Week Eight: The Letter H

Well, since the holidays are over I figured we should get back into school. Still, it did not go so well. More it is just a matter of time. We seem to be going out and doing more than I thought we would, even in this cold weather! So I decided to do a letter every two weeks. A and E both seem to enjoy this a lot more because we spend more time on different things and I think they are able to remember more.

So, this was our first time doing a letter for two weeks and we worked on the letter H!

For our English time we read: Old Hat New Hat and The Big Honey Hunt by Stan and Jan Berenstain, My Hands by Aliki, and Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss. I was a slacker and did not get around to a poem this week. :(

For music the girls had a great time! We sang If You're Happy and You Know It (a huge hit), Home on the Range, He's Got the Whole World in His Hands, and the Hokey Pokey (also a hit). A especially loved the last one and it started to help her cement her knowledge in right and left side.

For our Bible time we read about Hannah and our memory verse for the week was: Eph. 4:30 and do not grieve the Holy Spirit.

For Math we practiced counting by hundreds. We also talked about the color brown. This week we walked around the house and counted nine brown items. Our dog was counted a few times because she followed us around. My sweet girls just love their dog!

Science we looked at honey bees and horses. They were asking lots of questions about horses! We also added to vocabulary by looking at: hedgehogs, hippopotamus, hydrangeas, hibiscus,  Harper seal and herons.

Social Studies took us west as we learned about Sam Houston. For some reason E really liked reading about him but A did not. Oh well.

A and E did not want to do an art project this week. I had planned on drawing or painting a picture of our house.

However, A really did like our physical activity, HOPSCOTCH! We did it inside because of this Midwest winter weather. This was great for a physical activity, counting, hopping, and when E played it was good for taking turns. Check it out.