What's better than trucks and water? Nothing! Enjoy your day.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Tot Tuesday
As it is getting warmer here, it seems the best way to occupy my tot is with water. He isn't the neatest when it comes to water play but it does give him (me and J) some real quiet time.
What's better than trucks and water? Nothing! Enjoy your day.
What's better than trucks and water? Nothing! Enjoy your day.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Blast Off To Summer - M
We are now on the letter M. M is for.....
Monsters and Moose
This is what they call a Round book. It starts with giving a moose a muffin and ends with giving a moose a muffin. All of Numeroff's books are great. They are fun and entertaining.
We didn't read this book but we watched the movie. M is for monster movie.
They played with play dough and created silly monsters.
J used pipe cleaners and wiggly eyes to create hers.
They colored a funny moose to make a silly mask.
J's hamming it up with her moose.
We played a cute monster game free from Kreative in Kinder.
This was probably J's favorite game though. You roll a die and have to draw the part of the monster that corresponds to the number you rolled. We played this several times and saved it for later (possibly plane trip?). This game was a free printable from Expressive Monkey. They have several dice games as well.
On to our next letter and still hanging with the countdown. See you soon.
Clip Art Rocket is from
Friday, June 7, 2013
Sonlight Week 35
Wow, it is all most here. We have been working so hard and we finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Week 35 brought us....well, a mixture of things such as finishing Wild Places, The Apple and the Arrow, more reading about space. We read ahead on a few things so we can have a super easy last week. We have the last few reading lessons left, a few more pages in Explode the Code, and reading about Newton.
I went to a yard sale this past weekend. They are so rare and even though we are leaving, I couldn't help myself. I scored a game called Make It and Break It Extreme. Was I happy! It is a building game that uses logic skills. You use the blocks to create the pictures on the cards. We played this all week (without the timer).
Reflections on our year:
It has been a good year. I started Sonlight Core A with some worries. I was worried that the books were going to be too difficult for J. Some of the reading material would not be books that I would use for a kindergarten class if I had to pick them myself. This was good as it expanded our reading on multiple levels, J enjoyed every book that we read, some she asked to read again.
The language arts program was a tad to young for J so I supplemented with sight word readers and higher levels of Explode the Code. We finished book 1, 1 1/2, and 2. This program along with Reading Made Easy by Valerie Bendt was a good fit for J. She still enjoyed to do the little readers that came along with Sonlight as well as the letter pages.
We used Horizons Math and I was also worried about how fast the program worked. I supplemented some but found that I didn't have to do too much. J liked the lessons, working with the number lines for addition and subtraction. So, we will probably continue with this math program. If there was any area that I felt needed review, I would just focus on it. It is light on the review, so I kept that up myself.
Two things I would change about Sonlight Core A would be the Science program, to some extent, and that I wish it was digital. J enjoyed reading The Children's Encyclopedia and couldn't believe that we read the entire book. But some of the experiments weren't what we expected and I guess I just wish we had more. Some of the items were also hard to find for us so we had to skip them altogether. But I have to remember that J is only in kindergarten so I can't expect too much for that age. As for being digital, I really think that this would be a great benefit to those who live overseas. As much as I cherish reading from an actual book (I will never want to totally replace that), digital only makes sense with suitcase restrictions and such.
Overall, we have loved this year of Sonlight and I hope to continue on our homeschooling adventure with the next core. My only concern being that we will spend the next year home, with access to libraries and I feel we should do some American studies while we have the chance. I haven't quite worked that out in my brain but if you have suggestions, I would love to hear them.
Thanks you for joining in our adventure of Core A. I hope to see you next school year.
I went to a yard sale this past weekend. They are so rare and even though we are leaving, I couldn't help myself. I scored a game called Make It and Break It Extreme. Was I happy! It is a building game that uses logic skills. You use the blocks to create the pictures on the cards. We played this all week (without the timer).
Reflections on our year:
It has been a good year. I started Sonlight Core A with some worries. I was worried that the books were going to be too difficult for J. Some of the reading material would not be books that I would use for a kindergarten class if I had to pick them myself. This was good as it expanded our reading on multiple levels, J enjoyed every book that we read, some she asked to read again.
The language arts program was a tad to young for J so I supplemented with sight word readers and higher levels of Explode the Code. We finished book 1, 1 1/2, and 2. This program along with Reading Made Easy by Valerie Bendt was a good fit for J. She still enjoyed to do the little readers that came along with Sonlight as well as the letter pages.
We used Horizons Math and I was also worried about how fast the program worked. I supplemented some but found that I didn't have to do too much. J liked the lessons, working with the number lines for addition and subtraction. So, we will probably continue with this math program. If there was any area that I felt needed review, I would just focus on it. It is light on the review, so I kept that up myself.
Two things I would change about Sonlight Core A would be the Science program, to some extent, and that I wish it was digital. J enjoyed reading The Children's Encyclopedia and couldn't believe that we read the entire book. But some of the experiments weren't what we expected and I guess I just wish we had more. Some of the items were also hard to find for us so we had to skip them altogether. But I have to remember that J is only in kindergarten so I can't expect too much for that age. As for being digital, I really think that this would be a great benefit to those who live overseas. As much as I cherish reading from an actual book (I will never want to totally replace that), digital only makes sense with suitcase restrictions and such.
Overall, we have loved this year of Sonlight and I hope to continue on our homeschooling adventure with the next core. My only concern being that we will spend the next year home, with access to libraries and I feel we should do some American studies while we have the chance. I haven't quite worked that out in my brain but if you have suggestions, I would love to hear them.
Thanks you for joining in our adventure of Core A. I hope to see you next school year.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Blast Off To Summer - L
Counting down to summer, we are onto the letter L. L is for .....
Ladybugs, Legos, Limbo
Anytime glue is brought out, Kaleb will always join us. Here he is making his ladybug.
J is adding spots to her ladybug with a marker.
Here are the finished ladybugs - complete with wiggly eyes.
J read a mini book about the life cycle of a ladybug. (links below)
She completed a life cycle printable.
J practiced her time by working on this color by time sheet. This worksheet practiced telling time by the half-hour.
Then, we played a mini game working with telling time by the hour. She would spin the paperclip and read the clock. Then she covered the time on her game board. We will be using this for the rest of the school year to keep telling time fresh in her mind.
Links
Michelle Griffo TPT store has the life cycle printable book and worksheet for free download.
Teaching in Progress has the free printable game for practicing time to the hour.
Also, if you do a search on TPT, you can come up with many free printables for ladybugs. You could probably work a whole unit with them. We only had a day and I wanted to focus on time since clocks are in The Grouchy Ladybug. See you for our next letter....M. 14 more letters to go...Yay!
She completed a life cycle printable.
J practiced her time by working on this color by time sheet. This worksheet practiced telling time by the half-hour.
Then, we played a mini game working with telling time by the hour. She would spin the paperclip and read the clock. Then she covered the time on her game board. We will be using this for the rest of the school year to keep telling time fresh in her mind.
Links
Michelle Griffo TPT store has the life cycle printable book and worksheet for free download.
Teaching in Progress has the free printable game for practicing time to the hour.
Also, if you do a search on TPT, you can come up with many free printables for ladybugs. You could probably work a whole unit with them. We only had a day and I wanted to focus on time since clocks are in The Grouchy Ladybug. See you for our next letter....M. 14 more letters to go...Yay!
Clip art Rocket is from
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Blast Off To Summer - K
Kites, Kisses, and Kindness
This book is so funny and apparently there is a whole series of Bad Kitty books. The kitty decides to be bad after the family runs out of cat food. The kitty goes through the alphabet doing bad things. Then, when cat food is bought, the kitty does nice things through the letters of the alphabet.
J and Kaleb painting their kites.
J's finished kite. She flew it around the house all day. We are working our way to Z...see you soon.
Clip Art Rocket is from
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Tot Tuesday
Recently, Kaleb noticed that I was taking his picture. He was playing with some water and rocks and I thought he looked so cute. Well, he stopped playing and came to see the photo I took of him. Then he was hooked...all he wanted me to do was take photos of him mugging it up.
He is such a cutie:)
He is such a cutie:)
Monday, June 3, 2013
Blast Off To Summer - J
Jesus and Jumping
Remember I am limited in the books that aren't packed away. I have to use what I have and these are the books we read for J.
J reading the book Just Grandma and Me by Mercer Mayer.
We played froggy tic tac toe.
Then, in honor of Jump, Frog, Jump, we made silly frogs. Well, off to another letter.....still counting down and looking forward to summer.
Clip Art Rocket is from
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