Have a lovely Easter weekend!!!

Friday

Our boy finished off the week with a spelling test and four chapters in "Ready Freddy" #3 chapter book
Here's a picture of one of the things he is learning in math right now:

Our girl finished off her week with the letter "S"

EASTER CRAFTS

THIS CRAFT WENT ALONG WITH THE EASTER BOOK ABOUT THE MEANINGS OF EASTER.

EASTER Lesson

Tuesday we spent some time on why we celebrate Easter. I shared a felt story on Christ's Resurrection. The Resurrection symbolizes a new beginning as does the beginning of spring.
The word Easter comes from the word Eostre, the goddess of spring. Before the time Jesus lived, there were festivals thanking the gods for spring. The egg is a symbol of new life. For thousands of years it was the custom to give eggs as gifts at spring festivals.There are Easter lilies and other spring flowers that are symbols of new life and hope.
Many children believe that the Easter bunny brings them their easter eggs. This legend began many years ago. There was a story about a woman who dyed eggs for her children at Easter. She hid them in a nest. When the children found the nest, a big rabbit hopped away. They thought the rabbit brought the eggs, and the story spread.
So hear is a little history on the Easter holiday. We did an Easter craft to go along with the lesson.
I will share more later today...

A great Day!!

What an exciting day Monday was for the kids. We spent the first half of our day at a cousins first birthday party. It is wonderful living so close to so many family members and the kids have lots of cousins to play with.

I gave the kids a few minutes to "settle down" while putting the baby down for a nap which was then followed by art. Our pre-schooler painted a picture of a queen and her castle for the letter Q and our boy painted a picture of two dinosaurs finding a carcass for dinner to go along with the poem that he wrote and memorized. The kids presented their work to their Dad and I later that evening.
Our daughter also read her first book! I love the scholastic sight word books that start with level A and move to level C. You can purchase them for different ages and levels of reading. I found these at scholastic.com but I believe they can also be found at www.rainbowresource.com. E-bay might be a good choice as well.
While our daughter spent time on starfall, I spent time with our son on Science and Spelling.

Almost the weekend!!!

This week has been a very productive one with the kids. Our daughter reviewed all the letters and their sounds, focusing on Q. She also reviewed writing numbers up to 12. We did puzzles, crafts, games and both kids planted the first of our seeds...peppers! I am excited for another year of growing fresh food!
Our boy worked primarily on dictation, wrote and memorized a poem (about Dinos of course), practiced counting money, number place value and bar graphs.
Our Science lessons this week were focused on the planet Mars. We read a lot and did an experiment of dropping marbles in flour to visualize how craters are formed. We learned that Mars has the biggest volcano and canyon in our solar system.
What wonderful, learning adventures! I am so grateful for the opportunities and challenges that being a Mother brings.

“The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.” Albert Einstein