this week, swim lessons!!!

We took a break from school this week for morning swim lessons for J and T.
Next week, the letter F!
Flowers, fire station, farm animals, and more FUN!!!

this week, the letter e

This week, we learned about the letter E (and Elephants and Emergencies!),
the #6, the 4th of July, and shapes!

We had a very busy week outside of school work, so there aren't many pictures.
I was doing well just to fit some school work in here and there!

We sorted our puff balls into a painted egg carton,
then used them to practice number recognition.

A favorite book this week:

this week, the letter d

"Depart from evil, and do good." Psalm 34:14


D is for dot painting

D is for Dinosaurs


(playing a Memory Game with dinosaur cards
found on our Apple Juice boxes carton)

(color matching)

(Dinosaur Chicken Nuggets for lunch)

(measuring dinosaurs)

D is for Diamonds

D is for Duck, Duck, Goose


D is for Delighting in sweet smiles :)

this week, the letter c

...verse of the week:

"Children, obey your parents, for this is right." Eph. 6:1

numbers:
caterpillar magnets


in the kitchen:
cupcakes!!

science:
color mixing
(I wasn't quite sure if it was going to work correctly, but you can see it did! :) )




E at work during school time :)

this week, the letter b

...Sunday,
we released our butterflies

Monday,
Acts 16:30 "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved."
Number mats
Read Big Bug Surprise, Julia Gran
Nature walk with our magnifying glass to look for bugs

Tuesday,
Closed on our house, so not much!! :)

Wednesday,
Birthday in a Bathtub, Marcia Leonard
Made a blue things mini-book
made blueberry muffins for a special snack
Magnetic pattern blocks letter b
sorted pom poms into numbered cups
wrote some words that start with b

Thursday,
Baa Baa Black Sheep, Iza Trapani
One Bear at Bedtime, Mick Inkpen
Trip to the library
Toured the fire station (not the letter b, but educational anyway :) )

Friday,
The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Watched "Reading Rainbow's Berliot the Bear"
Lacing Beads
Made Banana Bread

this week, the letter a

...Some of the things we did this week...

Verse of the week:
"All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Rom. 3:23

Science:
label the parts of an apple

Special Snack:
apple tasting
applesauce cupcakes
apple smoothie (E loved it; the rest of us thought it was disgusting! haha)

Math:
apple file folder game
apple sequence cards
color by number apples

Large & small motor/manipulatives:
magnetic pattern letter a
airplane cutting practice

Bible:
Adam and Eve

Art:
fingerprint ants
dot painting the letter a

Just for fun:
scavenger hunt, things that start with a
learned "The Ants Go Marching" song
field trip to airport to watch take-off and landing

Books:
The Crooked Apple Tree, Eric Houghton
Airplanes, Cynthia Roberts
Airplanes, Hal Rogers

Videos:
"Airplanes," Evan Ferrante
"Ants in Arthur's Pants," Marc Tolon Brown

how do butterflies grow?

...from egg,
to caterpillar.
from caterpillar to chrysalis.

and from chrysalis to butterfly!

absolutely amazing!!

...update!!!! now two of the butterflies are mating!!!!
we really are seeing the life cycle of a butterfly from the very beginning...