Sonlight Week 31

This week was cut short by an impromptu trip to see some friends who are in the country. We worked hard to finish our week in three days. (This was J's decision as she didn't want to take any school stuff with her on this trip.)

We worked through the language sheets. Because they are easy, I just let her work through them with her fingers.

J finished her handwriting book. She wanted to finish this week and she did.

We read about space this week for Science. She learned about space travel and how space suits keep the astronaut safe. We are still reading The House at Pooh Corner and we just started Wild Places. Only a few more weeks left, I can't imagine! Hope you had a great week. See you later.

Blast Off To Summer - A

Blast off to Summer! I found an idea on Pinterest to start a countdown to celebrate the end of the school year. Some countdowns started the last week of school and some used an alphabet countdown for 26 days. I decided to try the alphabet countdown to the end of our homeschooling year. After much research and thinking, I came up with activities for each letter of the alphabet. I didn't want them to be labor intensive since we are packing for a major trip to 'Merica. My plan is to include  a book for each day as well as some fun  activities for each letter. I will have to be creative with my books since most of them are already packed, so bear with me. We will be calling our adventure through the countdown alphabet - Blast Off To Summer - because not long after we are done, we will be heading out. Yay!

If you would like to follow my Pinterest Board for ABC End of the Year Activities. You may find a few things for your own countdown.

It has come to the time for the letter A (26 days and counting until the end of the school year, wow!).

A is for.....

All About Me

We started our A day by reading books All About Me.... 

Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney

We learned about where we are located on the earth. There are more books that are by the same author which are equally good.

My Five Senses by Aliki

We learned about our five senses from this book by Aliki.

How Do Your Senses Work? by Judy Tatchell

More reading about our senses in this lift the flap book by Usborne. I love Usborne books, all of them.

Duckie Duck by Kate Toms

This is a cute book about Duckie Duck who stays true to himself even though he is different from the other ducks. It is a cute book about being yourself.

J read Me on the Map to me while we discussed where we live.

We found our country on the world map.

She then drew a map of her bedroom complete with her and her brother.

J drew a picture of herself.

After reading about our senses, J inspected her fingerprint under a magnifying glass. We discusses how each finger print is different.

After checking out the fingerprints, J created a picture.

Here's the picture she created, using her prints to make ladybugs. Cute. 25 letters to go....then summer vacation. Yay!

The clipart rocket is from:

Helicopter Game Pack

Here is the final installment of my game packs for the letters G, H, and I. It is the Helicopter Game Pack. It includes two games -

A letter match game, this includes landing pads for all letters studied so far, and matching helicopters. You can match the helicopter to the correct letter landing pad. Or the game can be played by having your child "land" a toy helicopter to the landing pad that you call out.

It also has a color matching game with basically the same idea to play. The color matching game has programed helicopters with both color and color words for further practice.

Download the Helicopter Game Pack HERE.

The graphics for this pack came from:

Hope you enjoy these free printable helicopter games. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask and if you download, I would love a comment. 

Tot Tuesday

This week I needed sone quiet time with the tot while I was working with J and her reading. Nothing makes it harder to concentrate when the tot is talking loudly in the background while we are trying to focus on learning a new skill. So I pulled out a sheet of stickers and some paper.

Can you see the concentration he gives this? This gave us a good 30 minutes to finish what we were working on. To ease frustration, I remove the sticker outlines (if that makes sense). By doing this, he can easily take off the stickers without any help. This is a great activity to bring on flights. I try to bring stickers and a mini book whenever we travel to keep him occupied. It doesn't take up much room and offers some quiet time while traveling. 

Ice Cream Game Pack

Here is the next installment of my game packs for my GHI Review Printable Packs. This one is for the letter I. It is my Ice Cream Game Pack.

It is 17 pages of Review Games.

It includes letter/sound matching game and

a number matching game.

It also has an idea plus the printables for creating a name matching game programmable for your child. Enjoy the Ice Cream Game Pack while review letters, numbers, and sounds!

Download the Ice Cream Game Pack HERE.

The graphics for this game pack are from:

Sonlight Week 30

This week has brought us warmer weather, yay! We read about toilets, boats, and cameras. We are still working with blends in reading and have only about two more weeks of our math book left (hard to believe). Here are a few of the activities we accomplished this week (I am a little light on pics).

While I was cleaning and packing most of our books away, I found two bible story books. Each story includes a page of stickers to add while you are reading. We worked through this book all week. J loved adding the stickers and she even read the entire story herself.

We are finishing up our handwriting programs as well. J probably only has a few more pages left. You kinda feel a small sense of accomplishment when you begin to notice things wrapping up and finishing.

J is working on math while Kaleb is never too far behind. He is super concentrated on his activity that I gave him. Now why, do you ask, are there few pictures this week? I couldn't help it...the weather, the sunshine....

Our days looked like this ..... water toys, buckets, and sand out on the balcony. I love this picture!

Our days were spent finishing up school and playing outside. It was great but sorry for the lack of pictures. I love it when our days end this this:) See you next week.

Garbage Truck Game Pack

I just finished my GHI Review Printable Pack and I couldn't stop there. I had to create a few review games for each letter. Introducing my Garbage Truck Game Pack...

Included in the Game Pack are a letter review game. The letter review game is sorting recyclables into the correct recycling bin. You could add the bins to envelopes and have your child put the correct "garbage" into the correct bin. The review game is only for the letters studied so far - up to the letter I.

There is a Green Garbage Truck felt board rhyme with printable props. Instead of making it a felt board activity, you could laminate and add magnets for extra fun.

There is also a garbage truck color rhyme. Each garbage truck has "garbage" that only they can collect. Enjoy these review games and rhymes and stop back soon for two more themed review game packs for the letters H and I.

Download the Garbage Truck Game Pack HERE.

The graphics for this pack came from: