with school through the end of May, however, during that first trimester of pregnancy I am in zombie mode and well, the blog just got the cold shoulder! We are in full swing for the new year and I plan to get your all caught up... well, that is until the baby comes and I have even less time! : )
Monday, March 28, 2011
Week 26 { 3/14- 3/18}
Our Bible Stories this week were The Good Shepherd, The Ten Lepers, The Good Samartian and Mary and Martha.
For Language we practiced sounds D an F and for Math we reviewed our Numbers.
Our Character Trait this week was Orderliness and our Bible Memory Verse was 1 Corinthians 14:40 Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
Our God's World Theme was Sports.
For Language we practiced sounds D an F and for Math we reviewed our Numbers.
Our Character Trait this week was Orderliness and our Bible Memory Verse was 1 Corinthians 14:40 Everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.
Our God's World Theme was Sports.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Week 25 {3/7 - 3/11}
Our Bible Stories: Stop, Storm!, Jarius's Daughter, Bread and Fish for a Crowd, and Jesus Walks on Water.
For Language we reviewed the sounds of A, E, I, O, and U and then also started on B and C. We also practiced listening; I would say a state name and then they would practice saying it.
For Math we worked on Numbers 29 and 30 as well as the concept of Many and Few.
Our Character Trait this week was Obedience and our Bible Memory Verse was Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Our God's World Theme was Growing Up and talked all about the Stages of Life, Caring for Babies and Caring for the Elderly. (No Photo of Library Books.)
For Language we reviewed the sounds of A, E, I, O, and U and then also started on B and C. We also practiced listening; I would say a state name and then they would practice saying it.
For Math we worked on Numbers 29 and 30 as well as the concept of Many and Few.
Our Character Trait this week was Obedience and our Bible Memory Verse was Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
Our God's World Theme was Growing Up and talked all about the Stages of Life, Caring for Babies and Caring for the Elderly. (No Photo of Library Books.)
Week 24 {2/28 - 3/4}
Bible Stories: The Centurion's Servant, Jesus' Compassion, The Rich Farmer, and The Sower and the Seed.
For Language we worked on sounds O and U and also worked on some more vocabulary.
For Math we worked on Numbers 27 and 28. We also worked on Number Recognition where I got a yard stick out and I would say a number and they would have to point to it.
Our Character Trait this week was Meekness and Our Bible Memory verse was Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Our God's World Theme this week was Friends.
We also started talking a lot about Safety and Emergencies. We practiced making calls to 911 and we also practiced "stop, drop and roll".
For Language we worked on sounds O and U and also worked on some more vocabulary.
For Math we worked on Numbers 27 and 28. We also worked on Number Recognition where I got a yard stick out and I would say a number and they would have to point to it.
Our Character Trait this week was Meekness and Our Bible Memory verse was Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Our God's World Theme this week was Friends.
We also started talking a lot about Safety and Emergencies. We practiced making calls to 911 and we also practiced "stop, drop and roll".
Week 23 {2/21 - 2/25}
Our Bible Stories: Matthew Follows Jesus, Jesus Chooses His Apostles, Love for All, and Do Not Worry.
For Language we studied more sounds (e and i) and we worked on complete Sentences.
For Math we worked on Numbers 25 and 26 and also the concept of smaller and larger and hand/eye coordination.
Our Character Trait this week was Loyalty and our Bible Memory Verse was Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times.
Our God's World Theme was Birthday. Since I didn't want to pick around whose Birthday we studied this topic, I chose Daddy's Birthday week to learn all about Birthdays.
For Language we studied more sounds (e and i) and we worked on complete Sentences.
For Math we worked on Numbers 25 and 26 and also the concept of smaller and larger and hand/eye coordination.
Our Character Trait this week was Loyalty and our Bible Memory Verse was Proverbs 17:17 A friend loves at all times.
Our God's World Theme was Birthday. Since I didn't want to pick around whose Birthday we studied this topic, I chose Daddy's Birthday week to learn all about Birthdays.
Week 22 {2/14 - 2/18}
Bible Stories: Jesus Clears the Temple, Nicodemus, Jesus Goes Fishing, Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man.
For Language we are reviewing our letters and going thru them again and starting to work on the sounds.
For Math we are working on our Numbers and this week worked on Numbers 23 and 24.
Our Character Trait this week is Love and our Bible Memory Verse is Matthew 22:37; Jesus replied, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Our God's World theme this week was Valentines Day.
We have also been working on the Lord's Prayer:
For Language we are reviewing our letters and going thru them again and starting to work on the sounds.
For Math we are working on our Numbers and this week worked on Numbers 23 and 24.
Our Character Trait this week is Love and our Bible Memory Verse is Matthew 22:37; Jesus replied, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.
Our God's World theme this week was Valentines Day.
We have also been working on the Lord's Prayer:
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Week 21 {2/7 - 2/11}
This week our Bible Stories were John the Baptist, John Baptizes Jesus, and Jesus is Tempted.
For Language we reviewed our letters and for Math we reviewed numbers and colors. For colors we talked about the primary colors and the secondary colors. I put cool whip in three zip locks and added food coloring, red to one, blue to one and yellow to one. Then I added a different color so we made the secondary colors of purple, oragne and green. The girls really liked that and thought it was cool!
Our God's World theme this week was Our Bodies. We talked all about our body parts, both inside and out. The girls found their heartbeats, and we played Simon Says with them doing a bunch of different things with all their body parts. I also traced their bodies on large paper and they colored themselves.
Our Character Trait this week was Kindness and our Bible Memory Verse was 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other.
For Language we reviewed our letters and for Math we reviewed numbers and colors. For colors we talked about the primary colors and the secondary colors. I put cool whip in three zip locks and added food coloring, red to one, blue to one and yellow to one. Then I added a different color so we made the secondary colors of purple, oragne and green. The girls really liked that and thought it was cool!
Our God's World theme this week was Our Bodies. We talked all about our body parts, both inside and out. The girls found their heartbeats, and we played Simon Says with them doing a bunch of different things with all their body parts. I also traced their bodies on large paper and they colored themselves.
Our Character Trait this week was Kindness and our Bible Memory Verse was 1 Thessalonians 5:15 Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Week 20 {1/31 - 2/4}
This week our Bible Stories were: Baby Jesus; The Wise Men; Escape to Egypt; and The Boy Jesus.
For Language we did Mazes, The Letter Z and then we did a couple review activities of the Letters. One was I would draw a letter on their back and see if they could guess it... that didn't work out to well! : )
For Math we worked on Left and Right, and also Top Middle, Bottom, Above, Below, Under and Over.
Our God's World Theme this week was Communication. We talked about what Communication was, Verbal Communication, Non-Verbal Communication and Communicating with God. One of the books we had from the Library had all the signs for the letters so we practiced those. I also had a video of all the signs for the letters and the girls really enjoyed watching that and doing them along with the video.
Our Character Trait this week was Joyfulness and our Bible Memory Verse was Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
For Language we did Mazes, The Letter Z and then we did a couple review activities of the Letters. One was I would draw a letter on their back and see if they could guess it... that didn't work out to well! : )
For Math we worked on Left and Right, and also Top Middle, Bottom, Above, Below, Under and Over.
Our God's World Theme this week was Communication. We talked about what Communication was, Verbal Communication, Non-Verbal Communication and Communicating with God. One of the books we had from the Library had all the signs for the letters so we practiced those. I also had a video of all the signs for the letters and the girls really enjoyed watching that and doing them along with the video.
Our Character Trait this week was Joyfulness and our Bible Memory Verse was Proverbs 15:13 A happy heart makes the face cheerful, but heartache crushes the spirit.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Week 18 {1/17 - 1/21}
This week our Bible Stories were: Jonah Runs from God, then we did a Old to New Testament Transition and talked about the difference, Zechariah and Elizabeth, and Mary's Surprise. (Would have been great if I looked ahead and we just would have done these stories at Christmas, but oh well... it's good to review!)
For Language we did Letters X and Y and we worked on Opposites and Sequencing.
For Math we did More, Less and Equal which was a lot of fun. They each rolled dice and then we would count the dots and whoever rolled more got a raisin. They really like that game. We also discussed the concepts of Before and After and also Measuring.
Our God's World theme this week was Cooking. We talked all about Kitchen Safety, and basically did a show and tell of all the different kitchen supplies and what each one does and what it is used for then then discussed what different techniques are for (ie beating, melting, peeling). Then on the last day we picked out a recipe from the Toddler Cookbook we got from the Library and we baked mini Banana Muffins. They were very proud and enjoyed the muffins very much!
Our Character Trait this Week was Humility. Our Bible Memory Verse was James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up.
For Language we did Letters X and Y and we worked on Opposites and Sequencing.
For Math we did More, Less and Equal which was a lot of fun. They each rolled dice and then we would count the dots and whoever rolled more got a raisin. They really like that game. We also discussed the concepts of Before and After and also Measuring.
Our God's World theme this week was Cooking. We talked all about Kitchen Safety, and basically did a show and tell of all the different kitchen supplies and what each one does and what it is used for then then discussed what different techniques are for (ie beating, melting, peeling). Then on the last day we picked out a recipe from the Toddler Cookbook we got from the Library and we baked mini Banana Muffins. They were very proud and enjoyed the muffins very much!
Our Character Trait this Week was Humility. Our Bible Memory Verse was James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord and He will lift you up.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Week 17 {1/10 - 1/14}
Finally starting to get our groove back!
Our Bible Stories this week were: Daniel Refuses the Kings Food; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; Daniel and the Lion's Den; and Job's Faith. For the story about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego it had suggested an activity of making friendship bracelets (3 different colored chenille stems twisted together) so we made those... however, it did not help them remember their names! Ha... but so cute to listening to them try and say them!
For Language we practiced Auditory Discrimination (I would say a sentence and something in the sentence would be "nonsense" and they had to listen and tell me what was wrong with what I said); Rhyming and the Letters V and W.
For Math we practiced Numbers 19 and 20 and went over the concept of More and Few.
Our God's World Theme was the Food and mainly going over the Four Food Groups. So we reviewed all the different groups, and talked about where food comes from. We did an activity where they cut pictures out of a grocery add and glued the pictures into the right food groups.
Our Character Trait this week was Hospitality and our Bible Memory Verse was 1 Peter 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another. Of course I had to example it and extend some hospitality and have some friends over for dinner Friday night!
Our Bible Stories this week were: Daniel Refuses the Kings Food; Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; Daniel and the Lion's Den; and Job's Faith. For the story about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego it had suggested an activity of making friendship bracelets (3 different colored chenille stems twisted together) so we made those... however, it did not help them remember their names! Ha... but so cute to listening to them try and say them!
For Language we practiced Auditory Discrimination (I would say a sentence and something in the sentence would be "nonsense" and they had to listen and tell me what was wrong with what I said); Rhyming and the Letters V and W.
For Math we practiced Numbers 19 and 20 and went over the concept of More and Few.
Our God's World Theme was the Food and mainly going over the Four Food Groups. So we reviewed all the different groups, and talked about where food comes from. We did an activity where they cut pictures out of a grocery add and glued the pictures into the right food groups.
Our Character Trait this week was Hospitality and our Bible Memory Verse was 1 Peter 4:9 Offer hospitality to one another. Of course I had to example it and extend some hospitality and have some friends over for dinner Friday night!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Week 16 {1/3/2011 - 1/7/2011}
Well we took it easy getting back into school this week. We got back from our travels east on Sunday evening and it seriously took us 2 days to get unpacked and get everything put away!
Our Bible Stories were: The Special Book, Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall, and Queen Esther.
For Language and Math we did Letters T and U and Number 18
Our God's World Theme was "Clothing". We talked all about the different kinds of clothing, and what to wear and when. We played a game where I said we are going to go (blank) and they would tell me what they would wear. We also talked about how clothes are made and how we take care of them and then we tackled the large piles of laundry! : ) Again since I didn't have time to order the corresponding books from the library, this is what we got:
Our Character Trait this week was honesty and our Bible verse was Proverbs 12:22 The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful.
Our Bible Stories were: The Special Book, Nehemiah Rebuilds the Wall, and Queen Esther.
For Language and Math we did Letters T and U and Number 18
Our God's World Theme was "Clothing". We talked all about the different kinds of clothing, and what to wear and when. We played a game where I said we are going to go (blank) and they would tell me what they would wear. We also talked about how clothes are made and how we take care of them and then we tackled the large piles of laundry! : ) Again since I didn't have time to order the corresponding books from the library, this is what we got:
Our Character Trait this week was honesty and our Bible verse was Proverbs 12:22 The Lord detests lying lips, but He delights in men who are truthful.
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