Beautiful, bountiful letter B! For our reading time we read: Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett,
Bathtime for Biscuit by Alyssa Satin, Bernard, Me, and the Letter B by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyd, Cowgirl Rosie and Her Five Baby Bison by Stephen Gulbis, My "b" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure, and Blackberry Banquet by Terry Pierce. Our vocabulary words for the week were: big, boy, ball, blue, and bee. Our theme for the week was butterfly.
Our poem for the week was:
Butterly, butterfly, whence do you come?
I know not, I ask not, I never had a home.
Butterfly, butterfly, where do you go?
Where the sun shines, and where the buds grow.
Our sentences for the week were:
The bison is brown.
The boys play ball. (We did this two times!)
The bee buzzed by.
The butterfly is blue.
See the bright ball?
Please buy butter.
The boat bounced.
During our Bible time we read about the Tower of Bable. Our verse this week was: "Let everything that has breath praise the Lord." Pslam 150:6
One day my husband and I were talking about some math stuff. A and E overheard us and wanted to do some mathematics too. So we gave them some simple addition problems and they did amazing! The numbers didn't total about 10 but they were able to do them all with just a little guidance from us. We also looked at the number 18.
Some other books we read were: Benjamin Franklin by Wil Mara, You Have Healthy Bones! by Susan DerKazarian, Butterflies by Gail Saunders-Smith (this one goes over the stages of the butterfly in one sentence at a time), Butterflies by Martha E.H. Rustad (this one has lots more details on butterflies and their changes). We also looked at some pictures of a bluebird, buttercups, bluebell flowers, bison, baluga whale and, beaver.
A is really interested in dancing so we read Beautiful Ballerinas by Elizabeth Dombey. Also we listened to Riimsky Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebees.
Friday, March 6, 2015
Letter P
Pretty like P. Our letter P was an interesting week that we had a great week of learning with. Some of the books we read this week were: Pirate Pete's Talk Like a Pirate by Kim Kennedy, Papa is a Pirate by Katharina Grossmann-Hensel, Peter Pan and The Prince and the Pauper (both of these were the Disney versions but we have read Barrie's original story of Peter Pan.)
Our poem for the week was:
I am a bird you know quite well,
All dressed in black and white.
And even though I do have wings
They're not designed for flight.
I waddle, waddle, waddle.
Our sentences for the week were:
See the pink pig?
I'm a pick pocket!
A watches popcorn pop.
The platypus eats pickles!
We will paint peacocks.
Are you a pirate?
Our Bible verse was from Romans 3:23 "All people have sinned and come short of the glory of God." We also read about Peter.
For our science time we looked at some pictures of a penguin, poppy, panda, puffer fish. We also read about a few of these animals. Macaroni Penguin by Edana Eckart, Giant Pandas by Edana Eckart and Peacocks by Mandy R. Marx were great for learning about these animals. We also learned a little bit about Pluto Dwarf Planet by Christine Taylor-Butler. Also a spaceship call New Horizons is set to arrive to Pluto this year. It might be interesting to see if I can find some pictures later from this ship!
For our social studies time we read about Poahontas by Lola M. Schaefer and Presidents from Eyewitness Books. For the presidents book we just looked through the different presidents and I would say their names. I highlighted and went into more detail with the greater known presidents.
In math time we talked about the number 17 and pyramids. We also did a little matching game. Below are pictures. I took stickers (who doesn't have a ton of stickers with little ones??) and put them on index cards. I also wrote the numeral and the word for the numbers on separate index cards. The girls then worked on matching up the numerals and the stickers correctly. We did 1 through 10 and then we tried 11 through 20. I then laid out the words and the girls took turns matching up their numbers to the correct words.
Our poem for the week was:
I am a bird you know quite well,
All dressed in black and white.
And even though I do have wings
They're not designed for flight.
I waddle, waddle, waddle.
Our sentences for the week were:
See the pink pig?
I'm a pick pocket!
A watches popcorn pop.
The platypus eats pickles!
We will paint peacocks.
Are you a pirate?
Our Bible verse was from Romans 3:23 "All people have sinned and come short of the glory of God." We also read about Peter.
For our science time we looked at some pictures of a penguin, poppy, panda, puffer fish. We also read about a few of these animals. Macaroni Penguin by Edana Eckart, Giant Pandas by Edana Eckart and Peacocks by Mandy R. Marx were great for learning about these animals. We also learned a little bit about Pluto Dwarf Planet by Christine Taylor-Butler. Also a spaceship call New Horizons is set to arrive to Pluto this year. It might be interesting to see if I can find some pictures later from this ship!
For our social studies time we read about Poahontas by Lola M. Schaefer and Presidents from Eyewitness Books. For the presidents book we just looked through the different presidents and I would say their names. I highlighted and went into more detail with the greater known presidents.
In math time we talked about the number 17 and pyramids. We also did a little matching game. Below are pictures. I took stickers (who doesn't have a ton of stickers with little ones??) and put them on index cards. I also wrote the numeral and the word for the numbers on separate index cards. The girls then worked on matching up the numerals and the stickers correctly. We did 1 through 10 and then we tried 11 through 20. I then laid out the words and the girls took turns matching up their numbers to the correct words.
For our art time we made peacocks. I gave A and E coffee filters to paint with watercolors.
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I then cut out a bowling pin shape. I put eyes, a nose, and two little feet on them. |
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A and E then glued the peacock bodies on to the feathers they had painted. |
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Letter D
Dazzling letter D! How much fun have we had with the letter D. We had another great round of books again this week with: Dashing Dog by Margaret Magy, Lucky Ducklings by Eva Moore, One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root, The Digging-est Dog by Al Perkins, My"d" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure, and Daisy, My Dad, and the Letter D by Cynthia Klingel and Robert B. Noyed. Our vocabulary words were: dog, deer, deep, desk, and dive. The girls enjoyed their sentences this week, especially the last one!
Don't wake the dinosaur!
Dingos dig in the dirt.
The dolphin dove.
Drive down the dam?
Don't dig in the dirt!
Daisy Duck kissed E!
Our poem for the week was:
Down in the dell
Sat the little doggie Nell
There she dillied and she dallied all
Day, day, day.
She dug up a bone
And dashed away home
Where down in her bed she did
Lay, lay, lay.
Our bible verse was from Psalm 118:24 "This is the day the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. We also read the story about Daniel
For science time we looked at a dove, dolphin, dahlia and donkeys. We read about Bottlenose Dolphins by Edana Eckart, A Pod of Dolphins by Matthew Fenner, Life in the Desset by Alison Auchapel.
In math we looked at the number 16 and read about Days by Pam Scheunemann and A Day by Robin Nelson.
Our social studies time we read about Walt Disney by Sarah Tieck. We also learned about Dentists by Cari Meistersinger.
Don't wake the dinosaur!
Dingos dig in the dirt.
The dolphin dove.
Drive down the dam?
Don't dig in the dirt!
Daisy Duck kissed E!
Our poem for the week was:
Down in the dell
Sat the little doggie Nell
There she dillied and she dallied all
Day, day, day.
She dug up a bone
And dashed away home
Where down in her bed she did
Lay, lay, lay.
Our bible verse was from Psalm 118:24 "This is the day the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. We also read the story about Daniel
For science time we looked at a dove, dolphin, dahlia and donkeys. We read about Bottlenose Dolphins by Edana Eckart, A Pod of Dolphins by Matthew Fenner, Life in the Desset by Alison Auchapel.
In math we looked at the number 16 and read about Days by Pam Scheunemann and A Day by Robin Nelson.
Our social studies time we read about Walt Disney by Sarah Tieck. We also learned about Dentists by Cari Meistersinger.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Letter W
Wonderful letter W! A and E really liked our poem this week:
When the wind is in the east,
'Tis neither good for man nor beast;
When the wind is in the north,
The skilful fisherman goes not forth;
When the wind is in the south,
It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;
When the wind is in the west,
The 'tis at the very best.
Our vocabulary words were: walk, water, west, and winter. We enjoyed reading The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins and Nice Wheels by Gwendolyn Hooks. This book was easy enough for A and E to read. We also did a lot of writing this week:
I went walking.
We had winter weather.
The water is warm.
Do you walk in the winter?
The west wind blows.
Jesus walks on water!
Our Bible verse was: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16 and we read about Jesus walking on water.
We did a lot of science reading books this week: Earth's Water Cycle by Robin Nelson, The Water Cycle by Craig Hammersmith, Water by Robin Nelson, Wind by Erin Edison, Wolves by William Ripple, Whales by Cari Meister, and Winter by Ann Herriges. We also looked at walrus, warthog, wolf, woodpecker and watsonia.
In our social studies time we read about George Washington by Pamela Hill Nettleton,
Washington by Susan Labella, Wright Brothers by Lisa Wade McCormick. We looked at maps with a book called - World Atlas by Nick Crane
A Week by Robin Nelson also was good to go over the days of the week. We also practiced parallelograms.
For art time we made snow flakes for the winter season. I had A and e draw three lines on a piece of paper. I had them draw one across, one from top to bottom, then diagonally through the other two lines. The girls cut out pieces of aluminum foil and glued them to the lines to make the snowflake. We also make watermelons. I cut out a red letter W. The girls drew a line around the outside of the letter W and then color it in with green to make the rind. The girls drew black dots on the W to make the seeds.
When the wind is in the east,
'Tis neither good for man nor beast;
When the wind is in the north,
The skilful fisherman goes not forth;
When the wind is in the south,
It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;
When the wind is in the west,
The 'tis at the very best.
Our vocabulary words were: walk, water, west, and winter. We enjoyed reading The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins and Nice Wheels by Gwendolyn Hooks. This book was easy enough for A and E to read. We also did a lot of writing this week:
I went walking.
We had winter weather.
The water is warm.
Do you walk in the winter?
The west wind blows.
Jesus walks on water!
Our Bible verse was: "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly. Colossians 3:16 and we read about Jesus walking on water.
We did a lot of science reading books this week: Earth's Water Cycle by Robin Nelson, The Water Cycle by Craig Hammersmith, Water by Robin Nelson, Wind by Erin Edison, Wolves by William Ripple, Whales by Cari Meister, and Winter by Ann Herriges. We also looked at walrus, warthog, wolf, woodpecker and watsonia.
In our social studies time we read about George Washington by Pamela Hill Nettleton,
Washington by Susan Labella, Wright Brothers by Lisa Wade McCormick. We looked at maps with a book called - World Atlas by Nick Crane
A Week by Robin Nelson also was good to go over the days of the week. We also practiced parallelograms.
For art time we made snow flakes for the winter season. I had A and e draw three lines on a piece of paper. I had them draw one across, one from top to bottom, then diagonally through the other two lines. The girls cut out pieces of aluminum foil and glued them to the lines to make the snowflake. We also make watermelons. I cut out a red letter W. The girls drew a line around the outside of the letter W and then color it in with green to make the rind. The girls drew black dots on the W to make the seeds.
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| A cutting out pieces to glue on for her snowflake. |
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| E practicing cutting for her snowflake. |
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| E and A showing off their snowflakes. |
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| A coloring around her W to make the rind for her watermelon. |
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| E coloring her watermelon seeds. |
Monday, February 2, 2015
Letter M
Magnificent letter M! Our theme for the week was moon. Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin was really good for explaining the moon phases and when they can be seen during the day. The Mitten by Jan Brett and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff are always fun. Munch! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming was a fun book we read this week. Our vocabulary words for the week were: mouse, monkey, music, mirror, moon, mitten and mountain.
We had some fun sentences this week to write:
The mice saw the men.
The manatee moved!
Mommy went marching.
Smell the marigolds.
I went to the moon.
We moved on Monday.
Our poem is one of my favorites and went well with our theme this week:
I see the moon
and the moon sees me.
God bless the moon
and God bless me.
When I see the moon
and the stars so bright,
I thank the Lord
for day and night.
and the moon sees me.
God bless the moon
and God bless me.
When I see the moon
and the stars so bright,
I thank the Lord
for day and night.
In our Bible time we read about Moses. Our Bible verse came from Colossians 3:2 "your minds on
things above, not on earthly things."
For our math time we learned about All About Money by Erin Roberson. This book was great for introducing the values of the coins and did some early addition with coins. We also read Months by Robin Nelson. We also greatly enjoyed singing the months song.
Mars the Red Planet by Lincoln James
Face to Face with Manatees by Brian Skerry was one of our science books. The text was pretty dense and a little bit above A and E but it was good for pulling out bits of information to tell them about manatees. We also looked at mockingbird, moose, marigolds, manatees and muskrat.
We didn't do an art project to go along with the letter M. But we did make our own snowflakes to go along with this winter season.
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| A coloring her snowflake. |
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| E putting some sparkly stickers on her snowflake. |
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| The finished snowflakes. |
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Letter K
Kicky letter K! We had an enjoyable time learning about the letter K. Our books were:
Clifford's Kitten by Norman Bridwell, A Kiss for Little Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik, My "k" Sound Box by Jane Belk Moncure, and The Kite by Mary Packard. The Kite was an easy read. So easy in fact that the girls were able to read me this book with some help here and there.
These are the sentences we wrote:
Katie flies a kite,
See the kangaroo kick?
I kicked the king.
I like kangaroos. (The girls picked what they liked that began with the letter k.)
Karl flew a kite.
Can I kiss the koala?
We like books.
Do you like pink?
Our poem was:
Kites
The March wind is calling,
"Come fly your kite!"
The wind is blowing
With all its might.
The kites are tossing
In the sky.
The wind is calling,
"Come fly up high."
Our Bible verse this week was: Ephesians 4:32 Be kind to one another. We also read a lot of stories about King Solomon.
Our shape was diamonds.
In our science time we read about a variety of animals. Watch Aniimals Grow: Kittens by Colleen Sexton was enjoyable for A and E. Kangaroos by Jolyon Goddard and Koalas by Jen Green were very advanced for the girls but we pulled out a few bits of information here and there. There was a picture slightly disturbing to the girls in the Kangaroo book. We also looked at some pictures of a kookaburra, koala, kangaroo and krill.
In history we read about Helen Keller by Sean Dolan.
Our art time was spent making kites. I cut out a letter K. The girls cut out diamonds and glued the letter and diamond on to their paper. Then they took some of my scrape ribbon to glue it on for the tail.
We also had some fun this week cutting out snowflakes and playing with snow dough! I took six parts baking soda and one part conditioner and mixed them together. It created a nice packing density and had a great scent because of the conditioner. I placed it in a container and it has stayed fresh for awhile.
Our art time was spent making kites. I cut out a letter K. The girls cut out diamonds and glued the letter and diamond on to their paper. Then they took some of my scrape ribbon to glue it on for the tail.
Letter Z
Zany letter Z! Because we were close to Christmas when we began Z we didn't spend a whole lot of time with this letter. Also, I think most kids recognize and pick up on this letter pretty fast.
The books we read this week were: Z See it, Say it, Hear it by Kelly Doudna, 1 Zany Zoo by Lori Degman, Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo by Ayun Halliday, If I Ran a Zoo and On Beyond Zebra both by Dr. Seuss. Going to a Zoo by Rebecca Rissman and At the Zoo by Dana Meachan Rare were also good for basic information regarding zoos.
For our sentences this week we only got in one day. The girls wrote "I went to the zoo." and "Look at the zebra!"
Our Bible verse was Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world.
For our science pictures we looked at zinnia, zebra, zooplankton.
We also made a zebra out of the letter Z. I cut out a white letter z, two triangle ears and a nose. I had the girls glue on the pieces and then they cut the black stripes and glued them on to give their zebras stripes.
The books we read this week were: Z See it, Say it, Hear it by Kelly Doudna, 1 Zany Zoo by Lori Degman, Always Lots of Heinies at the Zoo by Ayun Halliday, If I Ran a Zoo and On Beyond Zebra both by Dr. Seuss. Going to a Zoo by Rebecca Rissman and At the Zoo by Dana Meachan Rare were also good for basic information regarding zoos.
For our sentences this week we only got in one day. The girls wrote "I went to the zoo." and "Look at the zebra!"
Our Bible verse was Matthew 5:14 You are the light of the world.
For our science pictures we looked at zinnia, zebra, zooplankton.
We also made a zebra out of the letter Z. I cut out a white letter z, two triangle ears and a nose. I had the girls glue on the pieces and then they cut the black stripes and glued them on to give their zebras stripes.
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