Day 1
We started this week with one of Parker's favorite song from BSF, "I'm In the Lord's Army." Then we counted to 40 and did our name recognition exercise. This week, I wrote Parker's name and put a random assortment of magnets to the side. He had to look at a letter and figure out whether it was in his name or not.
Next, we reviewed the numbers, and then talked about how there are different languages around the world. I had him repeat numbers 1-10 after me in Spanish. That was pretty cute. We reviewed letters and verse flashcards, and learned letter L. This week's verse is
"Love is patient, love is kind." 1 Corinthians 13:4
For our Intro to Letter L activity, (brace yourself, it's a stretch) Parker covered the little lines with legumes! Ta da!
Next, I built two towers out of large legos and had him make a matching tower. Easy peasy.
Then, we talked about lines. I made the different styles of lines out of pipe cleaners and then had them match them to the paper.
I gave him a marker to trace the lines. He's never done this before. He did better than I expected! I cringed at the way he held the marker, but I will correct that next year.
He really liked doing it, so I gave him more markers and he traced the lines with ever color.
We finished by reading
This book was made for Parker. It's all about a kid who uses anything he can find to make a line. Parker called them parades, but he used to make them everyday for about a year. Come to think of it, I kind of miss those!
We also read
Day 2
We squeezed in preschool during the afternoon today, so we jumped right in to making Danielle Walker's Lemon Macaroons. Parker loved juicing the lemons. He LOVES lemon. When we had all the juice we need, he kept juicing and drinking it straight up. Crazy kid.
While they were baking, we did a listening activity. First, I used Adley's little xylophone to play a high and a low note. Of course I had him tell me which one was lower. Then, I used the iPad to play some different sounds. We started out with animals sounds that he had to guess. Those were easy. Then I moved on to instrument sounds. He doesn't know too many of them so I was basically just introducing the different instruments to him. He recognized the piano and drums. Time to check on the macaroons!
They didn't turn out quite right because our coconut shavings were too big, but they were lemony, and that's all that matters during L week ;)
We ate a few and then read
Before bed, we read
I read and Ryan did the sounds of everything. He really made the book "come alive."
Parker and I were cracking up.
Day 3
Adley sleeps in the same room as Parker now, and he has done phenomenal with that. He's quiet when it's time for him to go to bed, he never wakes up if she cries in the night, and his sleep habits haven't changed a bit. Praise the Lord! So, with it being L week, and him being such a good big brother, we decided it was time to take a trip to LegoLand! (Parker has one set of legos that he plays with almost every day). We told him Thursday afternoon where we were going. He was pretty excited.
That night, I looked online to see what we could expect. We were thinking it was just a big store with tons of legos, but it's really more like an indoor theme-park that happens to cost $20 per person! Panic! We already told him we were going, and there's no way we're spending that kind of money. I continued looking through the website and I found a link for a "Homeschool Group Discount." I emailed them, told them I home-schooled our son, we were learning about letter L, and we'd like the discount. First thing the next morning I had vouchers for $7 tickets. Boo yah! We can still go!
The place was so cool. It had a jungle room and a star wars room.
There was a little ride where you shoot lasers and save a princess that Parker really liked. There were lego animals and people everywhere.
He thought this guy was Jesus. (Funny, I always pictured him a little thinner).
Where's Adley?
And Parker?
We got to watch some 4-D short films. He was yelling out loud when things were flying at him.
There's a room with tons of legos to build with.
He and Ryan made a car and raced it down a little ramp.
He got to build a mini Sears Tower in the Master Builders class, and see how Legos are made in the Lego Factory. He was happy and excited the whole time. (So was Adley).
On the way out, he got to pick a new Lego set. He chose the 3-in-1 skid loader, excavator and dump truck. He and Ryan put it together as soon as we got home. It's really fulfilling watching your kids have fun!
Throughout the week, we also read
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