Home-SU-Cool

We have been an avid My Father's World Curriculum fan here. Used MFW Kindergarten for the 2nd time now. DS also completed MFW 1st grade and now going through Adventures . This will be a good time to talk a little about what we liked/not liked about MFW. A review of the Kindergarten materials follows. Content : MFW Kindergarten is a year-long learning adventure for young children. This  complete kindergarten curriculum  contains all necessary subjects and is ideal for homeschool or classroom. The first two weeks focus on the creation story from Genesis, followed by 26 hands-on, easy to teach thematic units that focus on the wonders in God's creation. The sun, moon, rocks, vegetables, elephants, butterflies, and dinosaurs are just a few of the exciting topics you will explore. ~ MFW Read complete introduction to the materials here BIBLE MFW integrates bible beautifully into much of the materials. I really enjoy that. With every unit, there is a short phrase

This week we learnt about Johnny Appleseed (he did that in K) And also the journey west via Ohio River  Continued the PLL. We attempt to do everyday. Short lessons, totally doable.   I still cannot believe my child can read this entire thing. This is a well-written book for young readers.   We did a research while doing the state study for Ohio.   Talking about Neil Armstrong and how old gramp was when Armstrong stepped on the moon   Spelling by Sound and Structure. Review test. The kid LOVES the test. And we started reading "On the banks of plum creek". We totally skipped Farmer's Boy because they just can't stay listening to it. I'm trying harder for Plum Creek, because they love Laura.

PRESCHOOL We found lots of fun stuff for the preschooler! And the first day of P-Penguin, there was a freebie preschool pack out, so I grabbed the chance and downloaded it. It was great fun for her! Color by numbers    This is the preschool pack (lots more than these of course)       oops, not this, this one is from another site   match shapes   cutting practice   finding "p"s   puzzle   size sort KINDERGARTEN   The learning page has this cool printable.   I did a P words wordsearch on puzzlemaker   The preschool pack has some fun stuff for the K'ner too.   Learning how Penguins stay warm   They have an insulation of air in between their feathers. We also watched quite a number of Emperor's Penguins videos on youtube. GREAT fun! And we read The Emperor's Egg and also Tacky (I don't like Tacky, but the kids do)

ELI WHITNEY and the cotton gin We watched a video on youtube about cotton farming. Interesting! And we did the removal of seeds exercise to let him appreciate the cotton gin. MATH we focused on time. And it was hilarious to see this page for Singapore Math. Ian said "This person has a very different time schedule than us! He eats at SEVEN??!?! And watches TV??? Then sleep at TEN??? That's very late!!" Fun iPad app game SCIENCE Living and Non Living things We did the animal cell model and then enjoyed the jell-O Oh, he got the nucleus I used the blank memory verse pictures as revision for him.

This week we read on the journey westward and I think Ian had a appreciation of the hardship. We continued to memorize the Emmanuel's verse.

For E-Elephant, we printed many worksheets from Learning page  and the girls did quite some. This is from Confessions of a Homeschooler This activity I thought of. Very proud. Using the playdoh cutter Writing down things to that we remember God has done for us. And we enjoyed the Elephant and Piggie books as usual. They were GREAT.

We were fighting the flu too. SOOO glad it's over. We did do school, but I didn't have much photos This was a home-made stickers thing I got from homeschool share. Basically you apply a mixture of gelatin (and water) to the sheet of paper, let dry, cut out, and it is like a stamp that you can lick and paste. I realize when the mixture is not thick enough there isn't much effect. Gotta to let it thicken THEN apply. The girls weren't THAT excited.