Monday
We kicked off the week reading The Tailor of Gloucester from
A Year of Tales curriculum. This one was a harder story for both Lynni and me to get into, so we did not read it the other days suggested in the curriculum.
For science we revisited the months of the year and talked about the weather and how the temperature can have an effect on the weather. I showed her a chart of our state and the average temperatures for each month. When we moved onto the seasons, she learned that the Earth tilts as it rotates around the sun, which is why the seasons change. When we were all done with this lesson, I taught her the four seasons in American Sign Language. She asked to draw a picture of the four seasons and wrote four different descriptions for each season in her lesson book
We also started a geography unit this week from A Year of Tales. Geography is one of Little Miss’s favorite subject and I’m trying to add a little here and there for her until our second part of the year when it will be more frequent.
We did a fun little project called “Me on a Map” and had a discussion about where in this big universe she fits. We talked about our street name, town, state, country, continent, and planet. She also took the time to recite the order of the planets and our galaxy, which we studied two years ago.
The Year At Maple Hill Farm // A Stroll Through The Seasons // The Squirrels Busy Year // Around the Year
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Books for Monday
Tuesday
Little Miss started this sunny day by acing another math test and got 100% on her practice on Khan Academy.
We took her to her grandparents for a few hours to work on her patch work pillow case with her grandma. This project took a few days to finish.
Another little fun thing that we did was go around the house and observe all the different kinds of fabric that we have and picked out our favorites and why they were are favorites.
Books for Tuesday
The Rag Coat // Fiona’s Lace // The Patchwork Quilt
Wednesday
While Little Man napped, Little Miss and I took some mommy/daughter time and worked on a dream catcher her Nana bought her.
Wednesday
Continuing on the weather topic, I copied the chart from the curriculum to start documenting the weather we were having.
Our fun handicraft for weather was making weather peg dolls. I think next time I will order a larger set, but these were just fine to start out with. I remember years ago when I was just focused on Waldorf Education, I made these for Lynni and made them with hats! I don’t know where those cute little guys ever wound up. This was a great project and we shared many giggles while we made these together.
Books for Wednesday (Some not photographed)
Thursday
Just reading a little twaddle during her free time. We were having a slow and slightly rough morning, I had her pick out whatever she wanted to read for twenty minutes while I got breakfast going for her and her brother.
One of the things that I mangaged to get a picture of for the day was keeping track of the rain we have been getting. She’s been documenting it in her journal and adding the differences each time we check it.
I asked her what kind of weather she was interested in learning more about. She told me blizzards, so we read the books I had on blizzards and looked on the internet for some more facts. We created a snowflake with glue and glitter, but I didn’t get around to getting a picture of it before it was destroyed by little baby hands.
We met up with friends in the evening at our library to make paper circuit valentines for STEM!
Finally, Little Miss did about fifteen minutes of French on Dulingo in the evening.
Books for Thursday
Over and Under the snow // The Story of Snow // Blizzards (not shown)
Part of our language arts for the week was creating a formal thank you letter to someone. She learned the parts of creating a letter and how to address an envelope. We will be doing more handwritten letters; she loved how personal it was and putting extra special things in the envelope. This letter was to her Nana for some of the toys she bought the kids.
Friday
I didn’t catch any school related pictures this day. After school we just enjoyed a lot of free play with out spielgaben set and read some stories.
This is the final product of her patchwork pillow she and her grandma worked on! Lynni picked out some of the fabric I had in our craft area, so I didn’t have to order any more. She was so proud of it, and I am so proud of her. She had fun doing it and asked if she could start sewing more. It looks terrific in her room.
Thank you for reading about our Homeschool Journal Week Three! What are you up to this week for your homeschool?
-M
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