Tuesday, December 4, 2018

MFW: ECC and K4 Week 24

MFW: ECC & K4 WEEK 24

We will finish our studies on India this week and learn about volcanoes, rocks, mountains, stone inlay, and more.  D will work on the letter Rr, review his numbers, shapes, and colors.  Lots of activities for this week which means this will be a very fun week.

BOOK



Books on India 




Few books on volcanoes




Some books about rocks and minerals

BIBLE

Memory Verse:  So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

~Matthew 7:12

~Matthew 19:16-30

~Matthew 20:17-19

~Matthew 20:20-28

~Romans 12:1

~Zechariah 7:9

~John 13:14-15


Learned about Amy Carmichael and the wonderful works she accomplished.
LANGUAGE ARTS



Spelling words review




Some language arts and spelling work 




She's done a lot of independent reading this week, need to get her reading level better than it is.  Our main struggle with her, blessed she's doing great in all her other subjects.



Learning all about the letter Rr this week.



Had lots of helpers this week with dad helping him with his writing while I worked with K on her math and then K read him a book all about the letter R.



Handwriting practice and spelling his name.  So proud of him, that huge smile was him completing his name with no help.  

MATH



We started our Advent calendar (countdown to Christmas), this year we included an advent bible verse.  Love this great tradition, something we used to do when we were younger.




This week we celebrated our CoCo's 14th birthday, the kids counted down to her birthday and sang to her.  Blessed to have her in our lives for this long, praying for many more years.  




She's excited to have completed her Singapore Math 3A & 3B workbook, now to order the next level.  She loves math.



Reviewing what she has learned in math.



Placing the numbers in order and then counting from 1-10.



Added the correct number of blocks under each number.



Math worksheets



Daddy helping him with his math work, learning about greater than and less than.

ARTS & CRAFT



Stone Inlay, kids made it out of playdoh due to not being to go out and buy some clay (which I actually thought we had some).  Looked up several pictures of how stone inlays are made and look like so they could get an idea of the craft.  


In her Global Arts class she made decorative eggs to go with her Russian theme of the day.




D made a stop light to go with his survival skills class.  He was excited to tell us the games his played and why its important to be safe when we are on the road.


GEOGRAPHY


Coloring her India flag




Made some India puppets 




Learning about Gonds people.

SCIENCE



An isolated life and living in a mountain climate.



Few of the rocks we have from our collection, our collection is pretty big.


Observing some rocks


Making volcanoes


So much seeing how volcanoes erupt.


Preparing their volcano presentation for their science fair at our co-op.


Forming our volcano


The kids Volcano board to go with their presentation.


This week at co-op the theme was Survival Skills, in K's class she first learned about first aid and then made her own first aid kits and then we outside to the woods to build their own shelters.


Taught a basic first aid demonstration for the kids 


Learning the importance of knowing who to call in case of an emergency, and the need to know your address, phone number, and parents names.


NATURE WALK 



Helping my group build a shelter in the woods, gotta say this was a very fun activity.




Our completed shelter with a flag and everything.




K's group even made a fire pit (pretend, no fire was involved), and a pretty big shelter.


VIDEOS



Watched a short video on volcanoes on our Brain Pop app.



Their volcano erupting 



Magic School Bus  "Blows its top", learning about volcanoes.



Magic School Bus "Rocks and Rolls", learning about rock formation.
MUSIC



Wee Sing "Anilae"



Wee Sing "Kai Veechamma"

FIELD TRIP



Went for a walk with my brother at one of our local park.



Our beautiful Princess



Our handsome Prince



Love seeing the wonders of God around us.


Finished our studies on India this week.  Learned a lot about their culture, people, and beliefs.  Also learned about volcanoes, how they form, the levels of it, and why they erupt.  Very neat project for the whole family.  Studied rocks and minerals, mountains, freezing point, and about Amy Carmichael.  Unto next week to start our studies on China.  

GOD BLESS!!!

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Friday, November 23, 2018

MFW: ECC and K4 Week 23

MFW: ECC & K4 WEEK 23

Begin our studies on India this week and learn everything we can on their culture, people, and more.  We'll learn about mountains, how to help our environment, the three R's, A/A Judson, and continue memorizing the Lord's Prayer.  D will learn about the letter Zz, review his numbers, colors, and shapes.   Also celebrate Thanksgiving this week and learn the meaning of why we celebrate it.

BOOK



Few books we used this week to go with our India studies.




Some books we used for our celebration of Thanksgiving this week.

BIBLE

Memory Verse: Matthew 6:9b-13

"Our Father in heaven, 
hallowed by your name, 
your kingdom come, 
your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts, 
as we have forgiven our debtors, 
And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from the evil one."


~Matthew 19:13-15 "Jesus blesses the children"


~Matthew 18:15-20

~Matthew 18:21-35

~Matthew 19:1-12

~2 Corinthian 4:2

~Romans 5:3-4

~Luke 6:27-28

LANGUAGE ARTS



Spelling words practice




Putting her spelling words in alphabetical order.




Observing items that start with the letter Zz.



Handwriting practice 



Letter Zz handwriting practice.

MATH



Addition and subtraction word problems.




Multiplication word problems.




Filling in the missing numbers.



Searching for numbers 
ARTS & CRAFT



Kathakali Face Painting Craft which we imprevisied since the kids are allergic to things on their faces.  We drew faces on sticks instead.




Printed this cute coloring worksheets for the kids from The Crafty Classroom .


Kids made cute little pilgrims and indians to go with our Thanksgiving celebration this week.
GEOGRAPHY



Traveling this week to India.




Added India to our map.




Added their plane tickets in their books.




Kids added stickers of India to their passport books.



Window on the World: India 


Found India on our map and observed a few items sent from India.


     

Learned about Iriula and Parsees 


 

Observing India in our Children's Atlas book




Coloring in the flag of India 




Taj Mahal 


Built the Taj Mahal for the kids to see it in 3D, got the idea from Caroline Arnold Books.



Geography game 

SCIENCE



Colored in the mountains in the world.


Searching for different animals in the Books of Animals.



Culture and Life of Asia

NATURE WALK 


Looking for Dandelions and making wishes.


Having in the park at their grandparents house.


He loves my parent's little Willow Tree.
VIDEOS



India: Taj Mahal "Are we there yet?" video we watched on YouTube.




Such a cute Thanksgiving movie.

  

We talked about being thankful and then I asked the kids what they were thankful for.  

MUSIC


Wee Sing: Attal Mattal 
FIELD TRIP



Thanksgiving them at the library


Made cute little turkeys for craft time at the library.

Happy Thanksgiving from our bearded dragon Larry Boy.


Enjoying Thanksgiving with our family.


This week we started our studies on India and learned so much about its culture, people, and more.  We learned about mountains, how to help out environment, the three R's, A/A Judson, and continued memorizing the Lord's prayer.  Enjoyed our Thanksgiving celebration with our family.  Now unto next week to continue our studies on India.

GOD BLESS!!!

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