Today little bird and I made a word book .
A simple notebook Walmart has them on sale for .15 cents .
and I wrote in large black letters some of the words we have been working with and as we gain words we will add them to her book than work on them .
she is really into it.
so far :cat,hat ,fat, sat , the, a, I , dad, mom . she knows all of them.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Friday, July 17, 2009
poem I thought was nice
Oriole
See my pretty little nest,
Built of bits of string;
When the breezes whisper near,
You should see it swing!
There are four wee babies there,
In that silken cradle,
They’ll sing grown-up Oriole songs,
Soon as they are able.
-------Marion Mitchell Walker
See my pretty little nest,
Built of bits of string;
When the breezes whisper near,
You should see it swing!
There are four wee babies there,
In that silken cradle,
They’ll sing grown-up Oriole songs,
Soon as they are able.
-------Marion Mitchell Walker
Monday, July 13, 2009
why we do what we do
Make sure to take time to answer the whys ? I was at a meeting recently when a young girl about 14 ish spoke up and replied that she wouldnt be doing any of that when she got older and she was all proud of herself . before you say oh thats good heres the kicker what she wouldn't be doing was volunteering for church. her father was doing it but begrudgingly I have known her mom for a long time I don't think she would have been happy. Dad never said anything to her.
Ok soap box time let's teach our kids why we do the things we do . If mommy or daddy don't fight to preserve the historical church or whatever it is you are doing it won't get done.
I definately do that with little man and baby bird but sometimes I am in a hurry its a reminder how important what we teach them is if we dont do it who will teach them what we find important/ another reason I love homeschooling
Stephanie
Ok soap box time let's teach our kids why we do the things we do . If mommy or daddy don't fight to preserve the historical church or whatever it is you are doing it won't get done.
I definately do that with little man and baby bird but sometimes I am in a hurry its a reminder how important what we teach them is if we dont do it who will teach them what we find important/ another reason I love homeschooling
Stephanie
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Manipulatives part 1
The fancy bought manipulative's are fun and there are some on my list but
there are many things you can use.
here's a list of some.
1 gummy worms measure your heart out
all you need is a ruler.
2 gold fish crackers ten fish swimming song after each verse eat one count whats left and next verse .
3 pennies non edible of course make sure child gets that !
4 marbles appeals to ds
5 tic tacs
6 M and M's
7 lifesavers
8 Hershey bars good for fractions
9 as are apples
10 little match box cars
11 the smaller little horse figures if you have quite a few as we do
12 the little dinosaur figures
13 the little green army men (dollar store cheap) and toy when your done.
14 stickers they have have put on index cards and cut out (also good for stick and cut out activity)
Stephanie
there are many things you can use.
here's a list of some.
1 gummy worms measure your heart out
all you need is a ruler.
2 gold fish crackers ten fish swimming song after each verse eat one count whats left and next verse .
3 pennies non edible of course make sure child gets that !
4 marbles appeals to ds
5 tic tacs
6 M and M's
7 lifesavers
8 Hershey bars good for fractions
9 as are apples
10 little match box cars
11 the smaller little horse figures if you have quite a few as we do
12 the little dinosaur figures
13 the little green army men (dollar store cheap) and toy when your done.
14 stickers they have have put on index cards and cut out (also good for stick and cut out activity)
Stephanie
some ideas for little bird and kindergarten
I have not posted in quite a while.
I have been looking at the new school years curriculum .
here is one clear pick for little bird the Reading Lesson the intelligent reading program for young children teach your children to read in twenty easy lessons
by Michael Levin and Charan Langton we have done three lessons so far . so good. We checked out from Library will purchase.
I also have done some math activities with her lately that I really like also simple and cheap.
math cards and counters
take ten or twenty index cards label numbers 1-10 or 1-20
give appropriate number of counters we used dried beans for this as had been given an old bag.
have child match number with amount of counters
little bird loves this game
will post more later.
Stephanie
I have been looking at the new school years curriculum .
here is one clear pick for little bird the Reading Lesson the intelligent reading program for young children teach your children to read in twenty easy lessons
by Michael Levin and Charan Langton we have done three lessons so far . so good. We checked out from Library will purchase.
I also have done some math activities with her lately that I really like also simple and cheap.
math cards and counters
take ten or twenty index cards label numbers 1-10 or 1-20
give appropriate number of counters we used dried beans for this as had been given an old bag.
have child match number with amount of counters
little bird loves this game
will post more later.
Stephanie
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