tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57657325203217416532024-03-18T02:48:25.563-07:00Melissa's ProjectsMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.comBlogger234125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-57015456861560552082012-11-04T19:40:00.000-08:002012-11-04T19:40:29.143-08:00Creation Bible Lesson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We read from lots of great resources about our awesome God and the world He created mostly from Children's Bibles, but also from a couple other resources (I highly recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Space-Time-Gods-Creation-Series/dp/0310705789/?ref=pd_sim_b_2">this</a> book and the rest of the four part series; the guy really knows his science but is centered around God. It's meant for older elementary kids, but I loved it just the same!) A few days the kids held stuffed animals or did puzzles (to go along with the day of creation) while they listened to the reading.</div>
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Every day we added a piece to our bulletin board that represented the day we talked about. For Day 1 we added a light and a dark paper. We also played with goop and talked about how the earth had no form. We then played with water and talked about how the earth was formless like the water. The boys painted a picture to make something (God didn't need paper and paint, He just spoke and He created!) Another really cool thing we did was painted the inside of a shoe box and poked a hole. The kids looked inside and saw "nothing" "darkness" to think about what it was like in the beginning. Then we poked another hole and shone a flashlight through it and talked about how now there was light in the darkness.</div>
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We made a picture <a href="http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/Bible_and_Rhyme_Weeks_1_and_2_Creation_Booklet.PDF">book</a> to show each day of creation as well.</div>
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I combined Day 2 and 3. We did a lot of talking about what happened on day 2 and did more interactive things for day 3. We painted the water on a round circle and came back later and walked on it with green paint on our feet for land. We did a nature hike and found many different plants, trees, bushes, flowers, rocks, etc... that God made. </div>
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We also did a fruits and veggies treasure hunt. I hid the play food in the backyard and the kids had to find one at a time, bring it back to me and tell me what it is called.</div>
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I got a bunch of free worksheets about creation from a homeschool event so we worked on those, sang a <a href="http://www.dltk-bible.com/seven_days_of_creation_song.htm">song</a> about the days of creation adding to it each day, and did a really cool <a href="http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/2002/02/20/drawing-lesson-i-creation-days1">drawing lesson</a>. You do the drawing in two parts. Part 1 is on days 1-3 of creation and Part 2 is on days 4-6 and you add to your picture from part 1.</div>
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Day 4 we did some writing practice with <a href="http://www.biblestoryprintables.com/BibleVerseVisualsSeedsPraiseV2.html">verses</a> that talk about our Creator of the stars and moon and sun! As an art project we practiced how to draw a star and did some sponge painting of stars, the moon, and the sun. </div>
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We had our first field trip! Day 5 is water animals and birds so we went to the pet store to see all different kinds of fish/turtles/eels/crabs... and birds!</div>
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Day 6 we added land animals and people. We talked about how there are many types of animals and the uniqueness of humans. We tried building things with Lincoln Logs and with Mr. Potato Head. We colored a picture of <a href="http://www.parikiaki.com/wp-content/uploads/blank-face.jpg">ourselves</a> with our special features and did <a href="http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/Bible/BibleFingerprintPage.gif">fingerprinting</a>. </div>
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Day 7 was a day of rest so we talked about how God modeled an example for us and that we need to make sure we take time to rest our bodies. We did <a href="http://www.christianpreschoolprintables.com/Pages/FileFolderGames/Creation.html">review</a> of all of the days with a printout and a fun creation days snack. </div>
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My Creation Lapbook: <a href="http://www.biblestoryprintables.com/BiblePrintablesCreation.html">Creation minibook</a>, <a href="http://www.lapbooklessons.com/CreationLapbook.html">all created by God</a>, <a href="http://faith.thatresourcesite.com/modules/PDdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=111&lid=867">God vs. Man</a>, <a href="http://www.lapbooklessons.com/files/LapbookingFIles/BibleABC/Creation/CL3.pdf">All About Me book</a>, ...</div>
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We did a day-by-day egg carton creation project, adding items we had around the house related to the day of creation. Here's how our bulletin board looked by the end of the week:</div>
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Many weather stories! We (me included) learned sooo much! I am loving learning alongside my kids. I don't know everything or much about what I am teaching so I learn it the night before, or as I am reading a book, or watching a video, and I just REPEAT the stuff! We do lots of fun videos and songs I find on YouTube and can stream onto the TV. </div>
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What's the Weather?! It's Sunny! It's Hot!</div>
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Exploring shadows and the sun's movement:<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eb8oOFTVJ90/UIht6D1aidI/AAAAAAAAE8k/5lnLkyXV9AI/s1600/Seasons+290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eb8oOFTVJ90/UIht6D1aidI/AAAAAAAAE8k/5lnLkyXV9AI/s200/Seasons+290.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>
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ROY G. BIV:<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s5LeVfUPpqg/UIhrCqS9uAI/AAAAAAAAE6c/CYd8h6GrZPs/s1600/566.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s5LeVfUPpqg/UIhrCqS9uAI/AAAAAAAAE6c/CYd8h6GrZPs/s200/566.JPG" width="200" /></a></div>
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What's the Weather?! It' Windy! It's Stormy! It's Rainy! Hurricanes! Thunder! Lightening! Tornadoes!<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qw2hUPsirqU/UIhuBcaa49I/AAAAAAAAE84/3t1VWqEorJg/s1600/Seasons+292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qw2hUPsirqU/UIhuBcaa49I/AAAAAAAAE84/3t1VWqEorJg/s200/Seasons+292.JPG" width="133" /></a></div>
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"I looked up into the sky and thought I saw a _____, but it was just a cloud!"</div>
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My Weathermen!</div>
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Homeschool Friends Outing:</div>
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<i>Summer</i>: Beach in a bag craft, make ice cream, "Day at the Beach" sponge painting, playing in water (it is summer after all)</div>
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<i>Fall</i>: Color on top of leaves with crayon to make leaf shape appear, leaf color match-up, leaf art, play with leaves in PlayDoh, fall <a href="http://makinglearningfun.com/themepages/FallMagnetPages.htm">pumpkin magnet</a> pom pom play (we did stations with this one and the pattern blocks), <a href="http://www.thevirtualvine.com/scarecrows.html">scarecrow</a> pattern blocks, raking fall leaves, make a <a href="http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/TP-Roll-Scarecrow.html">scarecrow tp roll</a>, fall leaf finger painting, finger-play and leaf songs found on youtube</div>
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We also did a fall sensory bin with items I collected around the neighborhood. The leaves were just perfect! The boys each had a magnifying glass and tweezers.</div>
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<i>Winter</i>: <a href="http://innerchildfun.com/2011/02/easy-icicle-craft.html">Melting</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5wagX0-agExOWZiMDAxNmItZTEzZC00MzFiLWJlMWQtZjQwODk3MDNhZmEz/edit">snowman</a> booklet, color/cut snowman and name snowman with packing bubbles-painted snow, snowflakes made out of <a href="http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Q-Tip-Snowflakes.html">q-tips</a> and coffee filters, roll-a-snowman, snow ball fight with cotton balls!, snowman sandwich lunch</div>
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<i>Spring</i>: Make little bouquets in a muffin tin, bird nest cupcake holder, rain pictures</div>
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Lots of paper work: the boys have a math workbook and K writing book. I was so proud of Nehemiah this week writing his first sentence! He also tried to write out rooster and I thought that was so cute. We also are still continuing the calendar everyday and starting our school day with several stories related to our subject. </div>
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Here's another look at our lapbook (or look <a href="http://www.miss-kindergarten.com/2011/10/trees.html">here</a> <a href="http://www.supermommoments.com/2011/03/spring-handwriting-printable/">here</a> <a href="http://ayearoffhe.blogspot.com/2010/04/week-15-seasons.html">here</a> <a href="http://kindertastic.blogspot.com/2012/01/seasons.html">here</a>), including some work we did that covered all of the seasons together:</div>
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We had our first co-op homeschool day. I think it went really well and I am excited for the consistency we are bringing to the group. We started off with a song (we will do the same one every meeting), introduced the behavior chart, made name spots for each kid, introduced the topic, read a book on the topic, did a craft project to make a <a href="http://saylorslog.blogspot.com/2011/11/few-seasonal-things.html">seasons tree</a>, then broke into stations. Fall: rake leaves, Spring: plant flowers into a pot, Summer: <a href="http://littlegiraffes.com/teaching-ideas/257/handprint-calendar/">handprint sun painting</a>, Winter: Snowman felt board, All: sensory bottles with different leaves for me to ask questions about the seasons and put them in the right order. Lastly, we did PE. We did different body control things like running, walking fast, walking backward, hoping on one foot, gallop, and limbo.</div>
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Decorations: ticket stubs, tablecloths made into the shape of a circus tent, a sign I made from leftover wood, popcorn tins, red/white striped banners and signs, ...</div>
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Food: nachos, hot dogs, pretzels, cotton candy, animal crackers, cracker jacks, circus peanut candy, popcorn, peanuts, fruit in ice cream cones, ...</div>
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Games: we had a row of carnival games set up like basketball, bean bag toss, bowling in a wagon, try to get a ping pong ball in cups, ring toss, a bounce house, a ball pit, parachute games, limbo, face painting, a toy train to ride, ...</div>
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...of course a few magic shows...</div>
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...and a photo booth (made from poster board and red duct tape)...</div>
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For cake, I did a giant cookie cake!</div>
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...printed, colored, and cut out angry bird shapes to decorate the watermelon and bowls as well as lemonade dyed green to look like a piggy. </div>
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I had found angry bird cheeze-its and fruit snacks! Score! I got little sticky balls from the party store and had a sign that said "thanks for crashing Nehemiah's party, please take one home." and they got to make slingshots and color angry bird pictures.</div>
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So excited to get his first big boy bike!</div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-21540493597179769642012-09-01T10:57:00.000-07:002012-09-01T10:57:32.472-07:00First Week of School 2012-2013<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We started our first week of homeschool this week. We had our wonderful moments where everyone was excited to learn and so excited to be playing together and sitting and listening, and we had our moments of craziness and chaos. I love making these memories with my children. I am so overjoyed that this is my ministry. It's not everyone's calling and that's okay. My calling might change and that's okay. My homeschooling might look totally different than someone else's and that's okay. But, for this school year, I feel we are where we are supposed to be and learning the way my kids need. </div>
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We talked about whole body listening this week. We read a really awesome book called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Howard-B-Wigglebottom-Learns-Listen/dp/0971539014/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1346519296&sr=8-1&keywords=howard+b+wigglebottom+learns+to+listen">Howard B. Wigglebottom learns to listen</a> to reinforce that, as well as made a few projects and hung a few visuals (see <a href="http://first-grade-garden.blogspot.com/2011/09/some-randomness.html">here</a>, <a href="http://littleroadrunners.edublogs.org/files/2011/10/Whole-Body-Listening-Poster-pkkver.png">here</a>, and <a href="http://pinterest.com/melissacking/motor-skills/">here</a>). </div>
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I am really glad we made a clip-chart for discipline. It has been another motivator for getting through our school day with happy hearts. It's really hard to balance school discipline and obeying me as a teacher vs obeying me as a parent. Overall I think that it's good for my kids to obey no matter what, but at such a young age that can be tricky to add schooling in the mix. This chart helps alleviate some of that, so I can encourage sitting still and doing writing through a chart and not hitting brother through a spanking or timeouts. If the boys get to the top at the end of the day there is a special prize (sticker, computer time, ...)</div>
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I introduced the kids to the calendar as well this week. Every day we started off with the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interactive-Classroom-Calendar-no-MTB800/dp/B001AZ6Q5M/ref=wl_it_dp_o_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=3JTKTKV1DJDJJ&coliid=IHRA5BA5T2AFI">calendar</a> and reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Months-Year-Acorn-Measuring-Time/dp/1406223050/?ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_2">books</a> (related to our subject of the week) on the rug. (We are attending the library story program every week as well and I get a chance to pick up books there.)</div>
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We made a calendar book to show different things happening throughout the months of the year. I used <a href="http://myshaenoel.blogspot.com/2011/04/ideas-for-teaching-months-of-year-new.html">this</a> printout and my own stickers, cutouts, and stencils. We sang songs about the different months of the year (a printout from <a href="http://growingkinders.blogspot.com/2012/01/february-calendar-song-and-little.html">here</a>).</div>
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An accordion calendar from <a href="http://www.mrprintables.com/printable-monthly-calendar-1.html">here</a>.</div>
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We played with a magnet calendar someone generously gave me.</div>
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We made a calendar out of painted hands (idea from <a href="http://eisforexplore.blogspot.com/2011/12/handprint-calendar.html">her</a>e).</div>
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Grandpa got the kids<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Crayola-Dry-Erase-Activity-Center/dp/B00125V99S/ref=sr_1_4?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1346520582&sr=1-4&keywords=crayola+expo+board"> these</a> cool things for Christmas last year. They are boards you can slip a worksheet into and then write on with expo markers. Then, you can wipe off and re-use the worksheet. We did a <a href="http://www.mrswillskindergarten.com/2011/09/peek-at-my-week-stations_17.html">calendar journal</a> everyday to circle the day of the week, write our name, circle the month, draw the weather...</div>
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I colored some water and had my son use a dropper to put the water on... the 12th... or the 27th... or all of the Mondays...</div>
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Nehemiah's favorite thing in life is technology so we watched several youtube videos on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw&list=FLBXZc_JAEhmGqgkAtsnXIZA&index=9&feature=plpp_video">months</a> of the year and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPzIbbvoiMA&list=FLBXZc_JAEhmGqgkAtsnXIZA&index=7&feature=plpp_video">days</a> of the week and went over our <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=FLBXZc_JAEhmGqgkAtsnXIZA&v=U7BHWf-8Vn8&feature=player_detailpage">zoophonics</a> animals.</div>
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We did several worksheets from a workbook all related to the subject of school or about the calendar.</div>
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We did name and sight word practice as well as fine motor skills. We cut out some little books (Elijah is all of a sudden being able to use scissors now!) I wrote the kids name in pencil and they traced it in glue and then poured glitter on top.</div>
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We spelled with Cheeze-its letters (food is always a motivator with my kids...you spell it, then you eat it..for Elijah he just had to tell me what the letter was).</div>
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Magnet spelling (Isaiah kept attacking the magnets and throwing them on the floor):</div>
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Using bottle caps with letters to arrange in ABC order:</div>
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And, per Daddy's request of favorite thing he did in elementary school, we did shaving cream writing. It was one of the chaotic moments of the week.</div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-59927851124692213042012-08-25T21:43:00.000-07:002012-08-25T21:43:34.971-07:00Classroom Signs<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some signs I made to start our new school year:</div>
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I saw this on <a href="http://pinterest.com/melissacking/">pinterest</a> and was inspired and had to make it. It's a reminder to myself that I want to teach my kids character, not just textbooks.</div>
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I know I will be saying this to my oldest throughout this school year! (Just spray painted a piece of wood someone was getting rid of and wrote words with the kids' finger paints.)</div>
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Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-91276523717879387382012-08-06T21:27:00.002-07:002012-08-06T21:27:44.208-07:002012-2013 Homeschool Plan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">12-Nov/16-Nov<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Transportation/Road Signs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">19-Nov/23-Nov<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Thanksgiving<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">26-Nov/30-Nov<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Adam & Eve<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">3-Dec/7-Dec<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Adam & Eve<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">10-Dec/14-Dec<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">17-Dec/21-Dec<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Christmas<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">22-Dec/30-Dec<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">*Christmas Break</span></b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">31-Dec/4-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">New Years<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">7-Jan/11-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">5 Senses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">14-Jan/18-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">5 Senses<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">21-Jan/25-Jan<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Noah’s Ark/The Flood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">28-Jan/1-Feb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Noah’s Ark/The Flood<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">4-Feb/8-Feb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Health <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">11-Feb/15-Feb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Valentine’s Day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">18-Feb/22-Feb<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Plants<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">25-Feb/1-Mar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Plants<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">11-Mar/15-Mar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">16-Mar/24-Mar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">*Spring
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">25-Mar/29-Mar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">1-April/5-April<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">8-April/12-April<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Where I Live</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">15-April/19-April<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Where I Live<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">22-April/26-April<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">29-April/3-May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Landforms </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">(Mountains/Rivers/Oceans/Valleys/Deserts/Local)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">6-May/10-May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">13-May/17-May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">20-May/24-May<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Nehemiah's (age 4) Learning Goals</b> (in addition to what is implied from unit studies): advance reading skills, story interaction, learn sight words (ie: name, the, a, I, of, to, you, she, my, is, are, do, does, colors, numbers, ), know vowels (a, e, i o, u), handwriting letters, rhyming, describe positions (ie. above, below, in out, by, behind,...), color mixing (ie. blue+yellow=green), patterning, sequencing, greater than/less than/equal to, count to 100 by ones and by tens, writing numbers, describe 2 and 3 dimensional shapes, state changes (ie. liquid to solid), improve gross & fine motor skills,<br />
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<i>Reading:</i><br />
Read BOB books as well as stories related to unit study. Do craft projects, re-tell stories (felt board, act it out, verbalize it as mommy writes it, puppet show ...)<br />
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<b>Elijah (age 3) Learning Goals: </b>no set learning goals. Planning on him doing schoolwork with us and letting him pick up what he can.</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-80453522482306231902012-08-06T21:20:00.000-07:002012-08-06T21:20:25.082-07:00Letter Pp Week (And Rest of Year Wrap-Up)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We finished off P with some activities and did a fun pom pom activity to boost motor skills and counting.</div>
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We only made it through letter P and then summer hit. We finished up our letter book and number tracing and letter tracing pages and shape practice that we've been doing all year. We also finished up our ice cream scoop colors and will leave that up for next year. Here's the only picture of the world-wind of work we did in a few weeks:</div>
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Can't wait for the new school year to come soon!</div>
</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-23714438281510047822012-07-25T21:09:00.000-07:002012-07-25T21:09:23.272-07:00Homeschool Group Stations<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One thing I remember about elementary school was the fun stations you got to switch to when the teacher rang a bell. You would get to the next one and see a whole new thing to explore. Not only will my kids not miss out on fun things like that because we homeschool, but we also get the pleasure of doing such fun things with friends who homeschool too! I love this group!</div>
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We had three little tables set up with two different activities so the kids did a total of 6 stations for five minutes each. Tons of gross and fine motor skills practiced!</div>
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Station #2: Lacing practice.</div>
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Station #3: Shape Construction with Popsicle sticks.</div>
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Station #4: Puzzle assembly with math blocks.</div>
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Station #5: Use tongs to pick up pom-poms and put in egg carton.</div>
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Station #6: Get a glob of PlayDoh and hammer nails into it.</div>
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O for octopus (glued eyes for correct number), Hipp'O' paper bag puppets, circled Os, glued cheeriOs to our O letter, practiced name writing, and did some water coloring of numbers, the picture is of my mom who the kids call Oma</div>
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Of course some O letter practice...</div>
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And shape tracing...</div>
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Introduced P for next week (that's a playdoh penguin):</div>
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Wrote out our name that starts with N using a finger paint and shaving cream mix.</div>
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<a href="http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/phonics/A_ZworksheetsUC.pdf">N</a> for needle (stamp) and N for nest.</div>
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We also practiced our letters on the chalkboard.</div>
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And attempted to draw pictures of things that started with N...like nest...</div>
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Rainbow <a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/imlearningaboutshapesstar.pdf">Star</a>!</div>
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My 3 yr old cut out all of these <a href="http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/math/shapesilhouette.pdf">shapes</a> by himself and matched them to the shadow!</div>
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Our learning book is always a hit at the start of our week as we discuss the LOTW, NOTW, and Shape or Color of the week! We also did <a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/followdirectionsshapes.pdf">this</a> follow the directions worksheet.</div>
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We practiced our NOTW with magnets. We had a 1 and a 3 and I asked which one went first. We tried 3 then 1 and saw it was different. We discussed that for a few minutes. </div>
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Tracing has not been very popular lately, but I am trying to encourage my 3 year old in the love of learning. He's digging the fine motor skills in our sticker book though!</div>
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This week we came up with a lot of Mm words, wrote them on index cards, hung them up, and then took turns choosing a card to an activity with it. Since we were learning about the star-shape, we also starred our card when completed.</div>
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M for <i>M</i>usic.</div>
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M for <i>M</i>agnets.</div>
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<i>M</i>&<i>M</i>s and <i>M</i>onkeys.</div>
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M for Mmm Mmm <i>M</i>onsters.</div>
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M for Mess! (I chose this activity--cleaning up an mmm mmm mess!)</div>
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M for <i>M</i>agnifying Glass.</div>
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M for <i>M</i>OO! (For this activity, I had the boys find an animal that makes a sound that starts with M...Moo. They each found a cow, then ran around the house with it in their mouths.)</div>
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M for <i>M</i>arbles.</div>
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M for <i>M</i>r. Potato Head.</div>
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<a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/bigletterstracing.htm">M</a> and <a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/little-letters.htm">m</a> tracing worksheets.</div>
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M for <i>M</i>ouse.</div>
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M for Mail. (We colored a picture and then sent it to relatives by mail.)</div>
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M for <i>M</i>arket and M for <i>M</i>oney.</div>
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</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-25347983159610622292012-04-29T19:22:00.000-07:002012-04-29T19:22:00.962-07:00Rescue Theme Party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<u><span style="font-family: 'Apple Garamond Light'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;">Decorations:</span></u><span style="font-family: 'Apple Garamond Light'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 21px;"> red, blue, & ye<span style="background-color: #cccccc;">llow (streamers, tablecloths, plates…), yellow streamer is a police line, rescue kid toys, <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">caution tape with a sign that says “welcome to headquarters”.</span></span></span><br />
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</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-69746791601451473842012-04-27T14:20:00.000-07:002012-04-27T14:20:12.898-07:00Daily Schedule<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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For my two year old who has been throwing fits all day for several months, I made a picture chart with our daily schedule. The structure is helping him a lot! The pictures make it easier for him and his brother to know what's coming next.</div>
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We have also made a mandatory "quiet time" where the kids have to be in their beds and be quiet for 30 minutes (I set a timer so they know at some point the time WILL end). I give them a small box with books, puzzles, and little toys in it that they can play with. These boxes are put away and they are only allowed to play with them during quiet time.</div>
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Donut wheels, Jolly Rancher siren, cake was red velvet, ... </div>
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... buttercream frosting, MM fondant for details, ...</div>
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We did one <a href="http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/math/K41-20handwriting.pdf">tracing page</a> for number 12 this week, 12 stickers were added to our <a href="http://melissasprojects.blogspot.com/2011/09/sticker-book.html">sticker book</a>, and our <a href="http://melissasprojects.blogspot.com/2012/04/letter-ll.html">LOTW</a> corresponded with our number as we counted out 12 <i>L</i>adybugs on our <i>L</i>eaf with play-doh.</div>
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Purple <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/t/color-worksheets/2b.htm">word</a> practice, Cabbage is purple (<a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/thecolorofvegetables.pdf">veggie book</a>), Grapes are purple (<a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/thecoloroffruit.pdf">fruit book</a>), <a href="http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/colors/single-worksheets.htm">things</a> that are PURPLE, purple <a href="http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/art/colorwords.pdf">paint</a> book, <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/activities/crafts/colors/icecreamcone2.htm">ice cream scoop</a>, <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/theme/printables/carterpillar-colors.htm">caterpillar</a> purple circle:</div>
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L for lion craft: cut out center of paper plate and glue curled strips of paper to rim.</div>
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Letter L toy hunt: find toys that start with letter of the week! <i>Lemon, lips, lion, luggage, & Lightening Mcqueen!</i></div>
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Play-doh fun with our LOTW! Stamp the letter & make a <a href="http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/LadybugPlaydoughMat.htm">ladybug leaf</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/phonics/K4LetterHunt.pdf">Letter hunt</a>, <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabetp3.htm#l">L book</a> with Ll words, <a href="http://www.first-school.ws/activities/shapes/animals/ladybug_hearts.htm">Ladybug heart</a>:</div>
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<a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/trace15.htm">L for leaf</a> tracer, <a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/bigletterstracing.htm">L</a> and <a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/little-letters.htm">l</a> tracer, <a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/alphabetactivity1thru26dnstyle.html">Ll worksheet</a>, words that start with <a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/letterl_1.pdf">Ll worksheet</a>, <a href="http://www.safarilearning.com/images/animal_signal_sheet.pdf">Zoophonics</a> Lizzy Lizard:</div>
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</div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-88330209473037167882012-02-23T20:37:00.000-08:002012-02-23T20:37:21.563-08:00Scripture Organization Box<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here's a way to go over verses and memorize them on your own or with your family (through homeschooling or otherwise). In a 3X5 index card holder label the following on some index cards: Daily, Odd, Even, Days of the Week (Monday--Sunday), and the numbers 1-31. You won't start off with a verse in every spot, but you would eventually read at least four verses every day. You would read one verse from the "Daily" tab, one from the "Odd/Even" category (depending on if it's an odd or even numbered day: March 2nd is even, March 3rd is odd), another verse from the "Day of Week", and one from the "Number of the Month". When you feel ready with the verse, you move it further in box. The closer to the front, the more often you will be reading it. </div>
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I wrote my verses on index cards and started sticking them in my tabs and I was excited about this new structure, but I will say with my three little ones I was forgetting to bring my box out every day. I am planning on holding onto my Scripture box and do this when we are more consistent with homeschooling. For now, I have taped verses around the house to read to the kids when we a near them--we have several near time-out. I hope you find this helpful and inspiring though!</div>
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Heart Play-Doh time with our <a href="http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/math/shapemat.pdf">heart mat</a> & cookie cutters.</div>
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Hearts made from the boys' hand prints.</div>
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<a href="http://www.tlsbooks.com/imlearningaboutshapesheart.pdf">Heart tracing</a> & shapes also enforced at our <a href="http://melissasprojects.blogspot.com/2012/02/shapes-hgo.html">HGO</a>.</div>
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<br /></div>Melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16499662702175928924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5765732520321741653.post-23608038097017258142012-02-12T19:45:00.000-08:002012-02-12T19:45:00.714-08:00Shapes HGO<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We start off with some shape sorting toys while we wait for the other mommies to arrive, but it turns out everyone's sick, so we start sorting our circle shapes onto the matching color plate.</div>
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Alison talks to the boys about some shape matching on worksheets. The boys were really wild and did not want to sit and do work, but we encouraged them to listen even if they don't feel like it. (So I guess they learned about shapes and some behavioral stuff too this day...I originally didn't want to homeschool my kids because of issues like this, but the behavioral stuff is soooo much more important than shapes! We have a long way to go, but I love this process of shaping my boys' hearts.)</div>
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Alison has a cool shapes poster hanging from the chalkboard. She goes through all the shapes with the pointer and has the kids repeat the shape back to her. Then she points to a shape and has them say what it is. Then she says, "who can find the triangle?" and if they are sitting nice, raising their hand, they get to use the pointer and show her. </div>
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She read a book called <u>Mouse Shapes</u> and the boys ate rectangle crackers and circle blueberries.</div>
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Alison had made cut outs of the shapes and put them in a little baggie for each child. As Alison called out a shape, the child looked in the baggie to find it, and raised it up into the air to show her. Each time they got more food...hehe.</div>
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We walked down to the park and painted with shape cookie cutters. It worked really well and they were excited to pour glitter over their shapes when they finished.</div>
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Lastly, we played this really fun running game. The kids stood at one end with cones and at the other end was more cones and a bunch more shapes cut out. Alison would blow her whistle and call out a shape. The kids would run to the other end and find the shape she had called, holding it up into the air. They would put it back down and she would blow the whistle again for them to run back to the starting point. They did this for about 20-30 min!</div>
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Play-Doh time with our NOTW. We use a cookie cutter to imprint the number talking about how it's a "1" and then do the "1" again! We also make snakes to put on our number one play-doh mats.</div>
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My 3 year old practices writing his number of the week. He is getting much better at his fine motor skills putting those 11 stickers into his sticker book and I think the 2 year old is catching on as well. </div>
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