Phonics/Reading:
Well, we were going to take breaks with the Funnix 2, but about the point where I had planned to take a break, Abby seems to be reading very smoothly and not complaining about reading lessons. In fact, she asks for more! So, I guess no break yet. Probably in the future, I'm sure.
ABCs:
We did the letter C this week. I'm very pleased with how Emmett is learning his letters. I've loaded the Letter Factory on our Leapster Explorer and when he gets bored with a game he's playing during quiet time, he chooses to watch that. This week, we went from thinking C made a "sss" sound to really remembering what it said. I'm sure our work on Cs helped, but I know the repeated watching of the Letter Factory is sinking ALL of the letters in. I am even sneaky enough to realize he's only halfway through the show and setting quiet time to last to the very end of it. LOL
Here he is doing our homemade fishing game.
And here he is doing a letter search from Confessions of a Homeschooler. He really likes these hunts and even finds the very tiny letters in the fine print (ie, he circled the copyright c on this page).
Five in a Row:
This week, we rowed Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco. To go along with it, we read a bit about Passover, especially the story as it is told in Exodus. We went over the ten plagues. Abby asked why we don't celebrate Passover so I explained about the laws of Moses being fulfilled and extended through the coming of Christ. We also talked about how the Jews/Israelites celebrate Passover to remember the firstborn being saved, and how we celebrate Easter and how we are all saved through the atonement.
We also looked at the map and talked about how Mrs. Katz came to New York all the way from Poland. Abby noticed she had to have crossed a lot of water and we discussed oceans, specifically the Atlantic Ocean.
We learned a little bit about the science of cats, which was most exciting for Abby who LOVES all thing cats (and has since she was very little). We learned about how cats claws work, how they purr, even that they walk differently than most four-legged animals.
For art, we talked about polka dots and found some clothes the kids had that were polka-dotted. We also included a bit of math and counted polka dots.
We finished up by watching the Prince of Egypt. Towards the end, Abby was completely enthralled watching the ten plagues roll out.
We read a lot of books on cats. This one was called Cat Secrets and asked the reader to demonstrate a few things how cats do. Here's the girls showing us how cats stretch.
Read-Aloud:
We started The Littles by John Peterson this week. This is a perfect chapter book for the kids because the chapters aren't long and there are quite a few pictures sprinkled through. Emmett doesn't listen as well as Abby, but that's to be expected.
Church:
We began the School of Abraham's Gospel Principle's for Young Children this week. It is perfect because we may have a picture to go along with it, the text isn't drawn out or confusing, and there is a scripture and Primary song to go with it. Daddy usually does this right before bed. :) Next week we are going to work on refreshing our memory of the First Article of Faith.
Life:
Of course, with Easter coming up, we died some eggs this week as well--six dozen to be exact! There was much color-mixing and referring to secondary and primary colors. We heard a lot of "Hey! Red and yellow make orange!" type comments. They had fun. :)
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