Building a Vegetable Garden

We decided to transplant our potted fruits and vegetables into a raised vegetable bed that Eric built for us. The last six weeks of first grade science Jenni is learning about plants so I thought our garden would be a great addition to our homeschooling adventures. We planted blackberries, strawberries, watermelon, tomatoes, several different peppers, squash, zucchini, cucumber, cilantro, and onions.

Alphabet Fun: Letter Bb

Bible Verse:
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. (Acts 16:31)

Baking Bread

We baked strawberry bread and banana bread. Both deliciously yummy!

Letter B

 Coloring the bees and beehive yellow

Painting "blueberries" on the letter B

Letter B Prints

Baking Brownies

Ask Mr. Bear Activities

Tracing over the dotted lines

Alphabet Fun: Letter Aa

Bible Verse:

All things work together for good for those who love God. (Romans 8:28)

A is for Alligator 

I adore him. I really, really do.

 Joshua was determined to color inside the lines. Jenni sat next to him the whole time encouraging and praising him.

 And then she decided to read to him to pass the time.

We are using the All About Reading Pre-Reading program. We love love love love love the All About Reading and All About Spelling programs and totally recommend them. Joshua is really enjoying this program and we're having fun with it. 

 Being the little teacher Jenni is, she asked Joshua to point to the A's in the story.

 

Sponge Painting the Letter A

 

Painting the Letter A with Popsicle Sticks

 

Science

 We read from The Kingfisher Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animals. Joshua enjoys learning about animals he's never heard of before - great book for this.

 And then from DK First Animal Encyclopedia - great pictures.

 Jenni drew her own alligator.

Joshua asked me to draw him a baby alligator and then he colored it. :)

 

A is for Apple Crisp

Joshua loves to bake and insists on doing things by himself if its related to school work.

 

A is for Astronauts

 Rocket ship size sequencing - from smallest to largest and then largest to smallest

 Shadow matching - always a fun one

 Astronaut vocabulary

 Life Cycle of an Apple (printable found here)

Astronaut Printable Pack from Homeschool Creations.

Alphabet Fun: Letter Dd

Dump Cake

He really enjoyed being able to make the dump cake completely by himself.

Co-op Fun

Do you remember parachutes during elementary PE?! They were the BEST! I remember having the biggest smile when a teacher or coach would get these out during class because they were that much fun. Our co-op has one. Sometimes it is used for the littles to hold above their heads and another little run under and sometimes it is used this way. :) It was too cold for PE outside so one activity involved an adult and children running with the parachute on the ground carrying a child in the middle. Too. Much. Fun.

Jenni practicing this week's memory verse!

For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. (Psalm 139:13-14)

If only I could have recorded Joshua explaining this verse to me. It was precious.

Joshua: "Mommy this verse is talking about like how God built me in your tummy. But he didn't build me like a building. It's like he built me, like created me. Like God did it. You didn't. I was in your tummy though, like my baby sister is now!"

LEGOLAND Field Trip

So, really, there's nothing more fun than field trips - regardless if you attend public school or are home-schooled. We were all looking forward to this trip with our co-op. The littles had a good time and I'm glad we went. However, I really wouldn't recommend this place to others. It is simply not worth the price of admission. But we did buy some Lego sets at the Lego store on our way out, so that's a plus.