Reviewed the letters Y, W and V
In Poetry we...
revisited The Songs of the Yellow Deadnettle Fairy, Wallflower Fairy, and Vetch Fairy. We finished our time with The Robin by Barbara Juster Esbensen. Ava was inspired by the colors in the illustration by Cheng-Khee Chee in her journal page.
Our Theme for the Week...
was Spring! A great theme for sure. We really enjoyed reading The Story of the Root Children for the first time this year. Honey Rabbit is an old favorite, and a season wouldn't be complete with out one of Lynn Ploudre's seasonal stories, Spring's Sprung. We happened to have one nonfiction spring book, Spring by Mary L. Meyer and that made things feel official. I did have a few projects planned, but honestly aside from our stories, our time was best spent outside exploring. Its ladybug larva season, and that leads to endless fun.
In Math we...
~started recording hundreds using place value cards
~Played a lot of math card games reinforcing our building to ten skills
In Science...
This week's lesson was Distinguishing Living, Natural Nonliving, and Human-Made Things. I continue to adore this science curriculum. Ava and Cyrus both love these lessons. Even Matt has been surprised by the quality of the discussions that follow the exercises.
In Art Study...
We finished our Come Look With Me, Animals in Art series with Wall-Eyed Carp by Robert Rauschenberg. Ava told me that she "really liked this guys technique" with the kind of thoughtful gleam in her eye that tells me she is going to be exploring collages again soon.
A truly beautiful week. We decided last week that we'd take this Friday off, then we had a spontaneous playdate on Monday which left us with three days to fit in everything we wanted to get done. Ava and I talked about it and agreed that we wanted to stay on schedule so she worked a little longer each day. Now we have a week off for Spring break, and when we come back we will start our last 12 weeks of Kindergarten. So exciting!
4 comments:
oh, i would really like to come to school with you!! sign me up!! ;) thanks for your visit to my blog.
oh, i would really like to come to school with you!! sign me up!! ;) thanks for your visit to my blog.
no idea why that published twice. now you have three comments from me. ;)
Hi, Amanda,
You look like you are doing wonderful things homeschooling with your children. Are you using a curriculum? love, Beth
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