Week 3 of homeschooling felt more natural. More a normal part of our day. Yay!
Bible
This week for Bible study, we learned the story of the Tower of Babel. I loved how Abby added a ladder on her tower and Adam had lots of workers. One of my favorites things is listening to them talk while they work on their Bible worksheets. They are just so funny!
We built our own Tower of Babel with blocks.
Handwriting
Adam reviewed numbers again. I want to get a poster to hang up so he has a reference on how to form them. Especially while doing math.
During handwriting, Abby played with word puzzles.
Math
This week we started Lesson 1 in MUS Alpha which was Place Value. Along with the worksheets, we played “Decimal Street” which he really loved.
Sometimes I put the blocks on and he had to write the numbers.
And sometimes I wrote the numbers and he put the corresponding blocks on.
I’m encouraging him to use a pencil when he writes, but I thought it was cute how he used the colors of the MUS blocks when he wrote the numbers in.
He also played a “Busy Bee Place Value” matching game where he matched the block cards to the written words and then to the numerals. This game is where I really saw it click. I have 2 more place value games so we’ll continue with it for at least part of next week.
While Adam worked on the “Busy Bee” game, Abby did a cute matching file folder game. And then was bored because it took her about 30 seconds flat.
And while Adam worked on a worksheet, she diligently played with our magnetic mosaic blocks. She worked hard to copy a flower design by counting out each block needed. She asked me for help to get the blocks just right.
She chose to play with these another day as well.
Science
This week we learned about the kidneys and bladder. Later in the week, Adam told me that his brain was telling his bladder it was time to empty!
We talked about how Aunt Annie has horseshoe kidneys, meaning her kidneys are attached like this: (I think anyway)
We did an experiment to show how the kidneys filter out the liquid waste from our blood. We put cornmeal and water in one jar. In the other jar we used a coffee filter on top to act as a kidney. We poured the “dirty” water over the filter to show how the kidney cleans the liquid so the body can use it again.
Abby Time
I always feel like Abby is neglected because Adam needs more help from me at this point. One day I declared it was “Abby Time” and sent Adam off to play with Caleb in his room. It didn’t last long because Caleb knows how to open the doors, but it’s something I feel strongly about so we shall persevere!
This day we played with Pattern Blocks together.
A few cute pictures of Caleb.
Johnny Appleseed Theme
The biggest highlight of our week was celebrating Johnny Appleseed’s birthday with our friends the Tillotson’s. They lived in our ward when we first moved to Texas, but have since moved just a few miles away but are in another ward now. Brigham is Adam’s age, and Oliver is Abby’s age. Then there’s Henry who is just a little older than Caleb, and baby Tilly. This is the same Brigham, (Briggy) that is on Adam’s soccer team.
Before we went over, we read a book and watched Disney’s old Melody Time episode of Johnny Appleseed.
Apple Tasting
Johnny Appleseed faces.
Apple Stamping onto cute pocketed aprons to use to collect treasures on nature walks.
A “Happy Birthday Johnny!” over yummy Apple Crisp and Apple Cider.
Looking forward to Week 4!
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