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Well, this week in our studies, using FIAR, we did Mirette on the High Wire. It was not my favorite book when we started out, although the illustrations are fantastic. But, I came to like it a little better and my littles like it pretty well, now, too. Here's what we did: Lang. Arts: learned about compound words and did the worksheet here. Our spelling list for this week: afraid, wire, high, fear, line, years, circus, salute. Vocabulary that we (inadvertantly) learned: omelette, salute, boardinghouse (compound word). Geography: used the story disk to locate France and refresh ourselves on some things we already studied about France. Social Studies: Arts/Talents/Abilities - discussed special interests and how practice is also necessary to become proficient at things. Dd mentioned that she would like to learn to sew. Also, Occupations: we read "Things People Do" (Usborne). Character/Bible: We use "Leading Little Ones to God", but the character trait for this that we focused on was encouragement. I believe it is soo important to be encouragement for one another. Art: We made posters announcing an event. Science: PE: we pretended to walk a wire (using string), casting our eyes straight ahead, and keeping one foot directly in front of the other:) It was cute watching all of them line up to do it.:) We also investigated copper (metal). We found pics of things that are copper, and mentioned oxidation. Polishing a penny helped demonstrate that. Also, mentioning that the Statue of Liberty is made of copper and was given to our country from......FRANCE!!!! neat!! Extra credit: We served omelettes and crepes one night for dinner and french toast for breakfast one day! To top it all off, we lapbooked it all!!! It turned out to be a great week of FIAR for us.
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Well, it was our first week of school this week. It went well, all things considered. The curriculum we use, Five in a Row, is based on children's literature. And, our first book of the year is How to Bake and Apple Pie and See the World. We learned quite a lot for just one week. We pantomimed , learned about measures, hit briefly on subtraction, began an evaporation experiment, and yes, we did bake an apple pie - from scratch!!! The pics prove it!! Hopefully, I can post our lapbook pics later!
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We have most of our "plan" together for next year! This part is soooo fun!!! I love planning!! I love getting all the new stuff and planning some more!! So, here goes!! Dana: First Language Lessons Math-U-See FIAR (Volumes, Bible supplement, cookbook & holiday) Leading Little Ones to God
Dylan: 100 EZ Lessons Math-U-See FIAR Leading Little Ones to God
Nathan: Along for the ride whenever the situation dictates. Mostly listening in and playing along!!:)
I have several other resources ordered and quite a few "ideas" floating around...but this is the skeleton of my plan. We have had a great time with FIAR this year and do not intend to fix what ain't broke. Although, I am thinking of incorporating lapbooking! We'll see. We've done a few this year but I hope to do more next year. We are keeping up with our homeschool support group as well, we really enjoy it. Can't wait to get started!! I need to go plan!! |