This weeks story was The Mitten, told by Jan Brett. Jan Brett is one of my favorite authors to use with children. Her illustrations are beautiful, and she hides clues in the borders of her pages as to what is coming next and what just happened in the story- great for teaching predictions and sequencing. Anyway, we had a fun week with this story. The kids each made their own mitten and a set of animals to go inside. The Mitten is a Ukranian folktale- so the real author is not known. At the end of the week, I had the girls tell the story as if they were the authors- it was so fun! So here is "The Mitten" as told by Breanna and Abigail Raven.
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To my Children: I love you! I love every minute I have with you- I treasure them. This year, we are learning together. We have a schoolroom. We have all day, every day, together to learn, laugh, and just be together. I love that. So now it begins (actually, just continues. . .) our journey of learning together. I love you. -Mommy
About Us
- Naomi
- mama, sister, daughter, friend. :)
Our Motto
Stand for Truth and Righteousness
Class Rules
- 1) Be Grateful
- 2) Be Smart
- 3) Be Clean
- 4) Be True
- 5) Be Humble
- 6) Be Prayerful
- - Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley
Our School Day
- 1) Devotional: Book of Mormon reading, Song, Scripture Story, and prayer
- 2) Calendar: Pledge of Allegiance, Weather, Days of the week, Counting, Shapes, Recite Motto & "6 Be's"
- 3) Language Arts: Tradebooks!
- 4) Bin work: Abigail (Saxon math, reading, and spelling) Breanna (writing her name, letters, and numbers)
- 5) Group Activity (science, art/cooking, math, or an outing)
LDS Family Resources
Language Arts Using Tradebooks
Each week I pick a childrens picture book (a "tradebook"). On the first day, we read the story and then do a "story map". We make a poster of the title, author, characters, problem, and solution of the story. Throughout the week we do activities based on the book. By the end of the week, the children know the story so well they can "read" it themselves. This is a very effective way to teach a variety of skills. . . and it is SO much fun!
Trade Books We Use
- We the Kids, David Catrow
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, by Judi Barrett
- The Mitten by Jan Brett
- Stone Soup, folktale
- Go Away! Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
- Edward the Emu by Sheena Knowles
- I Like Myself! by Karen Beaumont
- Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes
- The Little Engine that Could, by Watty Piper
Math
For Math with Abigail I am using Saxon Math 1. We LOVE it!
Reading
After learning the letters, we learn the sounds that each letter makes. Then it is on to word parts. . . so the children have the tools to read anything they want! I use the Ringbound Reading program and supplement with a variety of other activities. Learning to read can be so much fun! Just take it slow, and pick books your child is iterested in. Most importantly, READ to your child. Show them how much fun reading can be!
Recommended Read Aloud Chapter Books
- Anne of Green Gabels (simplified version)
- Junie B Jones, Boo! And I Mean it!
- The Elevator Family, by Douglas Evans
- Charlotte's Web, by E.B. White
- Stuart Little, by E.B. White
- The Borrowers, by Mary Norton
- Mary Poppins
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