Califoregon Living

I had our favorite sitter ‘Miss Laura’, spend the day with the boys, while I went and had a day to myself.  Dado and Dada gave me a gift certificate for a massage, so I indulged in that.  It was a nice break.  Miss Laura was the teacher today…

Memory Verse
Miss Laura reviewed the memory verses today and introduced this weeks:
"Let all things be done decently and in order." I Corinthians 14:40
This week’s focus is on Orderliness: I find a place for everything and put everything in its place.

Read Aloud
Mother Goose- ‘Little Bo Peep’, ‘Little Boy Blue’, ‘Rain’
‘The Seven Sneezes’
Eric Carle’s Animas Animals-‘The Duck Billed Platypus’

Language Arts
‘Developing the Early Learner’-Visual/Memory- I placed a crayon, scissors, pencil, ruler, and rubberbands on a tray.  The boys had to look at the items, then close their eyes.  One item was removed and the boys had to guess which item had been removed. 

Science
Berenstain Bears Big Book of Science and Nature- The kids read that animals are loving things, they move around and are alive, and they need food to stay alive.

Social Studies
‘Things People Do’- Newspaper Reporter

Character
‘Right Choices’-  We read that it is wrong to act out in anger

Math
Singapore Earlybird 1B-Lesson 11- Introduced the concept of pairs

Reading
Bob Book Volume 2, Book 1

Bible
The Levites were chosen to serve as Holy men and were not given land.  The remaining tribes gave part of their cities and food to the Levites so they may do God’s work.

Memory Verse
James 5:8 Be patient and stand firn because the Lord’s coming is near.
Patience: I wait with a happy heart.

Read Aloud
‘The Train to Timbuctoo’

Language Arts
‘Developing the Early Learner’-
Comprehension-Association: The boys had to look at a series of pictures and choose the items that were Toys.  Both did well.
Motor-Hand-Eye: The boys had to copy a circle, a sideways ‘V’, and a sideways ‘U’.  ‘A’ was able to dothe circle and the ‘U’.  The ‘V’ was OK, but backwards.  ‘R’ did the circles fine, but needed help with the others.

Science
BB Book of Science and Nature- We read about using our senses in nature.  We SEE: buttercups, bumblebees, hummingbird, fish, colors, etc.  We HEAR: pecking, hooting, squeaking, chirping, and crickets rubbing their lages together to "sing".  We SMELL: pine, grapes, flowers, wood, skunks, etc.

Character
‘Right Choices’-We read that it is wrong to call people names

Life Skills
‘365 Manners’-We read that it is a mark of courtesy for the man to offer the part of the sidewalk closest to the building.  This used to be to protect her from mud from the roadway.  Other common courtesies in "protecting others": offer your mother the umbrella when it rains, treating animals with kindness, offer to carry heavy items if able, not using coarse words or behavior.

Math– DND

Reading
Bob Book, Volume 2, Book 2

Bible
‘Children’s Everyday Bible’-We read that the tribes of Israel were able to settle in the land of Canaan.

Memory Verse
James 5:8 Be patient and stand firm because the Lord’s coming is near.

Read Aloud
Mother Goose- "Bobby Snooks", "Saturday, Sunday"
"The Mouse’s Bride"

Language Arts
DEL-Auditory/Similarities-The boys listened to two sounds and had to tell whether they are identical or different.  Bot did great.

Social Studies
‘Things People Do’-We read about the Garage Owner and all the staff needed.

Character
‘Right Choices’-We read about the importance of obeying your parents.

Life Skills
‘365 Manners…’ We read about the importance of having awareness for others.  Some of the good manners that help develop this are:

• let others go first
• match walking step with person walking with
• make sure everyone is included in conversation
• widen the circle to include others
• keep voice low when inside
• keep music low so not to offend others
• put animal out if another child is scared
• does not take a large portion of food

Math
Singapore Earlybird 1B-Lesson10-One to one matching to find which set has more; picture graphs

‘R’ is sick with a fever today.  I ended up just teaching ‘A’.

Bible
Children’s Everyday Bible- We read about Joshua and his men circling the town of Jericho for 7 days and the walls crumbled.

Memory Verse
Be patient and stand firn, because the Lord’s coming is near. James 5:8

Read Aloud
Mother Goose-‘Doctor Foster’, ‘A Little Man’
"The Twins"

Language Arts
Developing the Early Learner- ‘A’ looked at a set of pictures and had to choose which ones were identical.  He got all correct.  He actually said one was not identical and I initially thought it was.  But, at closer glance, one pair of scissors had oval handles and the other had round ones.
‘A’ also had to draw along four different paths without touching the edges.  He was able to do all, except one small spot hit an edge.

Science
BB Book of Science and Nature-We read that there is all sorts of things in nature: animals, plants, volcanoes, earthquakes, people, the earth, soil, oil, etc.

Character
Right Choices-We read about the importance of forgiveness

Life Skills
365 Manners…We read that when eating, it is important to remember:

• the food is accepted from the left and passed to the right
• take a modest portion
• eat slowly
• chew with your mouth closed

Math
Singapore Earlybird 1B-Lesson 9: ‘A’ had to look at two different scenarios and tell a story about them.
He also had to count items and write them down.  He struggled with counting 10 bottles that were jumbled together.

Reading
Bob Book Volume 2, Book 2 Bump!

(We doubled our coursework today…)

Bible
God stopped the Jordan River from flowing so the people could cross unharmed.

Memory Verse
James 5:8 "Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near."

Read Aloud
Mother Goose- "Cock a Doodle Doo’ and ‘Goosey, Goosey, Gander’
‘Selfish Sand Frog’
‘Guess Who Lives Here’
‘Eric Carle’s Animals Animals-Bear and Fox’

Language Arts
Developing the Early Learner- Auditory/Rhyming-The boys looked at a picture of a stick and had to pick items that rhymed with it.  Both did well.
Comprehension/Language-The boys had to pick the picture that ended the sentence properly.  Both got all correct.

Science
BB Book of Science and Nature- We read the introduction to the nature part of the book.

Social Studies
‘Things People Do’-We read about the Garage Owner and all the people it takes to run a garage.

Character
‘Right Choices’-We read about honoring your parents and the importance of being polite.

Life Skills
‘365 Manners…’- We read that it is OK to remove foreign matter in food (eggshell, hair, etc.) and place it on the plate (hair, you place on the floor or napkin).  You can chose to eat the remaining food, or not, but do not bring the offending item to anothers attention, unless at a restaurant.  We also read that you hold a tumbler at the bottom and not the rim.

Math
Singapore Earlybird 1B-Lesson 8-Counting and writing of numerals 1-10.  Both are fantastic with counting, the writing is weak.

Reading
‘A’ read Bob Book Volume 2, Book 2 ‘Bump!’

Bible
‘Children’s Everday Bible’-The prople crossed the Jordan river into Canaan, two spies entered Jericho and where hidden by Rahab.

Memory Verse
Colossians 3:13 "Forgive as the Lord forgave you’

Read Aloud
‘Simple John’

Language Arts
Developing the Early Learner-Visual/Figure Ground: The boys had to find animals hidden among a busy design of flowers.  Both got all correct.

Character
‘Right Choices’-We read how it is wrong to fight over toys and how it is right to share.

Life Skills
‘365 Manners…’-Eating fresh fruit. Quarter of halve fruits and remove the seeds.  Pleace seeds, tems, and unwanted skin on side of plate.   Americans consider fruit finger food, but Europeans typically eat them with a fork.  Pop a cherry in your mouth and remove the pit with your fingers.  Grapes are eater with fingers.  Take a piece of the vine and place on the plate.  Fruit salad is eatern with a fork.

Math
Singapore Earlybird 1B-Lesson7: Arranging numbers in sequence 1-10.  Both boys can do this verbally, but not in writing.

Reading
‘A’ read Bob Book Volume 2, Book 1 ‘Ten Men’

Bible
Children’s Everyday Bible-Moses hands leadership to Joshua, then dies.

Memory Verse
Colossians 3:13 "Forgive as the Lord forgave you"

Read Aloud
Mother Goose-"Hey Diddle Diddle", "Jack and His Fiddle", and "Buttons"
"The Marvelous Merry Go Round"

Language Arts
DEL- Motor Skills-The boys practiced with dot to dot, making ovals, triangles, rectangles, squares

Science
Berenstain Bear’s Book of Science and Nature-We read that Christmas falls on December 25th and that New Years Eve December 31st.

Character
Right Choices-We read about how it is wrong to watch TV that has bad things on it.  We are to keep our eyes from these things.

Life Skills
365 Manners…We read that is is wrong to eat ice.  Not only does it sound bad, but it could be bad for our teeth.  Ice is used to cool drinks.  It is not OK to reach in an pull ice out with your hands.  It is also not OK to cool your soup with ice or rub ice on your face to cool down. (Well, we have broken all of these rule in our family many times over :))

The boys helped me make our soup for dinner tonight.  Here is ‘Emeril’ and ‘Top Chef’.  They used a veggie peeler for a few second, transferred ingredients to cups, then the soup pot, and served as master taste testers..

Math
Singapore Earlybird 1B-Lesson 6: ‘A’ worked on writing out the numbers 9 and 10.  ‘R’ colored different shapes.

Reading
We played a game and I quizzed the boys on lowercase letters.  ‘R’ got a few wrong, but both are doing well with letter recognition and sounds.