Two Big Sisters:
Two Ponies:
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Week 2: Thursday
Today, we took our lesson on the number 2 on the road. We joined Mya and Lydia at Blackberry Farm for some afternoon fun. On the way, we counted how many people were in the backseat, how many sippy cups, and how many pony tails were in the car. Once we arrived, we found lots of things to count: how many big sisters were in our group, how many little sisters, how many strollers, how many ponies, etc. We had a really fun day.
Two Big Sisters:
Two Ponies:
Two Big Sisters:
Two Ponies:
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Week 2: Wednesday
I got this really great wipe off board at WalMart. It was only about $3, but it has lines printed on it like the kindergarten writing notebooks. I got it so we could practice writing letters on it, and today we got our first chance to try it out. Elsie protested the letter B while I drew some to show her how...she wanted to do A's instead. I did manage to get one B out of her...hers is on the second line...it's quite possibly the cutest letter B I've ever seen.
Week 2: Tuesday
Can you guess which color we learned about?
I promise the girl has shorts on as well!
I promise the girl has shorts on as well!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Week 2: Monday
My printer is dead...or, at least it's dying...perhaps it has a deadly disease? Anyway, it won't print! It has selective printing capabilities. I've tried changing the ink cartridge, but it still prints if/when/what it wants to. So, we're not printing coloring pages. Actually, I need to have Jason print some off at work and bring them home. THAT'S a good idea.
Anyway, yesterday we started our second weekly theme: the JUNGLE! Fun, right? Sure! Since the printer was being fun, instead of coloring a picture of the jungle, we looked at the coloring page online, and I let Elsie do some freestyle coloring. While she colored, we talked about the vocabulary word of the week: vines. We also talked about animals you can find in the jungle, and decided to take a cue from last week's lesson. In true jungle fashion, we acted like parrots. We flew through the house squawking and flapping our arms. We perched on the couch, the chair, and the edge of the bathtub. Then, we ate lunch.
Our afternoon was much more calm. We snuggled up in the recliner and read Elsie's Bible. We attempted to practice her new scripture, but everytime I initiate practicing it, Elsie reverts to "Genesis 1:1..." so, we'll keep trying.
Anyway, yesterday we started our second weekly theme: the JUNGLE! Fun, right? Sure! Since the printer was being fun, instead of coloring a picture of the jungle, we looked at the coloring page online, and I let Elsie do some freestyle coloring. While she colored, we talked about the vocabulary word of the week: vines. We also talked about animals you can find in the jungle, and decided to take a cue from last week's lesson. In true jungle fashion, we acted like parrots. We flew through the house squawking and flapping our arms. We perched on the couch, the chair, and the edge of the bathtub. Then, we ate lunch.
Our afternoon was much more calm. We snuggled up in the recliner and read Elsie's Bible. We attempted to practice her new scripture, but everytime I initiate practicing it, Elsie reverts to "Genesis 1:1..." so, we'll keep trying.
Monday, August 4, 2008
Week 1: Friday
Yes, I realize this is actually Monday. I'm just making up for lost time!
Anyway, when I was gearing up for the weekly themes, I peeked ahead at the daily lessons and discovered that Friday's lesson is on nursery rhymes. I haven't even heard all of the nursery rhymes that they include so I decided that we'd read the nursery rhyme as part of Friday's lesson, but we won't be spending time out of our week to memorize them. Instead, we're going to work on memorizing scriptures. Elsie did a great job with her first weekly scripture, and we introduced her second one, which is Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."
I don't have all of the scriptures picked out ahead of time, but it seems like I've spent a lot of time talking to Elsie about thankfulness lately so I chose a scripture that included that. Now, she can spend the week reminding herself!
We also did our daily Bible reading and workbook pages. Then, we made a cow out of squares, which doesn't really look all that much like a cow, if you ask me. But, Elsie is quite proud of it. She even named it...so, here she is making her very first online appearance-Bessie the Cow!
For review, we took time to draw and trace squares, the letter A, and the number 1.
Anyway, when I was gearing up for the weekly themes, I peeked ahead at the daily lessons and discovered that Friday's lesson is on nursery rhymes. I haven't even heard all of the nursery rhymes that they include so I decided that we'd read the nursery rhyme as part of Friday's lesson, but we won't be spending time out of our week to memorize them. Instead, we're going to work on memorizing scriptures. Elsie did a great job with her first weekly scripture, and we introduced her second one, which is Colossians 4:2 "Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful."
I don't have all of the scriptures picked out ahead of time, but it seems like I've spent a lot of time talking to Elsie about thankfulness lately so I chose a scripture that included that. Now, she can spend the week reminding herself!
We also did our daily Bible reading and workbook pages. Then, we made a cow out of squares, which doesn't really look all that much like a cow, if you ask me. But, Elsie is quite proud of it. She even named it...so, here she is making her very first online appearance-Bessie the Cow!
For review, we took time to draw and trace squares, the letter A, and the number 1.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Week 1: Thursday
Our schoolwork today started with reading the Bible and practicing our scripture. She's still mixing up the Earth and the Heaven's, but that's pretty minor so I'm not worried about it. It's sweet to hear her speaking in scripture as she plays.
Today, we started our lesson on the number 1. I introduced the subject at snack time where Elsie had 1 m&m, 1 cheez-it, 1 cookie, 1 chip, 1 graham cracker, 1 wheat thin, and 1 marshmallow. We counted how many of each item we had...ONE, of course. Then, she ate all the sweet stuff first as any daughter of mine would do!
After snacktime, we took turns drawing the number 1 on the lightsketcher...no need for tracing! We also drew 1 square since that's our shape of the week. Then, I sent Elsie on a number 1 scavenger hunt while I nursed Claira. She found 1 Barbie doll, 1 hairbow, 1 ball, 1 green block, and I had her find 1 thing shaped like a square so she brought me 1 book. Then, we drew the number 1 in our Number Book and picked out 1 sticker for the page.
To finish, we read 1 book and colored 1 page in a coloring book with only 1 crayon.
Today, we started our lesson on the number 1. I introduced the subject at snack time where Elsie had 1 m&m, 1 cheez-it, 1 cookie, 1 chip, 1 graham cracker, 1 wheat thin, and 1 marshmallow. We counted how many of each item we had...ONE, of course. Then, she ate all the sweet stuff first as any daughter of mine would do!
After snacktime, we took turns drawing the number 1 on the lightsketcher...no need for tracing! We also drew 1 square since that's our shape of the week. Then, I sent Elsie on a number 1 scavenger hunt while I nursed Claira. She found 1 Barbie doll, 1 hairbow, 1 ball, 1 green block, and I had her find 1 thing shaped like a square so she brought me 1 book. Then, we drew the number 1 in our Number Book and picked out 1 sticker for the page.
To finish, we read 1 book and colored 1 page in a coloring book with only 1 crayon.
Week 1: Wednesday
I'm determined to stick with the daily posts during the week, but this entire week has been quite a large adjustment for us with starting the schoolwork and potty training. Elsie is doing excellent with the potty training. She had two half accidents on Tuesday where she didn't make it in time so she had half in her pants and half in her potty, but yesterday she did great. She even went all the way through church last night without an accident and went potty when she got home so I'm THRILLED with her progress. No accidents yet today either.
Yesterday was rather hectic as Claira was incredibly clingy. We took some time early in the morning to read Elsie's Bible, and then we practiced her scripture again. She had most of it learned on Tuesday, but she says, "the Earth and the Heavens." She gets those two mixed up.
Our lesson for the day was on the letter A. So, we sang the alphabet and then colored the letter A. I drew the uppercase and lowercase letter A several times on Elsie's light sketcher, and she traced over them. She actually surprised me with how well she was able to trace them. While we did that, we talked about the sounds that the letter A makes and words that start with A. Then, I let her watch the Leapfrog Letter Factory DVD, which I highly recommend. I plan to let her watch it every Wednesday after our letter lesson.
Yesterday was rather hectic as Claira was incredibly clingy. We took some time early in the morning to read Elsie's Bible, and then we practiced her scripture again. She had most of it learned on Tuesday, but she says, "the Earth and the Heavens." She gets those two mixed up.
Our lesson for the day was on the letter A. So, we sang the alphabet and then colored the letter A. I drew the uppercase and lowercase letter A several times on Elsie's light sketcher, and she traced over them. She actually surprised me with how well she was able to trace them. While we did that, we talked about the sounds that the letter A makes and words that start with A. Then, I let her watch the Leapfrog Letter Factory DVD, which I highly recommend. I plan to let her watch it every Wednesday after our letter lesson.
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