MFW 1st Grade Days 27-31

MATH

It was shapes week and it's not a lot of worksheets involved. So, I asked Ian to go take pictures of stuff in the house that is of a certain shapes. It was a fun exercise for him.

After the photo session we read "Shapes Shapes Shapes" and saw other things in real life that have shapes. We had quite some fun in this book.

We do sums everyday (now it's addition of single digits or up to 10). And one day I let him do sums on iPad on this app (Mad Math) and he LOVED it. I won't do it all the time. Don't want technology to take over everything, but it was fun for him.

And we played our own version of Number War One day, using iPad as the score keeper.

I made a stack of 100 cards. We each flip over a card and the greater number gets a point. If it's a "ten" (like 20, or 30 etc) we have a "war". Each put out 4 cards, the least of the 4 cards is the war card. The greater of the two wins.

Book/Lapbook: Miss Rumphius.

I got TONS of ideas of Miss Rumphius here. It was a wonderful book to do a lapbook on. If I didn't do MFW, I probably will really enjoy FIAR. =)

The seeds booklet

SCIENCE: Thunderstorms

One Dark Night is a wonderful book. So is Flash, Crash, Rumble and Roll. Ian really got the idea of lightning and thunder. Henry and Mudge is easy to read and a fun story. Storms is a little too much.

OTHER TOPICS

We revised Obedience, Diligence and Attentiveness. We also memorized Ps 21:30 (There is no wisdom, no plan, no insight that can succeed against the Lord).

And we tackled the "oo" and the "oo" words. Not easy!

We learnt to draw the Bible map...will continue on Mon.

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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