Weekly Wrap-Up: Finding our Groove???

This week ran a little smoother than last week. Of course, it helped that we had more days "on schedule". We hosted our own kindergarten and preschool orientation, which the girls loved!

A breakdown by subject this week:

Reading:
We soaked up all the Daddy time we could on his last day home!


Reading time just may be our favorite part of our school day!


Library books are always fun for a new adventure!


Math:
A rekenrek is great for reviewing counting by 5s and 10s!


We also love to use our bean counters! Here, Ella works on patterns.


Phonics/ Spelling:
Working on wordsearches, crosswords and rhyming pairs is a fun way to practice phonics and spelling!


Bible:
Grace continued reading in her Early Reader's Bible. This week we discussed the two faithful spies, Caleb and Joshua, and their trust that God would help them conquer the Promised Land (and the Hebrew's lack of faith). We also read about Joshua and the Battle of Jericho.  We talked about God's power and how He brought down the walls of the city. I asked the girls if they could push down the walls of our house.
"No!" was their enthusiastic reply.
"Well, what if you walked around our house, like the Hebrews walked around the city of Jericho? Would our walls fall down then?"
"No!"
"Then how did the walls fall down at Jericho?"
"God did it, just like He said He would!"
"That's right, girls, because God always keeps his promises!" (I love it when they GET it!)
For our family movie night, we watched one of our favorite Veggie Tales movies, Josh and the Big Wall.

Handwriting:
Ella had a lot of fun working through some of our wipe-off writing books! I have found a new love, too... Crayola's dry erase crayons! They are just the right size for children's hands, don't smudge or smear and end up all over their hands and clothes like dry erase markers, and wipe off easily -but not too easily- and without any water! Now, if I had only found them on sale...


Art:
We also added a new "official" subject this week! Grace and I are working through Draw Write Now, Book One to further develop her skills. She loves it and it has become a great motivator to complete our other schoolwork in an expedient manner!

First lesson: Hen and Chicks


Unlike her Bible drawings, where she usually wants to copy something directly from her reading, with this drawing she was excited to create her own story!


Second lesson: Pig (completed with Daddy!)

Besides the wig, this unusual pig also has a towel protecting it from the rain!

That was our fun week! Be sure to check out what everyone else was up to at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers!