tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51115075782042120282024-03-13T06:01:45.445-07:00Sunflowers at SchoolA place for us to share our Charlotte Mason inspired homeschool journeyGinny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-61374562802677808052018-07-30T20:04:00.003-07:002018-07-30T20:04:55.243-07:00CopyworkCopywork was a foreign concept to me, at least in this context. For me, copywork was something you did with a spelling list to help you memorize it: you look at the word and copy it down two or three times in the hopes that you don't forget how to spell it after that.<br />
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However, copywork accomplishes so much more. First it obviously helps to improve handwriting. Having your child spend time daily copying the written word precisely will obviously cause improvement over time. The key is to require your student to copy <i>precisely</i>. This means that for young writers, copywork may consist of a letter or two and over time become a word, then two, then simple sentences, and eventually beautifully crafted sentences. As your child is able to consistently copy neatly, the length of the work assigned increases.<br />
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The next benefit is that the child learns the basics of sentence structure and rules through exposure. The things we take for granted because we have been doing it for so long are new skills for the young. Through copying they gradually begin to identify "rules" such as capitalizing the first letter of sentences, ending punctuation, sentences need verbs, and subjects etc. It is so much easier to explain the "rules" once they are familiar with quality examples rather than the other way around.<br />
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Copywork also allows the parent to expose a child to beautifully crafted sentences by gifted writers. Selections for copying should be chosen to illustrate the beauty of our language. This entices the child to think and write beautifully themselves. It also helps to maintain interest. After all, wouldn't you rather read and write a sentence such as, "The woods are lovely, dark and deep, but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." (from Robert Frost's poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening) as opposed to "The cat ran. The dog ran."? <br />
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There are some that stop copywork after about second grade and begin dictation (the art of writing a sentence beautifully and correctly as it is spoken aloud). However, we have chosen to continue copywork indefinitely. It gives me an opportunity to expose my children to a wider variety of writings than I otherwise might be able to. And it allows for the introduction of new language "rules", history information, or even lessons for my child's improvement. As they get older they can shift from copywork selections chosen by me to a student created notebook full of favorite quotes or poetry. <br />
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So, to get you started, I have included a term's worth of <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/19421i1pu7lzdwa/manners%20copywork%20cursive.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank">cursive copywork</a> for young ladies that I have compiled. A term, for us, is 60 instructional days. Feel free to print and use them in your own schooling. <br />
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<br />Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-88999502043792655672018-07-02T12:15:00.001-07:002018-07-02T12:15:59.061-07:00I'm back!It has been a long and amazing journey, that has left this blog woefully neglected. But I am back, at least for the summer, and have some activities and files to share with you. But first, let me give you a brief idea of what has been going on.<br /><br />When I began this blog I was homeschooling my youngest child, who at the time was a preschooler. I had attended college for a pre-k/elementary education degree which ironically led my husband and I to the decision to homeschool. I did not, at the time, have an "educational philosophy" in mind. We just knew we wanted something that the public schools could not offer. So I began sharing here some of the things we were doing.<br /><br />Over time I studied and researched and prayed and we finally settled on a Charlotte Mason approach about half way through our kindergarten year. We decided to use <a href="https://www.amblesideonline.org/New.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ambleside Online</a> as our primary curriculum. We gradually worked our way through, starting with the basics and over the last 4 years adding in the riches. When she was in first grade, my 8th grade public school daughter encountered some bullying which led us to take her out of public school for the remainder of the year with the intent that she would return for high school. She requested to complete her education at home and graduated this year!<br /><br />Three years ago we also took in an adorable 11 month old little girl, and almost a year ago we opened our home to her newborn brother as well. It has been an adventurous ride!<br /><br />I plan to share with you over the summer (and possibly randomly throughout the year as time allows) some of the things I have created or used that have helped us along the way. I hope they bless you.<br /><br />Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-59841250735298692612014-12-22T09:26:00.005-08:002014-12-22T09:26:43.950-08:00Last Minute Stocking Stuffer Looking for a last minute stocking stuffer? Here is a great idea, extended bedtime passes! In my house Princess A is always asking to stay up past her bedtime, especially since her older siblings have a later bedtime than she does. These passes allow her a few minutes extra, and are a quick and easy gift to add to her stocking. <br />
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<br />Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-51176310223605327832014-07-22T07:23:00.001-07:002014-07-22T07:23:48.341-07:0050 States and Charlotte Mason<table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="width: 500px;">
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Notebooking Pages: Wildflowers, Weeds, and Garden
Flowers - Retail $12.95</span></h3>
This set was created to compliment a nature study of flowers using the Handbook
of Nature Study, by Anna Botsford Comstock. There are 8 designed notebooking
pages for each Wildflower, Weed, & Garden Flower named in this study
(over 45 plants in all!). Included are both regular-lined and primary-lined
so they will work for all ages. <br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">NaturExplorers Fruit & Nuts - Retail $8.95</span></h3>
This unit will not only have you observing and examining fruits and nuts,
you will learn to observe insect and animal behavior, watch for the effects
of disease or weather on plants and be challenged to create meals, make
models, create history reports and so much more!<br />
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Also included is a slight focus on the Fruits of the Spirit in the
Bible section with additional book, music and activity ideas to follow
through with Biblical character training. This is a well-rounded unit
chock-full of lessons to fit every academic area!<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Words With Wings - Retail $39</span></h3>
Introducing Words With Wings, an exciting new poetry curriculum and
contest for kids. Each monthly lesson includes the simple explanation
of a fun poetry form and poetic devices, a writing prompt, examples
from the Words With Wings poets, easy 'how-to' tips, and samples from
famous poets. <br />
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Bible verses are woven through each lesson in a relevant way that
inspires a love of language, as well an understanding of the language
of His love. <br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Discipleship: A Character Curriculum Using Scriptures
- Retail $14.95</span></h3>
<i>Discipleship: A Character Curriculum Using Scripture</i> is a one, two
or three year curriculum geared toward children who are learning to
write and all the way to a high school curriculum. Each year curriculum
has assignments for a 5 day week, however if you desire to take longer
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for your own family!<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Because I Said So - a Biblical Study of Obedience
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<img align="right" src="http://buildyourbundle.net/images/bonus.png" /> This is a brand new 26 page Bible
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of biblical people who struggled with the issue of obedience. Also included
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is perfect for family devotions, quiet time or homeschool Bible class!<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">When I Survey - a Hymnological Journey to the
Cross - Retail $4.99</span></h3>
<i>When I Survey</i> is a 12-day hymnological journey to the cross. Students
and families will dig into the Bible and then support their learning with
the study of a hymn. This study will empower you to set truth deep into
the hearts of your children in a simple and easy way!<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Breakfast Stations Pack - Retail $2.99</span></h3>
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Early Settlers in America - Retail $19.95</span></h3>
This FUN, NO PREP, 6-week unit study is appropriate for grades 2-12.
You will voyage back in time to the founding of America and meet brave
men and women of extraordinary faith, enjoy classic family read-alouds,
create and maintain a simple history timeline, learn geography, research
and make Early American crafts. Children will meet the Pilgrims and
discover life in the 1600s, get to know some famous artists of the
time, enjoy creative language assignments, and more!<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Creation Science a Study Guide to Creation - Retail $18.95</span></h3>
<b>This series has been selected as the top 100 and now 101 Top Picks of
Homeschool Curriculum by Cathy Duffy.</b><br />
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Read great books, demonstrate theories with activities and learn the
joy of knowing our universe was created by an amazing God! This is
written for all grade levels integrating all subjects. This includes
outlines, activities, experiments, vocabulary, reading lists, math
ideas, book reviews, reproducible sheets, and much more. This features
a detailed teaching outline!<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Raising Rock Stars Kindergarten - Retail $10.00</span></h3>
<i><b>What you will find in Raising Rock Stars Kindergarten?</b></i>
Along with fun activities children love, you will find tracing, cutting,
phonics, site words, coloring, vocabulary, math, sign language, and
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">ABC's of Godly Children - Retail $15.99
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<i>The ABC's For Godly Children</i> is a comprehensive, Bible Curriculum
centered around teaching children ages 4-10 about the God they serve
and how to have a heart like His. By using each letter of the alphabet
a Bible lesson is presented in an understandable and interactive format
to teach core truths concerning the Gospel, Godly Character, and Biblical
Manhood and Womanhood.<br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Reading Lessons Through Literature Level 1 - Retail $25.00</span></h3>
<i>Reading Lessons Through Literature</i> is a pick-up and go Orton phonogram
reading program organized around the stories in The Elson Readers. Like
other Orton phonogram programs, it focuses on teaching reading through spelling.
First children learn the basic phonograms. Then they begin writing their
spelling words, analyzing them, and reading them for practice. And finally,
they begin to read stories which include the words they've learned. RLTL
teaches 75 basic phonograms. <br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Asia: It's People and History - Retail $6.95</span></h3>
Is the land of Asia a mystery to your kids? Do they know who lives there?
Do they know how to pray for them? Asia is home to more than fifty
countries and territories and roughly three-fifths of the world's
population. Could you use some help introducing your family to this
vast land? This sixteen-week course presents a brief picture of six
nations. <br />
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<span style="color: #9d2550;">Beginner Old Testament Part 1 Teacher/Student - Retail $28.00</span></h3>
Beginning at Creation, students will take an unforgettable stick figure
journey through the Old Testament. Starting in the Garden of Eden
your students will stick figure events to the Tower of Babel. This
hands-on Bible study will show how God interacted with people from
Adam to Noah. Your students will study the events chronologically
from Creation to the building of the Tower of Babel. Contains: lesson
notes, stick figure drawings, lesson goals & key points, memory
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Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-61123393194671649642012-08-22T13:12:00.002-07:002012-08-24T05:38:40.589-07:00Letter M preschool Unit We are starting serious homeschooling this year. Call it a trial run to see if this is what we truly want to do for elementary school. My heart says home school for sure, but I wonder how it is going to work. I have yet to be able to find a home school group to try and get involved in.
So enough ranting. Here is what we did to learn about the letter M.
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Our Bible story this week is Adam and Eve. We are using <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310725887/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0310725887&linkCode=as2&tag=sunathom-20">The Beginner's Bible</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0310725887" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400316901/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400316901&linkCode=as2&tag=sunathom-20">My First Study Bible: Exploring God's Word On My Own!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400316901" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0089738GO/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0089738GO&linkCode=as2&tag=sunathom-20">All-Time Favorite Bible Stories Old Testament</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0089738GO" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />. For our Bible study portion we read the story daily. Then we choose an activity from the list below.<br />
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<li>retell the story in your own words</li>
<li>draw a picture of the story</li>
<li>act out the story</li>
<li>use story sequencing cards (cards for Adam and Eve can be found <a href="http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/eden/sequencing.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here)</a> </li>
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<b>Math:</b><br />
This year we are using pipe cleaner beads to help with math. These are super simple to make and even easier to use. Cut a standard pipe cleaner in half. Use a 1 by 2 inch label or sheet of paper. Fold it in half sandwiching one end of the pipe cleaner between the paper. If using labels smooth down. If using paper be sure to glue the inside together. One one side write a number. On the other spell the number. If you want these to last I suggest covering the paper portion with a sturdy packing tape to act as a laminate.<br />
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To use simple give your child one, a few or all of the pipe cleaners and a bowl of beads. Instruct him/her to place the correct number of beads on the pipe cleaner. Be sure to have your child read both the number and the word. This is a great activity to use as independent work. <br />
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This year we are also introducing an abacus. This week simply ask your child to show certain numbers on the abacus from 1 to 9. This will help him/her to become familiar with it.<br />
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We will also be learning about nickels. I found a set of large paper coins at the Dollar Tree to help with identification. Discuss color and size compared to other coins (bigger/smaller, same/different). If your child is already familiar with the concept of a penny being worth 1 cent, introduce that a nickel is worth 5 pennies. We use real money and I ask questions such as: how many nickels would be the same as 10 pennies? If I had 4 nickels, how many pennies would I need to have the same amount of money?<br />
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<b>Language Arts</b><br />
Princess already recognizes all of her letters so we are now working on phonemic awareness (letters make sounds). Go on a sound hunt. Set a timer and see how many things you can find that begin with the "m" sound. (It would probably help to strategically place some things for your child to find such as a map, a toy mouse, etc)<br />
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Practice writing your child's name, be sure to emphasize that only the first letter is capitalized.<br />
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We will be using the <a href="http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/find-letter-m-nursery-rhyme-kindergarten/?coliid=679090" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Find the Letter M</a> and the <a href="http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/reading-all-about-letter-m/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get Ready for Reading: All about the Letter M</a> worksheets. I place these in a plastic page protector and we use a dry erase marker to complete them. Once the current week is over they all go in a folder that the child can use at any time.<br />
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We also made this really cute Mm is for Mountains picture:<br />
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All you need to do is trace a large capital M on a piece of green construction paper. All your child to cut out the M. While they are doing that you cut out some "snow" from white paper, 3 tree trunks (one small, one medium and one large) and some 3 green, wavy circles (again one small, medium and large). Once your child has cut out the M allow them to glue it to some blue construction paper. Then ask your child to find the small (medium, large) tree trunk and glue it to the paper. Repeat for the green leaves. Glue on the snow. <br />
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<b>Science</b>:<br />
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This week we are discussing our senses. Talk about what they are (sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell) We did a senses experiment.<br />
You will need: 5 plastic eggs, a small amount of gummy bears, mini marshmallows, dry beans, a cotton ball, and a few nickels. <br />
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Place each item into its own egg (beans in 1 egg, nickels in another etc). Close the eggs and number them 1-5. Print the page below and cut in half to have two sets of 5 ovals (one with numbers and one with pictures)<br />
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Explain to your child that we are going to use all of our sense except sight. Your child can smell the egg, touch the egg, shake and listen to the egg. (even eat what is in some of the eggs at the end!) Have your child guess what is in each egg. (If you choose to explain that this is a hypothesis, a guess based upon all of the information that they can gather at the time.) Have him/her cut out the pictures and glue them to the numbered egg that they think the item is in. For example if they think that the nickels are in egg number 4, then glue the pictures of the nickels to the egg beside number 4. Once all of the pictures have been glued, open the eggs to see if they were right. How did they know? What made it more difficult to guess?</div>
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This week will will be learning about the mailman. Talk about what a mailperson does. Different ways they do it (some walk, some drive from mailbox to mailbox, some only work in the post office.) Visit the post office. Learn about how to address a letter. How does the mailman know where to deliver mail (the address on the letter). Why do they need to know where it came from (in case it gets lost.) Talk about why we put stamps on our letters (it tells the mailman we have paid to have it delivered.) Write a letter and mail it.</div>
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It is a little different than previous ones I have made in that there are a lot of different letters. Rather than coloring all of the uppercase letters one color and the lowercase letters a different color to make the letter pop this one only colors the letter of the week to make the letter pop. I thought it would be to difficult to differentiate between upper and lower case U's. When completed you can also count how many of the other letters are on the page also.</div>
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We are working on number six this week so I created this to put on our learning wall as well. Print both pictures, have your child color the umbrellas, cut out the boxes and glue them in the correct spots on the first page.</div>
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Since today is Librarian appreciation day we are making a card for our local librarian and delivering it to her. We will be talking about how a librarian is one of our community helpers this week for social studies.</div>
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For science we are having a seed race. I dampened a paper towel, put it in a clear baggie and taped it to our window. We then put in a navy bean on one side and a pea on the other and labeled the bag. We were fortunate enough to get an end roll from our local newspaper so we used some of that to create a Seed Science Observer notebook. Simply cut out several 4 by 5 squares and staple them together to create a book. Let your little one illustrate the cover. On the first page I asked Princess A to make a guess about which one would grow first and recorded her answer. She then drew a picture of what we did. Over the next several weeks we will observe and record our experiment in the book. When the plants are big enough we will move them to a pot or into our garden. Be sure at the end to go back and see if the hypothesis (guess) was right.</div>
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For our character training we will be learning to be content by controlling our "wanter" (that thing in all of us that makes us want). Our Bible verse will be Proverbs 21:26 We will be using a lesson from Ministry to Children titled <a href="http://ministry-to-children.com/not-meatballs-but-manna/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manna not Meatballs</a> and talking about how the Israelites did or did not control their wanter. </div>
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Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-85938864034742955642011-12-10T08:52:00.000-08:002011-12-10T08:52:57.089-08:00Christmas Tree RhymeI found a cute little Christmas tree rhyme and created this printable to go with it to use. The rhyme isn't mine, don't really know who created it so if you know, please let me know so I can give credit. The images are mine and you are free to use them for personal use only.<br />
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<center><b>5 Little Christmas Trees</b></center><br />
5 little Christmas trees<br />
standing all alone<br />
feeling very sad<br />
because they didn't have a home<br />
the chop went the axe<br />
and down went the tree<br />
and it went home with a happy family.<br />
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(continue with 4, 3, 2, 1)<br />
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No little Christmas trees<br />
standing all alone<br />
Their hearts were very happy<br />
'cuz they all found a home!<br />
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Please be sure to click on the image to open it in a new screen. Then right click and save. After we cut and glued ours, we "laminated" them with some packing tape to help them to last the entire season. Hope you like it!Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-31697621197440373132011-11-08T11:37:00.000-08:002011-11-10T11:44:22.227-08:00Letter SBeen a while since I have shared our journey through the alphabet. This week we are on Letter S<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.clker.com/cliparts/4/9/5/1/1195422024781490459liftarn_Sign_language_S_fist.svg.hi.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.clker.com/cliparts/4/9/5/1/1195422024781490459liftarn_Sign_language_S_fist.svg.hi.png" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Which is basically a fist with your thumb held in front. We are focusing on the sign language words <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/SING" target="_blank">sing,</a> <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/SNAKE" target="_blank">snake</a>, <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/SUN" target="_blank">sun</a>,<a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/STRONG" target="_blank"> strong</a>, and <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/SISTER/392/1" target="_blank">sister</a>. The color this week is <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/BROWN" target="_blank">brown</a>, our number is <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/FIVE" target="_blank">five,</a> and our shape is a <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/RECTANGLE" target="_blank">rectangle</a>. Click on any of the words to visit Signing Savy and watch the video of how to make the sign.</div><br />
Our Bible Story this week is about Samson. We are reading from both the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310725887/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sunathom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=0310725887">The Beginner's Bible </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0310725887&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (p. 146) and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400316901/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sunathom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1400316901">My First Study Bible </a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1400316901&camp=217145&creative=399373" style="border: currentColor !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /> (p. 106) as well as our Bible (Judges ch. 16). <br />
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The song/rhyme this week is the 5 Little Turkeys. You can find the song and a free printable to go with it <a href="http://sunflowersatschool.blogspot.com/2011/11/thanksgiving-printable.html" target="_blank">here.</a> When Princess A and I do songs like this we count up to the new number, i.e. "<em>one waddled off and then there were four. 1, 2, 3, 4 little turkeys</em>....". This helps her to review her counting skills. <br />
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This weeks Bible verse is Isaiah 55:6<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Math:</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decided to introduce Princess A to a bar graph this week. We used the Pepperidge Farm Colors goldfish. I poured a handful out on the table and then had her sort them according to color. After we sorted them we counted them and then colored the bar graph for each color. Using the bar graph we determined which color we had the most of and which we had the least of. Then she got to eat her fish! You could use this opportunity to introduce the sign for <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/SWIM" target="_blank">swim</a> if you wanted to. You can download my free printables for this <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4Lzf-5lXe2DYWNiOWMwOTAtMDJhNi00YjY4LWEyYzgtNGI5NDJjYzNhMDM4" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FqOh8f2WYrM/TrwCUOX7OyI/AAAAAAAAAZs/2h5rosUKgd4/s1600/sorting.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FqOh8f2WYrM/TrwCUOX7OyI/AAAAAAAAAZs/2h5rosUKgd4/s1600/sorting.png" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l8QaHp99toQ/TrwCVwy9N5I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/NQw4S3mOp9w/s1600/graph.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-l8QaHp99toQ/TrwCVwy9N5I/AAAAAAAAAZ0/NQw4S3mOp9w/s1600/graph.png" /></a></div><br />
We also sang the 5 little turkey song a LOT. Once she got over the eating turkey thing (which actually ended up about eating the stick turkeys we made and not about eating real turkeys once she talked about it!) she really liked this one!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If your child is up for it you could also do this hidden S worksheet together. Princess A really enjoys finding the hidden letter and this is usually the activity we do to introduce the new letter.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_q00Lg8-rmg/TrwT_hP-nMI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/st-ahDW72uo/s1600/hidden+s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_q00Lg8-rmg/TrwT_hP-nMI/AAAAAAAAAZ8/st-ahDW72uo/s320/hidden+s.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">click the image above to enlarge it and then print the image</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Social Studies:</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since one of our words this week is sister, I chose to focus on family this week. We talked about what a family is and what our responsibilities are to our family. I chose not to introduce specific Bible verses for these, but I made sure to tell her things such as, "God tells us that we should obey our moms and dads" and "God tells us that families take care of each other". Use your best judgement as to what your child is ready for. Then we drew a picture of our family. Let your child lead in this activity. If he/she adds people that are not in your biological family it presents an opportunity to talk about God's family. If he or she leaves out a sibling, then you can talk about the different people that make up a biological family. Lots of room here for you to discuss. You might want to date and save this picture as well as record your child's thoughts on who was included and why, i.e. grandma is in our family because I love her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Art:</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finger paint. Let your fingers slide through the paint. Talk about how slippery it is. If you don't already have finger paint here is a great recipe:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">in a 2 qt sauce pan put 1/3 cup cornstarch. Slowly stir in 2 cups cold water while stirring. Bring to a boil over low heat. Stir constantly until it thickens and becomes almost clear. Pour into small containers and add food coloring to each container. Stir to blend. Allow to cool completely. Add about a teaspoon of liquid dish soap to each container to help prevent it from staining. Stir.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Want to avoid the mess? Get a gallon size ziplock bag. With the bag laying flat place a dollop of each color in a corner (red in one corner, blue in another etc). Close the bag almost all the way. Insert a straw into the open area and suck as much air as you can out. Seal the bag. Tape it closed to prevent little fingers from opening it. Now let your little one squish and slide the colors together. Be sure to talk about what you observe when two colors mix.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong>Phys. Ed.</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a great way to review colors, shapes, letters, numbers, just about anything. This week we are reviewing shapes. I drew a different shape that we have studied on several pieces of paper. (Circle on one, triangle on another, rectangle on another etc). If you want these to last then laminate them. Set the papers in a circle on the floor and then turn on your little ones favorite music. Stop the music periodically and have your little one tell you what shape he/she is standing on. You can alter this by changing the pace every time you stop. One time you tiptoe, another you hop, another you walk, etc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hope you and your little one enjoy the letter S activities. Have any other ideas? I would love it if you would share them in the comments!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Five little turkeys standing by the door,</div><div align="center">one waddled off and then there were four.</div><div align="center">Four little turkeys under a tree</div><div align="center">one waddled off and then there were three</div><div align="center">Three little turkeys with nothing to do</div><div align="center">one waddled off and then there were two</div><div align="center">Two little turkeys in the noon day sun</div><div align="center">one waddled off and then there was one</div><div align="center">One little turkey better run away</div><div align="center">for soon will come Thanksgiving day!</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Now, I have to be honest here. Princess A didn't understand why the turkey had to run away so I explained that a lot of families eat turkey for Thanksgiving. I honestly didn't think it would upset her since her daddy hunts and she has been exposed to the whole process of "what a cute deer, can I pet it?" to butchering, to "Daddy, this deer tastes yummy". Turkeys however, are a different story for her! She got so upset and repeatedly informed me, "that's not nice" and "that will hurt the turkey". Fortunately I am more of a ham gal. Just have to be sure to avoid pig songs that end with the pig on the table!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I decided to turn this into a little puppet action. Wish my camera wasn't on the fritz and I could show you pictures, but it is. So you just have to imagine cute little turkeys on top of popsicle sticks. And seeing as how all of these little rhymes are floating in my head I decided to make it easy on myself and put each line on the back of a turkey so I didn't have to memorize another song! They are super simple to put together and only require a printer, a glue stick and 5 popsicle sticks. If you want to make them last you can use some packing tape or contact paper to "laminate" them after you put them together.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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The Happy Home Fairy has shared not only the printable wrap for your can, but sheets with some fun Summer activities to print as well. I love that each activity has a "DO" item and a "SNAP IT" challenge where you take a picture of what you do and keep a summer album. There are home, in the city, and community service activities included. So check out the <a href="http://happyhomefairy.com/2011/05/30/the-what-can-i-do-can-free-printable/">What Can I Do? Can</a>, find a can around your house and make your own!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div>Ginny of Sunflowers at Homehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04225700701180499990noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5111507578204212028.post-59638308432555483852011-05-05T14:45:00.000-07:002015-06-15T08:39:22.548-07:00Letter lesson - KPrincess A and I are now working on the Letter K <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://l.thumbs.canstockphoto.com/canstock2784090.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://l.thumbs.canstockphoto.com/canstock2784090.jpg" width="124" /></a></div>The sign words we are focusing on for letter K are<a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/KING"> king</a>,<a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/kangaroo"> kangaroo</a>, <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/KITCHEN">kitchen</a>, <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/kid">kid</a>, and<a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/KISS"> kiss</a>. Just click the word to view a video of how to sign the word. The color is <a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/wordlist/2/PINK/62">pink</a> simply because the sign for pink is a K drawn down from the lips. (K is an inverted P and P is for pink)<br />
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During this week we will be reading about King David from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/My-First-Study-Bible-Exploring/dp/1400308879?ie=UTF8&tag=sunathom-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">My First Study Bible: Exploring God's Word On My Own!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1400308879" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /> in the stories God Chose His Own Man, I Was a Giant Killer, and I Want to Worship God. (Be sure and review the sign for king and you can even teach the sign for<a href="http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/GOD"> God </a>if you haven't already).<br />
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This weeks song is I wish I were a baby Kangaroo sung to the tune of If your happy and you know it<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><i>I wish I were a baby kangaroo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I wish I were a baby kangaroo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i> for if I were a roo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I'd hop right up to you</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>I wish I were a baby kangaroo</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">(from www.dltk-teach.com)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be sure to hop around (working on gross motor skills) while singing!</div><div style="text-align: left;">And this weeks Bible verse is 1 Corinthians 8:1b</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2TwJOfTCOw/Tb4VwjkExqI/AAAAAAAAARs/BswPi_POE_0/s1600/1cor8.1b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-a2TwJOfTCOw/Tb4VwjkExqI/AAAAAAAAARs/BswPi_POE_0/s320/1cor8.1b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">Math:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Since it is spring around here we are spending some time outside counting leaves on some of our seedlings. (see the science section) If it is later in the year for you, you could count the petals on some of the flowers, lay a hula hoop in your yard and count all of the bugs you find in that area (or all the rocks, or all the clovers, or all the fallen leaves, etc). We also put a bird feeder in the tree in front of our learning window. I researched what kind of birds were common to our area and chose those that were easiest to identify (robins, bluejays and cardinals). I printed out pictures of each and pasted them onto a piece of paper. This paper hangs by our window so when Princess A sees one of the birds she puts a mark by it's picture. At the end of the week count how many of each she has seen and then graph the totals. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Language:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Princess A LOVED watching this video with Kermit teaching how to make the letter K using her finger and air writing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><object height="255" width="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/_dZfObvf2CA?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/v/_dZfObvf2CA?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="300" height="255" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br />
<div style="text-align: left;">Drawing letters in the air is a great way to practice writing letters. Involving the whole body aids in memory retention. Use this letter K picture and have your child glue beans to it in the shape of the K. (When done, count the beans for a quick math activity) Since we still have a ton of plastic Easter eggs left, I decided to put them to use. On the top half of the egg use a permanent marker or stickers and attach/write an uppercase letter. On the bottom half attach/write the lowercase letter. (Depending upon the age and ability of your child you can make sure the top and bottom are the same color or you can mix them up.) Scatter the tops and bottoms on the floor and have your child match them up. Again, use your judgement as to how many letters to use for this game. You can also use the eggs another way. Sit with your child and go through a magazine. Have your child identify pictures of items beginning with the /k/ sound. Cut them out and place them in your egg. Don't want to do the eggs? Create a K collage instead. See below for some suggested books to read.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Science:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Get in the kitchen with your child, after all it is one of our words this week! Preschoolers can help scoop flour into a measuring cup (be sure to count how many it takes), stir, dump, pour, etc. A lot of times they will even eat what they make (a great way to introduce new foods). Be sure to talk about how things change when you cook them. (The batter was runny and after baking it stays together.) Crack and egg and show them how it is runny, then fry, boil, or scramble it and see how it changes. Make sure to encourage your child to make LOTS of observations and even to hypothesize about how/if what you are making will change. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Since it is spring here, we also did a seed project. You need a ziptop sandwich bag, paper towel, bean seed (we used a lima bean). Be sure to use a dried bean seed. Wet the paper towel and squeeze until it is just damp. Fold and place the towel in the sandwich bag. Place a couple of beans in the bag on top of the towel. Remove as much air as possible and seal the bag closed. We hung our seed bag in our learning window so we could observe it every day. Things to point out: the roots always grow down and the stem always grows up. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Social Studies:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Have you ever heard of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Flat-Stanley-picture-book-Brown/dp/0061129046?ie=UTF8&tag=sunathom-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Flat Stanley</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=sunathom-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0061129046" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" />? Basically Flat Stanley is a paper doll that you mail off to someone. While they have him they keep a journal of sorts about what they do together. They then mail the original person a postcard of where he is and then they mail him and the journal off to someone else who repeats the process. At a given time the journal and Stanley are mailed back to the original person. Why not do a Flat Kate? Chose a girl coloring page and print out your Flat Kate so your child can color it. Hit up the Dollar Tree for some mini composition notebooks to use as your journal. Write up your explanation of what is going on and mail it all out. (You can even pass her around the church or your local preschool group if you would rather.) When you get Kate back you can show your child where she has been on a map.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Art:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This one takes a little preparation. Buy some white beans (navy beans, lima beans etc). Divide them up into 6 different baggies. Add a few drops of red liquid food color to one, blue to another, yellow to another, mix yellow and blue to make green in another, red and blue to make purple in another, and red and yellow to make orange in another. Shake to coat the seeds. Then spread them out and allow them to dry. Finally, let your child use them to create pictures. Simply glue them on to paper. Some of the stained glass coloring sheets would be great to use for this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Decorate a crown that a king might wear.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Phys. Ed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">KICK! Play kickball together. Set up a goal and practice kicking the ball into it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">And that is all for letter K this week. Hope you found some ideas to help you along!<br />
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The clings are from Dollar Tree, the color set and the alphabet set.<br />
Bible points<br />
We will read from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1400308879/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=sunathom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1400308879">My First Study Bible: Exploring God's Word On My Own!</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&l=as2&o=1&a=1400308879" style="border: medium none; margin: 0px;" width="1" /> the story of Joseph and his coat (review the sign for jacket/coat) in God Makes Good from Bad and also the chapter Jesus Loves Children (review the sign for Jesus) <br />
sing Jesus Loves Me (or if you you can learn how to sign it by watching <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq7qOMeC9gc&feature=related">this video</a>)<br />
Bible verse:<br />
John 3:16<br />
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Math:<br />
Jelly Bean math<br />
this one focuses on counting, recognizing written numbers, colors and matching. Pick and choose which areas to focus on for your child. We typically focus on one a day. Princess A likes this because she gets to eat the jelly beans when we finish! You will need jelly beans and a deck of uno cards. (we had an old deck that was worn and missing cards so it got incorporated into our school supplies) Here is where you can mix and match. Lay out cards and have your child place the correct number of jelly beans on each card. You can also lay out the cards with the same number but different colors and have your child group the colors together matching the number on the card and then count how many groups, then how many jelly beans total, and practice skip counting (2, 4, 6 etc this one is a little advanced for us right now though). You can also give your child a handful of jelly beans. You child can sort them into colors and then find the card number that matches (ie 4 red jelly beans get a number 4 card or a red number 4 card) Lots of options here so that you can change it up every time you do it.<br />
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Language:<br />
Teach the new sign words. When reading about Joseph talk about his Jacket/coat. Go on a letter J hunt. Take index cards and cut them in half. On each card write a letter. (be sure to include several copies of the letter J) You can cover each card with packing tape or contact paper to make them sturdier and then you can save them to reuse later. Or you can download and print out a set here on cardstock. Hide the letters through out your home and have you child hunt them out. When he/she finds a letter have them bring it to you and tell you the letters name. (You can also make the sound to help with phonemic awareness) See below for some suggested books to read while studying the letter J. Don't forget the standard language arts teaching moments - pointing out the letter on signs, in the stores, in the books you read as well as the color brown.<br />
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Science:<br />
make some homemade jelly. You can find my recipe for Appalachian Jelly by clicking <a href="http://sunflowersathome.blogspot.com/2009/09/five-freebies-friday_25.html">here</a>, but there are lots of easy recipes out there. Disappearing juice drawings. Using a paint brush and lemon juice, have your child paint a plain sheet of computer paper. Allow it to dry and show it to your child. Then hold the painting close to an incandescent light bulb and watch the drawing reappear! Visit a zoo (in person or online) and check out the animals that live in a jungle.<br />
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Social Studies:<br />
make a set of binoculars like a jungle explorer would use. Use them to go on a jungle hunt. Think along the lines of going on a bear hunt: We're going on a jungle hunt, to see what we can see. What a beautiful day! We're not scared! Uhh Ohh....a _________ can't go under it, can't go over it, can't go around it, we have to go through it (make sounds) include color descriptions when possible (uhh ohh....leaves, dry brown leaves)<br />
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Art:<br />
homemade playdough with letter cut outs are always a hit. As well as fingerpainting letters. I also tend to try and include a coloring sheet that goes with the stories we read (ie joseph coloring sheet, jesus with children, jungle animals, etc) that princess A can color or paint depending on how messy I want to get that day. When the weather is nice we also go outside and make GIANT letters on the driveway with chalk. I have even had her lay down in a letter shape and traced her on the driveway. Art was also covered with the binoculars, the juice painting and the singing. Mix colors together and see which ones make brown.<br />
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Phys Ed.<br />
JUMP! Play Jack be nimble. decorate a toilet paper roll to look like a candle and place it on the floor. (Paint the roll any color you like. cut 6 slits along the bottom, each about 1/2 inch. Open slits out and glue them to a small paper plate. Color/paint plate. Use red, orange and yellow tissue paper to create flames and glue inside top of tp roll. Easy candlestick) Child stands on one side as you sing the first verse. Jack be nimble, jack be quick, jack jump over the candlestick. Jack jumped high, Jack jumped low, Jack jumped over it don't you know! Substitute names for Jack and jump over the candlestick.<br />
In addition we found this awesome song on youtube. Princess A loves it!<br />
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Until next time, <br />
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For about an hour 2-3 days a week we have "school". Now I am a frugal educator, so there are no expensive props in my house. For the most part we use what we have or what we can find on the internet or the Dollar Tree. We do one letter every couple of weeks with lots of review. That being said, I don't <i>ever</i> push her. I want it to be fun and when it isn't fun for her we stop. After all, she is only 2 and school should not be a chore at 2.<br />
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So, today I just wanted to give you a few of my pointers<br />
*Establish a School supplies area<br />
I bought one of those plastic 3 drawer shelves to store ours in. It sits in the dining room where we have school. Makes it a lot easier to gather what I need for that days activities. In it I keep crayons/markers, water color paints, dry lima beans, cotton balls, homemade playdough, scissors, and so much more. Princess A is not allowed in this unless we are having school. This helps to establish boundaries (which will be vital when she does start school) and makes these items "special" which lends excitement to the activities.<br />
*use as many free resources as possible<br />
Preschoolers aren't always know for their attention span or their neatness. For the most part, if I can get it for free, I do. It makes no sense to me to go out and purchase a CD of activity songs when I can find tons of them on youtube with a video to boot! With the abundance of free conversion software, if Princess A grows especially fond of a song I can convert it and save it to an mp3 player or cd. You can also borrow CD's from your local library. Same idea for books. The local librarian and I are on a first name basis. This is great because Princess A now has a HUGE variety of books available to her and the librarian even keeps an eye out for books that might interest her and sets them aside for me. I don't know about all libraries, but with my card I can long on to the library website, search out books, put a hold on them and the librarian then pulls them and has them waiting for me to pick up on my next visit. I can even order books from other libraries in the county and have them waiting for me at my local library! Even better, I don't have to store them all. Again, if we come across one we really enjoy we purchase it for her library. There are also a lot of free books you can read together online as well. Also, use what nature provides. If it is fall, use acorns as a counting manipulative, or dandelions in the summer. You can even make water color paints from flowers, grass, onions etc. Not to mention the outdoors is great for science learning. Go on an insect hunt, gather seeds and compare, mix colors using spray bottles and the snow outside.<br />
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*Don't overlook your Dollar Tree store<br />
These stores have really begun to cater to homeschoolers and teachers. I stop in every few weeks to see if there is anything new I can use. Flash cards for a buck, alphabet/colors/shapes window clings, even writing papers, stickers, foam shapes etc. I have a window in my dining room that has become Princess A's school window. You can tell what letter we are on by looking at the window because it is covered in alphabet window clings up to that letter. We use it every time we have school to review. <br />
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I will add to this as more comes to me. It is my intention to post 26 lesson starters (1 for each letter). I call them starters becuase I am not planning to give plans, just resources and a general idea. What works for Princess A may not work for your little prince or princess. <br />
Until next time, <br />
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