Sorry this post is so late.....my Sunday got away from me! Have a wonderful week! Look for the rest of this week's lessons to be posted tonight, if my pretzel M&Ms don't run out! Would love to hear any feedback about last week, if anyone tried any of the ideas!
Day 3 – Monday, August 16, 2010 – 1:30-3:30
Pray together.
BIBLE
Read Gen 1:14-19 (sun, moon, stars). Also read pages 22-23 in The Jesus Bible Storybook or any other children’s Bible. This passage covers Day 4 of the Creation account. (My Father’s World)
Create Day 4 page. For Day 4: Fold paper in half (hamburger style, not hot dog style). Paste a cut-out sun on one side of the paper. Paste a piece of black paper on the other side. Either draw the moon and stars with white crayons or paste on pre-cut stars & moon.
(Although I didn’t mention this last week, we are doing some scripture memory work too. We learned Genesis 1:1 already and will be working on Genesis 1:27 this week. – “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”)
LANGUAGE
Using the ABC Chart, sing the ABCs at least 2 times. Make sure to pause to avoid the usual slurring of L-M-N-O-P. Have the students point to each letter as they sing it. Introduce M, N, O, P, Q. We use flashcards with pictures to introduce each letter. Then using a button & the ABC Chart, review the new letters, as well as any previously taught letters. For example, you could say, “Put your button on letter B.” If a child missed one, print the letter on another piece of paper and allow the child to correct his own mistake if necessary. (My Father’s World)
CALENDAR TIME/MATH - Pictograph
BEFORE the lesson: Cut one 3” light colored construction paper circle for each family member. Tape two pieces of construction paper together and create a grid.
Remind students that we use the calendar to tell us the month, year, day of the week and the date. Ask, “What month is it?” “What year is it?” Say “Yesterday was ________.” “What day of the week is today?” “It is ____________________.” “Yesterday’s date was the ____th.” “What is today’s date?” “Today is (day), August (date), (year). “ “Let’s say that together.”
Point to the date squares. Ask, “What do you notice about these squares?” “What colors are they?” “Let’s read the colors of the squares together.” “This is called a green, blue pattern.” ‘What color do you think we will use to color today’s square?” Color today’s square using the appropriate color. (Saxon K Math Lesson 5)
“Today you will learn how to make a graph to show how many boys and how many girls are in your family.” “You will use a picture of each person’s face to make the graph.” Give the child a construction paper circle (cut to fit your pre-made graph). “Draw your face on this circle.” “Who else is in your family?” “Draw ______’s face on this circle.” Repeat until all faces of family members are drawn. Point to the words “Boys” and “Girls” on the grid. “What do you think these words are?” ‘When you graph the faces, you will put one face in each box. You will start at this end.” “Where do you think you will put your face?” “Will it go in the girls’ or boys’ row?” Ask this same question before the child places the remaining faces. Occasionally ask “Which row has more?.....less?....the same? How do you know?” When all the pictures are graphed, ask “How can we find out how many boys are in your family?” Count the boys’ faces. Do the same procedure for the girls. After this portion of the lesson, glue the faces to the actual graph. Save the graph for Lesson 6.
DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY
Skip around a room or outside as slowly as you possibly can to show the child how to skip. Skip very slowly and say, ‘Step, hop. Step, hop.” Encourage the child to follow you. Demonstrate how it can be enjoyable to skip fast. (Slow and Steady Get Me Ready p177)
THEME – Goodnight Moon
Read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown . Talk about different pages in the book, pointing out the idea of rhyming words. This is an early age to be learning about rhyming but remember”exposure” is the idea here.
We will be doing many of the lapbook activities from Homeschool Share. If you choose to do these, you will want to get them ready a few days or the night before. They require some prepwork, especially if you want to be able to reuse the resources later. Also if you’ve never made a lapbook, the short 4 minute video on Homeschool Share is helpful.
Each child will have a folder (with 5 or 6 blank construction paper pages in the brads) as their “lapbook” for this story. I have added pages in the folders to display their work. This can be arranged in anyway you would prefer or even use the items as individual activities with no intention of preserving them for future use. I would like my child to be able to go back and look through the lapbook at a later date, so we will attempt to keep them all in the designated folder.
Complete the What Color was the Balloon? Have children fold the book and then color each balloon. We will be cutting each color section and pasting them in our lapbook. Color words will be learned this year.
We will choose at least two other of the lapbook activities to complete during our time together.
ALTERNATE ACTIVITIES
We chose to focus on the moon, during our theme time, but one could easily do something else with the Sun or stars.
Read Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, by Ira Trapani. There are many star theme-related activities at Homeschool Share for children who are a little older than the ones I am working with right now.
This is a fun and easy star activity. - Twinkling Stars
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