Reading
"The Big Green Pocketbook" was our darling story for this week. We discussed the manners and kindness shown by the characters in the book. We talked about what she would carry in her own pocketbook versus what the girl collected. She also liked pointing out different emotions on their faces by looking at the illustrations.
We practice summarizing the story again verbally and she filled out a book report. She improves every week at her summaries.
Letter of the Week: H
We used the printable from Bada Namu letter crafts for letter H! These are great for practicing cutting with scissors, pasting, and handwriting.
Math
We sorted the coins and dollars in her piggy bank. Then I gave her a magnifying glass to observe each of them! I also drew a pig on a white sheet of paper, then let her go to town with some coin rubbings and colored pencils.
Reading
We read "Goodnight Moon" over and over this week! We read Psalm 127:2b and discussed God caring for us even while we sleep. We also read Genesis 1:14-19 to review His creation of the sun, moon and stars on the fourth day.
Homeschool Creation's "Goodnight Moon" pdf had many useful printables. We printed page 16 for syllable practice. Pages 17-18 were used for rhyming practice. Then we used pages 23-24 with a bingo marker to find words within the story.
We completed another book report and practiced verbally summarizing the story.
Since the eclipse a few weeks ago, Addie has been highly curious about space and the moon. We printed a moon observation journal from 3 Dinosaurs. She kept a weather journal in the past for a week, so she was thrilled to keep a new one. The pdf also includes moon phases bookmarks - we used them to scramble and then put in order of the moon phases.
SciShow Kids' channel includes this video on the moon phases!
StoryBots Super Songs Episode 1, Part 1 is on Outer Space. The songs are on the sun, the moon, the planets, the Earth, and the stars. "It's My Time to Shine" went along perfectly for this week, but she enjoyed them all! She specifically loved the sassy Earth saying, "The moon is kinda like my hula hoop!" when talking about the orbit.
We worked on blending primary colors this week to make secondary colors. We used clay, or "play-clay" as she calls it, to make new colors!
Painting her own moon was so much fun! She used tin foil to create texture in the paint, as well as sprinkling epsom salt on top. Then she used a thin paintbrush to dot stars around it.
Reading
We read "Blueberries for Sal" by Robert McCloskey. We also read Ruth 1:16 and related Ruth following Naomi to Sal following her mother. We talked about staying alert in public to not get separated.
The wood-burning stove in Sal's kitchen was interesting to talk about and compare to our gas stove. She also would like to use an old-fashioned egg beater like the one in their kitchen drawer! The old car in the front yard was another interesting illustration.
We completed another book report this week as well. Verbally summarizing stories is getting easier for her.
Prepositions
We used Homeschool Creation's pdf pages 10-14 for the "Where is Little Bear?" booklet. It was great practice for directional words and prepositions.
Phonemics Mrs.Ricca's Kindergarten blogpost includes beginning sound and middle sound stamp workpages. This was wonderful practice for Addie. This can be difficult, but it is so very important to work on phonemics before phonics!
And we taped boxes on the floor to sound out words in similar fashion to Elkonin boxes!
Math
We used a printable from this mom's printable pack. We used pages 7-8 of the pdf and some blue mold-able clay to compare amounts of blueberries in the pails. We also used page 10 of the pdf to practice addition.
Letter of the Week: F
Here was our project for letter F!
Science
We discussed blueberries and their season in our area. Unfortunately, their season is over now, but I would love to go blueberry picking together next June-August! In the meantime, she created her own pail out of tin foil and finger painted the blueberries on with paint.
Talking about the animals in "Blueberries for Sal," we discussed crows, partridges, and bears. She specifically asked me while reading our book, "Why are they gathering food for winter?" I thought this was a wonderful way to start talking about hibernation! These video from YouTube explained well. We talked about different animals who hibernate, animals who migrate, and animals who don't do either - like us.
And of course, we had to play around with felt bear masks I already made for her Masha and Bear birthday party.
Reading
Week 5 of BFIAR features the classic "Ask Mr.Bear" by Marjorie Flack! We discussed 2 Corinthians 9:7 and cheerfully giving gifts. Then we talked about problem-solving and asking for advice when we're unsure how to handle a problem. We discussed products animals provide for us as well.
Acting out the story was fun! She did lots of skipping, galloping, trotting, running, and accompanying animal noises while we read along.
We filled out another book report this week. We also worked on verbally summarizing the story again.
Prepositions
I printed pages 17-20 of Homeschool Creation's pdf for "Where is the Hen's Egg?" She enjoyed stapling the pages together to make her own booklet.
Rhyming Homeschool Creation's pdf for "Ask Mr.Bear" (page 16) is a rhyming word match. Then I printed out page 21 for the word families. We used two pouches on our wall calendar to sort them.
All About Me! Project
Addie has been asking me for a while now to do a project about herself. She greatly enjoyed filling it out! I used this pdf from Tot Schooling.
Music
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
The Chicken Family
A Very Merry Unbirthday to You!
Unbirthday Party!
We had our own little picnic with her teddy bear as Mr.Bear, her dolls as Danny and his mother, and she dressed up as Alice. We listened to "A Very Merry Unbirthday to You" several times while we had our picnic/tea/unbirthday party.
Letter of the Week: E
We cut out eyes from a magazine and pasted them to a large uppercase E. We also made the lowercase letter e as a bird in an egg.
This week makes a full month of homeschooling Adelaide! We had a ball.
BFIAR: The Little Rabbit
Reading
We read "The Little Rabbit" by Judy Dunn this week! Our library did not have it, so we read along on YouTube. We of course listened to it with all our stuffed bunnies! We used this bunny questionnaire on page 2 of Homeschool Share's pdf. She named her stuffed bunny Pinka, said she loved playing fetch, and eating carrots!
We talked about Proverbs 12:10a like the manual suggests. She related the verse to how she loves and cares for our cat Simon. We also practiced problem solving by brainstorming how Sarah could have adopted the rabbits out!
Each week, we've been filling out a book report together. Verbally summarizing the story is something I'm definitely working on with her, but she has improved greatly!
We also used a worksheet with comprehension questions about the wild bunny and Buttercup. It is page 24 of Homeschool Creation's The Little Rabbit pdf.
Syllables
We used page 22 "Say and Clap Story Words" from Homeschool Creation's The Little Rabbit pdf. I used two empty pouches of out calendar wall for this! She loved this activity. Instead of clapping the syllables, we placed our hands under our chins and felt our mouths make the syllables.
Letter of the Week: D
She decorated an uppercase donut and a lowercase dragon!
Alphabet Game We played a "Bunny Hop" alphabet recognition game! We spread the flashcards across the floor, grabbed her bunny Pinka, and set to hopping! Once she hopped to the correct letter, we'd pick up that card and set it aside, until they were all gone.
Days of the Week
I especially enjoyed Buttercup's babies names being the days of the week! I made one finger puppet bunny to be Buttercup. Then 7 identical bunnies with their names written on them. We used them to practice the days of the week order, but she has played with them throughout the entire week.
I used Homeschool Creation's The Little Rabbit pdf for page 14. It has Buttercup and all seven baby bunnies. Addie cut them out and pasted them in order on a piece of construction paper.
We sang two wonderful songs from 1+1+1=1's Calender Part 1. You can save the songs as a pdf. The first song is "Days of the Week" with the tune of "The Adams' Family". We use clap-clap, then snap-snap, and end with stomp-stomp. The second song is "Every Week" with the tune of "Frère Jacques."
Music
Together we sang many adorable songs about rabbits this week!
Robbie the Rabbit
Did You Ever See a Bunny?
Little Bunny FooFoo
Ten Little Bunnies
5 Little Bunnies
Rabbits We discussed the placement of rabbits' ears and eyes. We also talked about their strong muscles in their legs; their sharp teeth that are always growing; and how they have several babies at one time. She enjoyed hearing females are called does, males are bucks, and babies are kittens! Camouflage Some animals use camouflage to accomplish different things! We watched SciShow Kids' video and talked about why the wild bunny would be brown and Buttercup would be white.
