MFW 1st Grade/Preschool: Wks 5-6

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Overview
Bible: Memorize Pr 16:24, 29:11, Cuba and Haiti
Math: Comparing, Shapes
Science: Desert Diorama(ECC), Rain and Thunder
Language: Lessons 4/5 (ㄔㄨㄟㄤㄒㄙㄕㄥㄋ) long vowels u,
Arts: Tissue paper flower, God's eye, Mexican Paper Doll(ECC)
Books:
Rubber Boots Day
Rain and Hail
Flash, crash, rumble and roll

Fun with sizes
Fun with shapes
circus shapes
color zoo

Extra: Learnt about Mexico

Bible

Big sis is quite conscientious about the copywork

Memorized Pr 16:24. (The honey and garbage illustration went quite well)

We read a couple of devotions that tie in with the memory verse from this book

Math

We did some worksheets on Complete Book of Math

did some worksheets on shapes

and read some fun books too

Realized I didn't do the bean sticks for the number of the day. Went back and did them, also to teach her place values.

Science

We learnt about rain

And made a mini book on how to predict the weather by clouds

And we made a rain stick

1. Poke toothpicks into tube (I made a hole with a thumbtack first). Some people use nails. Some just twist a foil in the middle like here (I used the slanting lines as guidelines)

2. Cut off excess toothpicks.

3.Wrap one end with foil (or paper) then tie with rubber band.

4. Add beans (or rice or corn)

5. Decorate!

6. Done!

And it sounds like this! (I will keep this for the Brazil weeks for ECC)

We did the lightning experiment that seems OH SO FUN here, but it didn't work for us. =(

Language

Finished the Animal Tales

Learnt about long vowel u, ay, the "oo" sounds and the "th" sound

And ar, or

Learnt Lessons 4/5 (ㄔㄨㄟㄤㄒㄙㄕㄥㄋ) and did some practice

If you use this materials to learn the phonetic sounds (which I highly recommend), you can use this download exercise for review

Arts

We did quite a few projects for ECC.

Preschool

Little Sis did her usual calendar. But this week, she also enjoyed more crafts that ties in with alphabet or with ECC

Found some nice cutting downloads here, to occupy her time and to practice cutting

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 ECC Wks 5-6: Mexico

* My pinterest page, booklist, planning pages are on the side bar* Overview Bible: Cuba, Haiti, Mt 4:4, Mt 4:19 Christian Heros: Cameron Townsend Geography: Mexico, Vocab(Desert, dune, canyon, gulch) Math: Multiplication tables, Division Language: Lessons 4/5 ( ㄔㄨㄟㄤㄒㄙㄕㄥㄋ ), Spelling Power, Spanish Science: deserts, desert diorama Art: Tissue paper flower, God's eye, Mexican Paper Doll, Books we read: Mexico A-Z Deserts (Gail Gibbons) Snakes are hunters Count your way through Mexico Nine days to Christmas Our centerpiece (the tissue paper flower, Mexico colors and sombrero wannabes) Bible Learnt about Cuba and Haiti and prayed for them. Ian has used the Matthew Bookmark (with the reading plan) used the reading for his devotional time. I asked him to write down one thing he learnt and one question he has every time. He has AMAZING questions!! Memory work: Mt 4:4 and 4:19 Did a dictation on the verse. Christian

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