Foot loose and fancy free...I'm ready for the big time, is it ready for me???......Muppet Movie
Just like the song, we're moving right along! We've got a great schedule down, and are enjoying every day as it comes. We're just finishing reviewing our long/short vowel sounds this week, then moving on to the two-vowel rule. I've got some great songs and activities that are making it fun as well as memorable.
Last week was a busy one with bowling, and art class added in with our regular weekly activities. So, this week I'm looking forward to relaxing a bit at home instead of running every day. Next week we gear up again with art class and a home school trip to the fair! (which we are so EXCITED about!) We're also thinking our great grandparents from Missouri might come for a stay. Yay!
After wrapping up our science unit on the senses we've moved onto living and non-living. Yesterday we did some simple reading in our science book, followed by a nature walk. We took a sketch pad and each of us drew 4 things we observed during our walk. Today, we cut them out and categorized them according to living and non-living. Very fun, and building on many skills!
We've finished up our 4th Boxcar Children book and have started #5. These take me back to my childhood, and I love reading them! Every night we take turns reading before bed, sometimes for over an hour! I'm very pleased with our progress.
We've added SO MANY signs to our sign language folder!! I can't even believe how much we've learned! Yesterday on our walk we were able to communicate to each other without a sound. So cool!
This week for history/geography we're wrapping up reviewing the maps, globe, etc. Since we covered this last year, it's been a breeze. I've just made the maps a little more advanced that I'm giving her, and have found some really cool resources through the Usborne Internet-Linked Children's World Atlas. This includes some interactive online maps that ask her questions and come alive with the correct answers!
Along with our daily math we've constructed a clock out of a hanger and some other materials that really gets her excited about telling time. There is a little pouch that holds different times, she picks one, then sets the hands accordingly. I found this in a really cool math centers book I bought at Goodwill for a buck! Tomorrow we're making a rabbit pattern box. So exciting!
So, that partly sums up our last week. Honestly, there is so much going on I could never possibly put it all in. Our days and nights are filled with endless learning possibilities! Until next time...
