Tuesday- 10/9/2007

We did get Circle Time done today, it went really well. We sang "Hinges" and did lots of fun rhymes. I am going to incorporate some type of scripture story/study in the next few days during Circle Time, I will update how it goes. For morning lesson, we did handwriting. We wrote a letter to a pen pal and also did some worksheets out of "Handwriting Without Tears". This afternoon, for science, we built a biodome and planted in it. We used this, but modified it a little bit because we didn't have enough of some of the materials. We will see how it grows and record its progress!

Monday- 10/8/2007

We missed Circle Time today. This afternoon we learned about the letter Ff and the sound "f" as in fish. We learned the ASL signs for F, Fairy, Fire, Fish, Forest, Farm, and Flag. We also reviewed all of the vocabulary and signs we have learned so far.

Friday- 10/5/2007

Today, we did Circle Time and reviewed all the previous letters, words, and signs and then headed off to the zoo. We got to see a lot of animals even though it was really hot outside. Lyna used a lot of her signs (cat, bones, elephant, etc.). I was proud of her for doing that. She also asked what other animal signs were. Unfortunately, I am not fluent in ASL, I am learning with her, so I have to look those up for her now. Here are a few pictures I got from today before my camera battery ran out.

Thursday- 10/4/2007

Today went really well. Lyna was really interested in the lessons today and really paid attention well. Circle Time went great. We had about 10 special guests in the for of Little People. They decided they needed to sit in with us. They were very good though and only needed to be told once (by Lyna) to be quiet! We did math with blocks which worked really well. Then, for Nature Study, we made a window design of the night sky. We also added pumpkins to our fall nature table this week!

Wednesday- 10/3/2007

We had a great day of school today. It was kind of a lazy day because our art project was not near as involved or time consuming as some previous ones. We did Circle Time and then, this afternoon, we made elephant ears and an elephant trunk. We also had to make, per Lyna's request, some elephant toes. Apparently, she did not feel her costume was complete without them. By the way, the pink is her crown and she is the queen elephant!

Tuesday- 10/2/2007

Circle Time went well today. We have decided to replace the reading of the fairy tales daily with reading a book instead. Lyna seems to respond better to this. She would bore easily with the fairy tale and then not want to continue Circle Time, so this change makes things a lot easier. For the morning lesson we did Handwriting and wrote a letter to a special someone. For afternoon we did this science experiment. It was really fun and interesting.

Monday- 10/1/2007

Today was a challenging day for school. Lyna was tired and grumpy so Circle Time was interesting, but once we started doing our "dancing and singing" time to "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes" it got better (although she didn't want to stop doing that). This afternoon we learned about the letter Ee and the sound "e" as in elephant. We learned the ASL signs for E, elephant, egg, empty, emperor, elves, and engine. Lyna is down for a nap now, hopefully she will wake up a bit more cheery!