Califoregon Living

This was on odd day.  It all started out OK.  My friend, Liz, dropped off her boy, J, for a playdate.  J brought his Spiderman costume and ‘A’ was all over that!  Here is ‘R’ as Blanketman, ‘A’ as Spiderman, and ‘J’ as something I don’t recall.

Late morning, we went to another friend’s house and ‘A’ started having behavioral issues (he was focusing more on his friend’s toys than on his friend. ).  ‘R’ started to pick up on ‘A’s attitude and it just went downhill from there.  I decided to bring them home immediately and DH had a long talk with ‘A’ and a timeout in his room.  We will also be making an apology card for our friends.

In the afternoon, we went to Liz’s house so I could check her computer.  For some reason, her sentences on HSB all run together.  I thought it was a simple case of shift/return, but that was not it.  Then, we checked the forums and there was someone with a similar situation.  There was a piece of code to place in the CSS.  We did that, but it did not help.  So, I am stumped. If you have any ideas, let us know.  She is on a Mac, using the Safari browser.  You can see her blog in the link above.

My mom, ‘Ama’, came up late afternoon and stayed for dinner.  She lives closer to us now and can pop up anytime! I had not done a lesson yet, so we had a shorter school day with Ama here.  The boy’s attention span late afternoon is almost non-existent, but we got some items in.

Memory Verse
We reviewed the other memory verses to date, and our new one is:
"Thank the Lord for all the glorious things he does." Psalm 105:1

Read Aloud
Mother Goose "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"
The Clever Baker
Eric Carle’s ‘Animal, Animals’-‘The Elephant’

Language Arts
Dr. Seuss’s ABC-‘B’

Science
Berenstain Bears Book of Science and Nature-We read about marine life and that the crab and lobster are crustaceans, and squid and octopus are Mollusks

Social Studies
Things People do-We read about the Firefighter

Bible
Children’s Everyday Bible-We read the story of David and Goliath.

Memory Verse
We reviewed the memory verses to date

Read Aloud
The Children’s Book of Virtues-Kindness to Animals

Language Arts
DEL-The boys had to trace dotted lines in a spiral for motor skill development.

Science
BBB of Science and Nature-We read about the frog and toad.  They are cousins.  They are amphibians (able to live on land and in water).  They eat flies.  They grow from an egg to tadpole to frog or toad.

Life Skills
365 Manners…We read about things you should not do as an audience member.  Don’t:

• place your coat on the seat in front of you
• talk during the performance
• fidget
• eat loudly
• get up to go to the bathroom alot
• act disrespectful to others around you

Math
Singapore 1B Lesson 16- We talked about up/down, round and round, side to side.  We also learned the difference between curvy lines and straight lines.  ‘A’ grasped the concept; ‘R’ struggled with it.  I decided to have them copy the pictures in the book that had straight lines.  I did it first and they copied me.

Reading
We started ‘R’ with a simple lesson today from the ‘American Schoolhouse Reader’.  He recognized the upper and lower case ‘A’, and knew the letters and phonetic sounds for a, p,l,x, and n.  I helped him put together the words ‘apple’, ‘ax’, and ‘Ann’.

‘A’ read Bob Book volume 2, book 4 ‘The Swimmers’.  He got through half of it.

Bible
Children’s Everyday Bible-We read how Saul turned away from God and was not a happy man.  David was able to soothe him with his music.  DAvid also wrote songs (called psalms) to God.

Memory Verse
Proverbs 10:4 "Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth"

Read Aloud
Mother Goose-‘Tom, Tom’
‘The Animals of Farmer Jones’

Language Arts
DEL-Comprehension/Association-The boys looked at a drawing of a car.  They looked at individual items (winshield wiper, chair, spedometer, gas pedal, steering wheel, pillow) and had to pick the items that were not a part of a car.  Both boys got all correct.

Art Appreciation
A Child’s Book of Art-We looked at art that had wild animals in it.

The Hare, 1502, Albrecht Durer

*The Tortoise, from a 17th century Turkish manuscript
*Kangaroos, 20th century, detail from an Aboriginal bark painting
*The Raven Addressing the Assembled Animals, 1590, Indian

Tropical Storm with a Tiger, 1891, Henri Rousseau

Life Skills
365 Manners…We read about clapping at the theater or other event.  Do not be the first, or the last, to clap.  Do not wave hands wildly or cups hands to make a loud noise.  A standing ovation is OK if you really appreciated the perfomance.

Math
Singapore Earlbird 1B Lesson 15

(I am playing catch up on my blogging…)

Bible
Children’s Everyday Bible-The story of Samuel looking for a new king and finding David.

Memory Verse
Proverbs 10:4 "Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth."

Read Alouds
Mother Goose-"Lucy and Kitty"
Milly Molly Mandy-Chapter one (We also have a workbook that corresponds to this book.  We did the activites for chapter one)

Language Arts
DEL- Visual/Similarities- The boys had to look at a set of pictures and decide if they are identical or not.  ‘R’ got all correct 6/6; ‘A’ got 5/6.

Science
Berenstain Bears Book of Science and Nature-We read about animals you find in the swamp:Reptiles-turtles, lizards, snakes, crocodiles.  We read that the dinousaur is a cousin of the reptile, and that they are ‘EXTINCT’, meaning they are no longer on this earth.

Social Studies
Things People Do-The Pilot

Misc.
Linda gave the boys an educational activity card set called ‘Brainquest’.  We worked with that today.

The boys spent a week in Day Camp (mornings only).  The title was ‘Weird Creatures’.  I thought they were going to learn about interesting animals and insects.  Imagine my surprise when they brought home….

GIRANTULAS

COOKIE MONSTERS, COOSTERS, and FUNNY MONKEYS

SQUOODLES