Bible
Memory Verse
"Everyone was amazed and praised God." Luke 5:26
"The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword." Hebrews 4:12
"Do everything without complaining or disputing." Philipians 2:14
"Keep your tongue from evil." Psalm
Reading
Leading Little Ones to God
Jesus StoryBook Bible
Child's Character-attentiveness, faith, creative, diligence, patience
The Berenstain Bears Think of those in Need. Brainstormed ways we can help others.
Math
Singapore Kindergarten
-numbers to 10
-patterns
-size comparison
Language Arts
Daily writing
-A Reason for Handwriting K
-Creating birthday cards
-Creating thank you cards
Daily Reading practice
-Teach your child to read in 100 Easy Lessons
Read Aloud
Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Mr. Poppers Penguins
Magic School Bus Penguins
Peter Rabbit and eleven Other Favorite Tales by Beatrix Potter
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail by Thornton W. Burgess
Alien Invasion in my Backyard by Ruben Bolling
Science
Learning about the 5 senses
-Playing the "senses" game. Sitting quietly outside and seeing what we can see, hear, smell, and touch.
-Reading books about the 5 senses. "My first book of 5 senses"
Activities from Evan Moore My Body
Touch
-playing a game blindfolded to come up with descriptive words for how various unknown items feel. Guessing the item. Discussing safe and unsafe things to touch......knives, hot stoves, pills, etc.
Completing a worksheet by circling and crossing out the safe and unsafe items.
Taste
Caileigh organized a game where she blindfolded each boy and let them taste a variety of foods. They had to guess what the foods were and then draw pictures of them.
Sound
Caileigh organized an activity where she blindfolded each boy and made a variety of noises using different materials and had the boys guess what was making the sounds.
Watched videos on senses-Sid the Science Kid, The Magic School Bus, Brain Pop Jr.
Read, "Whose Seed am I". Learned about different way seeds look, travel and produce. Drew pictures of a made up seed and what the finished plant would look like. Observed seeds sticking to our clothes on a walk. Reviewed how seeds travel.
Collected a variety of leaves from the yard. Discussed how they were the same and different. Compared each leaf to the others. Created leaf rubbings.
Learning about lions.
Visited Pebble Go.
Learning about penguins.
Read Mr. Popper's Penguins, Magic School Bus Penguins, 100 Facts about Penguins
Watched March of the Penguins
Learning about butterflies. Read, "Becoming Butterflies". Watched videos of the butterfly life cycle on you tube and discovery education. Watched The Magic School Bus episode about butterflies, their life cycle and migration. Completed worksheets on the life cycle of the butterfly. Went for a walk outside to see if we could find caterpillar eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises or butterflies.
Learning about Bears
Watching videos from Brain Pop Jr., and discovery education about black bears and grizzly bears.
Researched bears on Pebble Go.
Read, Backyard Bears, Jasper's Story, The Bear that Heard Crying.
Reviewed bear safety.
Coloured bear pictures. Labeled a picture of a bear. Learned bear life cycle. Learned about hibernation.
Read, "Little Ninos Pizzeria". Activities under Family Learning.
Read, "Owl Moon".
We learned facts about owls from Pebble Go, Brain Pop Jr (birds) and from watching a National Geographic video on Snowy Owls.
We created art about owls. The kids painted, cut and glued their own art.
We learned about the moon phases and used Oreo cookies to show them.
{Alex}
Social Studies
Learning about Community Helpers.
Read:
Belinksy's Bagels
Canadian Garbage Collectors.
Canadian Police Officers.
Canadian Fire Fighters.
Curious George goes to the Firehall
Created Firehouse pictures
Watched Neighbourhoods and homes from Discovery Education
Watched community helpers and homes on Brain Pop Jr.
Played community matching game on Brain Pop Jr.
Read through People Who Help Us series.....Fire fighter, Teacher, Vet and Doctor.
Firehouse field trip in March
Recycling field trip in May.
Read Franklin's neighbourhood. Alex painted a picture of his favourite place in our neighbourhood/community.
The Hospital
Health and Career
-Daily chores to help around the house from feeding the pets, to cleaning the windows. Each day they choose 2 chores from the chore sticks.
Read The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores and discussed the importance of helping out with chores.
-Learning about the body and healthy eating and exercise through our body study. Each week Alex has a meal day where he helps me to prepare snacks and meals.
-Each day we take the time to be active by trampoline jumping, running, bike riding, etc.
Franklin Rides his Bike-importance of bike safety.
Read The Berenstain Bears Stay Safe.
Answered questions from our Safetyville game about various situations and the right thing to do. Some questions are true/false, others are to give the best answer. Discussed a family password and times it might be wise to use it.
Reviewed fire safety. Read, No Dragons for Tea. Practiced address and phone number recitation. Reviewed 9-1-1. Went through various scenarios of how to exit a house during a fire.
Watched a video on firefighters from Discovery Education.
Created a mini safety booklet about wearing bike helmets, lifejackets while in boats and seat belts in cars. Practicing boat safety while fishing.
Reading The Prudence and the Millers
-importane of healthy living
-importance of sleep
-healthy conscience
-Keeping clean
Practicing healthy habits while a stomach flu went through the house. Hand washing.
Learning about changes in life. Discussed how their lives have changed when they were babies and brainstormed all the ways. Read, "Something to Remember Me By", about death and legacy. Looked at a human life cycle chart. Discussed the stages, eg. baby, toddler, etc.
Abeka Health 2
-Learning about good posture
Fine Arts
Learning about Picasso and re-creating "Flowers in Hand" portrait
{Alex's)
After reading Canadian Fire Fighters, Caileigh showed the boys the difference between warm and cold colours. She had them create paintings using only warm colours.
Created clay sculptures using air dry clay.
Other
Attending Library Club once weekly
Attending Vacation Bible School
Camping with the boys. Catching his first fish.
PE
Swimming several times a week. Alex successfully swimming without a life jacket! Alex can swim from the dock into shore with a life jacket. Alex can swim the width of the pool. One of Alex's favourite games in the water is playing catch and throw with a ball.
Daily bike riding
Trampoline jumping
Memory Verse
"Everyone was amazed and praised God." Luke 5:26
"The word of God is living and active, sharper than any two edged sword." Hebrews 4:12
"Do everything without complaining or disputing." Philipians 2:14
"Keep your tongue from evil." Psalm
Reading
Leading Little Ones to God
Jesus StoryBook Bible
Child's Character-attentiveness, faith, creative, diligence, patience
The Berenstain Bears Think of those in Need. Brainstormed ways we can help others.
Math
Singapore Kindergarten
-numbers to 10
-patterns
-size comparison
Language Arts
Daily writing
-A Reason for Handwriting K
-Creating birthday cards
-Creating thank you cards
Daily Reading practice
-Teach your child to read in 100 Easy Lessons
Read Aloud
Bears on Hemlock Mountain
Mr. Poppers Penguins
Magic School Bus Penguins
Peter Rabbit and eleven Other Favorite Tales by Beatrix Potter
The Adventures of Peter Cottontail by Thornton W. Burgess
Alien Invasion in my Backyard by Ruben Bolling
Science
Learning about the 5 senses
-Playing the "senses" game. Sitting quietly outside and seeing what we can see, hear, smell, and touch.
-Reading books about the 5 senses. "My first book of 5 senses"
Activities from Evan Moore My Body
Touch
-playing a game blindfolded to come up with descriptive words for how various unknown items feel. Guessing the item. Discussing safe and unsafe things to touch......knives, hot stoves, pills, etc.
Completing a worksheet by circling and crossing out the safe and unsafe items.
Taste
Caileigh organized a game where she blindfolded each boy and let them taste a variety of foods. They had to guess what the foods were and then draw pictures of them.
Sound
Caileigh organized an activity where she blindfolded each boy and made a variety of noises using different materials and had the boys guess what was making the sounds.
Watched videos on senses-Sid the Science Kid, The Magic School Bus, Brain Pop Jr.
Read, "Whose Seed am I". Learned about different way seeds look, travel and produce. Drew pictures of a made up seed and what the finished plant would look like. Observed seeds sticking to our clothes on a walk. Reviewed how seeds travel.
Collected a variety of leaves from the yard. Discussed how they were the same and different. Compared each leaf to the others. Created leaf rubbings.
Learning about lions.
Visited Pebble Go.
Learning about penguins.
Read Mr. Popper's Penguins, Magic School Bus Penguins, 100 Facts about Penguins
Watched March of the Penguins
Learning about butterflies. Read, "Becoming Butterflies". Watched videos of the butterfly life cycle on you tube and discovery education. Watched The Magic School Bus episode about butterflies, their life cycle and migration. Completed worksheets on the life cycle of the butterfly. Went for a walk outside to see if we could find caterpillar eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises or butterflies.
Learning about Bears
Watching videos from Brain Pop Jr., and discovery education about black bears and grizzly bears.
Researched bears on Pebble Go.
Read, Backyard Bears, Jasper's Story, The Bear that Heard Crying.
Reviewed bear safety.
Coloured bear pictures. Labeled a picture of a bear. Learned bear life cycle. Learned about hibernation.
Read, "Little Ninos Pizzeria". Activities under Family Learning.
Read, "Owl Moon".
We learned facts about owls from Pebble Go, Brain Pop Jr (birds) and from watching a National Geographic video on Snowy Owls.
We created art about owls. The kids painted, cut and glued their own art.
We learned about the moon phases and used Oreo cookies to show them.
{Alex}
Learning about Community Helpers.
Read:
Belinksy's Bagels
Canadian Garbage Collectors.
Canadian Police Officers.
Canadian Fire Fighters.
Curious George goes to the Firehall
Created Firehouse pictures
Watched Neighbourhoods and homes from Discovery Education
Watched community helpers and homes on Brain Pop Jr.
Played community matching game on Brain Pop Jr.
Read through People Who Help Us series.....Fire fighter, Teacher, Vet and Doctor.
Firehouse field trip in March
Recycling field trip in May.
Read Franklin's neighbourhood. Alex painted a picture of his favourite place in our neighbourhood/community.
The Hospital
Health and Career
-Daily chores to help around the house from feeding the pets, to cleaning the windows. Each day they choose 2 chores from the chore sticks.
Read The Berenstain Bears and the Trouble with Chores and discussed the importance of helping out with chores.
-Learning about the body and healthy eating and exercise through our body study. Each week Alex has a meal day where he helps me to prepare snacks and meals.
-Each day we take the time to be active by trampoline jumping, running, bike riding, etc.
Franklin Rides his Bike-importance of bike safety.
Read The Berenstain Bears Stay Safe.
Answered questions from our Safetyville game about various situations and the right thing to do. Some questions are true/false, others are to give the best answer. Discussed a family password and times it might be wise to use it.
Reviewed fire safety. Read, No Dragons for Tea. Practiced address and phone number recitation. Reviewed 9-1-1. Went through various scenarios of how to exit a house during a fire.
Watched a video on firefighters from Discovery Education.
Created a mini safety booklet about wearing bike helmets, lifejackets while in boats and seat belts in cars. Practicing boat safety while fishing.
Reading The Prudence and the Millers
-importane of healthy living
-importance of sleep
-healthy conscience
-Keeping clean
Practicing healthy habits while a stomach flu went through the house. Hand washing.
Learning about changes in life. Discussed how their lives have changed when they were babies and brainstormed all the ways. Read, "Something to Remember Me By", about death and legacy. Looked at a human life cycle chart. Discussed the stages, eg. baby, toddler, etc.
Abeka Health 2
-Learning about good posture
Fine Arts
Learning about Picasso and re-creating "Flowers in Hand" portrait
{Alex's)
After reading Canadian Fire Fighters, Caileigh showed the boys the difference between warm and cold colours. She had them create paintings using only warm colours.
Created clay sculptures using air dry clay.
Other
Attending Library Club once weekly
Attending Vacation Bible School
Camping with the boys. Catching his first fish.
PE
Swimming several times a week. Alex successfully swimming without a life jacket! Alex can swim from the dock into shore with a life jacket. Alex can swim the width of the pool. One of Alex's favourite games in the water is playing catch and throw with a ball.
Daily bike riding
Trampoline jumping
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