Weekend: We spent a lot of time outdoors, the 6 year old has nearly conquered riding without training wheels, and her bike is basically too small. She’s so tall! If she had been home in the fall, I bet she would have had it done then, but I’m glad she’s learning! The 3 year old wanted to play in the creek, so we let them have the learning experience of splashing in really cold water. It may be a while before they try that again!
uh-oh, cold, cold creek!
The kids really seem to enjoy worksheets with a holiday theme, I’m glad that I got a TON of Valentine’s worksheets printed off .. ahem before we ran out of ink. Again. It’s the bane of my existence trying to keep the printer held together with duct tape and a prayer (I’m kidding, but I’m not- it’s a nightmare to print, it’s so finicky!) Anyway, they seem to be thrilled to do worksheets with hearts on them, so we’ll just keep on with what I’ve printed until we run out I guess! We got a laminating machine, too, so we are official with getting some stuff the baby can’t destroy in case it falls on the floor, YEAH!
We talked about the foods we ate and what’s in them and why they’re good for you every morning. This is not out of the ordinary, but they were happy to have it tie in to their theme this week!
Weekend Reading together:
Letter H and letter J books with the 3 year old.
Monday:
3 year old:
Valentine coloring page- color by numbers
Recognizing numbers 1-20 via flashcard
sign language alphabet review
6 year old:
Valentine coloring page- color by numbers
Worksheets from K-2 valentine packet including math and language (continued from last week)
sign language alphabet review
Independent reading:
Lila and Myla The Twin Fairies by Daisy Meadows
Scooby Doo and the Case of the Devilish Doughnut
Eerie Elementary: The school is alive by Chabert
The Case of the Mummy Mystery (Jigsaw Jones) by Preller
The Case of the Spooky Sleepover (Jigsaw Jones) by Preller
She hasn’t said she misses her class in a couple of days…. maybe she likes the jammies?!?
Tuesday:
Reading together: If you give a moose a muffin by Numeroff
Discussed the fact that food can be categorized and introduced the grain group, discussed whole grains, looked at pictures of grains in our cookbook, talked about different grains and how they are eaten worldwide, made into different products, etc.
6 year old:
Independent reading:
Winnie the Pooh and Valentines, Too- Disney
Where is Nicky’s Valentine?- Ziefert
Cook with the Cat – Cat in the Hat
Arthur and the True Francine by Brown
Arthur’s First Sleepover by Brown
Handwritten valentine math problems by mom (addition and subtraction)
Worksheets from K-2 valentine packet including math and language (continued from last week)
Valentine themed sheets: Writing numbers 1-20, Upper Case letters, lower case letters
Lamb sign language worksheet, copy letters.
3 year old:
Reading together:
Where is Nicky’s Valentine?- Ziefert
Cook with the Cat – Cat in the Hat
Arthur and the True Francine by Brown
Arthur’s First Sleepover by Brown
K and L education. com worksheets tracing, writing, identifying, etc.
Valentine themed sheet: Write out the numbers 1-20, fill in missing lower case letters.
Finished coloring sheet from Monday.
Additional Valentine sheet: tracing the word HEART, heart shapes, etc.
Lamb sign language worksheet, copy letters.
Wednesday:
I wish I had a picture or video of the owl that kept being so interesting and interrupting our work. Yes in the day. It’s a perk of living in the country. You see wildlife during the day, and hear them at night, as well. I think around 3 p.m. over the weekend we heard 4 owls calling to each other while we were outside. Insane. Awesome, but insane.
Videos:
Cat in the Hat knows a lot about that Let’s Celebrate: The Last Chocolate (how to make chocolate)
Sesame Street. C is for cooking
Let’s eat!: [funny food songs from Sesame Street]
Reading Together:
From Farm to You: Bread by Jones
Donut Chef by Staake
Walter the Baker by Eric Carle
Jelly and the Donuts by Elyse Schneiderman PhD
Daisy the Donut Fairy by Bugbird
3 year old:
Valentine coloring page and color by number pages
Dry erase alphabet and number writing practice (Valentine style)
Recognizing beginning sounds worksheet (and she did fantastic)
6 year old:
Color by equation (subtraction)- valentine style
Color by sight word- valentine style- 2 pages
Dry erase alphabet and number writing practice (Valentine style)
Music CD: Sing along and learn marvelous math (she lost interest in this, it might have been better in a vehicle)
Independent Reading:
Scooby Doo Disappearing Donuts by Herman
Danny’s Doodles: The squirting donuts by David Adler
this is why I never…
…get anything done quickly
Thursday:
Reading Together:
What We Eat (Kingfisher Readers)
Macaroni and Rice and Bread by the Slice: What is in the Grains Group? by Cleary
What’s in your Macaroni and Cheese by Sullivan
Multimedia:
Cooking Fun For All Ages (inspired by Ratatouille-featuring TV personality chefs, cooking with kids and French recipes)
Ratatouille (movie)
Music:
Muffin Man
On top of spaghetti (this has more verses than I thought!)
Pat-a-cake
Games/Manipulatives:
Food pyramid/groups sorting game done together as a way to introduce the idea of official ‘food groups’
Food pyramid/groups sorting game (different) on own
Healthy vs. Junk Food sorting game (even the 3 year old did really well on this, yeah!)
6 year old:
Coloring by addition problem and sight word
3 year old:
Letter worksheets and writing numbers 1-20– she wrote them independently when asked nicely bribed with candy, so we may do that again. They still have Halloween candy, I can deal with them eating it before Easter arrives o.0! I think I threw away 2014 Easter candy at Christmastime. Our church is very generous with their annual ‘club’ hunt– one of the kid’s activities, for about 30-50 kids they hide around 1000 eggs!
not bad for her first time writing them without the ‘dots’
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Oh the little ones are so cute! You also do a great job of keeping their learning engaging. I’m visiting from Weekly Wrap Up.
I’m visiting from Weekly Wrap Up. I’m so impressed at how you are able to keep everyone engaged and working at the same time.