Spring and baby animals

David continued his phonics and letter practice today. He also practiced the 2 - 1 = 1 problem again. We practiced the alphabet and how to put them in correct order with his alphabet magnets. We are also beginning our study of Spring and baby animals. Rabbits, chicks, and lambs are some of the animals we will be learning about. I read a Blue's Clues Spring book to David. David practiced his shapes today also. We made a lion mask today and talked about how March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb. It was a short but fun day. Have a great day everyone.

Back to schedule

I have been off in posting the last two days of our homeschool. So, now I am back to schedule. It has just been busy and I was unable to post. Today, we continued our phonics and number practice. We counted paper bones up to 10. We also did our first subtraction problem today. We did 2 - 1 = 1 with the paper bones. David did some practice worksheets on the letter L and the number 0. For arts and crafts, David drew a picture of his face on construction paper and included all of his facial features. David also did a fill in the missing letter worksheet for the alphabet. We did order of objects with David's blocks. I read a book about Spring to David. It was about bears who hibernate for the winter and wait for spring. We then built a bear's den in the living room using two chairs and a big blanket and David got in his makeshift bear's den with his stuffed animal bears and pretended to hibernate. It was a fun activity for him and helped him see how bears have to hibernate until Spring. We also learned about home safety and what to do if a stranger approaches you at the park or anyhwere else. I read a book on safety which showed different scenarios of what could happen in certain situations. The last thing we did was lay outside on a blanket and look for clouds that were in the shape of animals. We had no luck as it is very overcast and rainy looking today. So, we will try that again on the next sunny with clouds day we have. Have a great day everyone.

No Bugs

We went on our bug walk this morning and could not find one bug to catch in our jar. The cold weather has killed everything off. We didn't even see one spiderweb. So, I guess the bug walk should be postponed until spring arrives. I am looking forward to butterflies and bugs after all this cold weather we have had recently. David practiced his phonics and letter recognition. He also counted with pennies and did a few addition problems with them. I had some worksheet pages for David to do for printing practice and addition practice. David drew a bunny rabbit and colored it all in too. We will be watching the Velveteen Rabbit in a little bit because we learned some about bunny rabbits this week. David will also make a cottonball rabbit on construction paper and give it a name. We will also make an ant farm today in a jar. We are hoping in a few days we will get to see all the tunnels they make so David can learn how they make their homes. As usual on Friday we will go to the library to check out more books for our homeschool next week. Have a great weekend everyone.

Insects and Playgroup

We had a very fun start to our day as we had our playgroup that we are a part of come to our house for some fun and food. The kids played and had a blast together. It was so much fun! After everyone left, we did homeschool in the afternoon. We were supposed to collect some bugs today for our bug jar but will do that tomorrow. Our plan is also to make an ant farm from a jar so David can see how the ants make their homes with tunnels. I did some flashcard practice with David on the alphabet letters. David did some printing practice for several alphabet letters. He also did some counting practice with pennies. I finished reading the last two chapters in the Abraham Lincoln book. We learned some interesting facts about insects and that there are so many different kinds that we could never count them all. There was some phonics practice today also and finally t-ball practice late in the afternoon for David. It was a busy day but a fun day.

Insects and bugs

Today, we learned about different types of insects and bugs and how an insect has three body parts, six legs, and usually has compound eyes. We made a "bug jar" and we plan on going for a bug walk tomorrow to see how many bugs we cand find. We will also go on a spider web walk and look for spiderwebs. David practiced his phonics, numbers, and addition again. I read another chapter in the Abraham Lincoln book to David. We played penny store where I labeled items with different amounts no larger than 15 cents and David tried to see what he could count and buy in the store. It was a very cold day today and I hope to see signs of spring soon!

Abraham Lincoln

We continued our study about Abraham Lincoln today by reading in the book I checked out from the library. It was very interesting to learn that both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were both homeschooled! We found Kentucky and Indiana on the globe and learned how Lincoln traveled from both states by horse and buggy. David practiced his letter phonics and number counting. He also did some worksheet pages on numbers and letters. We also visited the Branford library this afternoon and saw a Police K-9 demonstration. It was very educational for both David and I and Rebecca. That was pretty much our day and I hope to have some warmer weather here soon in Florida. Take care everyone.

President's Day

Happy President's Day to everyone! We are continuing our study on presidents by reading the book "Abraham Lincoln, President of a Divided Country". David will construct a paper Lincoln log cabin in honor of President's Day. I will be reading "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" and also some books on animal babies. We will practice our letters again today and counting also. I will read The Lion and the Mouse from Aesop's Fable to David. We are going to try and make some reptile snakes out of string and beads and then we will take a nature walk and pretend to act out what we would do if we saw a snake and learn about how they like to live under bushes and rocks. Hopefully, we won't have to encounter a real snake! For P.E. we will make a snake path to hop and jump on for exercise. I hope everyone has a great day!