MFW Homeschool Highlights

This last "week" has actually been a week and a half between co-op and trips and other craziness, but let me share what we did for MFW K "L-l-Leaf" and MFW 1st Days 12-17.

Do to the general craziness, we did not do any of the science, Bible, etc from the K unit this week. I focused on Evan really hearing the sound of "L" at the beginning of words which is difficult as he has a little bit of a lisp on "L". Also focused on counting 1-20 and number recognition.

Here are his papers from the week. Love the blue lips he drew for his second "L" word. :) He still does most of his writing by tracing over the letter using the guides I provide, but for the letter L he did about half independent. We do a salt tray for extra letter making practice which he loves and does very well at. I believe that like Miriam, he will easily transition from tracing everything to writing his letters free hand.

Working on counting!

Here they are working with pattern blocks on our exploration day. They both really enjoyed this time.

On to Miriam and MFW 1st. This week the focus was reading short vowel sounds. Science was Plants & Seeds. Math was counting 1-100,
etc. 

Here is a shot of Miriam's student work book. She had to read the words and write them in the correct spot. The other side was identifying the vowel and it's sound followed by reading the words to me.

And here is her sentences which she read and then labeled the pictures. Since I really wanted to make sure she gets plenty of practice reading short vowel words, I cut these up and made a little book for her to read over and over to us.

And to add to that reading practice, I also had her do some work on Starfall and wrote a little story (starring her) which I had her read and illustrate.

She also spent some time spelling words with the leapfrog letters on the fridge.

We also put together the scroll Miriam had work on the previous 12 days as we reviewed the alphabet. She was very proud of it and took it to show and tell at homeschool co-op.

For Science we read the following books... actually we watched the Magic School bus video. I had Miriam read part of the "I'm a seed" book to me.

We planted some corn seeds one each in a spot of an egg carton. Over the next 2 weeks (or so) we will dig these up and watch what happens to the seeds! The kids enjoyed planting these. And enjoyed watering everything once we were done!

We also created and planted a small window garden. We will water it and watch it grow over the next few weeks. I saw the idea in a magazine (can't remember where now). You take a 9 pocket page protector (the kind for business or baseball cards), punch holes in the top, add dirt and seeds to each pocket. Water and hang in a window by suction cups. We'll see how this goes!

This post is linked to Homeschool Highlights in MFW at A Heart Like Water