Today, we had kind of a "run and learn" day! My grandfather was having surgery, so I needed to go to Yukon to watch siblings. So, we did Circle Time, which went MUCH better this time. She seemed to really it enjoy it and participate a lot more. Then, we started our science experiment. We tested whether lemon juice helped apples not to turn brown when left out (we evaluated this when we got home later). We then headed to Yukon with our handwriting lesson in tow. Randi Kay Participated with us doing some worksheets and writing a letter to our pen pal. Lyna really enjoyed this! She is very fascinated with letters and is so excited for this part of our learning (which is good because, at least in my opinion, handwriting is kind of boring!).
Kensie
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Monday- 9/3/2007
It's the first day of school!!!
We started the day with Circle Time which went okay. Alyna was a bit energetic and didn't want to calm down, but did fairly well. Later in the day we learned about the letter A and the sound it makes. We learned the words and the signs for apple, astronaut, ants, ambulance, airplane, and alligator. We read the Bob Book Mat, emphasizing the sound "a". Lyna really enjoyed learning the new words and has wanted to review them multiple times!
Kensie
We started the day with Circle Time which went okay. Alyna was a bit energetic and didn't want to calm down, but did fairly well. Later in the day we learned about the letter A and the sound it makes. We learned the words and the signs for apple, astronaut, ants, ambulance, airplane, and alligator. We read the Bob Book Mat, emphasizing the sound "a". Lyna really enjoyed learning the new words and has wanted to review them multiple times!
Kensie
Welcome!
Well, on Monday Alyna started her first year of homeschool preschool. We decided to name our school after our rather large hole in our backyard, which we are obviously very fond of. So, thats how The Hole in the Dirt School got it's start. We have lots of fun things planned for this year and I wanted to create a blog to keep track of all of the learning that will be happening this year. Our daily schedule goes something (remember I have 2 children under the age of 3, nothing ever goes completely as planned!) like this:
Every morning we begin the day with Circle Time. Circle Time includes, but is not limited to, songs, dances, yoga, and rhymes. We also learn some sign language and do a weekly fairytale during this time. We do the same fairy tale each day, but use different modes each day (i.e. reading, reciting, drawing it out in our own book, puppet play, and acting it out).
Monday: We introduce our letter of the week and its sound. We study about that letter and some of the words that start with that letter.
Tuesday: We do science (usually a simple science experiment) and handwriting. For handwriting we are doing some simple worksheets and also writing letters to our pen pal.
Wednesday: We do our art on Wednesday. Usually this is a fairly large art project.
Thursday: We do math (addition and subtraction) and nature study. Nature study includes projects including elements of nature and also a nature table which we will be adding to each week.
Friday: Friday is our "Fun Friday" day. We will be doing special projects and field trips that go along with our weekly themes.
Anyway, thats kind of the run down. I am a couple of days late already, so looks like I will be doing some catching up!
Kensie
Every morning we begin the day with Circle Time. Circle Time includes, but is not limited to, songs, dances, yoga, and rhymes. We also learn some sign language and do a weekly fairytale during this time. We do the same fairy tale each day, but use different modes each day (i.e. reading, reciting, drawing it out in our own book, puppet play, and acting it out).
Monday: We introduce our letter of the week and its sound. We study about that letter and some of the words that start with that letter.
Tuesday: We do science (usually a simple science experiment) and handwriting. For handwriting we are doing some simple worksheets and also writing letters to our pen pal.
Wednesday: We do our art on Wednesday. Usually this is a fairly large art project.
Thursday: We do math (addition and subtraction) and nature study. Nature study includes projects including elements of nature and also a nature table which we will be adding to each week.
Friday: Friday is our "Fun Friday" day. We will be doing special projects and field trips that go along with our weekly themes.
Anyway, thats kind of the run down. I am a couple of days late already, so looks like I will be doing some catching up!
Kensie
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