1st week of school

Math-5 lessons. Made a calendar for September.

{Aiden's}

{Caileigh's}

Caileigh is working on counting to 100 and has requested a "100 party" when she can do it independently. She has been practicing daily. Also practicing addition totaling 10.

Aiden is working on double digit addition mentally. eg. 30+74

Bible-Reading through Leading little ones to God.

Worked on learning about the character of "Faith".

Read "window on the world" about Egypt. Prayed for Egypt through our study of the world.

Review of past bible verses.

Language Arts- Daily printing practice.

Card making.

3 Grammar lessons.

Daily reading practice-30 min. minimum

Poetry read-aloud.

Reading aloud Box Car Children.

Social Studies-Started our world study with "Egypt". We read "window on the world", prayed for the people of Egypt, located Egypt on our world map, went to the library and took out books on Egypt, watched a video on Egypt, narrated and illustrated "what we have learned about Egypt" and baked an Egyptian cake.

We made a pryamid out of lego.

We read about Nomads in "Story of the World". The kids narrated to me and illustrated a picture.

Science-Our butterfly emerged from his chrysallis and we were able to identify him. We think he is a Mourning Cloak.

We read about animals in Sahara habitats. Focused on animals from the Egypt area.

Visited Centennial Park and noted the surroundings. We plan to visit regularly and notice the differences as the seasons change. Everything is still very green.

Fine Arts- We read a book about Vincent Van Gogh and drank lemonade from mini tea cups decorated with a Van Gogh painting.

We listened to Classical Kids "Handel".

Health and Career-Reviewing our phone number and address.

PE- 2 bike rides, daily walks, outside play, soccer practice.