Over the last two years that we have been considering homeschool, I've come across tons of websites that have offered up a treasure trove of information, insight and encouragement. Here are a few of them that I can find at the moment. I'll link some of the other great sites I've stumbled across as I remember them. :)
Ann Voskamp has so many good articles on homeschooling and does such a beautiful job articulating why she and her family have decided to homeschool. I love the way she acknowledges that homeschooling isn't perfect and it isn't easy and it isn't right for everyone, but it is right for her family. Some of her homeschool posts I have bookmarked are:
Pros and Cons to Homeschooling: Why We Do It?
Home Education
How to Simply Homeschool
A Day in the Life of Homeschooling: 7 Rungs
Here's an excellent article on Homeschooling PreK & Kindergarten.
I really enjoy reading what Kate has to say about homeschooling, or rather unschooling. While I'm not sure unschooling is the path for us ( I would go nuts!), she has some very interesting things to say about the way homeschooled kids are different and how maybe different isn't so bad. You can read Kate's perspectives on her journey as an unschooler at Skipping School.
Carisa at 1+1+1=1 is a very large part of the reason we had the confidence to start this journey of home education. Her website is full of homeschooling advice and especially resources.
The Homeschool Classroom is a continual source of good advice and information.
Erica at Confessions of Homeschooler has a great series on Getting Started Homeschooling. Tons of information here!
Peter Gray's blog, Freedom to Learn provides lots of food for thought concerning educational theory. I can't say that I always agree with his conclusions, but they are always a fun and contemplation-evoking read.
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Showing posts with label Preschool. Show all posts
8.17.2012
Here We Go!
I woke up this morning to the sound of the school bus driving by our house. I guess that makes it official - we are homeschooling! To celebrate not-back-to-school day, we're making a castle out of a huge cardboard box. We're kicking off kindergarten by learning about knights! And boy, are these kids excited (momma too)!
So, what is our year going to look like? Here's a little peek into what's in store for us:
Skid is starting Pre-K this year. He'll be in the same program Cap was in. There are three reasons we decided to send Skid:
So, Skid will spend half a day at school, 2 days a week. He'll continue to get lots of learning time at home and will be able to join right in with what we are doing with Cap. Plus, we've joined a homeschool co-op in our area that has classes one day a week. Skidamarink will be part of the Dr. Suess story hour there. So much fun!
Things will look a little different that I had originally planned for Cap. He wanted to start school back in June, so I let him. I didn't force him to do any work, but we had calendar time when he requested it and I had work boxes filled up for him to use as he pleased. What I found was that he didn't really use the stuff in the boxes as I had planned them. He went above and beyond and was really creative with learning. Cap is very motivated to learn and seems to do best when the reins are in his hands.
For example:
I had a box that had some manipulatives to help him do some simple addition. He didn't want much to do with it. Later, I found him building a cube out of paper and tape and he was doing multiplication to figure out how many pieces of tape he would need ("I have four sides on my square and I want two pieces of tape on each side, so I'll need eight pieces of tape please, mom.")
I had another couple of boxes with some sight word work and phonics work that he pretty much ignored. Later I found him laying in the middle of the floor reading a book all by himself that was well beyond where I would have placed him. He is starting to read some books with little to no help. He's gotten this far without any pushing from me, so as long as he's willing to pursue it on his own I'll just cheer him on!
And if he does anything with the handwriting papers I give him, it's scribble on them. But he's spent a good 2 hours this week writing letters and books for people in our family. He's also starting to enjoy drawing and he really loves to doodle with letters (my favorite was an M who decided to become a cowboy. M was very good at throwing a lasso. By the time he was done "drawing" you couldn't tell what you were looking at, there was so much action on the paper. No matter what the end product looks like, it's great practice!).
So, alot of the plans I had made are pretty much out the window at this point. Here's the direction we're headed with Cap:
Dad, Cap & I will set some goals of things we want Cap to accomplish this year. We'll kind of let him take the lead on a lot of stuff and just be on the lookout for how he is advancing toward those goals and how we can resource him.
We'll also be doing a lot of theme work. We did a dinosaur theme over the summer and it was a huge hit with both boys. We made fossils and checked out dino books and movies from the library and wrote our own books about dinosaurs (the boys' favorite!) Next we'll be learning about knights and medieval times. We've got that huge cardboard castle we're building in our school room and a good stack of library books have been requested. The boys are already making plans to engineer a drawbridge for the castle, make some armor and hold a tournament. We're planning to follow the "Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osborn as inspiration for our themes. The themes are a springboard for a whole lot of learning opportunities: history, geography, math, writing, reading, science - the sky is the limit!
During our time at the homeschool co-op classes, Cap will be taking a P.E. class that is themed around the olympics - they'll learn about and play different sports and glean a little knowledge about various countries around the world. How cool is that? He'll also be part of a Creative Drama class, which I am extremely excited about. If you've read any of my previous posts about Cap and his antics in school, then you'll know that he is a little performer and it tends to get him in trouble. I was looking into finding a drama class for him as a constructive way to expend some of that energy and this class popped up. Perfect!
Other things we'll be spending some time on this fall: play dates with the homeschool co-op, Bible study with What's in the Bible and The Jesus Storybook Bible, family game/trivia nights, possibly joining our local Y and getting involved with some sports there (both boys were entralled with the olympic swimmers and really want to give that a go), possibly starting some music lessons (Cap has been pretty interested in piano), and doing some investigating into ways our family can serve in some local mission work (Cap has long been concerned about the fact that there are kids who don't have homes and some who don't have parents and is very interested in what he can do to help.) On top of all of that, we've got lots of work to do around here getting "the farm" ready to become an actual farm of sorts next spring: there's a compost bin to build, a chicken coop and yard to build, and lots of maintenance work and planning to be done. The boys are always eager to put on their "work bibs" and help Daddy outside.
It's shaping up to be a pretty busy fall and we're excited to dive right in to this new adventure!
So, what is our year going to look like? Here's a little peek into what's in store for us:
Skid is starting Pre-K this year. He'll be in the same program Cap was in. There are three reasons we decided to send Skid:
1. We LOVE the 3 year-old teacher at the school. She was so wonderful with Cap and had such a fantastic attitude about teaching a hard-to-teach kid.
2. We learned so much about Cap's learning styles through that first year of preschool. We're hoping that sending Skid through the program too will help us get to know some things about how he learns.
3. He REALLY wants to go. He's been begging to go to the school since the beginning of last year. I had to literally drag the kid out of the classroom each time we took Cap. He would sneak in to the 3 year-old room and have a seat at the table.
So, Skid will spend half a day at school, 2 days a week. He'll continue to get lots of learning time at home and will be able to join right in with what we are doing with Cap. Plus, we've joined a homeschool co-op in our area that has classes one day a week. Skidamarink will be part of the Dr. Suess story hour there. So much fun!
Things will look a little different that I had originally planned for Cap. He wanted to start school back in June, so I let him. I didn't force him to do any work, but we had calendar time when he requested it and I had work boxes filled up for him to use as he pleased. What I found was that he didn't really use the stuff in the boxes as I had planned them. He went above and beyond and was really creative with learning. Cap is very motivated to learn and seems to do best when the reins are in his hands.
For example:
I had a box that had some manipulatives to help him do some simple addition. He didn't want much to do with it. Later, I found him building a cube out of paper and tape and he was doing multiplication to figure out how many pieces of tape he would need ("I have four sides on my square and I want two pieces of tape on each side, so I'll need eight pieces of tape please, mom.")
I had another couple of boxes with some sight word work and phonics work that he pretty much ignored. Later I found him laying in the middle of the floor reading a book all by himself that was well beyond where I would have placed him. He is starting to read some books with little to no help. He's gotten this far without any pushing from me, so as long as he's willing to pursue it on his own I'll just cheer him on!
And if he does anything with the handwriting papers I give him, it's scribble on them. But he's spent a good 2 hours this week writing letters and books for people in our family. He's also starting to enjoy drawing and he really loves to doodle with letters (my favorite was an M who decided to become a cowboy. M was very good at throwing a lasso. By the time he was done "drawing" you couldn't tell what you were looking at, there was so much action on the paper. No matter what the end product looks like, it's great practice!).
So, alot of the plans I had made are pretty much out the window at this point. Here's the direction we're headed with Cap:
Dad, Cap & I will set some goals of things we want Cap to accomplish this year. We'll kind of let him take the lead on a lot of stuff and just be on the lookout for how he is advancing toward those goals and how we can resource him.
We'll also be doing a lot of theme work. We did a dinosaur theme over the summer and it was a huge hit with both boys. We made fossils and checked out dino books and movies from the library and wrote our own books about dinosaurs (the boys' favorite!) Next we'll be learning about knights and medieval times. We've got that huge cardboard castle we're building in our school room and a good stack of library books have been requested. The boys are already making plans to engineer a drawbridge for the castle, make some armor and hold a tournament. We're planning to follow the "Magic Treehouse" series by Mary Pope Osborn as inspiration for our themes. The themes are a springboard for a whole lot of learning opportunities: history, geography, math, writing, reading, science - the sky is the limit!
During our time at the homeschool co-op classes, Cap will be taking a P.E. class that is themed around the olympics - they'll learn about and play different sports and glean a little knowledge about various countries around the world. How cool is that? He'll also be part of a Creative Drama class, which I am extremely excited about. If you've read any of my previous posts about Cap and his antics in school, then you'll know that he is a little performer and it tends to get him in trouble. I was looking into finding a drama class for him as a constructive way to expend some of that energy and this class popped up. Perfect!
Other things we'll be spending some time on this fall: play dates with the homeschool co-op, Bible study with What's in the Bible and The Jesus Storybook Bible, family game/trivia nights, possibly joining our local Y and getting involved with some sports there (both boys were entralled with the olympic swimmers and really want to give that a go), possibly starting some music lessons (Cap has been pretty interested in piano), and doing some investigating into ways our family can serve in some local mission work (Cap has long been concerned about the fact that there are kids who don't have homes and some who don't have parents and is very interested in what he can do to help.) On top of all of that, we've got lots of work to do around here getting "the farm" ready to become an actual farm of sorts next spring: there's a compost bin to build, a chicken coop and yard to build, and lots of maintenance work and planning to be done. The boys are always eager to put on their "work bibs" and help Daddy outside.
It's shaping up to be a pretty busy fall and we're excited to dive right in to this new adventure!
1.08.2012
Letter Xx
Another post from the draft folder. I think I kept is as a draft because I was going to add pictures, but I never did. At this point I think I'll go ahead and post so the record of what we did is visible even if there are no pretty pictures. This was our last week of our homeschool experiment before the pre-school year began. I contemplated keeping up with these materials, but decided to spare Cap and let his at-home learning be unstructured while he was in school.
We are currently using a combination of You Can Read and Raising Rockstars, plus whatever else we stumble across. :)
We are currently using a combination of You Can Read and Raising Rockstars, plus whatever else we stumble across. :)
Captain Silly Wiggles is currently 4 years & 1 month old.
Our learning this week was centered around Matthew 18:3:
eXcept you be converted
and become as little children,
you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven.
We spent lots of time talking about how we need to trust Jesus to take care of us just like little kids trust their parents to take care of them. We also talked about how it's not the good things we do that let us live in relationship and in eternity with God. Rather, our trust in him - our faith - is the most important thing.
Song: Jesus Loves the Little Children & Jesus Loves Me
Letter: Xx
Number: 7
Sight words: I, can, you, me, little
Sight reader: Jesus Loves Little Children
(The last page of the sight reader says, "Jesus loves me!" and has a picture of Cap. He loves reading it and his smile gets bigger and bigger as he nears the end of the book. :)
On Monday we...
1. ...did the Getting Ready for Xx worksheet.
2. ...worked on his cutting worksheet. He cut a diagonal line, pretending to make a bear sled down a snowy hill.
3. ...traced the Xx's on the RRSP worksheets. He flew through all of the pages making perfect X's. Improvement!
4. ...did the Color by Word YCR worksheet. He did this one without any prompting while I stepped out of the room. I was surprised to walk back in to see the page completed (though he didn't color the whole thing - just the words).
5. ...played sight word bingo. He didn't want to follow the rules of the game at first, preferring to mark any word he wanted rather than the words I was calling out. We took a short break and he came back excited to play. This is one of his favorites.
On Wednesday we...
1. ...worked on vocab cards. He put the paper on his desk and left the markers in the workbox. I asked him if he wanted to trace the Xs. He looked at me incredulously and said, "What do you want me to do, mom, color with my fingers?" Which made me laugh (he sounded so much like his dad) and we were off on a 10 minute silly spiral which ended in a game of tag.
2. ...took a looooong break and came back to our boxes after dinner and a whole lot of playing outside.
3. ...worked on our vocab cards. This time he dove right in without too much silliness. He traced the Xs. While he traced we said the words together and searched YouTube for a video on x-ray fish. Then he very carefully cut the cards apart.
4...put together the word puzzles.
5. ...wrote some words on the dry erase board. First I wrote the letters of his sight words in different orders and he erased each wrong word and read the correct word (anc, cna, can). Then I wrote all of the words he can read on the board and he erased the word as I called it out. We are working on and & can - he gets those two mixed up very regularly. Finally, he wanted a turn with the markers. He decided to draw a "pointy hat and a pony with it's head down".
6. ...did the trace the lines page. His marker was a car that was zooming down the road. I love that he's having fun and incorporating pretend play with something that, 2.5 months ago was completely frustrating for him.
7. ...did the RRSP craft. He was so proud of himself for cutting out a circle!
8. ...had a flashlight number scavenger hunt. I wrote numbers on sticky notes and stuck them on the wall and the window. He came in with his lantern and shined the light on the correct number. I got this idea from Totally Tots.
On Friday we...
1. ...colored the verse.
2. ...did the crazy fonts page.
3. ...built sight words with Duplo blocks.
4. ...wrote a story together.
5. ...played veterinarian with some homemade x-rays.
The cutting workbook we used is called I Can Cut by School Specialty Publishing.
7.13.2011
Letter Ee
We are currently using a combination of You Can Read and Raising Rockstars, plus whatever else we stumble across. :)
Captain Silly Wiggles is currently 4 years & 1 month old.
Our learning this week was centered around John 3:16:
Even a child is known by his deeds.
Song: Every Move I Make & Your Everlasting Love
Letter: Ee
Number: 6
Sight words: a, see, the, and, is
(I'm still working on deciding how I want to use RRSP & YCR together.
We stayed with the same unit until I decided what to do.)
Sight reader: Where is the egg?
On Monday we...
1. ...did the Getting Ready for Ee worksheet.
2. ...worked on his cutting worksheet. This time it was a ruler that he had fun measuring with.
3. ...traced the Ff's on the RRSP worksheets. He was is a really goofy mood and kept changing grips trying to be silly. He tried writing with each hand, with the end of the marker in his mouth and wanted to try with his toes. I managed not to get too frustrated and he eventually finished.
4. ...did the Color by Word YCR worksheet. He did a good job matching the word to the color he was supposed to use, but didn't do more than coloring the actual word.
5. ...played the Clothespin ABC game.
On Wednesday we...
1. ...worked on vocab cards. He didn't trace any, but we said the words together & talked about the E sounds. Then he cut them out very carefully.
2. ...tried the YCR sentence search. He wasn't ready for this worksheet. He was supposed to circle his sight words as I read the sentence. Instead he wanted all of the words to be circled. We'll probably skip these worksheets for awhile. (Which is fine, because there is more than enough material.)
3. ...tried the YCR word search. This one isn't for him right now either. He was very concerned that there were extra letters that didn't have words. I guess he thought they were lonely? :)
4...tried the YCR word shapes page. This was his first dot-to-dot and he really didn't get the idea. We'll practice a little more on some ABC or 123 dot-to-dots and try these again later.
5. ...traced the lines from word to word. He enjoyed this one and did great with it. He read the word, traced the line, and read the word again.
6. ...put together a number puzzle I found in the dollar section at Target.
On Friday we...
Went to the pool! It was my birthday and we celebrated with a trip to the pool and then the boys passed the evening with their adopted Grandma while Jeff and I went to dinner and browsed Barnes and Noble. I love bookstores! I made a valiant effort and succeeded in not going to the children's section right off the bat. (I did spend most of my time there, though.)
We actually spent two days at the pool and one day at the zoo this week. Cap learned how to swim without water wings and started going under on purpose! He went off the diving board after lots of begging. We let him, but he wasn't too sure about it in the end.
This week was a whole lot of trial and error. We found things that worked, things that didn't, and ways to adapt things that didn't work. We also made lots and lots of time to play. It is summer, after all - what fun is it if you can't throw all the plans out the window and go hang out at the pool?
The cutting workbook we used is called I Can Cut by School Specialty Publishing.
7.12.2011
Letter Ff
We are currently using a combination of You Can Read and Raising Rockstars, plus whatever else we stumble across. :)
Captain Silly Wiggles is currently 4 years & 1 month old.
Our learning this week was centered around John 3:16:
For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten son
that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but shall have everlasting life.
A side note that I can add since I'm posting this a few weeks after we completed the unit: both of the boys are really stuck on this verse. Cap calls it the Jesus verse and it's his favorite now. Skidamarink surprised me by reciting it last night. I tried to get him to repeat it, prompting him with "For...". He proudly responded, "five, six, seven!" It was a good chuckle. :)
Song: For God so Loved the World by GodRocks!
Letter: Ff
Number: 5
Sight words: a, see, the, and, for
(We are going to try spending a few weeks on each YCR unit,
plus we'll add to that the sight word from RRSP.)
Once again, the sight reader was a hit. He continues to want to read all of the books at once and then needs a break before jumping into the workboxes. Here he is reading the book from last week.
On Monday we...
1. ...did the Getting Ready for Ff worksheet
2. ...worked on his cutting worksheet. It was an airplane with a jet stream behind it. He had a blast flying it around the house.
3. ...traced the Ff's on the RRSP worksheets. He was very careful to stay on all of the lines. After he did some drawing on the page. :)
4. ...built some words with Duplos. I dug out some duplos and put sticker dots with letters on round label stickers. Cap had a blast "building the word". He got to play Word World! I got the idea for this one at Filth Wizardry.
5. ...played the clothespin number game. It is the number counterpart to the Clothespin ABC game from 1+1+1=1 we played last week. Again, big hit. You can find this game here.
6. ...played a Cars matching game he got for his birthday.
On Wednesday we...
1. ...worked on vocab cards. He traced a few. We said all of the words together, emphasizing the F sound. Then he cut them apart very carefully.
2. ...Played with the playdough words. (YCR) He got these out when I stepped out of the room. When I came back, "for" was all done. Last week he hated them!
3. ...matched up big and little letters with an egg matching game. I got this idea here.
4...played the Cars matching game.
On Friday we...
1. ...colored the verse. Again he didn't care too much about it. One of the ways he's become more interested in writing is by using different materials. I'm thinking we probably should experiment with some different art materials for coloring pages too. He scribbled on the page a bit and then gladly moved on.
2. ...played with sight words on our dry erase board. I had a couple of different ideas. My first idea was to write the sight words on the board and have him erase the sight word as he read it. My second idea was to pull out some vocab cards and make sentences for him to read.
Cap's idea was to write the words on the board himself. I really wish I had gotten a picture of this one, but a little Skidamarink absconded with my camera. By the time I got it back it was too late. I love that we had the flexibility to throw away the plans and let him adapt them to what he needed. If I had pushed the issue of doing things the way I had intended he wouldn't have gotten much out of it and we both would likely have been grumpy. When he changed the game he had fun and actually learned more - he learned how to form different little letters! Exciting stuff!
Although Cap was very eager to learn this week and although I had lot more planned, we didn't do any more boxes. We had bigger fish to fry - a trip to Missouri to meet our new nephew/the boys new cousin. Even though we didn't spend as much time in the boxes as we have in the previous weeks, Cap still mastered the material.
Even more exciting were the ways he initiated more learning into the weekend. He's taken an interest in the concept of compound words - talking about them all the time and even coming up with his own examples. We had long discussions on phonics - him wanting to sound out every letter he saw in environmental print. It's a good thing we drove the country roads as we came home. We had long stops at many a stop sign while Cap sounded out each letter. :) The most fun learning experience was when Dad found a turtle on the side of the road. We took him back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and spent some time learning about turtles through observation.
We had so much fun this week. It was so exciting to find all of the ideas for making learning toys from things we already have. The boys love them and they didn't cost a dime! Cap is very much a kinesthetic learner and all of the hands-on materials were great for him. It was fun for me too - making things and sparking ideas for more learning opportunities. Still, best of all was watching the boys take a heightened interest in the world around them.
The cutting workbook we used is called I Can Cut by School Specialty Publishing.
7.11.2011
Letter Ii
And another post for today. I was reluctant to blog about our preschool time after the pictures from the first week took so long to upload. I guess I've learned my lesson: lower res. pictures and more frequent posting! :)
While Cap still needs a lot of the material in the RRSP program (he still gets confused over a couple letters, has little writing practice, needs to learn beginning sounds) he's really excited about learning to read. Since he's wanting to prolong our time each day anyway, I thought we would try adding more boxes and mixing in the You Can Read program in with the RRSP stuff we are already doing. You Can Read is made up of sight words and the more challenging material in YCR is motivating him to learn some of the more beginning stuff. Once again, you can find it all at 1+1+1=1. Can't beat fantastic materials that are free! :)
While Cap still needs a lot of the material in the RRSP program (he still gets confused over a couple letters, has little writing practice, needs to learn beginning sounds) he's really excited about learning to read. Since he's wanting to prolong our time each day anyway, I thought we would try adding more boxes and mixing in the You Can Read program in with the RRSP stuff we are already doing. You Can Read is made up of sight words and the more challenging material in YCR is motivating him to learn some of the more beginning stuff. Once again, you can find it all at 1+1+1=1. Can't beat fantastic materials that are free! :)
Captain Silly Wiggles is currently 4 years old.
Our learning this week was centered around Philippians 4:13:
I can do all things
through Christ who
strengthens me.
What an excellent verse for the Captain - his favorite phrase is, "I Can't!"
Song: I Can Do Everything by GodRocks!
(wonderful scripture memorization resource.
In fact, when I ask Ben to tell me this verse he breaks out into song!)
Letter: Ii
Number: 4
Sight words: a, see, the, and, can
Cap dove right back in with the sight reader books today - usually wanting to read the ones from past weeks as well!
On Monday we...
1. ...did the Getting Ready for Ii worksheet. He had fun tracing some slow and some fast. Ironically, the ones he traced quickly are the straightest. Skidamarink got ahold of the paper later and scribbled - he did intentionally match colors, though!
2. ...worked on his cutting worksheet
3. ...played clothespin ABCs. I found this game at 1+1+1=1, printed it out, and laminated it. I hot-glued some old Cars toys on to clothespins. Both boys think it is the coolest thing ever! In fact, it's gotten so much use I've already had to reattach the cars several times. You can find it the game here.
4. ...worked on word puzzles from You Can Read.
5. ...traced lots of letter Ii's. He wanted them to have long tops and bottoms and decided to color in all of the letters in the verse. He was so proud of his accomplishments. We combined the two letter tracing worksheets into more boxes to make room for some boxes to hold You Can Read materials.
6. ...made a Genesis collage. I cut out various pictures of creation and taped a piece of contact paper to the window. He placed the items on the paper while we listened to the creation story on The Bible Experience CDs.
7. ...worked a Thomas the Train puzzle.
On Wednesday we...
1. ...worked on vocab cards, with a little break for milk in the middle. He happily traced all of the I's and cut them out very neatly. He's improving so quickly!
2. ...well....we were intending to do an I for I activity, but couldn't come up with anyone we knew who started with I except for a friend from preschool who we don't have any contact info for. So, we just skipped that one. Maybe we'll make something for her before school starts in the fall?
3. ...played a counting/number recognition game. Can you guess where it came from? Carisa at 1+1+1=1 is amazing! Once again, this one was a hit with Cap. You can find the game here.
4...made playdough words (YCR). We were trying to build sentences, but it was just too much. I think we'll go down to two words a week for playdough time.
5. ...colored the verse, which subsequently got ripped...
6. ...put together a video for the What's in the Bible video contest. I blogged our entry here: We're Finalists! (We didn't win, but we will be getting a personalized video message from the WITB crew!) Cap especially loved the stick puppets, which you can download on the What's in the Bible page.
7. ...did the Thomas puzzle again.
On Thursday we...
1. ...did the mixed up fonts worksheet from YCR. He blew me away with how easily he completed it!
2. ...played sight word Bingo. Another hit! (YCR)
Hmm...as I look at his shirt, this probably happened on Wednesday to take the place of the I-I activity... Oh well!
3. ...cut out and taped together his verse. Finally, it fits as a crown! :)
4. ...did the strong man craft. I don't have any pictures because he was getting tired and didn't want to do any more. Then, while I was putting all of the supplies away he decided to finish it up.
We had a few more boxes that we didn't do. He didn't feel like doing much on Friday (although he was eager to start in the morning). I didn't push it. The stuff we didn't do was egg letter matching, write a story together, and play with his Noah toys on the water table. We can do it another time. :) Once again it was a very good week. I'm blown away by how quickly he's soaking up information and asking for more!
The cutting workbook we used is called I Can Cut by School Specialty Publishing.
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