Home-SU-Cool

These are the books we read for the S-s Unit. As usual, we loved Hurry Granny Annie and Bear Shadow the best. We got to a bundle in the craftsticks cup! After that I put them into two cups. I found that this visual aid really helps the child to learn place value. I let the child paint instead of color for the cards. I love the intensity shown in this girl. Cuisenaire rods She worked very hard to keep her "S"s in the lines. We did shadow drawing, using the flashlight on my phone. =) Made another art work. Tactile "S", I think using any kinesthetic way helps! =) The "motto" page. I also memorized to her John 8:12 Jesus spoke the people once more and said, "I am the light of the World. If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness, for you will have the light that leads to life." We ate sunflower seeds. =) We did an artwork on Van Gogh's Sunflowers and talked ab...

Bible We memorized Php 1:12-14 this week. We do the notations together to memorize the verses. This is for: For everyone here, including the whole palace guard, knows that I am in chains because of Christ. We learnt the song The kids really enjoyed it. This year I'm aligning the hymns to the Kindergarten unit. This is for S-s Sun. History We learnt about David Livingstone in Africa, the Italy Rebellion, and the Taiping Rebellion. The older two are doing well on the outlines in the SOTW student sheets. We were going to make pizza. Instead we had many opportunities to eat them outside! So we might have Ravioli the coming week instead for Italy. We did a president Study on Franklin Pierce. Science We learnt the states of matter of water. We learnt that pressure and salt quickens melting Tried to do the fruit slush experiment which did not work for us. We also laid out a dish to show evaporation. This was Big Sis' page on Science thi...

We came back from a vacation in Maine and we were ready to plug into Week 3! Bible We memorized Php 1:1-11.I LOVE the book of Philippians. It is uplifting. History We learnt about the Queen Victoria's England (Great Exhibition), Sepoy rebellion, and the Crimean War. This year we used the Story of the World Student Sheets, and I felt it was good for the older two to practice writing outlines. It helps with retention. I did have to help them a little at first though. We also watched this video on the Great Exhibition. Lil Sis is not doing SOTW. She is doing the worksheets from U.S. Facts and Fun instead. It suits her well! This was how we revised the states this week. I made laminated cards of the states names. The older ones have to put them in spatial order. Lil Sis pointed to the state when I drew a card. We did the President Study on Millard Fillmore. We had a lovely Victorian Tea, and read the chapter in U.S. History Cookbook. Science W...

My last child to do My Father's World Kindergarten and I feel like crying. I love this curriculum and I am sad this is the last time I will teach it. Nevertheless, this is what we did for Creation Week. I made a calendar book for Baby Sis, which she has to do a page every day. We are doing the craft sticks cup too. We did the creation wheel craft at the end. These are the work of Baby Sis for the days of creation. I love creation snacks. Day 1: Light from darkness Day 2: Clouds and water Day 3: dry ground (dirt cup on pudding) and plants Day 4: Sun, Moon, Stars Day 5: Fish and birds Day 6: Animals