Oct
Fall Tree Handprint Craft
This was a simple and cute fall craft that Hailey and Hunter both enjoyed.
First I traced their hand and arm. Then they colored it brown to look like a tree.
Then they added torn up tissue paper for leaves and grass.
Very simple and cute.
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Oct
Columbus Day Activities
We did a little one day mini unit about Columbus Day and what it is all about. We started out by watching a video about Columbus on BrainPOP. We also played a game and took the quiz on BrainPOP.
Then we made a mini book that I found at Royal Baloo and a couple other free printables from the Columbus Unit she created.
After we finished talking about Columbus and what he did, we made a map to show where he went, using an idea I saw at 2nd Grade Shenanigans.
I drew this (I am clearly not an artist!) on a paper bag and then Rich burned the edges for me to make it look like an old map.
Hailey and Hunter painted their maps.
Completed maps
Hailey and Hunter gluing together a boat for Columbus Day, using an idea I saw at A Cupcake for the Teacher.
Completed Columbus boats. Hailey drew a picture of Columbus in one of the windows on her boat.
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Oct
Heart of Dakota- BLHFHG Unit 4
It’s hard to believe that it’s already the middle of October! The school year is going by so fast. Here is a review of what we did during unit 4.
I have changed a lot of our calendar notebook in the last week or so. It was taking so long to get through everything, and a lot of it was just a repeat of what we did together during on our calendar board. So, I have taken a lot out of the notebook. One of the things I plan to continue though is the daily drawings. Hailey enjoys doing them and I can already see an improvement since last month in her pictures.
History:
We read about the Pilgrims and how they left their homes in England to try to find religious freedom in Holland.
We learned about how different everything looked when the Pilgrims arrived in Holland. Many of the streets were canals rather than roads. We looked online to see pictures of what it looks like and it was really neat to see!
We learned about how dikes work by making this little model. We put Model Magic down the middle a plastic container to represent the dike. On one side was some water and on the other were the houses.
Then I made a hole in the dike and Hailey had to yell “ding, ding” like she was ringing a bell, as the people did back then. Then she had to quickly repair the wall before the houses were flooded. She loved it!
We talked more about what the city looked like and how there were a lot of windmills. I saw this cute craft on Homeschool Survival, so Hailey and Hunter both made a windmill.
Geography:
We are using Road Trip USA to learn all about the states. We learned about Delaware this week.
We learned about the Delaware Memorial Bridge that links Delaware and New Jersey and then made a model of the bridge. Hunter and Hailey painted some cardboard blue to represent the water.
Next we put together some popsicle sticks.
Here is our completed Delaware Memorial Bridge.
Hailey added some animals to our USA Animals wall.
Hunter likes to do everything that Hailey does, so he added a fish for us.
We are also using Which Way USA by Highlights, so Hailey did some work in her magazine and learned more about Delaware.
Language Arts:
Hailey did some copywork using her poem for the week.
Hailey is working on a story, using the rules about sentences that we were studying/reviewing. She has finished writing the story and is now working on her illustrations.
We finished reading Helen Keller by Margaret Davidson. Hailey is working on a book report, but isn’t quite finished yet, so I’ll be posting that next week. Here are a few activities we did about Helen Keller:
Hailey tried doing some writing and drawing while blindfolded to see what it would be like to try to write as a blind person.
We used glue to make Hailey and Hunter’s names in braille.
Once the glue was dry it left little raised bump that felt like braille.
We went to the Great Wolf Lodge for Hailey’s birthday and while we were there we noticed some braille. Hailey was seeing what the braille on our room number felt like.
Math:
Hailey learned a little about fractions, and what 1/2 and 1/4 look like.
She did some coloring to practice what 1/2 and 1/4 of a circle looks like.
Science:
We did a couple of experiments in science this week.
Hailey held several different items up to the window to see if the sun would shine through or be blocked. We used aluminum foil, construction paper, saran wrap, wax paper, and lots more! Hailey tried all sorts of things that she found around the room to see what would happen.
She completed her science notebooking page about the experiment.
We also did an experiment to see how many drops of water we could get on top of a penny before the tension would break and the water would spill off. We were surprised that it took 19 drops!
We tried it using other coins too. It took 15 drops with a dime, 32 with a nickle and 30 with a quarter. I don’t know why the nickle could hold more water than a quarter, but we tried it twice and got the same result.
Unit Study:
We started a unit study about leaves and Hailey is working on a fall tree craft here.
It was another great week and each day we get up excited to start our school day! I hope that continues!!
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Oct
Tot School
Hunter is 21.5 months old.
This week at Tot School we focused on the color orange, the letter B and fall.
Hunter loved playing with the orange playdough. He used a little knife to cut it and some letters to stamp it. Mostly he just wanted to carry it around all day in his hands.
He colored in his calendar notebook using an orange dry erase marker (his pages are in page protectors).
He made a Bumble Bee letter B, like the Bumble Bee B that Hailey made when she was a toddler.
Completed Bumble Bee B.
Hunter stamping the “B for Bus” using the printables from the Zoomin Movin Alphabet.
Gluing buses onto the letter B, also from the Zoomin Movin Alphabet.
I am using Road Trip USA for Hailey, and Hunter enjoys doing it too. He was finding the fish on our USA Animals wall.
He also helped Hailey paint the water for a bridge project she was making.
Hunter colored a tree for a fall tree craft that we made.
Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see what the other tots were up to this week.
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