Exploration to 1850 WEEK 1: Leif, Columbus

First Day Pictures are always so fun!!

A rush to the Dollar Store got us some easy decoration. Low cost, High joys. =)

I made some changes to the schedule so that the first week was slow and gentle. It had always worked so well for us to ease into the full engine throttle year. We have not started Chinese, Art, English and Spelling (besides the 2nd Grader).

2nd Grade Calendar

100 Chart

I did this REALLY simple page for calendar this year.

And we use these dry erase crayons for pages like those. I love them.

Bible

The older two did "Boy, Have I Got Problems!" Bible Study on their own.

Lil Sis did not do the bible study. Instead, she did copywork. She did an amazing job this year!!

History

We learnt about the explorers, Leif Ericcson, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot...

The older two did notebook pages.

Science

We sang "This is my Father's World", learnt about life science and also classification (taxonomy)

Big Sis playing "This is my Father's World" for us

This year the older two decided they are going to go write "interesting" things they learnt in school in a journal. I think that's a fantastic idea!

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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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