MFW Exploration to 1850 WEEK 30: California Gold Rush, End of 1850

Bible

This week we finished memorizing James Chapter 4

History

We learnt about the California Gold Rush

We continued to read Bound for Oregon. This is a good read-aloud book.

Big Sis continued reading her books of the "Little House Series" and it's such a great complement to our study too.

She read "By the banks of Plum Creek", and "By the Shores of Silver Lake", and "Long Winter"

Language

We continued with Spelling power and Rod and Staff.

Big Bro made it to 1000 words for this year and since I have decided he will not do Spelling after this year, it was a celebration. He had done well in his spelling (at Level K now), and I think Spelling Power is a real good program!

We started learning to type with this free online course (Typing Club). I REALLY like it!! It has cool videos, good games, and coaching. I signed up as a homeschool class and all the kids joined in.

Science

No Science

Art

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

We skipped art this week. We probably will not do art for the next few weeks.

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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