Tuesday- 10/16/2007

Today, we had Circle Time and then for handwriting we did some worksheets and wrote a letter to our pen pal. For science, we learned about why leaves change colors and also recorded the growth on our biodome. We have two plants growing inside.

Monday- 10/15/2007

We had both Circle Time and our lesson a bit late today, but both went well. For Circle Time, we did all of our usual things (singing, rhymes, etc.) and we read "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Phister and we read Book of Mormon Stories, namely the story of Lehi receiving his vision about the destruction of Jerusalem. For the lesson we learned about the the letter Gg and the sound "g" as in garden. We also learned the ASL signs for G, Garden, Gorilla, Goat, Grass, and Guitar. Alyna already knew the sign for green, so she really liked practicing that one as well.

Friday- 10/12/2007

Today we were going to go to the Orr Family Farm (an agri-entertainment farm), but when we got there we found out it is only open from 6:00pm to 8:30pm, and it was 3:00 in the afternoon. So, we did some quick thinking and decided to make of the the day we missed a couple of weeks ago and go to the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History. We had a really great time seeing all of the dinosaurs and they have a terrific kids "discovery" place!

Thursday- 10/11/2007

Today, we had a great Circle Time. For Nature Study, Michael took the kids on a Nature Walk to the park to play and for our math lesson we learned about fractions with fruit!

Wednesday- 10/10/2007

Today was SO much fun! I woke up with a nasty cold, so I figured it was going to be a crummy day, but, at least in the schooling department, it has went really well. Circle Time was fun and we incorporated a scripture lesson today. Lyna paid attention really well for that. Then, we had our art project, which was just a ton of fun. I am so glad that I decided to do it! We built a fairy house! So, here are some pictures. I didn't get a lot of pictures of us actually making it, as it was a pretty involved project and needed constant supervision, but there are some of the finished project.
(Everyone knows you HAVE to wear your fairy dress if you are going to build a proper fairy house!)

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.