It was a very rough start to the morning. Eliz was crying all night, and then screaming all morning -- oh don't you just love the TERRIBLE 3s?! They are still both sick with colds - sneezing, etc. Which makes her irritable and Eliz's temper tantrums are unbelievable! She makes Emilie look like a saint. I am debating on sending her to preschool in the fall (a different one) so I can have some peaceful mornings with Emilie. But I digress.
So we finally started our new unit: L is for leaf! Now most people using this curriculum start in September, so it's perfect for leaf hunting outside. Since we've started in January, there are no leaves outside... but we are trying to make do.
Saw these adorable line drawings of trees on Pinterest
here.
The leaf cut outs are a photocopy from the plant book below.
Emilie and Elizabeth both picked out trees and I helped them draw them.
The main lesson for today is just as leaves cannot survive apart from the steam/plant
so we cannot survive without remaining in - obeying, reading the Word, and loving - Jesus.
"I will live and grow in Jesus".
These are some vintage, sweet plant and tree books we enjoyed reading.
Comparing different leaf shapes and sizes.
Since we can't go tree leaf hunting, we are using plant leaves instead to draw and look at.
Using a stencil to trace leaves and blossoms.
Diagramming parts of a plant!
Counting practice for Elizabeth.
ABC Bingo! They loved this game.
Flip over alphabet cards and call out the letter and say the sound it makes.
Then cover your squares and the first one to get 4 in a row wins!
Egg carton phonics game. A lot of fun!
This is one of the games from our phonics program, Happy Phonics.
Put a button or bean inside, close the lid, shake it up, open.
Wherever the button falls you have to say the letter and sound it makes.
Each time you say it correctly you get a point.
Person with most points wins!
Letter matching apple tree game for Elizabeth.
I printed this game 2 years ago for Emilie and I cannot remember where I found them.
Maybe kidssoup.com? I'm not sure. Sorry!
Reading time with Daddy!
Daddy explaining how seeds become trees.
They love reading books with us on the couch.
And lastly, on a (sorta) gross note:
The caterpillars are getting ready to spin cocoons!
Ewwww! ;-)
Once they spin their cocoons, we transfer them into their butterfly net house.
Then after a few days, we release them into the (freezing) wild.
Seeing the awe and wonder of Emilie and Elizabeth
as they realize this is going to turn into a butterfly --
makes having these gross things sitting on my kitchen counter worthwhile. ;-)
