The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14
Find the printable for the above craft (along with other great ideas) HERE.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Find the printable for the above craft (along with other great ideas) HERE.
Friday, March 14, 2014
F is for Fish and Frog
This week I had hoped to get a fish for our schoolroom but that never happened. I still plan to get fish as soon as we can find a really good deal on a small fish tank with a filter (so if you happen to know of one...).
We still learned about the letter F and Jack did wonderfully! The letters are really starting to click with him. Here are two things we did this week outside of the Letter of the Week curriculum that we really enjoyed...
We learned a little about the life cycle of a frog. Jack cut out (with a little help!) and pasted this chart together.
We had already done some coloring earlier and getting Jack to color more than one thing is just not worth the effort. But he loves to cut and paste!
This fish craft I found in a random little craft book I have in my stash. It was a HUGE hit!
Supplies:
Directions:
Draw the shape of the fish and have the kids cut it out and glue an eye on. Then cut out shapes (or have kids cut out) from different types of paper (we used construction paper and tissue paper) and have the kids glue them on the fish. Let them decorate as desired. Cut out strips from the tissue paper and have them glue the strips as a tail.
Hours of fun will follow this super simple craft! Who knew?
Linking up here:
We still learned about the letter F and Jack did wonderfully! The letters are really starting to click with him. Here are two things we did this week outside of the Letter of the Week curriculum that we really enjoyed...
We learned a little about the life cycle of a frog. Jack cut out (with a little help!) and pasted this chart together.
We had already done some coloring earlier and getting Jack to color more than one thing is just not worth the effort. But he loves to cut and paste!
This fish craft I found in a random little craft book I have in my stash. It was a HUGE hit!
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| Marie made the third one completely on her own. |
Supplies:
- Construction paper
- Tissue paper
- Glue
- Scissors
- Googly eyes
- Markers/crayons/glitter/etc (optional)
Directions:
Draw the shape of the fish and have the kids cut it out and glue an eye on. Then cut out shapes (or have kids cut out) from different types of paper (we used construction paper and tissue paper) and have the kids glue them on the fish. Let them decorate as desired. Cut out strips from the tissue paper and have them glue the strips as a tail.
Hours of fun will follow this super simple craft! Who knew?
Linking up here:
Friday, March 7, 2014
D is for Dinosaur
This week in preschool we worked on the letter D. (We obviously don't do the alphabet in order! I like to incorporate things going on around us like "S is for Snow" and "V is for Valentine").
We use the Letter of the Week curriculum by Confessions of a Homeschooler. I love it! Marie worked through it, too. But when Jack is in the right mood, he could basically do everything in one sitting. So here is a rundown of what we did beyond the curriculum...
Marie helped write down some words we came up with that start with the letter D.
We colored and cut out dinosaurs (find lots of free coloring pages HERE) and put them on our heads!
Got out our Target Dollar Spot workbook...
And worked on some shapes and gluing with this cute stegosaurus craft. We also learned that the stegosaurus was an herbivore and was probably a very slow moving dino. They enjoyed playing like they were loud, slow stegosaurus'.
While I was researching ideas for this, I found that Answers in Genesis had this set on sale!
I am so excited about it! (As I'm typing this, it is still on sale!) We watched some of the video with this D is for Dinosaur lesson, but I plan to go much more in depth in the fall before we take a trip to The Creation Museum (where kids admission is free this year! Woot!)
Next week in preschool we plan to work on the letter F for Fish, and hope to get a fish for our little school area! Homeschooling is so fun.
(I found many of these ideas from Mommy Lessons 101. There is also a free D is for Dinosaur preschool pack over at Teaching Mama!)
Marie helped write down some words we came up with that start with the letter D.
We colored and cut out dinosaurs (find lots of free coloring pages HERE) and put them on our heads!
Got out our Target Dollar Spot workbook...
And worked on some shapes and gluing with this cute stegosaurus craft. We also learned that the stegosaurus was an herbivore and was probably a very slow moving dino. They enjoyed playing like they were loud, slow stegosaurus'.
While I was researching ideas for this, I found that Answers in Genesis had this set on sale!
I am so excited about it! (As I'm typing this, it is still on sale!) We watched some of the video with this D is for Dinosaur lesson, but I plan to go much more in depth in the fall before we take a trip to The Creation Museum (where kids admission is free this year! Woot!)
Next week in preschool we plan to work on the letter F for Fish, and hope to get a fish for our little school area! Homeschooling is so fun.
(I found many of these ideas from Mommy Lessons 101. There is also a free D is for Dinosaur preschool pack over at Teaching Mama!)
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Sight Word Target Practice
First of all, I need to apologize (hashtag sorrynotsorry) for all of the homeschool posts. This is our life right now! And we are really enjoying it. I love sharing all the ideas I spend hours searching for online, too. Maybe save someone else some time since I'm not saving myself any! :)
Speaking of, I found this sight word game idea on Pinterest awhile ago. The kids love it so I figured I'd share!
Supplies:
Directions:
Speaking of, I found this sight word game idea on Pinterest awhile ago. The kids love it so I figured I'd share!
Supplies:
- Paper plates
- Marker
- Tape that is safe for whatever surface you plan to use (we used masking tape)
- List of sight words
- Soft ball
Directions:
- Write a sight word on each plate
- Tape plates on a wall or door
- Call out a word and have your kid throw the ball at the word
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| Marie likes to add a little drama to everything. |
Since Jack is not ready to be working on sight words but always wants to join in, Marie will point to a word and tell him what it is. Then he'll throw the ball at it. Marie gets a little extra practice and Jack gets to play! And hopefully he's soaking some of it up!
What sight word games have you been doing?
Monday, March 3, 2014
"Circle Time"
Most days we start school together and this is what the routine looks like...
Prayer time.
Bible verse review.
Songs:
Alphabet
Days of the Week (To the tune of "The Adams Family")
(Sorry for my loud voice. If I didn't jump in, this video would be ten minutes long.)
Months of the Year
Books of the Bible
Calendar.
Bible story.
Split for separate lessons. We usually come back together at some point to do a craft, read, and/or watch the occasional youtube video.
This gets changed up a little every once in awhile, and some days we scrap all of it but the Bible story. But I do love having them learn together. Marie is already becoming an excellent teacher!
Prayer time.
Bible verse review.
Songs:
Alphabet
Days of the Week (To the tune of "The Adams Family")
(Sorry for my loud voice. If I didn't jump in, this video would be ten minutes long.)
Months of the Year
Books of the Bible
Calendar.
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| We found this calendar at a garage sale. |
Split for separate lessons. We usually come back together at some point to do a craft, read, and/or watch the occasional youtube video.
This gets changed up a little every once in awhile, and some days we scrap all of it but the Bible story. But I do love having them learn together. Marie is already becoming an excellent teacher!
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