Homeschool Day 2- Isaac

Isaac's turn! Putting his verse in order, sport sort, following directions and free play.

Memory Verse: "A soft answer turns away wrath." Proverbs 15:1 (thanks to 1+1+1=1 website!)






I really need a verse to teach Abby about not being a pain in Mommy's butt. (other than just Exodus 20:12) If you know one off the top of your head, let me know!

Sport sort:



He sorted just like Abby! He only did one sport at a time. He counted the balls and wrote the numbers next to them . (he needed help with the #4) We talked about which one had the most and the least.

Following directions: This activity came with the Memory verse lesson.



Click on the picture of Isaac and watch the video of the activity!

For Free Play (I know it sounds stupid since he's been playing freely all morning, but this was "school time" free play) Isaac chose the fabulous felt board! (Aunt Beth- you really hit on something big!)



All in all, I think this morning was a success! Now, on to laundry!

Homeschool Day 2- Abby and Andy

I don't know if you've noticed, but Abby is a bossy piece of goods. We are still working on sorting with the twins. (mostly by color, but we moved into sorting by picture today) I visit so many homeschooling and teaching blog sites, I'm not sure where I got this activity. I saved the sport sorting activity for Isaac.



Abby sorted pictures of plants. I noticed that she only focused on one picture at a time. All the leaves first, then trees, then flowers.



Andy sorted by whatever he grabbed first. He wouldn't let me get a picture of his face. When he showed his face he said he was a dinosaur and growled. When he's not being a dino, he's a pirate. What an imagination!



Abby informed me that she was not done gluing, she wanted more. Maybe it's the teacher in me, (or the pack rat) but I never throw anything away. So, I still had scrapbook paper scraps from my wreath making kick. Cut them up in squares and voila! Color sorting!



The memory card on my camera became full after she finished the pink squares. I downloaded, deleted, and took the picture of the finished product.



Andy finished his sorting activity, moved on to drawing, then moved on to the Nook. The Nook got sleepy (the battery died) so it is now taking a nap with the charger. Andy is playing with Abby's fairy tree house.

You might be wondering where Isaac is. Well, he went with Daddy to the recycling place, so it was nice and quiet for school. Now he is back and I have to get the twins doing something so I can work with Ike uninterrupted.

We'll see how it goes...

Homeschool Day 1

I refused to let the kids turn on the tv when we got home today. I expected more complaining than I actually received. No one cared! Hmmmm... I'll have to remember that.
Isaac did try to escape upstairs, where he knows how to get past the child-proof door knobs, to get into my bedroom to watch tv, but he came back down when I called.

I didn't want to overwhelm Isaac on his first day. Today we simply introduced the memory verse for "A", and practiced tracing it. I could tell he works on his letters at school. He kept telling me that the letter 'a' has a belly- which I have never told him. His form while holding a pencil is getting better too!



While Ike was hard at work, the twins were working with their puffballs again. This time, we made patterns.



Andy's



Abby's

They got tired of that soon enough, and Andy wanted his puzzle (from Aunt Beth's quiet bag) and Abby wanted the picture cards. Whatever.



So, Isaac traced his memory verse while we worked on the song that goes with it. (we got it from the 1+1+1=1 website)

Here is Isaac!!



We sang that song the whole time he was writing! Abby and Andy did a little too. Getting Ike to say "soft answer" was difficult. He kept slurring his words. But, you can see he is tracking his print as he reads!

Here is the song again as he shows you his work.



Tomorrow we are going to cut and paste the verse in order. I have some cut and paste pages for Andy and Abby too. They will be working on graphing while Ike works on fluency.

* you know what I like most about this post? The fact that I KNOW that as soon as Uncle JD reads it he is going to 1. share it with his co-workers, and 2. call as soon as he gets off work to see if Isaac will sing his verse to him. Now we'll see how long it takes JD to check the blog and read it! :)