Today we started with the third lesson in Leading Little Ones To God entitled We See God's Works.  DS learned that even though we can't see God, we can see all of the things he has given us and we can see evidence of our blessings in the world around us.

We read Ping once again and he doesn't seem to mind that this is the 3rd day in a row that we have read the same book!  We looked up 1 Peter 2:13-20 and talked about the importance of obeying authority.  We discussed how God is our ultimate authority and we always have to do His will.  We can find His will for our life by praying, studying His Word, and always being ready to do what He tells us is best.

For math today, we cut used little pictures of ducks to represent Ping's family.  We grouped them according to the book:  Ping, his mother, his father, his 2 sisters, 3 brothers, 11 aunts, 7 uncles, and 42 cousins.  Then, we added them all up for a grand total of 68 family members!  Here's a picture of the chart we made:

Sorry it's sideways, but you get the idea!

We then moved onto Literature and learned about "repetition" as a literary device.  We found that Marjorie Flack listed Ping's family 6 times in the book!

In Art, we learned that illustrators can sometimes have use a "unifying theme" in their artwork.  Kurt Wiese included the Yangtze River in all but 3 of the illustrations, showing that the river is very important and central to the lives of those living there.

In Science today, we learned about ducks!  Fun!  We learned that they sometimes sleep while standing on one leg with their bill tucked under their feathers.  We learned that they "waddle" when they walk and they have webbed feet to help them swim faster.  We learned that after a mama duck lays eggs, she loses all of her feathers and her ability to fly, so she has to hide in the grasses with her nest to stay out of sight of predators.  We looked at pictures of about 20 different species of ducks - did you know there were that many different kinds of ducks?  We do now!

For Reading practice, DS read A Funny Way To Help in Friends Old And New.  His comprehension is excellent!

I also read Chapter 7 of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at bedtime.  DS is so funny because he has seen the movie enough times to know what will happen, but he is on the edge of his bed every night waiting to see if Charlie is going to get one of the golden tickets!

Tomorrow is field trip day!  Stay tuned!

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