Exploration to 1850 WEEK 4: Mayflower Pilgrims

Bible

This week we did Bible memory James 1:1-11.

It was great to revise nearly every lunch and after dinner. That is our family bible time.

This is the hymn we enjoyed these two weeks.

History

We learnt about the Mayflower, pilgrims, and Miles Standish.

The older kids did notebook pages on the pilgrims and we talked about the Mayflower compact.

Some books we read (they have good realistic photos):

We continued on this book.

We finished "Squanto".

This book is interesting (I forgot which week it was for). It helped the students (and teacher) learn about the kings and queens of England. It was a real mess and I had to research a while to understand which "Mary" was that "Mary", etc.

Language

We continued with Spelling and Big Bro had his first English test for Rod and Staff.

We continued with Mandarin Chinese.

Science

We did Lesson 11 on ferns. Our area is quite sunny and it was not easy to spot the ferns. I am hoping that maybe we will get to see some when we go hiking in September.

But we found this time lapse video really interesting.

And while we are on time lapse videos, the kids really love this one.

Also, we started our school for a couple days with this eye exercise videos, since two out of my four kids are wearing glasses now.

I intend to find some braingym exercises for them too.

Art

We are using Artistic Pursuits K-3 (Book 2) this year.

This week we continued on Giotto and his fresco drawing.

The project for the week was really fun.

First we applied some thin spackling onto a piece of cupboard (we used cereal boxes).

Let dry.

Then we painted on it like a fresco. This was mommy's.

Big Bro and his ninjago.

Big Sis

Lil Sis and Frozen.

Book Basket

Books we read for leisure

Big Bro

Big Sis

Lil Sis

Comments

Online Resources: Sesame Street Games

I love the Sesame Street Games ...I think they are the best for preschoolers. They teach important concepts, at the same time, making computer skills real easy. For eg, there is no "click and drag"...that's hard for them...there's "click" "move" "click". There are some games Ian really likes...(click on photo for the games) That's the Wheels on the Bus song (you press the keys foe interactive movements) Patterns. Seasons. Fun for the kids. Walking the dogs...numbers. This is alltime favorite. First you make a pitcher of lemonade. Then depending on how many monsters come, you click however many cups. I love it!

Science 2015/2016: Human Body Recap

We really had fun learning about the Human Body this year. I thought it would be meaningful to consolidate our learning. We enjoyed the Body Book more than I thought we would. I did do most of the cutting though. We also enjoyed the different videos we watched and the experiments. I think this is the most successful science year yet. The five senses Tongue the Ear The Skin The Eye Skeleton Joints Long Bone Tooth Brains Spinal Cord Digestive System Stomach The Lungs The Heart The Urinary System The Muscle Look through all our experiments and videos here .

MFW Kindergarten S-Sun Unit 2012

Tactile "s" (we didn't get Laurie, we got the $1 from Staples. ;P) Sun Dot-to-dot Arranging the cards and singing A-a-apple song Handwriting A collaborative project: The Sun Plate Finished project (it is good to have ONE project in the house) Big brother wanted to do his own version Yup! Back to the cutting and pasting I really like the new Math pages She was quite good in the drawing page. Morning Board (Yup! I definitely make things A LOT easier for me this time around, compared to here ) Earth and Sun Books we read PRESCHOOL The pre-preschooler was very happy she did the puzzle Dot-a-dot worksheet Shadow game (a new folder game we got here . Will use it for leaves too) Resources for S-Sun, see here

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