Day1
LHFHG
*Calendar: We are having fun working on counting past 100.
*Phonics: We are on lesson 3 of TRL and Ian is doing much better at blending words and has read some small readers from MFW A to Z!!!
*Fine Motor: We are almost done with HWOT K book!!!! We are still using HWOT paper and journal to practice.
*Math: Fact families are the focus on math and Ian is doing well.
*Storytime: Danny found a way to get free from Hooty Owl!!!!
*History/Rhyme: We read that Jesus is the son of God and can and did so many miracles!!! Ian liked our new poem as well!
*Bible/Music: Matthew 5:16 is our verse for this unit.
*Rotating: We acted out the friends helping their sick friend who could not walk
Preparing
*Reading: We are still plugging away at our historical fiction study and doing well. The girls are both enjoying their books.
*Writing: We will be working on writing a friendly letter in this unit.
*Language: Looking at what makes up good writing is our focus and thanks to IEW the girls are doing well.
*Poetry: We finally have a new poem, Where Go the Boats? We read and discussed it today.
*Bible: We will work on and memorize Psalm 98:1 for this unit about singing unto the Lord.
*Math: xtramath practice and math games were done for math today, the girls favorite things!
*Science: The girls added to their science notebooks today by copying Revelation 4:11, two paragraphs from The Great Dinosaur Mystery, and then drawing a dinosaur.
*History Reading: We read and discussed about how God used Nebuchadnezzar to show Daniel and the Israelites that HE was still in control.
*Story
time: We listened to the story of Daniel from the book of Daniel 2:1-49 and and made some connections.
*Independent History: Reading a few pages from YCITB and retelling them to Mommy was their assignment today.
*History Project: For this unit the girls will be making invisible ink to write a message.
*Rotating: We talked about the writing on the wall from the story of Daniel and Belshazzar. We read the story from Ian's story time bible and answered the questions in the guide.
Day 2
LHFHG
*Calendar: We love are calendar time!!! It starts out day out with some fun!
*Fine Motor: We finished our HWOT book today!! We will review with the paper I have from the program.
*Math: Adding and subtracting are coming along and Ian still needs counters to get his answers but is understanding the concepts.
*Storytime: We read hoe Danny fell right into Peter Rabbits briar patch!! Ian drew while I read today.
*History/Rhyme: We sang our rhyme and then Ian told me about how Jesus calmed the storm!! He remembered it from church last week.
*Bible/Music: Listening to our song, tracing our verse, and making up motions was what we did!!
*Rotating: Experimenting with water for science ended our day!! We learned that the higher water falls the bigger the impact.
Preparing
*Reading: The girls read day four of our study and we discussed faith and perseverance
*Writing: We are taking at look at writing friendly letters.
*Language: We looked at good writing.
*Poetry: We did some writing and drawing with our poem today. We took 8 things the poem described, drew a pictures, added our own element, and hen wrote a description. The girls did well.
*Bible: In bible we listened to our song, read and discussed the mood of the verse, and ended with prayer for try Lord to fill our hearts and lives with joy!
*Math: We did xtramath math and math games!! The girls are loving the free division games I found on teachers pay teachers.
*Science: The girls read from our dinosaur mystery book and did their retelling into a recorder. They LOVED it and did very well!!! 
*History Reading: In a CHOW we read how Belshazzar let Babylon fall because he did not believe in God.
*Story
time: We listened to Daniel 5: 1-30 and talked about it and how things would have been different if Daniel did not have faith.
*Independent History: The girls read YCITB and copied Psalm 119:11into their common place book.
*History Project: We used food coloring and water to see our message on the wall!!!
*Rotating: Today was vocabulary day!!!
Day 3
LHFHG
*Calendar: Today Ally wanted to "lead" Ian in his calendar time. We have been talking about spiritual gifts and she feels like hers is to help teach : ) They both did really well!
*Phonics: Ian is doing so well sounding out small words!!! He is working some on TRL and is also using his homework from co op (MFW K) to read with!!! I am so proud of him. We also work on sight words.
*Fine Motor: Journal writing was our practice for today and Ian wrote about a cup on his head. I do not know why but there was NO hesitation as he wrote!!!
*Math: Story problems was our work and Ian did well and even read the numbers and a few of the sight words he knows!
*Storytime: I read to Ian about Danny Meadow Mouse talking to Peter Rabbit in the briar patch about being caught by Hooty Owl. Peter and Danny will both now live in the briar patch because it is a safe place for them and has food.
*History/Rhyme: Ian and I read together about more miracles that Jesus did such as healing the woman who touched him and making a dead girl alive again.
*Bible/Music: We sang and danced to our verse for the unit and had a fun time.
*Rotating: Today we talked about how Ian knows that Mommy loves him and we know that God loves us. It was a great discussion and so neat to hear Ian's perspective.
Preparing
*Reading: We are on day 6 of our historical fiction study!! We read and discussed our books. Audrey started a new book.
*Writing: The girls published their friendly letters and I was so proud of them! They did a really good job on them. We will start working on journal entry's this week as well.
*Language: We looked at homonyms today in language.
*Poetry: We learned that when RLS was older he sailed the south seas looking for a warmer place to live to improve his health.
*Bible: The girls had their quiet time with Psalm 98:1.
*Math: We are working on xtramath and both girls are almost at 100% in multiplication!! We are working on some CLE samples to see about placement for math.
*Science: In science the girls read about a legend called the dragon and wondered if it is true. Then they filled in a notebook page of questions about their reading.
*History Reading: In Grandpa's Box I read to the girls about what happened when the 70 years of captivity were up and the Jews went back to their land. God was with them even when enemies were trying to get them to stop rebuilding the temple. They followed God. We saw how God's promises always come true!
*Story
time: We all listened to several sections of the bible today that talked about the Israelites rebuilding the temple after 70 years and the prophets who told of it. We are liking listening to it and it saves Mommy some reading time!
*Story
time: We all listened to several sections of the bible today that talked about the Israelites rebuilding the temple after 70 years and the prophets who told of it. We are liking listening to it and it saves Mommy some reading time!
*Independent History: The girls had copy work today Psalm 119:105 and then drew pictures to match the verse. They both did very well!
*History Project: The girls made an invisible ink picture to go with our history story. It was really fun!!
*Rotating: Today we did geography and looked at Persia and Babylon on map and compared it to where they would be today on a modern map. We reviewed directions and also some states.
Day 4
LHFHG
*Calendar: Ian is still confusing 12 and 20 when reading numbers but we are getting there!
*Phonics: We did some work on sounds and sounded out a few words and Isn is getting better. He is not reading his sight words in context as well as he was last week :(
*Fine Motor: We wrote letters on block paper and a sentence on the back. We also worked on pencil grip.
*Math: We did a few word problems and then did some work on which number is greater
*Storytime: We read about Peter Rabbit going to the peach orchard and eating the bark off the young trees and killing them! Bowser the Hound caught him! Ian wrote and drew about going to the pumpkin patch!
*History/Rhyme: We read about Jesus feeding the crowd of 5,000 with only 5 loaves of bread and two fish with enough left over to fill 12 baskets!
*Bible/Music: Ian can almost say his whole verse!! Ian did finish his first book in AWANA!!!
*Rotating: We had fish and bread for dinner as a fun dramatic activity!
Preparing
*Reading: We read and made text to text connections today!!!
*Writing: We worked on how to write a journal entry.
*Language: Today our focus was on multiple meaning words. The girls did great!
*Poetry: We read our poem today for review.
*Bible: Copying verse 98:1 into common place books in cursive was their bible work today.
*Math: We are working on some CLE samples.
*Science: We made a dinosaur egg!!! We soaked an egg in vinegar overnight to see how a dinosaur egg might feel. The kids loved it!!
*History Reading: In Grandpa's box we read about Queen Esther!! We then did a discussion and the girls wrote some good narrations!!
*Story
time: We listened to the story of Esther and then the girls gave an oral narration of it.
*Independent History: Reading a few pages of YCIB and read me their favorite part of it :)
*Rotating:The girls added two entries to their timelines!! They so enjoy this!
Day 5
LHFHG
*Calendar: Have you ever had a day go from bad to worse? That happened to us today! Ian could not tell days of the week from months of the year, count, recognize numbers, or write neatly and I lost it!!! I did apologize and things got a little better but Ian had a way off day!
*Phonics: We did some blending work today and it went well.
*Fine Motor: Handwriting was off today! We went all the way back to pencil grip!!
*Math: Ian is working on adding and subtracting and is still not independent in it yet. He will get there.
*Storytime: Peter Rabbit got caught in a snare!! Thankfully he was able to get away before Bowser the Hound got him.
*History/Rhyme: We read about Jesus walking on the water, one of my favorites!!
*Bible/Music: Ian almost had the whole verse of Matthew 5:16 memorized!!!
*Rotating: Ian drew a picture of Jesus walking on the water.
Extras we do each
week:
Piano practice for the
girls 15 minutes each day with a 30 minute lesson once a week.
Keyboarding using
Keyboarding Without Tears twice a week for all three kids.
I also try to get them
active each day with various activities from their sports and dance to playing
outside, going to the park, putting in a PE video, you tube videos, elliptical,
taking a walk, and more!!
Journals: Each week the
kids do a journal entry. Usually it is free write time but sometimes I do give
them a topic. I throw in math lessons sometimes as well.
Co op is attended once a
week for all of us! We to on Tuesdays from 9-12. The girls are taking MFW
Adventures in History and Apologia Flying Creatures. Ian is taking MFW Creation
A to Z and Emersyn is in the nursery. I teach Kindergarten with Abeka K5.
Highlights of the
Week February 15 - 19, 2016
*We took Monday off to have fun with Daddy since he was off!!
*The weather was really nice this week so the kids had a lot of playtime on bikes, scooters, and just running around and burning off some energy!
*Emersyn is much better this week!
Ian is sharing a book he read from his MFW class in co op and the girls are sharing some copy work and art from our unit.
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208875699673280/?l=79514113422386360
*We took Monday off to have fun with Daddy since he was off!!
*The weather was really nice this week so the kids had a lot of playtime on bikes, scooters, and just running around and burning off some energy!
*Emersyn is much better this week!
Ian is sharing a book he read from his MFW class in co op and the girls are sharing some copy work and art from our unit.
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208875699673280/?l=79514113422386360
Hightlights of the Week February 22 - 26, 2016
Out baby Emersyn turned 2 this week!!
Ian was sick with a fever and cough.
Here is this weeks video!!
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208928343829351/?l=1893112996549869690
Here is this weeks video!!
https://www.facebook.com/lisa.vanevera/videos/10208928343829351/?l=1893112996549869690
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