This is a recap of the past 2 weeks of school.
Bible
Abraham & Isaac
One day at lunch, I left the kitchen and when I came back Adam said, “Abby wants to give her Doggie back to God”, to which Abby emphatically responded, “No I don’t!”.
Jacob
Math
We continued working on place value this week because I felt he needed more reinforcement before moving on.
We played “Numbers Under Construction” where he had to build the number on the slip of paper given. He easily did the 2-digit numbers, but each time I gave him a single digit, he’d use the blue 10’s instead of the green 1’s. I switched off between 1 and 2 digit numbers and each time it was a single digit, I allowed him to mess up, then check his answer by lifting up the flap on the piece of paper. He never got frustrated with himself, just said, “Ohp, wrong” and cleared the “construction site”. 
Another game we played was “Bulls Eye” and Abby had fun joining in on this one. They took turns tossing or dropping pennies onto a bulls eye marked with 1, 10, and 100 rings.
Then they recorded the results and said the number it made.
He took his very first ever math test and got 100%!!
We started Lesson 2 in Math-U-See Alpha which has lots of number writing practice which is most definitely needed. He worked very diligently!
Reading
We are getting so close to finishing All About Reading Level 1! One day he learned about compound words and had fun cutting up words. He loves it when he gets to play these little games in the curriculum.
He doesn’t love the Fluency Practice sheets but we’ve discovered that rather than making him read word after word, I use a pointer stick and just pick out maybe half of the words. He doesn’t mind the sentence section of the sheets and got a kick out of this particular sentence: “Tom had a drumstick in his lunchbox”. To him, a drumstick is not chicken and since his Uncle Tom plays the drums….well, you can see how that would be so funny!
He is participating in Pizza Hut’s “Book It!” program. His goal for October is to read 20 readers. We’re a little behind from missing a few days of reading lessons, but boy is he determined to earn that pizza certificate!
Handwriting
They love Handwriting Without Tears Pre-K! Here are some pictures of the typical things we do each week.
Building letters with Wood Pieces
Stamp & See Screen
Workbook pages
“S’s are hard!”
Adam practiced C, O, Q, G, S, and 8 during these 2 weeks.
I didn’t noticed that he didn’t complete the last line of 8’s until now….naughty boy.
Science
We learned about the reproductive organs last week. It’s interesting how they aren’t phased at all about discussing their private parts. I guess we haven’t reached the “funny” or “embarrassing” stages yet.
Side note, Abby’s little body is already getting crowded!
To go along with this week, I bought a book about body parts. I’m glad I found this book because it is strictly about body parts and I felt that was appropriate for my kids at this time.
Random Abby Things
Abby kept busy playing Boggle Jr. again….she loves this game!
And using a few File Folder Games.
Shape Matching
And matching lower case to upper case letters.
I need to sit down and record exactly which letters she knows. I think she knows all of them, but I should keep track like I did with Adam.
CALEB
Caleb. Poor guy gets left in the dust a lot and I hate it! He’s pretty content to play on his own, or come sit on my lap at the table, but I keep having this nagging feeling that I need to focus some time on him. I sat down to play with him one day while the kids were coloring their Bible pages.
Isn’t he adorable??
And of course as soon as Mom puts her attention on anyone or anything else, Abby must make her presence known. Although to her credit, I think I had some fun kid music playing and she couldn’t resist a little hopping.
And finally, one picture that just warms my heart. I was working with Abby at the table and looked over to see this. I love being home with them!
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