Little Hands, Cheerful Hearts: Week 15 of Pre-K

Bible Verse: "Lord, teach us to to pray..." (Luke 11:1)
Math

Jenni practiced counting objects up to twenty and writing numbers 1-20.

We reviewed time. Jenni looked at her flashcards and determined what time it was (1 o'clock to 12 o'clock) and then she flipped her cards over to check (1:00-12:00).

After reviewing time to the hour, we began working on time to the half-hour.

Saxon Math K: We focused on naming a shape piece using three attributes - shape, color, and size. J described each piece (large blue triangle, small red square, etc.). Then we played a game. We took turns taking a piece away from the matrix and the other person had to say which piece is missing naming the three attributes.

Other Saxon lessons this week included ordering numbers 0-20, counting backward from 20, identifying a missing number, and identifying ordinal position using counting bears.

We also read a couple of fun math books:

Math for All Seasons written by Greg Tan (this was a fun counting book)

Ten Naughty Little Monkeys written by Suzanne Williams

Go for THE CODE

This week Jenni reviewed the letter Ww and the sound /w/. She also practiced writing Ww - one of her favorite letters to write just because she can say "down, up, down, up." It's the little things :)

Reading

We are using The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading for phonics instruction and Jenni is reading Bob Books: Set 1 for Beginning Readers. Jenni is really enjoying these books. She is so excited when she finishes a book by herself, and sweet Joshua just smiles and claps for her. One time he even gave her two thumbs up - such an encourager :)

Science
Weather Art from Mudpies to Magnets

Winter

Jenni painted a snowman and falling snow using white paint and a cotton ball.

Jenni originally wanted to paint a "nice snow monster" with pink paint but I encouraged her to paint something more realistic :)

Spring

Jenni painted a rainbow using her entire hand dipped in paint :)

Summer

Jenni painted a "summer house" complete with larger-than-life flowers and a pink roof :) Her painting originally had windows on the house but she decided to paint them "shut" because it was a "sunny day" :)

Fall

When Jenni thinks of fall, she thinks of leaves changing colors and then falling off. So J painted a large tree with leaves changing colors and falling off :)

J and I watched YouTube videos showing the changing seasons. As the videos played, J created her own pictures of the seasons from what she saw and heard.

Geography

We are using Evan-Moore's Beginning Geography, Grades K-2 book to learn map skills, landforms and bodies of water, and continents and oceans. This week Jenni learned about maps. A map is a drawing of a place from above. A map shows where things are.

The Big Green Pocketbook (Before Five in a Row)

This week we rowed The Big Green Pocketbook by Candice Ransom. We read the story several times and worked on the lapbook activities, found here and here.