This week is Bb week. I found a lot of worksheet and art about Bear which is a familiar to most of the kids. Library is my best place to check out all the books about Bears. There are tons of books about bears. Below are the books we read about bear for this week. Making the bear The big brother wanted to do one bear too.
Crazy about Picachu
Ethan checked out a Pokemom drawing book from library. He traced the pictures and colored it. They watched the movie about Pokemom and played by immitating different Pokemom action.
Evan is learning how to write. He had to write his name everyday. Most of the time, I have to hold his hand and help him to write. He can write the first two letters of his name well, the E and v but not the a and n.
These are the worksheets I found online for him to do including connect the dots, coloring sheet, handwriting pratice and color by letter.
This week, I face a challenge in teaching Science because the material I use is a bit hard for Ethan's level. I have to find another suitable Science curriculum for him.
I sign up Time4learning.com for Ethan to supplement his studies. This website is very interactive and help me a lot in record keeping. It will record what Ethan has being doing so far daily. It consists Language Art, Math and Science. There is presentation online and quiz after the that.
Besides, Ethan starts the tennis lesson this week. It is offered by Houston Park and Recreation twice a week for FREE. He got to meet other kids about his age and play tennis.
Friday is the park day. We went to Lost Creek Park in Sugarland to meet other homeschool families. Ethan makes some friends there. Evan was having fun too playing at the playground. Luckily the weather is not too hot for him to stay outside for long time. After the playdate, we met Eric at his office to have lunch with him. The boys got the chance to see his dad's working place and met other people in the office.
This week is another new week for the fall season. I start all over again to review the letters with Evan. Since Ethan is at home now, he learns and does the activities with Evan.
Letter of the week: Aa Object: Apple and ant Number: 1 Shape: Circle
I read the stories about apple and also the Johnny Appleseed story. I bought different kinds of apple with different sizes. Evan has to group them according to the sizes, big or small.
Grouping the apples according to the sizes.
I drew some apple shapes and cut them out. Evan has to trace the numbers on the apples and arrange them in order.
Another way to learn the letter is asking the boys to make a letter A out of the blocks.
Ant hunting: Ant is the easiest insect to be found around the condo area. The boys looked for the ants at the bush and finally got some. We put some food on a tray and to check which food the ants like the most.
On the way to find the ants.
They are observing the ants moving around.
I cut two apples in two different ways. One is from top to bottom and one is from the middle. I let the kids compared them and tell me what is the differences. The apple on the left side is bilateral symmetry and the one at the right side is radial symmetry. They then put the paint on the apple and made the apple prints on the papers.
e Ethan is teaching Evan how to arrange the block according to their sizes. From one block up to ten block high. I do not buy a lot of Mathematic manipulatives from the store because I know the kids can learn about math from everything that surround them anywhere anyplace. I used the UNO cards from 1 to 9 and the blocks for the math game. Evan has to match the number of the blocks on the according UNO number card.
I cut the jelly sandwiched into circle shape. This is another way to introduce shape to the kids.
Texas law does not required the homeschool family to submit any report or test score. I do this just for me own record purpose and easy for me to keep track what he has learned for one week period.
I made up this big board and put on all the works he had learn so far this week.
This week science is all about living and non living things. We did an experiment about biotic and abiotic factor. I called it a touchy box. I put some fruits and some toys in a box and covered it out. The boys had to put their hands inside the box and told me the characteristics of that items. Then, Ethan will tell me whether that is biotic or abiotic. Evan is playing along and he thought it was fun.
Math: Time Ethan knows how to read the time but still not very good at it. I plan to use three weeks to introduce this topic with him. He did a lot of worksheet everyday. He has to tell me the time whenever I asked him.
Grammar: Noun
Poem: Recite, rewrite and disscussion. He had to rewrite the whole poem because I want him to practice his handwriting. We discuss about the poem, he had to find the antonym from the poem and also the rhyming words.
We learn about this song from Tzu Chi education book.
Library is our main book resource for the weekly theme。 I check out many books about fish and ocean animals to read to the boys。 These are the books we read this week。
Evan decorated the fish as if it is a rainbow fish that he read about from the book。
Letter of the week： Qq
He made a queen for the letter Q。 I got this idea from a homeschool mom。
Science： Magic balloon I found this fun experiment from a science book。 The materials can be found around the house。 One packet of yeast， some warm water， some sugar and a balloon。
First， we mixed the yeast with sugar and warm water in a glass bottle。 Shake it and put the bottle into a pot of warm water。 Wait for few minutes， the balloon starting to blow up as if someone is blowing it but actually not。 This is because of the reaction between yeast and sugar and the warm water produce carbon Dioxide。
He was so excited to see the balloon starting to become bigger and bigger。
I am starting to videotaping Ethan for each experiment as if he is doing a presentation about the whole process。
This balloon stop blowing up because the water is coolingdown。
Matching ABC。 They were counting how tall they are with the cards。
The fishing game： This is a easy to made game。 I use long chopstick or you can use any kind of long stick and tied it with a long shoe lace。 At the end of the shoe lace， I taped a magnet。
For the fish， crabs and seahorses， I drew them on different kinds of color paper and cut them out。 The boys help me to decorate them and putting different number score。 They competed with each other in fishing game and see who got more fish。 For bigger kids， they can add up the number on the fish and see who got the higher score。
Grouping： I asked Evan to group the sea animal into three group。 He grouped them into fish， seahorse and crab categories。
When Ethan is learning the state song with capital city， Evan is learning too。 He only can sing up to three states and he wanted me to videotape him just like his brother。
Learning is fun when we add some music into it。Ethan learned this song in few minutes and he knows all the continents in the world with no problem。 You can try it out too。
Making the bear
The big brother wanted to do one bear too.
Ethan checked out a Pokemom drawing book from library. He traced the pictures and colored it. They watched the movie about Pokemom and played by immitating different Pokemom action.
These are the worksheets I found online for him to do including connect the dots, coloring sheet, handwriting pratice and color by letter.
