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Thoughts Along the Way
Sunday, April 13, 2008
This week at our house - 4/7 - 4/11/08
We got back into the groove of schooling around here this week after a week off for Spring Break with Dad. While it is always nice to have a break, I usually really enjoy getting back to our regular routine...and I have very much enjoyed getting back to our Heart of Dakota. Yay!
Gracie - Little Hands to Heaven
This week Gracie has been learning about Joseph, the letter E and the number 6. We even started trying to incorporate a memory verse from the "Big Thoughts for Little People" devotional book. Gracie continues to enjoy the finger plays and she is really quickly picking up the letter sounds and recognizing the letters, as well as learning her numbers.
Here she is helping her kitty follow the shape of the letter E:
And here she is acting out Joseph's brothers bowing before him with Bambi and her dragon doll:
Josie - Beyond Little Hearts for His Glory
This week Josie and I read about what it was like for the Christians in England to gather to worship apart from King James' church. I think this was very eye opening for both of us and I kept thinking of the Christians today in places like China who are having to memorize chapters and books of the Bible and meet underground to worship together. We read about why the English Christians had to go to Holland and about the freedom to worship they found there.
In science, to help understand how bees transfer pollen from one flower to another, Josie (and Gracie) did a fun activity with crushed Goldfish crackers and two plates.
Josie dipped her fingers in the crushed crackers on the one plate and then "flew" over to the other plate and saw how the "pollen" fell off onto the plate. This was a fun and easy way to help learn about how bees help flowers.
Josie continues to do well with her Bible verse memorization, spelling, math and phonics. We are using The Reading Lesson and she is doing great with it. I love it because it is so easy to use. It is truly "open and go". This is the fourth "learn to read" program I have used, not all of them with Josie, and I have to say it has been the best one for us so far.
Sam and Sophie - Bigger Hearts for His Glory
We are finding our groove with having all four kids "doing school" and Sam and Sophie are finding their groove with Bigger Hearts for His Glory. This week it has worked well to have them get going on their independent work - English, math, Extension reading, and reading their Adventure genre books - while I work with the little girls. When I am finished with Josie and Gracie, Sam and Sophie and I gather together and work on History, Bible, Poetry, Dictation, Science and Storytime.
This week we read about the end of Christopher Columbus' life and John Cabot's explorations. We saw how Proverbs 11:2 (their memory verse) certainly applied to these men's lives in a sad way.
For science, the kids had a notebooking page to do. Here are pictures of their pages. (I'm sorry if they are not very clear.)
Sophie's Page
Sam's Page
We are enjoying the notebooking assignments. It is so helpful to have these assignments so clearly described. I have tried to do notebooking previously in our schooling, but with not as much success. When I tried to do this before, I was just taking a subject we had been learning about and trying to pull out on my own what the kids should do on their pages. Or, I was expecting them to come up with their own ideas. That was too wide open for the kids. Maybe they were not ready for that. Having clear directions spelling out what to do on their pages has been so helpful! Thank you, Carrie. We're finally notebooking successfully!
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