Me & My Body

This week we talked about "Me and My Body." We began on Monday with a basket of goodies containing items that we use to take care of our body. We talked about eating healthy, drinking water, exercising, wearing the correct clothing for the weather, and things we do to take care of our body like washing, brushing, taking vitamins, sunscreen, etc. Ronan thought it was fun! Then we read a few books about "the body."

On Tuesday we talked about our 5 senses! Micah and Ronan learned where there senses are that help the body investigate! We had "sense sticks" to help determine which sense we'd use to investigate the item I put in front of them. We did a car, toy bird that made noise, and some carrots.

Then we used Mr. Potato Head to further talk about the parts of the body that are involved in our senses.

Afterwards we practiced some cutting... we cut the pages to make a "my senses book" about popcorn.

First we used our senses to investigate the kernels...

Then we watched them pop...

We further investigated the popped product using our 5 senses again! The boys loved it!

On Wednesday, the boys worked on their names, tracing and matching letters with Aunt Janell!

Then on Thursday we talked about doing things "all by myself"... we practiced getting dressed...

I was amazed that he could do it all, all by himself, right down to the socks and shoes!

Other things we practiced were opening things "all by myself"... we opened ziplock bags, bottles, and jars!

Then we practiced peeling a banana and cutting it!

Friday was our community yard sales and Kieryn was out of school for the day. So we did not have a formal lesson, but had lots of fun baking brownies for the kids's food stand and preparing signs! They made about $20.  

What a fun week! Both kids are getting anxious about summer! Can't get here soon enough.

Until next time...

Zippy letter Z!

It's hard to believe that our alphabet is already over! Ronan acted suprised and excited that it was the last and final letter after singing the ABC song. He asked, "Mom, what will be do for lessons if we are done with the alphabet?"... My response was, "It'll just be a surprise!"

We began letter Z week with tracing...

We also spent extra time learning how zippers work and getting the zipper up and down by himself!

I surprised him with a "Z" snack... zebra cakes!

They were a hit!

On Tuesday we decided to do the lesson outside to enjoy the beautiful weather! We worked again on tracing, but also spent some time on cutting zig-zags!

Then we got out the sidewalk chalk and I drew a giant zig-zag! First they had to try to trace/draw one next to mine...

Then they had to run on the zig-zag without "falling off."

These two ended the sunny day in the awesome rock box that Steven BUILT! They played here for a long time!

On Wednesday Ronan did zoo pretend with Aunt Janell!

Then on Thursday we practiced more with zoo friends and practiced counting and finding which was different.

Then we used stamps to make a "zoo story" picture.

Later that day we joined Micah and Gavin for lunch at the zoo! (We brought zebra snacks to share!)

These boys had sooooo much fun!!

On Friday we practiced number zero...

Then we baked zucchini muffins! Yummy!!

What a great end to the alphabet! Excited that summer is getting nearer! 

Until next time!

Letter Y fun!

We skipped our lesson on Monday to focus all attention on Kieryn and her first school program! She was so excited! She was a monarch in their production of "BUGZ". We had Grandma come into town so she could join us for the production!

On Tuesday Micah and Ronan had fun with letter Y! We talked about things that are yellow...

We had a yogurt snack and did some letter tracing...

Then we did pieces to construct a yellow Y... I let the boys try to figure out how to get the pieces in the correct spot.

Then we went on a "yellow hunt" to find yellow things throughout the house!


On Wednesday Ronan was at Janell's they practiced lacing with letter Y and yarn! They also took time to talk about things you find in a yard! So fun!!

Kieryn had a dentist appointment in Topeka on Thursday so we did our lesson while waiting for her to finish. We constructed a Yo-Yo and watched some yo-yo tricks videos on YouTube!

Then we practiced our shapes...

On Friday we painted a train... all by "yourself" and talked about "YOU"... things you like/dislike, yucky and yummy foods, and things we do to take care of your body!

We had a fun weekend with Grandma Haug as she came down on Friday and stayed until Sunday! She came to lay with us while Daddy was at his conference in Chicago (EB). He left on Friday and gets back next Wednesday. Thanks Grandma for all your help!!

Happy Easter!

We took a break from the alphabet this past week to talk about Easter and do fun Easter activities! We started the week with dying eggs!

On Tuesday morning the kids were excited to hear peeping in our eggs that we've been incubating...

Later with Micah we did some carrot counting...

Then when Kieryn got home from school we got to see our first chick hatch!

They were so happy to get one chick! We ended up with 19 out of 24 eggs hatching! What a fun adventure! We felt pretty lucky to have so many little chick peeping in the laundry room!

On Wednesday Ronan got to do color sorting at Aunt Janell's...

They they did a number egg hunt!

On Thursday we did some egg shape matching...

Pattern practice...

And the jelly bean prayer/color match...

These are a few of the books we read this week...

On Friday we did the Resurrection eggs... inside each egg there was a part of the crucifixion story and Jesus's resurrection.

We spent Easter Sunday in Seneca with the Haug family. When we got home we were excited to see how big Ronan's "Jesus Lives Plant" had grown in one week. They buried the bean seeds in the Palm Sunday kid class. They did this to symbolize Jesus being buried and raising from the dead... it was really cool!

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Easter! Jesus is Risen!