November 9, 2009 - Harmony Fine Arts at Home

A really nice fine arts curriculum to follow for kids, grade 1 - 12.  Something I want to come back to in the future.

http://www.harmonyfinearts.com/

October 29, 2009

Bingo Dauber art page from here:
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/daubers/

Pumpkin Dot-to-Dot from here:
http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/dot_to_dot_Pumpkin.htm

Coloring Page from here:
http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/dot_to_dot_Pumpkin.htm

Scarecrow Dot-to-Dot from here:
http://www.first-school.ws/t/dot-to-dot/scarecrow-1-to-10.htm

Happy Shapes Worksheet from here:
http://www.tlsbooks.com/happyshapes.pdf

How Many Bats? Worksheet from here:
http://www.tlsbooks.com/howmanybats.pdf

Autumn Tree Bingo Dauber Art
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-holidays.com/fall/daubers/bdauber4.gif

October 27, 2009

Math

A couple of the pages we did today in Horizons Level K

Reading

These pages are from C's reading program at MindSprinting, which is one of the best websites I have come across to date. Well, this one and also I adore StarFall's website for exercises in early reading.

 

Shape Matching...

Sheets for this came from here:

http://abcteach.com/directory/childhood/cut_and_paste/

Arts and Crafts time...

http://www.activitypad.com/child-activity.html

October 26, 2009

Math

C - Cut & Paste, Putting numbers in their correct order
A - Matching numbers that I cut out for her

These worksheets came from here:
http://abcteach.com/directory/childhood/cut_and_paste/


Arts & Crafts

Making Pumpkin Faces...

We got the patterns from here:
http://www.makingfriends.com/preschool/pumpkin_faces.htm

Other designs can be found here:
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/halloween/mpumpkinfaces.htm

June 10, 2009

God Made Light - Day One of Creation

Discuss different kinds of lights - compare brighter/dimmer
Talk about pioneers and how they didn't have lights like we do, they just had candles and oil lamps

Art project - cutting out a circle of white paper, gluing onto black paper to represent light and dark. Write out Genesis 1:3 - Then God said, "Let there be light, and there was light."

Concept of "One"

Phys Ed / Language Arts - poem about body parts and what they can do

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons - Lesson 30

Reader Rabbit Math K - pages 39-51

Read four stories out of the Dick and Jane Storybook Collection

June 5, 2009

Free creative time - she wrote a story for baby sister:)

"Once upon a time there was a princess who lived in a castle with her Daddy, and there was a fox in the woods."

Baking Time!!

Finished biscuits

Purity Cookbook - Puff Pudding
Make a basic biscuit dough, then cut in a mix of 1 egg yolk and 1/2 cup sugar + 2 cups cooked or fresh fruit.

Bake 10-15 minutes at 425 degrees.

Good for a snack as-is, or especially good served warm with fruit sauce or stewed fruit over top!

June 3, 2009

The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit are all our special friends
We have friends here, too!

Creative project - making cards for friends to tell them what we love about them or love to do with them:




Shorter Catechism #1-24
Lord's Prayer
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, Lesson #29

Dick and Jane Reader - C read 4 or 5 stories, we're into the blue section now!