Homeschooling Week 6: F and 5

Last week got very busy with 2 days of visitors and preparing for Easter, so we decided to leave 5 for this week rather than try to jam everything in and get frustrated or overwhelmed.

Bible Reading Time (at the breakfast table):

• The One Year Devotions for Preschoolers (Little Blessings Line)
• The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Gift Edition (For Baby to start hearing the Bible stories in a simple manner, we were able to get this from Paperbackswap.com and it looks like an excellent way to introduce Baby to the Bible, not that there is any replacement for the actual Word of God.)
  
• A Chapter in Matthew (Except on Monday when we will read Jonah)

Scripture Memory:

• Read Story for F in Teach Them to Your Children: An Alphabet of Biblical Poems, Verses, and Stories
• Memorize Psalm 91:11 "For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways."
  
• Review A, B, C, D and E verse throughout the day
  

Read Aloud:

• Winnie the Pooh Treasury We are liking this, but I think we need to change it up, so we will finish the story we are in the middle of and put it aside until we finish our next book which will be...
• Charlotte's Web
  

Everyday Activities:

• Alpha-Phonics: A Primer For Beginning Readers (Using the letter recognition in the back, and we love it)
• Number recognition - a little chart I made up based on Alpha-phonics.
• About 3 Workbook** (we have been running out of time to do this a lot of days, but are still loving it).
  

This Week

Extra craft: Try to work in making lily flowers from hand prints, tape, glue, and pipe cleaners
Cooking and baking ideas: Fajitas, Fantasy Fudge, French Bread, and French Toast

Monday:

• Read "My 'F' Book"
• Read Fishes (True Books : Animals)
• Read Super Swimmers: Whales, Dolphins, and Other Mammals of the Sea
• Read Jonah & the Great Big Fish
  
• F is for Fish Coloring Page and Tracing Page
• F is for Fire Truck Tracing Page (Alphabet Buddies) (We love to trace, and the Fish pages only have a few letters).
  
• Jonah Coloring Page
  

Tuesday:

• Read God Knows My Name
• Read Fox Walked Alone (it is being reissued if you are interested).
  
• Read Bible Count*
• Read "My Five Book"
• Five Tracing Page (number buddies tracing page)
• Five Number Buddy Coloring Page
  
• Fuzzy #5 (construction paper, glue, cotton balls)
• Game: Number Start: Fun Games for Learning About Numbers (it starts out teaching patterns, which a excellent math teacher maintains is essential to helping children understand math easier, this was a gift/hand me down from friends with older children)
  

Wednesday

• Read "My 'F' Book"
• Read Clifford The Firehouse Dog
• Read A Prairie Alphabet
• Read Fancy Nancy
  
• F is for Fire Truck Tracing Page (Alphabet Buddies)
• Fire Truck Coloring Page
• Fireman Craft
  

Thursday

• Read Learning My Numbers*
• Read Flamingo (Heinemann Read and Learn)
• Read Baby Flamingo (San Diego Zoo Animal Library, 8)
  
• Read "My Five Book"
• 5 Tracing Page (number buddies tracing page)
• Number in a Jar #5 - put 5 stickers in jar, do tracing, color
  
• Color and decorate #5 (Use large template)
• Game: Learning To Sequence 4-Scene Set, 48 Picture Cards, PreK-3 (Yet another fun thing we already had around the house).
• Craft: Ice Cream Cone Scoop Craft for Numbers scoop #5 (in the evening, this is the Daddy craft and the ice cream cone is growing up my kitchen wall)

Friday

• Read "My 'F' Book
• Read (and listen to) A Frog Thing (with Audio CD)
• Read Bear's New Friend
• Read Z Is For Zamboni: A Hockey Alphabet Edition 1. (Sleeping Bear Press Sports & Hobbies)
  
• F is for Frog tracing and coloring pages
  
• F is for Fire Truck Tracing Page (Alphabet Buddies) (We love to trace, and the Frog pages only have a few letters).
• Frog Craft
  

* From Rod and Staff
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