My Father's World: Unit 12 Goat

MFW: Unit 12 Goat 

JESUS DIED FOR MY SINS.



Some of our letter Gg finds

BOOKS



Great books we read for this unit.

WORKSHEETS



Working on shape recognitions, handwriting, and writing number 12.



Working on her cut and past worksheets after reading the words and placing them under the correct pictures.  Placing a dot on each picture that begins with the letter Gg.  Dartanian was busy reading his Farm Animal book while Kanani worked on her worksheets.



Working on the cusienaire rods worksheets together.

MATH



Working on her MATH U SEE worksheet and time worksheet.  

ARTS & CRAFT



Made a letter G for goat, read the book Three Billy Goats Gruff.  Saw an episode of Super Why on the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and then made toilet paper roll goats.  Kanani wanted them to have a little sister so we made a pink one.  Got the idea from of the toilet paper roll goats from Crafty Crafted.

ACTIVITIES/GAMES



I have this great box full of cards of different bible lessons.  It's from "The Beginners Bible".  One of the cards was on GOATS.  Explained different things goats were used for in the bible days and how we still used them.  



While reading the book "Old MacDonald had a Farm by Holly Berry" we sang the song Old McDonald and held the puppets when we sang about them.



Working on her letter Gg by writing in the gel packet I made using gel and food coloring, great sensory project.



Cut out the animal matching cards that came with curriculum mixed them and then had her match the babies with the adults.  Afterwards we played a rhyming game with the pictures.



Scrambled all the pictures and placed the letters on the mat for Kanani to place each picture under the correct letter.  There were 12 letters in total and she did a great job identifying them.



She made a small farm to go with our unit.



Reenacted the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff.



Gg is for GOOGLES and sunGLASSES, how cute is my little man.

SCIENCE



Life cycle of the goat: Kid (baby goat) to Yearling (1 year old) to Goat (full grown by two to three years old). 

MOVIES/VIDEOS



Watched the Leap Frog movie "Phonics Farm", talked about all the letters of the alphabet their sounds and had an animal to represent each letter.

FIELD TRIP



Kanani got a chance to go with her dad to Hubb's Corn Maze with her homeschool co-op group.  Unfortunately little man and me couldn't make it to this one since he was suffering from a double ear infection.  At least her daddy was able to get off and take her on her trip.  She was very excited to see the goats and see them have fun in their own playground. 



Went to our local farm Gillis Hill Farm and got to feed and pet some of their beautiful goats.



Goats are always so willing to let the kids give them a rub.  Love how the one on the bottom right picture stood there looking at us while we were leaving as if it was sad we had to go.

SPANISH

cabra (goat)

MEMORY VERSUS

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."
~John 3:16~

POEM

THE ANSWERS
    By: Robert Clairmont

"When did the world begin and how?"
I asked a lamb, a goat, a cow:

"What's it all about and why?"
I asked a hog as he went by:

"Where will the whole thing end, and when?"
I asked a duck, a goose, and a hen:

And I copied all the answers too, 
A quack, a honk, an oink, a moo.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Bach: Brandenburg Concert no. 3 in G (III. Allegro)

Anything that deals with animals is always our favorite subject, especially when it comes to farm animals.  Wish we were living on a farm ourselves, maybe one day that will happen.  Had a great time going to visit a local farm and enjoying some homemade ice cream while there.  In this unit we didn't do as many arts and crafts since we were enjoying our time outdoors, what better way to learn than learn from our surroundings.   :) 

Hope you enjoy our goat unit.

GOD BLESS!!

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Letter I
Unit 11: Insect

Letter W
Unit 10: Water

Letter O
Unit 9: Octopus

Letter D
Unit 8: Dinosaur

Letter U
Unit 7: Us

Letter T
Unit 6: Turtle 


Letter N

Unit 5: Nest      

Letter A

Unit 4: Apple 

Letter L

Unit 3: Leaf      

Letter M

Unit 2: Moon   

Creation Unit and Letter S

Creation Unit and Unit 1: Sun 

Classical Music Composers
Say Hello to Classical Music


Curriculum Organization

Organizing MFW Curriculum

My Father's World: Unit 11 Insect

MFW: Unit 11 Insect 

I AM A WISE CHILD, SO I WORK HARD

Some of our treasures for insect unit this week

BOOKS

Some of the books we read this week

WORKSHEETS

Working on her handwriting and letter I sound

Doing her cusienaire rods worksheets



Doing her cut and paste worksheets, and identifying the pictures for the letter Ii.



Working on her worksheets, blend ladder, writing, and reading.

MATH



Counting insects and working on her MATH U SEE worksheet.



Working on our numbers from 40-60 this week, these are from our one hundred count down.



Grabbed some of our number cards (1-60) and scrambled them and had Kanani place them in the correct order.  She first would identify each number then place them in their ten spot.  After she was done separating them she placed teach group in the correct order.  She has  

ARTS & CRAFT

Cut out 3 circles and 6 rectangle shapes for legs. Had her glue the shapes to popsicle sticks to make a puppet.  She glued them in the order she wanted and then glued the eyes and drew a mouth. Got this idea from Toddler Approved Blog.



Cut little triangles around a paper plate and drew a spider in the middle of the plate.  Then had Kanani made the spider web out of yarn, she then got some of the plastic insects we have and placed them in the web.  She said the spider caught some flies for dinner.  Got this idea from Teach Preschool Blog.



One of the activities mentioned in the teacher's manual was to paint some rocks red to make ladybug rocks.  We then sang the song 5 little ladybugs jumping on the plate (like 5 little monkey's jumping on the bed).  



Kanani used the left over paint from her rock painting to paint a ladybug.  This isn't your normal ladybug for this one has two legs to help it stand up straight like us.  She said its a very unique ladybug because it's not like your regular ladybug, which makes it special.  Love her thought process with this painting.  GOD MADE US SPECIAL!



I had intended to do several different bugs with Kanani's thumbprint but she wanted a jar full of ladybugs.  She dipped her thumb in red paint and then pressed it in the jar.  Came out pretty cute.

ACTIVITIES/GAMES



One of our word cards had a bug on it, which went great with this unit.  Kanani first placed the word in the correct order BUG and then put the sentence on the back in the correct order THE BUG SITS ON THE RUG.  He really helps with her reading and spelling.



Dartanian got this cute ladybug from his grandparents when they came back from vacation.  It has a couple of classical music on it, letter sounds, number sounds, and shape recognition.  Cute little addition for our insect unit.



After reading these two cute books Kanani dressed up as a cute ladybug, then she told us all she learned about ladybugs. 



In some rainbow pasta I hid a couple of the plastic insects we had and had the kids dig for the insects.  Kanani wore her spider man mask in search for dinner.  In the bottom left picture she has her serious spider face.  Bottom right picture she is eating her dinner of insects.  Such a great imagination.




I made a honeycomb for Kanani and placed several different color pom poms in a basket.  Places some prongs in the basket for her to use to transfer the pom poms into the honeycomb.  The pom poms represent pollen, when she was finished she wanted to dress up like a bee and hold her honeycomb. Got the idea from From ABC to Acts.



Made several cards of different insects with some moves for Kanani to make.  The move of the insects, she had so much fun playing and dancing.  Great idea from Oopsey Daisy Blog.



Went outside and drew some bugs with a letter in them on the driveway.  Kanani wanted to water them away with her watering can.  I would call out the letter or the sound the letter makes and then she would search for it and water the bug away.



Went on an insect scavenger hunt, searched our front and backyard for them.  Every time we went out Kanani would search for insects and ask what types of insect or bug they were.  Thankfully I had found this neat bug book kit that came with a bug container, magnifying glass, bug book, science journal for her to write down her finding, and a scavenger list.  Drew a scavenger hunt insect sheet for Kanani, got the idea from Mommy Style.  

SNACK



In the teacher manual it mentioned doing some honey balls, but no one in my house is really too fond of honey like I am.  So I decided to make some Honey Bun cake, which is Kanani's favorite cake.  Love the look on her face, of course I had to place the cake in our bee bowl with the bee spoon.  

SCIENCE

Bought the Ant life cycle stages figures and made some cards to go with the set.  Kanani placed the name, picture, and figure with the correct ones.  Even though they are not in the correct order she got the concept down.

Made a lap book for Kanani, the top half is identifying the ant's body parts and the bottom half is the ant's life cycle.

Here Kanani is identifying the ant's body parts

Looking at different insects from our Zoo Books and Insect identification book.



After reading the book "The Amazing Honey Bee" we made a honeycomb together.  She glued the honeycomb together, in one cell she glued yellow pom poms to represent honey, white rice to represent eggs, and some red rice to represent larvae.  Cute idea from the teacher manual. 

MOVIES/VIDEOS

Watched some episodes of the Magic School Bus about ants and bees.  We also watched the movies "A Bug's life", we noticed that the ants in the movie only had 4 legs when ants are supposed to have 6 legs.  It's good to know that she was paying attention to our lessons on ants.

Learned about insects and ants using our Brain Pop app on her tablet.

After reading the story of "The Ant and the Grasshopper" we watched the story on Super Why.

SPANISH

insecto (insect)

MEMORY VERSUS

Whenever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord and not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.  It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

~Colossians 3:23-24~

POEM

THE ANT

  By: Mary Ann Hoberman

The busy ant works hard all day, 

And never stops to rest or play.

He carries things ten times his size, 

And never grumbles, whines or cries.

And even climbing flower stalks, 

He always runs, he never walks.

He loves his work he never tires, 

And never puffs, pants or perspires. 

You thought I praise is boundless rim, 

I am not really fond of him.

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee

In this unit we learned a lot about different types of insects. An insect is a small invertebrate, or animal without a backbone.  Insects have 6 legs, most adult insects have 4 wings, and they also have 2 antennae on their heads.  They are the most successful creatures on earth.  There are more than a million species of insects in the world.  

GOD BLESS!!

PREVIOUS UNITS 

Letter W
Unit 10: Water

Letter O
Unit 9: Octopus

Letter D
Unit 8: Dinosaur

Letter U
Unit 7: Us

Letter T
Unit 6: Turtle 


Letter N

Unit 5: Nest      

Letter A

Unit 4: Apple 

Letter L

Unit 3: Leaf      

Letter M

Unit 2: Moon   

Creation Unit and Letter S

Creation Unit and Unit 1: Sun 

Classical Music Composers
Say Hello to Classical Music


Curriculum Organization

Organizing MFW Curriculum