MFW: Adventures in U.S. History Week 2

MFW: ADVENTURES IN U.S. HISTORY WEEK 2

This week we will focus on the meaning of the name of JESUS, graphing, word problems,  Christopher Columbus, and the American Pioneers.  Also learn about AIR and whether we can see it or not.

BOOKS



Few of the books we used this week.

BIBLE 



Matthew 1: 18-21 



Learning the meaning of JESUS, we taped our poster board to the wall to continue to add the names each time we finish a new one.  

~Matthew 1:18-21

~Genesis 3:13-15

~Isaiah 53:4-5

~Isaiah 53:11-12

~Micah 5:2

~Isaiah 9:6


READING 



"On the Farm" by Kristen Hall



"Daniel Plays at School" by Becky Friedman



"One by One" by Mickey Daniels 



"The Penguins are going on Vacation" by Catherine Blittner 

LANGUAGE ARTS



Reading over her spelling words for the week 



Reciting a poem 



Cursive handwriting the letters Cc & Dd



Finishing her spelling worksheets and working on her spelling words 



Cursive handwriting the letters Ee and Ff



Spelling words practice 



Cursive handwriting the letters Gg and Hh



Cursive handwriting the letters Ii and Jj



Handwriting practice letters Aa - Jj



Reviewing last week's spelling words and this weeks 

MATH



Working on graphs and word problems



Counting and word problems 



Graph practice 



Graphing and more word problems.

U.S. NOTEBOOK 



We talked about Christopher Columbus and the 3 ships he used to sail the sea: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Marie.  Made the these cute ships and we taped them together and then she wrote the name of the ships on the sail.  On the blue construction paper she made waves using a white crayon.  I got the template for the ships from 
Crayola website.



Copying down a sentence and looking over the pictures in the book after reading about Christopher Columbus.



Taking practice test after reading about the Pioneers 

TIMELINE 



Added Columbus card this week to our timeline.

ART



Drew a log cabin 



Drawing stick figures 



Hot dog figures, she thought it was very funny making hot dog shapes for their bodies.



Practice making Rectangular people

SCIENCE 

This week we discussed AIR and whether or not it is all around us.  We enjoyed several different experiments to see if we could feel or see air. 



Fanning themselves to see if they could feel air.  



Laid two papers down on the floor and placed two rulers, one was the starting point and the other finish point.  Gave the kids some straws to blow the papers to the finish line.  It was fun watching them blow the paper.



Got this wonderful idea from The Dad Lab .  Placed a rubber glove over a cup and tied it with a rubber band.  Made a hole on the side of the cup and inserted a straw through the hole so the kids could blow into it.  Once they blew into the glove it would expand.  This is such a fun and entertaining experiment.



Made a rocket balloon: tied a yarn from one chair to the other, first we placed the yarn through a straw before we tied it to the chair.  Then filled a balloon but didn't tie the end just had her hold the end tight, and then taped it to a straw.  We noticed that the smaller the balloon the faster it would go.  



Filled a plastic tub with water and had the kids see if there was air in the bottle.  As they pushed the bottle under water they could see bubbles come up, which demonstrated air.



Scientific Method worksheet 

NATURE WALK 




The kids explored under objects around the flower bed to find what creatures they would find.  Found rolly polly, snails, worms, water beetles, and also saw lots of butterflies, bees, and nasty wasps, and of course birds.  



Took the kids to go strawberry picking at one of our local farms: Gillis Hill Farm 



Went with my parents and brother who was in town this week.



After picking strawberries we went to the explore the farm after eating some ice cream.



Such a beautiful farm, can't believe my dad has never explored this farm.



Her completed nature walk worksheet

VIDEOS 



Watched the Magic School Bus (S4 E3) "Goes on Air" to go with our science theme.


ACTIVITIES



Took the kids to the Museum of the Cape Fear to get some hands on experience about the pioneers and learn about history.  



Touching some cotton, looking at a weaving machine, and other machines that were used back then.



Learning about the confederate solider's and union solider's 



Her field trip worksheet, she would tell me what to write.

This week we learned about the meaning of the name of JESUS, graphing, word problems,  Christopher Columbus, and the American Pioneers.  Also learned about AIR and whether we can see it or not.  Love reading the history of the United States.  Looking forward to what we will learn next week.

GOD BLESS

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Preschool (Aa, #1, Red, Circle) Vikings

PRESCHOOL (Aa, #1, RED, CIRCLE) VIKINGS 

We are back into the swing of things after taking a month off from school.  Getting back into learning the letters, numbers, colors, and shapes, except this time we will do more hands on activities, crafts, and start to practice writing.  

This week we will start with the letter Aa, number one, the color red, the circle shape, and learn about Vikings along with his sister.



Some of the items we used this week 



Excited to start school this week.  Just like last year he wants to be Batman when he grows up.  

BOOKS



Books we used this week 

LETTER 



Showing the letter Aa



Found these cute cards in the dollar section at Target, he did a good job in matching the upper case letter A with the lower case letter a.


Got some red play-doh out and some cookie cutter shape A for him to make the letters in the play-doh as we would make the sound of the letter.



Practicing writing letters with this magnet puzzle



Hid some letter puzzle pieces in some rainbow rice for the kids to search for and place in the correct spots, they really had fun with this activity.



Writing practice with our salt tray, he is still trying to get the hang of writing the upper case letter A but he has the lower case a down pack.



Gave him some circle stickers to place around the letter A



Made a "Find the letter Aa" and gave him a dot marker on all the A's he found.  



Brought out the Geo-board for the kids to build letters, this was the first time he has used the Geo-board to make letters.  



Sounding out the letter A

COLOR 



To go with our letter A and color Red theme I cut some apples in half and poured some red paint on a plate so the kids could dip the apple in the paint and make stamp prints with it.  After they were done stamping they decided to dip their hands in the paint and make more art.  


NUMBER ONE



Made the number one out of play-doh using the number one cookie cutter.



Working on the number one, of course he had to wear his Batman mask.  
SHAPE



Circles using the cookie cutter



Sorting some rings by size at the library 

ACTIVITIES



Since K is learning about Vikings this week I decided that I will include him in our studies, he usually just joins us either way.  This time we will include him in all our studies.  They've always enjoyed playing with ships and acting like Vikings or Pirates.  



Got these Leap Frog dry erase books a few years ago for K and now little man gets to use them.  Practiced copying numbers and letters, identifying objects that were red and matching.  



Filled a bin with different items to go with our theme of the week.  Let him explore all objects and then we talked about each item.  



Wrote on the board and gave D a q-tip to dip in water and trace the letters and number I wrote.  He is still trying to get the hang of it but its great writing practice.



Found these cute sequence puzzles at our local Target in the dollar section.  Best thing is they are double sided.  He really enjoyed this activity, more than I thought he would.


SNACKS



For snack we had some apples and some apple juice to go with our theme this week.

VIDEOS



Watched "How to Train your Dragon 1 & 2" and Lyle the Kindly Viking to go with our Viking theme of the week.

FIELD TRIPS 



Went to the library for story time and this weeks theme was "Mothers"



For craft the kids made Mother's Day cards and decorated a water bottle with stickers to place their flowers in while us moms sat and enjoyed a Red Velvet cupcake with some water.  It was so sweet seeing the kids pour their hearts into their work.



This week we went to the skating ring for our last day of school party with our co-op group.  

We have really enjoyed starting school or more like fun while learning.  It was great getting back into the swing of things.  Gotta say I've really miss all of this.  Love watching him learning and grasp new things. I will be posting on the bottom each week we complete a new theme.  Unto next week for more new adventures.

GOD BLESS!!!

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