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We haven't actually started our lesson for this unit but I saw this little project and had to try it. Tomorrow we will begin our study of INSECTS.
Spider Web Treats.
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| Place stick pretzels on wax paper in a cookie sheet. Place pretzels in a star shape. |
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| Melt Almond Bark in microwave until soft but not hot. Scoop into a plastic bag and cut a tiny hole in the corner of the bag to squeeze out the melted chocolate. |
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| Squeeze the melted Almond Bark into the center to make the pretzels stick together and string it around to make a spider web. Place chocolate in the center (that is suppose to be the spider- I was not interested in melting dark chocolate for the legs. Place in a cool place for just a couple of minutes. Gently peel from wax paper and ENJOY!   |
Today we talked about water.
We can not live without water. Even animals and plants need water.
Our souls (the inside of us) needs water too. Living Water.
We talked about water and how it is a liquid and can also be a solid and a gas too.
The kids played with water and ice cubes. I think they were busy for about an hour sitting at the table pouring water from a measuring cup into a bowl and scooping more water up with little medicine cups and dumping ice cubes in the water (and eating them) and watching them melt.
Ironically enough, during their snack time I popped in a video they have been asking to watch.
Frosty the Snowman.
It was perfect. We talked about how when Frosty melted he became a liquid and when he was a snowman he was a solid!
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| We talked and learned about Dinosaurs! |
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| Graphing |
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| The letter "D." We decided to put out words to remember badge inside the Dino's belly. |
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| More graphing. At one time I gave the kids a mixture of cheerios and goldfish for a snack. The bowl got dropped and while I was picking them up I thought it looked cute. It looked like the fish were blowing bubbles. Out of that came a fish and bubbles graph! |
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| Math: We played WAR! I was impressed that Gabe knew which number was higher. Next time we will keep score with tally sticks! |
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| Science: We played with the magnet wands and paperclips. We read "How do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?"   "How do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight   .""How do Dinosaurs Say I love You   ."He loved them! We also really liked, " Dinosaur ROAR   ." |
God really is amazing.
The creator of the Universe and yet he knows everything (large and small) about us.
We decided to go to the library one day and low and behold they had a
"VISIT TO THE MOON" exhibit!
The kids had so much fun!
I learned something too during this unit. The Moon does not actually give off light. So why does it shine? It shines because it reflects light from the sun.
Spiritual lesson: We are like the moon. There is no light in us. But we can (if we choose) to shine because of the light of God's 'sun.'
I was also impressed cause my 2.5 year old actually learned from the activity we did
learning about the Full moon, Half moon, Crescent moon, and New moon. We decided to read books outside in the evening before bed and she saw the moon and declared that it was a half moon. She was right!
eah! We completed our first full official week of MFW K! The unit on THE SUN.
I have to be honest. I was completely discombobulated when it came to:
what to do
when
and
how.
The teacher's manual could be a little more user friendly....what is she trying to do? Scare us first year homeschoolers to death? Cause that is almost what happened.
But, with the help of the Homeschool Lounge and some friends who have used MFW K, I made it through and this next week I will be a little more laid back.
So here is what we did.
We practiced little curve and little curve that makes an 'S' from Handwriting without tears. Then we made it with our foam pieces. ( If you would like to know more about this... just ask).
We wrote out 'S' on our chalkboard tablet and we found the 'S' is for SUN card.
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| we loved this National Geographic Book! It explained very well how the earth moves around the son and why we have night and day AND different seasons! |
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| They suggested we do this fun lesson. We did and he loved it! What is even better... he learned from it! |
For some reason this picture flipped on me. Sorry.
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| He drew a picture of himself. We taped it to a ball. Turned out the light and turned on a flashlight (which was the sun). I rotated the ball on it's axis to see how we get night and day. Then I rotated it on it's axis and made it orbit around the light to see how we get seasons. It clicked. He understood it! |
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  We made Chicken Florentine Ring cause it looks like a sun. | <><>
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| This was a fun experiment. Now we have a place mat. P.S. sorry for the glitches. I had some technical difficulty and can't fix it without rewriting this post. |
Our first week was great! G. Was diligent in his school work and often begged for more. I was quite impressed with his cutting skills!
He is quite proud of his very first book!
I instead of stapling it together I used the 3 hole punch and put it in a folder.
He even wrote the title on the front cover CREATION.
Then his name.
He is really enjoying writing his name too.
That is one thing I wanted to mention. Since he already can identify his letters and even knows the letter sounds. We are going to be using Handwriting Without Tears and substitute that portion with practicing writing.
I am still working on the actual planning. Trying to piece it all together. I really want to add in Phys Ed and Music pretty much daily. Too ambitious? We will see how it all transpires. Again, that is another bonus to schooling at home. Keep tweeking until our needs are met.
This year (kindergarten) we are using RightStart Mathematics Level A Lessons For Home Educators
This is a perfect addition to our 100 days of school sticks in our MFW curriculum
Well, I have my curriculum and I am in the process of organizing what I have and what we will be doing. I plan to use a modified version of the workbox system. This is roughly how I will use it. Even before I heard about Sue Patrick's Workbox System,
I had a daily schedule (in pictures) all printed out and laminated so the kids could see what was coming up next and get some idea of what the day would look like. So I figure I will do it for 'school' subjects and activities too! The only difference is I will have a physical place with these things set out for them to do.
I am also trying to figure out in my brain how and when to incorporate the other curriculums I am adding to MFW K. (RightStart Math, Handwriting Without Tears, and Intro to Classical Music).
If any of you have any tips on lining it up and nailing it down... let me know. This is my weak area. In my mind, for some reason I have a hard time completing the thoughts. The lie I believe is that I need to see it, do it, try it, feel it, see how it goes, or any other excuse for me to NOT plan ahead. All that is called is lack of discipline. So there. I said it. Now you know. Keep me accountable.
So what am I doing now?
I have the file folders all in order.
I have placed the worksheets in each file.
I have collected a couple extra resouces that we will be using with MFW K. (more on that another day)
I have purchased foam squares to make the weekly badges.
I have tweeked the grid I have with the daily plans (this will be an on-going tweeking).
If you do MFW, what have you done to prepare so far?
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