Homeschooling Week 7: G and 6

We are reading lots of Little Jewel Books* because Miss Pear calls them the books about the girls.

Bible Reading Time (at the breakfast table):

• God's Wisdom for Little Girls: Virtues and Fun from Proverbs 31 (we love this book so much, it is based on Proverbs 31 and is affectionately known as Rubies to Miss Pear. If you have a sweet little girl in your life I cannot recommend this highly enough!)
  
• The New Bible in Pictures for Little Eyes Gift Edition
  
• A chapter a day so that we finish Matthew and begin Mark
  

Scripture Memory:

• Read Story for G in Teach Them to Your Children: An Alphabet of Biblical Poems, Verses, and Stories
• Memorize John 15:13 "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends."
  
• Review A, B, C, D, E and F verse throughout the day
• Review Lord's Prayer as we almost have it
  

Read Aloud:

• Little House in the Big Woods Book and Charm (Charming Classics)
  

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 should finish it this week).
• Bigger Steps ** (this is the next book in the preschool series)
  

Baking to work in: Granola bars, Great fudge, possibly gingerbread cookies
Meals to work in: Garden Supper Casserole, Granola Oatmeal

Monday:

• Read "My 'G' Book"
• Read ABC of Canada
  
• Read David and Goliath (Samuel 17)
  
• G is for Goliath Coloring Page and Tracing Page
• G is for Grasshopper Tracing Page (Alphabet Buddies)
  

Tuesday:

• Read God Loves His Precious Children: Safe in the Arms of the Good Shepherd (George, Elizabeth (Insp))
• Read God Knows My Name
  
• Read Bible Count*
• Read "My Six Book"
• Six Tracing Page (number buddies tracing page)
• Six Number Buddy Coloring Page
  
• Fuzzy #6 (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 'G' Book"
• Read Helping Mother**
• Read Happy Helpers**
  
• Read Hannah is a Helper
  
• G is for Girl tracing page
• Make Paper Girls (paper doll chains)
  

Thursday

• Read Elsie Waits Patiently*
• Read Baking Day*
  
• Read Learning My Numbers*
• Read "My Six Book"
• 6 Tracing Page (number buddies tracing page)
• Number in a Jar #6 - put 6 stickers in jar, do tracing, color
  
• Color and decorate #6 (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 #6 (in the evening, this is the Daddy craft and the ice cream cone is growing up my kitchen wall)

Friday

• Read "My 'G' Book
• A Little Girl After God's Own Heart: Learning God's Ways in My Early Days
  
• Baby Giraffe (San Diego Zoo Animal Library)
  
• G is for Grasshopper Tracing Page (Alphabet Buddies)
  
• Giraffe Coloring Page
• Giraffe Craft (if the day is rushed we will hold this until the weekend)
  

* From Rod and Staff
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