Califoregon Living

We had a playdate with my friend Kathy and her four kids this week.  I had planned on a nature scavenger hunt, but they were playing together so well, that Kathy and I were able to sit and chat instead.  ‘R’ was sick with a fever on Friday, so we took that day off and took him to the doctor.

Bible
Joseph’s Family Moves to Egypt/ Job, A Man Who Loved God/ Moses: A Baby and a Basket/ Moses Becoems a Shepherd

Scripture
Matthew 7:12 "Even a child is known by his actions, by whether his conduct is pure and right."

History/Geography
Children’s Encyclopedia: Writing and Books.  We learned about hieroglyphics and Braille.  I had the kids try to make their own names in hieroglyphics and also make the dots for Braille.  The pictures did not turn out to post, but it was a fun project.
We also read about Art and Music around the world and through time.
We watched a 10 minute DVD that talked about the women in India and how their culture does not promote literacy for the women.  We will soon be embarking on a service priject to raise money to teach woment to read.

Read Aloud
Continuing with The Apple and The Arrow
The Llama Who Had No Pajama p. 14-15
The Boxcar Children, Book 3 Finished reading

Math
Singapore Earlybird 2A Lesson 15- This is a challenging lesson.  It is recognizing numbers 11-20, and also understanding the tens and ones column.  We will be at this for a while.

Science
First Book of Nature p. 54-59: We learned about how flowers attract visitors and  flowers need these visitors (bees, butterflies, birds, etc.), and how the wind helps flowers.
Activity questions: 98-101

Reader
‘I Can Read It’- Val Laps the Cab and ‘Bad Land in a Pig Pit’. ‘R’ read a few sentences of each.  ‘A’ read the rest and another story, ‘Tim at the Pig Pit’. Activities 9-10
Explode the Code workbook p. 21-24

Art
Artistic Pursuits Lesson 3- Gesture Drawing.  I would make a face that represented an emotion and the boys had to draw me.  Here are the results.  We did: sad, happy, surpised, tired

‘A’s Surprised

‘R’s Surprised

‘A’s Tired

‘R’s Tired

‘A’s Sad

‘R’s Sad

‘A’s Happy

‘R’s Happy

Spanish
El Espanol Facil- Lesson 1 worksheets.  Created character profiles for ‘Chichi’ (a chihuahua) and ‘Belicia’ (a girl). 
‘A’s profile:
Name: Chichi
What they like to do: He likes to fly and flop his ears alot.
Description: He looks like a dog who like to stick out his tongue and speak Spanish.

‘R’s profile:
Name: Chichi
What they like to do: Jump in the air and spin.  Play.
Description: A doggie.  Un pequeno perro.

A’s profile:
Name: Belicia
What they like to do: She like to fly in an airplane.
Description: She has long hair, blonde, and I think her eyes are blue.

‘R’s Profile
Name: Belicia
What they like to do: She likes to jump and fly.
Description: She is a little girl.

Working on the worksheets to draw ‘el nino’ y ‘la nina’

We reviewed Lesson one, then began Lesson 2.  The worksheet for the Lesson asks the child to draw something the pleases them.  "Fue mi Placer" – It was my pleasure.

‘R’s drawing
"Chichi and Belicia are int he rain forest and they have tears coming down their face because it is so hot.  I like Chichi because he is so funny."

‘A’s drawing
"I like to buy videos; I like to read books.  I like to cook, and I like to watch 1 Adam 12." (the original)

Character
We read about ‘Creative’ – Doing something in a new way.
The kids drew a picture of anything they wanted, but I did not get a picture of it, and don’t remember what it was.  However,  at some point ‘A’ asked DH how to draw a cat.  So, here is DH’s version and ‘A’s version.  I think he did great!

We also learned about ‘Diligence’ – Working hard to accomplish a task.
We read Proverbs 6:6-8, and talked about how we can be inspired by the hardworking ant.
We talked about Genesis 29.  Jacob was in love with Rachel and promised Rache’s father (and Jacob’s uncle) that he would work for him for 7 years for Rachel’s hand in marriage.  During the wedding ceremony, the woman behind the veils was actually Rachel’s older sister Leah.  So, Jacob had unknowingly married Leah instead!  He still loved Rachel and promised Laban to work another 7 years for Rachel.  That’s 14 years of labor for the woman he loved!!

Romans 12:12 "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

Vocabulary
hieroglyphics
braille
instruments- stringed, wind, percussion
art forms – sculpture, architecture
song – soloist, duet, choir, orchestra, composer, band
whey
diligence
creative
fue un placer – it was my pleasure
con mucho gusto – with pleasure
mi hermano – my brother
mi hermana – my sister
mi madre – my mother
mi padre –  my father
si – yes
se llama – his/her name is

‘A’ was sick on two days this week.  On the first day, I was able to do all reading to him in bed and skipped the workbooks/sheets.  The second day, we took off. 

Bible
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book – We read about Joseph, Ruler of Egypt.  Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt. Joseph Makes Himself Known.

Memory Verse
Matthew 7:12 "Do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets."

Phonics/Readers
The boys read from "I Can Read It" and did worksheets 15-20 from ‘Explode the Code"
I introduced quotation marks and parenthesis.

Science
First Book of Nature: Parts of a Buttercup and activity worksheet.
First Book of Nature: Looking at Flower Parts
Discover and Do DVD #84-85 Flowers
Usborne Science Activities Vol. 2 Flowers, p. 58-59 – We dissected a rose and looked closely at the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil.

‘R’ pointing to the SEPALS.

A view of the pistil and stamens:

History/Geography
Children’s Encyclopedia- We read about people around the world: houses and homes, food and cooking, sports.

Read Aloud
The Apple and the Arrow (story of William Tell) p. 1-41
The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 3 poems

Math
Singapore Earlybird Math 2A Lesson 14- Recognizing number words

Character
A Child’s Book of Character Building – Faith: Memorize Romans 3:23 and John 3:16
Made a prayer list.  Talked to the boys about sharing Christ’s love with others.

Spanish
El espanol Facil – Continued Lesson One Vocabulary
me llamo -my name is
pequeno perro – small dog
yo soy – I am
gracias – thank you
de nada – it was nothing / you are welcome

P.E.
Ran laps at mall 5 minutes.  neighborhood walks.  Bike rides.

Art
Artistic Pursuits- Lesson 2
We learned that artists imagine – make a picture in your mind.
We talked about this painting and how the artist used his imagination to convey his feelings about the birthday.
Marc Chagall, The Birthday, 1915

The boy’s assignment was to think of a time they enjoyed.  They drew it first with the ebony pencil, then colored it in with watercolor crayons and used a watercolor brush to diffuse the colors.

This is ‘A’s drawing.  It is all of him playing at the park.

This is ‘R’s drawing.  It is of a fireboat he saw in the water.

Vocabulary List
I have compiled a list of words we ran across this past week.  I try to pull them back up in conversation over time.  Here are a few of them:
protein
vitamins
starches
staple food
tandoor
chapattis
woks
chopsticks
sieve
bailiff
larder
conspire
bleated
faith-Believing God will do what He says.
Imagine
knave
marathon
amateur
professional (as in sports)
Olympic Games
dialogue
sepal
petal
pistil
stamen

Service
The boys helped me watch the quadruplet babies with my friend, Liann. 

Health
‘The Story of Me: God’s Design for S#X, Book 1.  Appropriate for ages 3-5.