tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78065303343223801992024-03-12T22:46:46.118-04:00 Coastal Breezes AcademyCoastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-69095922425216670862022-03-17T08:59:00.018-04:002023-01-18T08:23:45.048-05:00Our experience with Gather Round Homeschool<span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> </span>When we first moved to TX, we struggled to find our groove, homeschool-wise. We tried a few different curriculums, joined some groups, and found our way. I found Gather Round curriculum. It looked great, so I thought I would give it a try. Lily did well with it. Lily has always done better with Unit Studies, and more hands-on learning. I bought a few single units out of the first year's units. The second year, I bought the WHOLE year, which was about $500. This was not including extras-I bought a few of those on the side. We were all in! I told friends about it, and a lot of them tried it out as well. <div><br /></div><div><span> With the company being new, we were dealing with a few growing pains. Updates being sent out right after we had just printed the units, the Language Arts was lacking, sensitivity updates on the continents- things like that. The company said they welcomed feedback, and were working to make things better. This curriculum is on the higher end, price-wise, but it is marketed as an all in one (except for math). The ease of use, and the fact that Lily liked it, were enough for me to look over the minor things.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span> </span> As the company grew, things started getting a little strange on the social media side. You are NOT allowed to give feedback in the Facebook group, unless it is a glowing, positive comment. You are not allowed to give constructive criticism. Simply asking "were we supposed to get ____ unit in our account yet?" was not allowed in the group. Anyone making a comment that the curriculum isn't working for them was a no-no. All of the group members would swoop in, and tell you ALL the ways it should work for you. How wonderful the curriculum is, how the creator/author is SO wonderful, etc. It was starting to feel a little Stepford-Wives in there. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><span> We get to Year 3 of the curriculum. This year (2021-2022 school year). I preordered the WHOLE shebang. </span>There was a price increase of $150 this year, due to her hiring writers and staff., so this year was over $800. There was a schedule on the Gather Round website, listing all of the units, and what months they would be released. It looked great. I was basing the planning of my homeschool year around that schedule. The first unit (maybe the first 2) came out on time. Then, things started happening. Delays, excuses. She was behind. She lost her writers, and was having to write the units herself. A new, revised schedule was released. Instead of getting the 10 units we had preordered, we were now getting 9. Rocks and Minerals would not be releasing this year. Lily was bummed. That was the ONE unit she really was looking forward to. Not only was that not releasing, but instead of a unit per month being released, the new schedule had NO units being released in Oct or Nov. And instead of the school year ending in May, the last unit won't be released until June. At this point, I was getting a little irritated, but it is what it is. Keep in mind, you are NOT allowed to express doubt, frustrations or the like on the Gather Round social media pages. Around this time, the owner decided to start a Minecraft server for ALL of the customers kids to play with each other. This took time, and was a reason for one of the delays. Turns out, she doesn't have the staff to monitor the servers. More wasted time. </div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The original schedule, and the updated schedule<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ6dT1gQKlTdscdCNNdGDtJbtFJUmaVnd72K1iaPhOq05s-Mw2MBzzVr1RsjgtiI7dcivmBFs6noDKPAOC2kTDLpL3UXP7Z_yfe8zfxih5oTw59v75gZh78iy5raNx-3Sl5NFUu373v_-VbopjmYvhO1Bde7bnNmqL5mreMAuA6NaFWTi9HPO-6usk=s1624" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQ6dT1gQKlTdscdCNNdGDtJbtFJUmaVnd72K1iaPhOq05s-Mw2MBzzVr1RsjgtiI7dcivmBFs6noDKPAOC2kTDLpL3UXP7Z_yfe8zfxih5oTw59v75gZh78iy5raNx-3Sl5NFUu373v_-VbopjmYvhO1Bde7bnNmqL5mreMAuA6NaFWTi9HPO-6usk=s320" width="148" /></a></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ8i2a620xEjG346x1hxEvh_88UfdFA_5_RUQoyiSPESzZADdBrBcyZEQQRABckuBNusuhYOo211VtAj4O89rs9vTTzk0fEZmR-kdxpMPbEPnm45vIO0j95DW2OUxtXye7mby2bF55IkORLMs3rKG4sslTbhs6e1GDFxdOeQs7wOiO9JMXMw-FulXE=s1624" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ8i2a620xEjG346x1hxEvh_88UfdFA_5_RUQoyiSPESzZADdBrBcyZEQQRABckuBNusuhYOo211VtAj4O89rs9vTTzk0fEZmR-kdxpMPbEPnm45vIO0j95DW2OUxtXye7mby2bF55IkORLMs3rKG4sslTbhs6e1GDFxdOeQs7wOiO9JMXMw-FulXE=s320" width="148" /></a><br /></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span> <span> </span>A few weeks go by. More delays. More excuses. The owner had a barn fire. The barn was NOT her warehouse, yet that was used as another excuse for delays. Ok. Next-"HEY guys! We are coming to the USA! For a tour! we are going to be doing meet and greets, speaking engagements, and conventions!!" More delays. Turns out, the owner can't write units while stuck in an RV with 5 kids and a hubby. Shocker. People are getting more and more frustrated. Then, what really just threw me over the edge. The owner is posting videos "Look at our new RV!!" "Here is a video of our first week of travel!" "Here is a video of our second week!" "We are at Disney!!" Our February unit is STILL not released. She's doing videos and traveling, and going to Disney, while those of us who preordered 10 units are sitting here with only 4 units so far. 4. It's mid-March. We get an email update. The update basically says that (paying customers) are being nasty to her, and that she has come to terms with people being mad at her. The rest of the year will be delayed, and she isn't sure when the units (or IF) are going to be released. But God had given her permission, even a command, to take time off and spend it at Disney with her kids. In fact, this WHOLE time, she has been saying that she is following God's commands, wherever they lead. I do not think that God told her to take thousands, if not millions of dollars in preorders for units, and then ignore her customers. I don't think He works like that. I feel like at this point, it is a scam, and we will be lucky if we EVER get our units. Meanwhile, the owner is at homeschool conventions, selling more curriculum and talking about year 4. YEAR 4! When we haven't gotten half of year 3!!! I tried to complain on the Facebook group, and I have been banned and blocked. Because it wasn't sunshine and rainbows. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span> </span>I received an email from her saying that she would refund me for the units I have not yet received, BUT, not for the Lifer package that I had purchased. She said that they follow God's timing in everything. So-I won't get refunded for the portions of the Lifer package that I have not received. AND, still no idea when the units are coming out. I purchased a year bundle based on a schedule she had on her website. I did NOT purchase a year bundle that said they would be out in God's timing. No apology. No offer of a refund, other than units I haven't received (WITHOUT a refund for the Lifer package). **It's worth noting that the Lifer package that she is refusing to refund was supposed to have 6 mini units included in it this year. Of those, we have received 2!** No offer of a discount due to to inconvenience. Customer service is definitely not her forte. In fact, you can tell by her email that she is quite irritated that I find her delays unacceptable. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /><span><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVz7y4Y-5bzjM-LVawV1oRlQLAqkaxWT9Du-6cinJaM1Kcb9HnWvv4r8GVqqSLTUDRFkCbOCjiCWXLF-8r9yzDTKWuKjCGF1CslmJgJRzcCmWBNCeOvkpxuTBmEn2hDtHTHY7PJk91iyMucV8jDs6Al-ysN8bb1oLe4bt0j3fjQTbkGWF0NDgspr0B=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVz7y4Y-5bzjM-LVawV1oRlQLAqkaxWT9Du-6cinJaM1Kcb9HnWvv4r8GVqqSLTUDRFkCbOCjiCWXLF-8r9yzDTKWuKjCGF1CslmJgJRzcCmWBNCeOvkpxuTBmEn2hDtHTHY7PJk91iyMucV8jDs6Al-ysN8bb1oLe4bt0j3fjQTbkGWF0NDgspr0B=w288-h180" width="288" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span> At this point, I have reported the company to the BBB for unethical business practices. I have also filed a complaint with the Attorney General. I have called my bank, and they are doing a fraud investigation, as I purchased based on a schedule, and I have not received my items based on that schedule. I have tried to share my experience online, but since the Gather Round pages are so heavily censored, my experience cannot be shared. I am not the only one. There are over 30,000 members in her FB group. There are thousands of us. She has probably taken in millions of dollars in preorders, and now we just have to wait for God's timing as to when or if we get our product. I think that is one of the things that bothers me the most. She uses God as an excuse to treat her customers poorly and have unethical business practices. She has a predominately Christian customer base, so she uses God so her customers will accept the delays. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcG39PdYucGX0C3wxK_7z5ftsWoGboUAUE7yf8eRQgxYJM1AjfgTtGF1RRCJcHSS2RVGc449RoTG51BlCEkNOSN3bkKpKqQvszu8OlNs5idkNIU396vuazP1jt8bJb6SFHhtOrcpNu37PiMuPVLk-jYyRvvrH9oiRYh-5ckVXl9R8Dhyj7ecdQww_X=s320" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="148" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgcG39PdYucGX0C3wxK_7z5ftsWoGboUAUE7yf8eRQgxYJM1AjfgTtGF1RRCJcHSS2RVGc449RoTG51BlCEkNOSN3bkKpKqQvszu8OlNs5idkNIU396vuazP1jt8bJb6SFHhtOrcpNu37PiMuPVLk-jYyRvvrH9oiRYh-5ckVXl9R8Dhyj7ecdQww_X" width="148" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="148" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi9UKPEp3vivohfCy6jExW1MbSqNp8GxkV5JbHF5YK-kMn5nfUf73tSPlJhkB0qDqvSawj8lkGp6qjdflWOgwq4qMFoyUy4kKqrzzriW6YzYibgLYB96mB-oKabBmvCzrk6txZ_Kt6xp171q2YOH7uutDvC3ccv3hfkvMem60OggO_qVqEWLhTFanKW" width="148" /><br /><div><br /></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span> </span>I am putting this out there in case others are looking at the curriculum and thinking of preordering. I would think twice. You may or may not get the items. You certainly won't get them when she says you will. You will have no where to complain publicly, because she declines, deletes and bans you when you try to comment on her pages and group. I'm sorry, but if the company's intentions were pure, and they were truly doing things on God's timing, they would say that up front. They would not wait until they are so far behind they will never catch up, and then start saying that when the complaints start coming in. You would be allowed to comment on their pages publicly without being deleted and banned. I do not feel like this company has pure intentions. At this point, I don't feel like the owner knows how to run a business, and I feel like she is getting VERY close to taking preorders and running with the money.</div><div><br /></div><div>***UPDATE*** Since I published this blog, we STILL do not have any more of our year 3 units, but the owner of Gather Round is on her app, advertising that she is planning year 4. SO-we don't even have half of year 3 yet, but she has time to plan next year?? Does this woman have no shame? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgJS8e2t7TLs7tDJ4WhOzMAYFEHxusgmOawZQzZMNeHF9FEYIXcdxfcxQah9WAankKtwrvrDnu72MsjXoewcBO0QGZOQr1IplflsQH58-ZgC0XRzElHCNSOcYDnG5_yB6GTbtrqDZPoXCDFeDyFKRPXBYTJSiSutLwGcZLbgh3VxuniWAv7XltARa/s1169/275617113_1128292211347535_5107672836137409556_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDgJS8e2t7TLs7tDJ4WhOzMAYFEHxusgmOawZQzZMNeHF9FEYIXcdxfcxQah9WAankKtwrvrDnu72MsjXoewcBO0QGZOQr1IplflsQH58-ZgC0XRzElHCNSOcYDnG5_yB6GTbtrqDZPoXCDFeDyFKRPXBYTJSiSutLwGcZLbgh3VxuniWAv7XltARa/s320/275617113_1128292211347535_5107672836137409556_n.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div><br /></div>***Update. Today (03/22/2022), our unit that was due in Feb released. The rest of the year is still up in the air***<div><br /></div><div>***Update. The website has been updated with a new release schedule AGAIN, and she has added that the dates are just an estimate. (That was never there before). Also, the owner posted on April 6th that she is now working on a magazine and bible reading plan.***</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSbFWWl9YMAixxsKs_FHOTOx1xuwnDWCKbuEd9Vxjgf6UI2nZpShkkWcuxE2y_Kub1POle6qvr4TQ8_FLA4QZ9fyXK2Deg5Y6alPCp4PFvI3a5n0r5202blGsSIxf6ZS9gyrKkZLsKUyc5h5A5OLjkwxFVRdJTRZzDaUaYpyPYd5Aml0vdWYGMlez/s1624/628956AB-51AC-49EE-806B-723C85289B8E.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJSbFWWl9YMAixxsKs_FHOTOx1xuwnDWCKbuEd9Vxjgf6UI2nZpShkkWcuxE2y_Kub1POle6qvr4TQ8_FLA4QZ9fyXK2Deg5Y6alPCp4PFvI3a5n0r5202blGsSIxf6ZS9gyrKkZLsKUyc5h5A5OLjkwxFVRdJTRZzDaUaYpyPYd5Aml0vdWYGMlez/s320/628956AB-51AC-49EE-806B-723C85289B8E.png" width="148" /></a></div></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaDWoQnZOVh4Vrju_HJT7Ai4YMFtj550X95PV4D-FS3NPuLSqD9az8eoOeT-ANtF9Hlsehn8ir8LjMfeucU39mHeIFS1LAhUtDeNedVyJEjnj_iWgYP5sy-XUhkkvt4PViKb8ROdxT7Kr25NCKYmHytAMH7OURcQa8TwsHjirVGm3Qir11SMu1PGu/s1920/Screenshot%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKaDWoQnZOVh4Vrju_HJT7Ai4YMFtj550X95PV4D-FS3NPuLSqD9az8eoOeT-ANtF9Hlsehn8ir8LjMfeucU39mHeIFS1LAhUtDeNedVyJEjnj_iWgYP5sy-XUhkkvt4PViKb8ROdxT7Kr25NCKYmHytAMH7OURcQa8TwsHjirVGm3Qir11SMu1PGu/s320/Screenshot%20(1).png" width="320" /></a> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Update*** It's May 4th, and we have not received the Chemistry unit that was due out in April. The owner did a live video yesterday about all her conventions and her back to school sale. She is still allowing pre-orders! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">****Update****It's May 13th and we have not received the Chemistry unit that was due out in April. Which means the unit that is due out in May will be delayed. As it stands, the schedule has us receiving units into Aug, which is when the year 4 units are supposed to start releasing. So, we are either NOT going to get all the year 3 units, or Year 4 will start out delayed. Also, the owner is putting together an online Homeschool Convention. WHILE she is still severely behind on releasing the units.*******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">***Update. The afternoon of May 13th, we received the Chemistry unit. But not the experiments book that will be going with it. No date on that one. On May 19th, the owners did a video, and basically said that there are no dates for future units. We will get them when they are done. And they spent a good amount of time saying that the customers that are complaining are being childish and spiteful. Which seems to be the way this whole year has gone. They are late. There is always a reason., But those of us who paid money for a product we are still waiting on are mean and spiteful, and now, childish. And they always say that it is a SMALL handful of people that are upset. If it was really a small handful, why is every video focusing on those complaints? I feel like there are more than a small handful of people that are getting tired of the delays. I know I would never purchase from this company again. The fact that the customers are the bad guys was enough to tell me that I don't want to give them any more support.***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">****Update. It is June 19th. Gather Round is now having an online convention to sell for next year, and we are STILL missing 3 full and 4 mini units. No dates are being given as to when we will receive them. Just whenever she gets around to it. Year 4 units are supposed to release beginning in Sept. I don't foresee that happening. At this point, I just want my units, and Gather Round will never get another penny of my money. I have been banned and blocked from all their social media platforms, and they even deleted me from their newsletter that gives updates. Any friends of mine who have asked about the units on Instagram have been blocked. How this company is touting themselves as a Christian company at this point is mind boggling. They say they follow God in all things, but it looks to me as if they are following the money. GOD doesn't tell you to treat your customers in the way this company has treated their customers this year.****</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">****Update. Today is July 1st, and we have not received any more units since the May 13th release of the Chemistry unit. But, the owner of Gather Round has been putting on an an online convention and taking pre-orders for next year, that will probably end up being delayed as well. To say I am BEYOND frustrated is an understatement. I would tell anyone considering this curriculum to be very wary of giving them your money.***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">****Sept 1-The Middle Ages unit released. There are STILL 2 more units to go, plus the lifer mini units. The owner of the company is doing Podcasts and planning an in person fall retreat. She now says that she isn't behind, because she took the release dates off the website! So, you will get them when you get them. Maybe. *****</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">****Update. I received a refund for the 3 units that had not yet released. I did not ask for the refund. I wanted my products. Also, I got NO refund for my Lifer package, yet my access to all items I have paid for has been revoked! So, now I cannot even access the items I paid for, and I am not getting the mini units in the lifer that I paid for. Because I went public about my experience with the company. Please think twice before giving Gather around Homeschool your money. You might not get your items, and they might revoke access to items you have paid for!*******</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhmkRpVJxCMlZ_Yo-9AwBOlRHUMnfvSCG6bzsxlFMyXb5n8dMXq3u4xUFd8gA41EGEdBVpwgR9-OEPS_RxcdJD8J71jcwspWQ2Cc3H-sGiG3lB2S5mkovlK-LdPyWdr57Ih_CeZyWtCmGKmJwqUTOIMK6ecHU2x_MaUQqP9cpR2s7IHBlM4a_utqn/s1624/3F9553BA-5705-42F6-8180-5C359D8537CB.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuhmkRpVJxCMlZ_Yo-9AwBOlRHUMnfvSCG6bzsxlFMyXb5n8dMXq3u4xUFd8gA41EGEdBVpwgR9-OEPS_RxcdJD8J71jcwspWQ2Cc3H-sGiG3lB2S5mkovlK-LdPyWdr57Ih_CeZyWtCmGKmJwqUTOIMK6ecHU2x_MaUQqP9cpR2s7IHBlM4a_utqn/s320/3F9553BA-5705-42F6-8180-5C359D8537CB.png" width="148" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">*****Update. It is now 01/18/2023. 10 MONTHS since I wrote this original post, and we STILL do not have all of year 3! Meanwhile, the owner is planning another big U.S. tour, she's podcasting, she's planning and having retreats. She has time to do all of these things, and we are still waiting for units that we paid for 18 months ago*****</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-83656147231299807592018-04-19T11:24:00.000-04:002018-04-19T11:24:35.588-04:00Five in a Row-Miss Rumphius Well, it's Spring, and here in Texas, this is the perfect time of year to row Miss Rumphius. :) We did a LOT of things relating to plants with this one. The first thing we did was to go strawberry picking. That doesn't really relate to the book, but it is strawberry season, we love strawberries, and they are beautiful plants. 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We definitely wanted to plant something during this row, so we went to the nursery, and grabbed some seeds, dirt and flowers. We spent a morning planting some flowers for our front porch area. We discussed the difference between perennials and annuals. The ones we planted are annuals, so we will need to plant more next year.</div>
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Since Lily is almost nine, I have her read the book to me some of the time. She really enjoyed the story illustrations. </div>
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After she read the story, we discussed the location. We decided that Miss Rumphius might have lived in Maine, based on the clues in the book. We talked about the different oceans. We talked about how Miss Rumphius probably lived more North, since there was snow on the roofs. We discussed the weather in different parts of the country. After that, Lily put together a Geo-Puzzle, and located the 5 oceans on a map.</div>
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We talked about the different far-away places that Miss Rumphius visited. We talked about where she may have tried the coconuts, and where she may have seen kangaroos. We talked about the deserts where Miss Rumphius rode a camel. Lily has actually ridden a camel before, and she thought it was funny that Miss Rumphius did, too. We got some coconut water at the store, and Lily tried it. She loved it! It is now her new favorite drink. </div>
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One morning, I made Lily some oatmeal for breakfast, and we talked about how it is like the porridge that Miss Rumphius ate as a little girl. Lily wasn't too sure about the oatmeal. She decided that it was ok. I don't think she will be asking for it every day. </div>
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We talked about how Miss Rumphius made the world more beautiful, and talked about ways that we could make the world more beautiful. Lily's Girl Scout troop had JUST gone on a field trip to clean trash up at a local park. Lily said that was one thing she could do.</div>
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We downloaded a unit from Teachers Pay Teachers, and there were a TON of great things in there. One of them was this little Earth, and a place to write down what we can do to make the world more beautiful.</div>
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The unit also had some great vocabulary and parts of speech activities. We worked on those while we listened to Calypso music. (Still going with the tropical island theme)</div>
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If you want to download the unit, it is here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Miss-Rumphius-Literature-Guide-and-Activities-1724881">Miss Rumphius Unit</a></div>
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We talked about Bushels and Pecks. I couldn't find a bushel basket, so I tried to give Lily an idea of the sizes of bushels and pecks, but without the visual, I am not sure how much she got from that. </div>
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We talked a LOT about seeds. We watched the Magic School Bus Goes to Seed, and Rock N Learn Life Science videos. We learned about photosynthesis, and the life cycle of a seed. We even planted seeds in a baggie and put it on the window so we could watch them sprout.</div>
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We also did an experiment to see how the plants absorb water and take it up to the leaves.</div>
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We talked about the different shapes of leaves, and how their shape determines how well they soak up energy from the sun. We did an experiment with hand positions to see which shape gets the most sun. </div>
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For art, we branched off from what was in the manual. Lily goes to an art class weekly, and we decided to paint Lupines on some pots.<br />
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After we painted the pots, we decided to plant some Lupines in them. </div>
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Our last activity was to go out and find some Lupines! The Bluebonnet is the Texas state flower, and it happens to be a lupine! We read about lupines, and the Legend of the Bluebonnet. Then, we headed about an hour away to the bluebonnet fields. </div>
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And that was our row of Miss Rumphius! It was a fabulous couple of weeks. Lily had a lot of fun with it, and said she was having "Fun lupine days." I'm still trying to decide on our next row. Too many choices! See you soon! </div>
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In August, my Mother in Law passed away suddenly. We got a call on Sunday that said "Be in TX tomorrow, and bring nice clothes." So, we went to TX and attended the funeral. When we got back, we were thrown off track, and took a while to regain our focus. Once the Holidays came around, we were basically useless with schoolwork, so we took another break. In January, we decided to move to TX, so AGAIN-no school was getting done. We were packing and getting ready for our move. We moved in Feb, but we lived with family for 2 months while we waited to close on our house. Again-not much school happening. We have been in our new home for 3 weeks now, and we have really just now picked back up with our school work! So, we are still working on 2nd grade, technically. We've worked on reading and math during the chaos, but that's about it. The beauty of homeschooling, though, is that none of this really matters! We just plug along at our own pace. Right now, the focus is on finding some awesome activities and/or groups to jump into, and to make some new friends. We are exploring our new city, and getting to know our surroundings.<br />
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We did find an awesome co-op to get Lily into, and she is loving that so far. She takes archery lessons and does a co-op class. Now, we are getting into a groove with our schedule and slowly getting a school routine going. We are starting back with FIAR for now and using Singapore math and a full language arts program from WinterPromise. We will be using WinterPromise Animals and their Worlds for our full curriculum in a couple of months. We just need to ease back into schooling for now. <br />
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So, hello again! We are back. Our next row is going to be The Story of Ping. Lots of fun ahead with that one! :)Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-42476371748964334972016-07-02T18:34:00.001-04:002016-07-02T18:34:50.649-04:00Five in a Row-Storm in the NightWhat a great first week of second grade! We have tried to row Storm in the night before, but something always got in the way. We had lots of thunderstorms in the forecast this week, so this seemed like a good time to try again.<br />
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Storm in the Night is about a boy and his grandfather. The power goes out during a thunderstorm, and the grandfather tells the boy a story from his childhood. It is very sweet. </div>
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We kicked off our week (and our year) with a yummy cloud snack!</div>
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We Googled "cloud viewer", and found an image to print. We went outside every day, looked at the clouds and determined what types of clouds were in the sky. Some days, there were more than one type!</div>
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We watched the weather report every day, and at the end of the week, Lily gave her own weather report.</div>
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We made a rain gauge and placed it outside. We got lots of storms this week, so we had a chance to see it in action.</div>
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We made an anemometer to help us see how fast the wind blows. The faster the cups are spinning, the faster the wind is blowing. We placed it outside near the rain gauge. We had our own mini weather center going on!</div>
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We watched several movies this week to help us learn about weather. We watched Rachel and the Treeschoolers-Rainy Day, The Magic School Bus-Wet All Over, Rock N Learn-Earth Science, and The Magic School Bus-Kicks Up a Storm.</div>
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We made a water cycle bracelet. Just take a pipe cleaner, and put some beads on in the order of the weather cycle: Yellow-Sun, Clear-Evaporation, White-Condensation/Clouds, Blue-Rain, Green-Groundwater/Collection.</div>
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We did an experiment. The sponge represents the cloud. Lily put water into the cloud. She saw that clouds hold a lot of water, and when they get too full, it rains.<br />
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The book didn't specify a location. Lily decided to place our story disk on Northern TX after we discussed "Tornado Alley", and how some areas of the country get more storms than others.</div>
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The illustrations in Storm in the Night were done in acrylics. Lily painted a picture using acrylic paints for art this week.</div>
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Our final science experiment was a convection current activity. The ice cubes push the cold "air" down, and the warm "air" is forced up. This causes the instability in the atmosphere that produces thunderstorms.</div>
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We talked about onomatopoeia, and did a couple of activities with it. This is an onomatopoeia mobile. I found the idea for this activity at: <a href="http://homeschoolingmom2mags.blogspot.com/2013/09/storm-in-night.html">http://homeschoolingmom2mags.blogspot.com/2013/09/storm-in-night.html</a></div>
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We also did the parts of the manual that were conversational. We discussed fears, aging, relationships, personification, sources of light and more. It was a great week! Looking forward to The Finest Horse in Town next week. See you soon!</div>
Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-31228641622943685842016-06-02T11:24:00.000-04:002017-05-09T11:56:12.664-04:00Summer Break and 2016/2017 Curriculum Choice<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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We did it! We finished first grade! It was a good year, but we were struggling by the end. Lily does NOT like busy-work. No worksheets, no writing sentences, just to write them. Nothing like that. We ended up doubling up on the work so we could finish early. She did great! Phonics is complete. Lily is doing really well with her reading.<br />
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I was all set on starting MFW Adventures with Lily this year, but I am putting it back for a year. We are going back to FIAR for second grade. Lily really started having some rough days at the end of first, and I want her to love her learning. Now that she really knows how to read, we can go back to our relaxed style of learning. It's what she likes, and how she learns best. I don't have any extra homeschool kids this year for daycare, so I can take more time to plan and implement lessons for Lily.<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GYy6fJD6ERQ/V1BOVzMRUSI/AAAAAAAAFZg/Qdt5vrC6nVo/s640/blogger-image--1869452154.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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So, we will be starting FIAR soon, but for now, Lily is having a Summer break. A real one. One with swimming in the pool, building forts and picking strawberries, and going to festivals, carnivals and amusement parks. </div>
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A Summer of sleeping in every day, and deciding her agenda for the day. Some days, she wants to watch her favorite shows and stay on the computer. Some days, she wants to draw and paint all day, some days, she wants to go outside and play. It is up to her. We don't do Summer enrichment activities, or activities to beat the "Summer Slide." We learn every day, in everything we do. We don't need a special activity or workbook to help us along. Our learning is meaningful and relevant, so it isn't easily forgotten. And, really, isn't that the point?<br />
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So far, we have been working on phonics. I love the phonics program with MFW. It is very thorough, and makes sure all the rules are covered. So far, Lily is having no problems at all.<br />
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We talked about ocean creatures, so we made an ocean in a bottle. </div>
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I was so excited when Lily read this book to me, all by herself! I'm telling you-the phonics portion of MFW has been amazing!</div>
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We started our Bible notebook and reader. We talked about how God made the Earth from nothing, and did an experiment with Jello. </div>
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We did hands on phonics lessons to compare the "oo" sound. (Book, or Spoon?) </div>
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Right in the middle of the month of Feb, I decided that we needed to go ahead and see where Lily is, as far as testing. We live in a state that requires a test (or proof of progress). I decided to do the online CAT test. I told Lily it was just a practice test to see where she is. We would look at the areas she needed to work on. </div>
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She passed! So, we are using these results, and our testing for the year is complete! MFW has her ABOVE where she needs to be. </div>
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We took a trip to the aquarium at the end of our ocean and sea creature discussions.</div>
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I'm really loving the Bible notebook drawings. This notebook will be a great keepsake. </div>
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Lily copies a proverb every week for handwriting practice. I have to say, this is her least favorite part of the curriculum. </div>
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In math, Lily is learning how to read clocks and tell time.</div>
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She made a fruit pizza clock to go along with the lessons on time.</div>
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For our project on the Tower of Babel, we were supposed to use toothpicks and clay. Lily didn't want to use the toothpicks, so she made little clay balls and made her tower with those.</div>
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We were going to paint it when it dried, but it ended up falling apart.</div>
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We just started our music appreciation portion of the curriculum. Listening to the different instruments in Peter and the Wolf. I love that MFW includes classical music as a part of the curriculum. Lily really enjoyed this lesson, and can't wait do do it again next week.</div>
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So-that is where we are so far. We are halfway in, and beginning this week, we are going to take things at double speed. We are really enjoying this curriculum so far, and are making such great progress! We will check back in soon!</div>
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<span style="color: black;">We are on week 11 of MFW first grade. We are loving it! I don't update
weekly, because there is a LOT of focus on phonics, and I don't really
think anyone wants to see pics of phonics being taught. :) It is a
good, solid program, though. Lily's reading has improved tremendously
since we started, and we are not even half-way through. We are enjoying
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grade. Looking through the curriculum made me excited for next year! </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">We talked about trees-different kinds of trees, their bark, and how trees are homes to many different things. We also talked about how counting the rings on a tree stump will tell you how old the tree was. </span></div>
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We have done a LOT of hands-on math! </div>
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We have played Restaurant and Store to help with math skills. </div>
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We have learned about the water cycle and weather, and done lots of experiments.</div>
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Water cycle in a bag. Rain Gauge<br />
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Making it rain in a jar.<br />
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We have talked about rivers, and made a water filter to show how rivers filter water with sand and rocks.</div>
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We have also worked on handwriting and art. </div>
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This week, we will begin our Bible reader and Notebook. So far, we are having a great time with MFW! We will check in again soon! Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-26515505650914182902015-12-17T08:19:00.000-05:002015-12-17T08:19:18.815-05:00MFW Weeks 2 & 3We are really enjoying MFW first grade so far. Lily is not complaining when it is time to do school work. The phonics program is a review so far, but she is doing great with that. I am noticing a huge improvement in her handwriting and reading fluency lately, and I think that starting first grade over again was a good decision.<br />
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We made a Jewish calendar, and talked about how the year starts at a different time than our traditional calendar year.</div>
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Lily has been working on Singapore math for the past 2 years. She is actually in book 1B, but I am letting her do the math that came in the MFW curriculum. It will be a good review, and it is fun. I am focusing on making her younger years as fun as possible. I want her to love learning. She is enjoying the activities in this math workbook. We will stick the Singapore back for a bit.</div>
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In week 2, we talked a little about ladybugs and geckos. We did some art projects to go along with that. We are not doing the art that comes with the MFW first grade. We are doing our own thing. </div>
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We also watched a Wild Kratts episode about geckos.</div>
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In week 2, we learned about soil and soil layers. Lily went on a hunt for leaf litter, and explored it to see what living things she could find in there. </div>
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She also filled a jar with soil and water, and shook the jar. After it settled, she observed how the soil has layers.</div>
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After she observed the layers, we had a soil layer snack. :) </div>
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Each week, Lily draws a picture in her nature journal. She drew a picture of soil for week 2.</div>
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<br />She ended week 2 by making some animals with her pattern blocks.</div>
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We finished our scroll in week 3. We talked about how books were not around in Bible times, and that everything was written on scrolls. </div>
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We celebrated "dozen day", and talked about how a dozen of something is 12. We made a dozen muffins and watched "Madeline." </div>
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We use HomeArtStudio DVDs for some of our art lessons. We learned about flowers this week in Science, so we made a sunflower craft from the video. The videos are great, and it takes everything step by step.</div>
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We got some flowers for Lily to observe. We talked about each part of the flower and what it does. We talked about how butterflies and bees can pollinate the flowers. We watched a Rock N Learn video about the parts of flowers.<br />
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This was a fun activity. Lily was pretending to be a butterfly. She used her "feet" to collect the "pollen" (the powder from the cheetos), while drinking the nectar. Then, she ran around and pollinated other flowers. <br />
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That's it-it was a fun couple of weeks. Next week, we get to talk about seeds and plant a bean seed. ;)Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-34390755660414557852015-12-06T16:58:00.000-05:002015-12-06T16:58:20.148-05:00MFW First Grade-Week 1We have been working on My Father's World first grade for a couple of weeks. Lily really enjoyed it. She actually says "Yay!" when I tell her it is time to do school work. I think this will end up being a good year. It looks like the phonics program will be thorough, but the overall program is gentle enough to not overwhelm.<br />
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This week, we used the student sheets from MFW, a calendar page from Confessions of a Homeschooler-grab it here: <a href="http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2012/09/elementary-daily-learning-notebook.html">http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2012/09/elementary-daily-learning-notebook.html</a>, and the Usborne book <i>Things Outdoors </i>for Science.<br />
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We discussed where we live, and pointed it out on the globe.</div>
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This week was a review week, so Lily worked on writing her letters, and how they sound. These pages will be made into a scroll in week 3. </div>
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For math, we worked on our calendar page every day. We talked about our number of the day, and explored our pattern blocks. </div>
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This is a kitty with a really long tail. :)</div>
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We also explored making patterns with Unifix cubes. The pattern activity gave way to making bridges, somehow.</div>
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For science, we talked about worms and other creatures close to the ground. We watched some Wild Kratts and read books about worms. </div>
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We went on a worm hunt and made a worm home. We will be watching it for a couple of weeks.</div>
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We finished up week 1 by making a worm/dirt cake treat. :) </div>
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So, here is a look at what comes with MFW first grade:<br />
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The teacher's manual has everything laid out in a weekly grid for you. It also has things written out daily. So, you get a week at-a-glance, then your days are laid out as well. There is a student workbook, which is the phonics/reading work. There is also a pack of student pages. Everything is copywritten, but you can view samples of each item at: <a href="http://www.mfwbooks.com/products/6/First-Grade-Learning-God-s-Story/#Package_Contents">http://www.mfwbooks.com/products/6/First-Grade-Learning-God-s-Story/#Package_Contents </a><br />
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The math in MFW first is very hands-on. There is a container of pattern blocks, and a book of pattern animals to go with them. There are Unifix cubes, and activities for those. There is the Complete Book of Math, a clock and 2 decks of flashcards. One is for addition facts, the other is subtraction.<br />
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For Science, you use these three Usborne books. There are lots of fun hands-on activities in these books. <br />
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Bible is integrated into the MFW curriculum. You have the Big Book of 5 Minute Devotions, which is super cute, and is an animal theme. Around week 11, your child begins reading stories in their Bible reader and writing Bible verses in their notebook. They also illustrate each verse.<br />
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Music appreciation is also included in the Deluxe package of MFW first. Your child will learn about the different instruments and how they sound with the Peter and the Wolf CD.<br />
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Also part of the deluxe package is Honey For a Child's Heart. It is a great book. It has an amazing list of books listed by age group in the back.<br />
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I went rogue on the art program. I didn't really like the one that was included in the curriculum, so I didn't order it. We are using Draw Write Now books. and HomeArt Studio DVDs. I'll also get some ideas from Pinterest.<br />
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There is also a list of books in the back of the manual that has suggestions for supplemental books based on your math and science topics for the week. You can create a book basket full of library books for your child to go to throughout the units. MFW also suggests reading aloud to your child for 15 minutes a day.<br />
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Overall, it looks like a fun program, and I think it will be a better fit for Lily. It has a nice blend of book-work and hands-on activities. I like the fact that it is already planned, so if I don't have time to plan any extras, I don't have to worry that all subjects are covered. I'll keep you updated on what we think! :)Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-84124502743027813042015-08-24T12:25:00.000-04:002015-08-24T13:51:19.183-04:00FIAR-Madeline (2nd Row)This week, we rowed <i>Madeline</i>, by Ludwig Bemelmans for a second time. <i>Madeline </i>was our very first row EVER. We did it over a year and a half ago, and it was such a great row! I knew we would re-visit this one. Lately, Lily has been interested in the human body, so I thought now would be a great time to row <i>Madeline</i> again. (Our first row of <i>Madeline</i> can be found here: <a href="http://coastalbreezesacademy.blogspot.com/2014/01/five-in-row-madeline.html">Madeline: 1st Row</a>)<br />
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Our fist activity was to put together the Squishy Human Body model. At first, Lily didn't want to touch the organs, but she realized that it wasn't gross. She really had a lot of fun with this. There is a great book that goes along with it, and it talks about the "journey" your food takes from the time you chew it, until you complete the digestion process.<br />
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A few months ago, I got a bundle of Rock N Learn DVDs from Groupon. Lily loves them. We watched the one about the Human Body a lot this week. She just kept asking to watch it over and over again. :) <br />
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We drew a scar, just like Madeline's. This didn't last long. Lily wanted it off as soon as we drew it.<br />
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We got the board game: Somebody- from Amazon.com. It is really cute. There are 5 different human body games, and it teaches a lot of information about the body. Lily beat her dad and I in this game. :)<br />
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For art this week, Lily drew the old house in Paris twice: Once was Monochromatic and the other was in full color-just like some of the drawings in the book.<br />
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"They left the house at half-past nine..." We used this line of the book to talk about time. Lily worked on telling time a LOT this week. I put some analog clocks and digital times in her Education Cubes, and she had to match them up. <br />
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She watched her Rock N Learn DVD about telling time. We tried learning to tell time a few months ago, but she wasn't interested. She is ready to learn about it now.<br />
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We played a game that teaches telling time. I've mentioned before that I am a SimplyFun playologist, and that I sell educational games for use in homeschools. We use them whenever possible. This one is amazing for learning to tell time. You can grab it <a href="http://www.simplyfun.com/PublicStore/stores/TFredo/AM/product/Telling-Time-With-Tibbar,777.aspx">here. </a><br />
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We watched a LOT of Madeline this week. The animated series is on Hulu Plus, and the movie was on Amazon for rent. I think we will be watching the animated series for a long time. Lily loves it.<br />
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We talked a lot about Paris, and the different landmarks in France. We went to Google Earth and checked out several, then Lily made a collage of the well known landmarks in France. <br />
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Lily also colored the France Page in her Around the World coloring book, and completed some pages from the FIAR Fold N Learn. It was a great week! Next up: <i>Storm in the Night</i>.<br />
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This week we read <i>Night of the Moonjellies, </i>by Mark Shasha. This was a very cute book. It can be hard to find right now because it is now an out of print book, but it is worth finding. The author tells a story of his life when he was a young boy. He finds a moonjelly on the seashore, and goes on a fun surprise trip with his grandmother.<br />
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We went to Nag's Head a few weeks ago. While we were there, we saw some moonjellies on the beach. Lily was excited to see them. She didn't touch them, even though they don't have tentacles. They were all over the beach!<br />
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The first thing we did was place our story disk-the book did not specify what state the story took place in. It just said New England, so Lily chose Maine. <br />
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After this, we discussed the New England states, and located them on a map. We also did the pages from the FIAR Fold N Learn that talked about the New England states. We are going to start notebooking, so we are saving all of our completed pages and art work for the notebook.<br />
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I made an ocean sensory bin this week. I colored some rice blue and added some ocean creatures. Lily informed me that I needed a layer of black rice underneath the blue to make the Midnight Zone. (She's been watching the Octonauts a lot lately.) <br />
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After her bath, we had some popcorn and orange soda while I read the book.<br />
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Lily pretended that she had her own restaurant like the one in the story. She made menus and passed them out to all of us. She was to use descriptive words for the food. She got a little silly with that. :) She spent a lot of time pretending that she was getting me food this week. We talked about owning her own restaurant. Lily said she wanted to be the person who served the food, not the person that cooked it. <br />
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We made a jellyfish. This turned into a hat later on in the week. The legs also became ribbons after our cat ripped the legs off of this one. I don't have a picture of the finished product. <br />
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For math this week, we focused on money. We discussed the different coins and how much they are worth. We are using Right Start Math this year, and this was our lesson this week-it worked out perfectly! We also watched our Rock N Learn movie about money. Lily LOVES her Rock N Learn movies!<br />
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We talked about the responsibility of taking payment for the foods in the restaurant in the story. We also talked about each person's responsibilities in the restaurant, and then we discussed Lily's responsibilities at home: Keeping her toys picked up, feeding the dogs at night, etc. <br />
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I found a jellyfish packed on Teachers Pay Teachers, and we did some activities in that. One of Lily's favorite activities was to make sentences out of the different ocean creatures.<br />
You can grab the jellyfish pack here: <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-Are-Jellyfish-Nonfiction-Informational-Reading-Packet-CCSS-740711">https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/What-Are-Jellyfish-Nonfiction-Informational-Reading-Packet-CCSS-740711</a><br />
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The FIAR cookbook had a recipe for a lobster roll, but I couldn't find the lobster I needed. I found this lobster spread in the seafood section, so we tried it instead. <br />
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Lily did NOT like it. (Neither did I.) We will have to try a real lobster roll later on down the road. I'm sure the real thing is great! <br />
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We played Ocean Limbo-a super fun game with ocean creatures. I am actually a Playologist with SimplyFun educational games, and we use them in our schooling whenever possible. If you have never heard of SimplyFun, check out my site here: <a href="http://simplyfun.com/pws/tfredo/tabs/playologist-home.aspx">http://simplyfun.com/pws/tfredo/tabs/playologist-home.aspx</a> There is even a deal for homeschoolers! <br />
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<span id="goog_1715682461"> We did a few more art projects, and pages for our notebook. We made a watercolor jellyfish, and labeld the New England states. This was a fun week. We could have added a bit more, but Lily was going to VBS in the evenings. I was thinking of extending the book out for another week, but Lily was excited to get started on our next book-Madeline! We may come back and row this book again next year. ;)</span>Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-9079482725394399752015-08-02T10:14:00.000-04:002015-08-02T10:14:31.222-04:00FIAR-The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's row was <i>The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge, </i>by <br /><span class="contributors">Hildegarde H. Swift and Lynd Ward. Last week, we went on a trip to Nag's Head, NC, to see the Wright Brother's museum, and on the way home, we stopped by Bodie Island lighthouse to get a head start on this book.</span><br />
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We placed the story disk on the map, right by New York City.<br />
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We talked a little about New York. We talked about the Statue of Liberty. We looked it up online, and Lily got to see pictures of the real thing. Afterward, we made a crown and torch, and Lily pretended to be the Statue of Liberty.<br />
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We discussed that lighthouses are very important. We talked about the rocks on the shore, and how dangerous it could be for the captains of ships if they didn't have lighthouses to help them see how close they were to shore. We talked a little about sight, and what it would be like to be blind. I tied a scarf around Lily's eyes, and she had to maneuver through the room blindfolded. <br />
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Trying them out! Lily liked the bread, but thought the lasagna was just "ok." I really enjoyed both!<br />
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I ordered some art DVDs from the Homeschool Buyers Coop a couple of weeks ago. They are great! The Home Art Studio DVDs come in different grade levels. I got K-2. I popped in the DVD, and Lily watched the lesson. Since we are talking about bridges, we chose the Monet-style bridge from the 2nd grade DVD. It turned out great! Lily really enjoyed this art lesson. You can grab the DVDs here: (affiliate link) <a href="https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/home-art-studio/?source=105915">https://www.homeschoolbuyersco-op.org/home-art-studio/?source=105915</a><br />
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Finished! Monet-style bridge. :)</div>
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I found a compound word game and printed it out. Lily caught on to this concept really quickly. She even came up with a few compound words of her own! Grab the cards here: <a href="http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2011/03/potpourri.html">http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/2011/03/potpourri.html</a> </div>
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It was a great week. Lily really enjoyed this story. Next up is <i>Night of the Moonjellies,</i> by Mark Shasha. Lots of fun stuff! :) </div>
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We started off by placing our Story Disk on France, where Louis Bleriot and his family lived.</div>
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Lily tried some French bread and butter. She decided that she liked it. (She wasn't sure about it until I buttered it up for her.)</div>
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I printed out some worksheets from Homeschoolshare.com and I printed out the FIAR Fold N Learn for the book. We picked a few of the worksheets to work on this week. I don't really do them as lapbooks. I just choose the worksheets that she will find the most interesting and we do those. </div>
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We talked about different means of transportation. First, we talked about other ways to fly. Lily thought of a few: hot air balloon, helicopter, rocket. Then, we talked about other forms of transportation. Walking, cars, trains, skateboards, bicycles, etc. </div>
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We talked about Onomatopoeia. Lily had fun with this concept. She ended up getting in her silly mood, and making all kinds of silly sounds. </div>
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We talked about England. In the book, Papa Bleriot saw the White Cliffs of Dover. We looked them up online, and found out that they are made out of chalk. We also talked about Big Ben. We looked both places up on Google Earth. Lily said she would like to visit the White Cliffs of Dover and Big Ben. Maybe one day, Lily-that would be an amazing field trip! </div>
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We made LOTS of paper airplanes and Lily spent most of the week throwing them around the house. She even made paper kitties and taped them to the wings. She said they were passengers.</div>
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In the book, Louis Bleriot names his planes using Roman numerals. We discussed them a little, and learned 1-10. We used craft sticks, and made a clock using Roman numerals.</div>
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We talked about the past. We could tell in the book that the story took place a long time ago by looking at different things. The clothing, the cars, etc. We read this book to talk a little bit more about how things have changed over the last 100 years or so. </div>
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We talked about France. The language, the food. We watched Muzzy in French. </div>
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We tried another French snack: fruit and crackers with Brie. Lily approved!</div>
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We worked on our GeoPuzzle of Europe. We found France, England and the English Channel. <br />
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We watched a few YouTube videos about the Wright Brothers and Louis Bleriot. We also watched "This is America, Charlie Brown!" There is an episode about the Wright Bros and the first flight in Kitty Hawk, NC. You can find this episode for rent on YouTube, too: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvWzN-K31qg&index=3&list=EL9VUUDOBFveEhMnpi_wni4w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvWzN-K31qg&index=3&list=EL9VUUDOBFveEhMnpi_wni4w</a></div>
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We finished off our unit with a trip to Kitty Hawk, NC at the Wright Brothers Memorial! </div>
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There was a picture of Louis Bleriot on the wall. Lily was able to recognize him after our research this week. <br />
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There was a kite making workshop at the museum. Lily got to create and fly her own kite. <br />
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From this rock, you could see the landing spots for the first four flights in history!<br />
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We went out on the sand dunes at Jockey's Ridge State Park to try to fly our kite. There wasn't enough wind, so Lily just got silly on the dunes. She enjoyed the visitor's center. There were a few exhibits about the animals that live in the park.</div>
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This is our wall of art/work that Lily completed this week. She got quite a few things done, and really learned a lot about flight/planes.</div>
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Our next book will be The Little Red Lighthouse, and the Great Gray Bridge. In preparation for that row, we visited a lighthouse on the way home from our trip. </div>
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<br />Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-59272560819774375552015-07-12T20:07:00.000-04:002015-07-12T20:52:29.942-04:00FIAR-LentilWe have been on our Summer break for a few weeks. I wanted to do some light school for the Summer, so we picked a few Five in a Row titles to work on. We decided that Lentil looked fun, so we rowed that one first.<br />
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Lentil took place in "Alto", Ohio. The first thing we did was find Ohio on our map, and place our story disk. <br />
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We got out our Geo Puzzle of the United States and Canada, and put that together. We talked about different states, and where they are compared to where we are. Lily just had a friend move to CA, so she is very interested in how far away that is. </div>
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Lentil tells the story of a boy who LOVED to make music, but could not sing or whistle. He learned to play the harmonica instead! He practiced all the time. His favorite place to practice was the bathtub. I got Lily a harmonica. She had fun practicing, but I could not get her to practice in the tub. She preferred practicing outside. </div>
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Lentil lived in a small town. We talked about small towns, and compared a small town to where we live, which is NOT small. We talked about the different buildings, and the train station, then Lily got to work to build her own small town and train station. </div>
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We talked a little about Patriotism. We talked about our flag and our country. Since we were rowing this book right at the 4th of July, we made some fun patriotic crafts. We made red, white and blue fireworks and also a red, white and blue shirt to wear on July 4th. </div>
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In the story, Old Sneep kept the band from playing by sucking on a lemon, which caused the members of the band to pucker their lips. They could not play their instruments with puckered lips. We decided to try a lemon, and see why it would cause puckering. </div>
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Lily wasn't too sure about trying the lemon, but she did it!</div>
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It got a thumbs-sideways. She gives that when it isn't good, but it isn't too bad, either.</div>
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We talked about our taste buds, and how we have different ones for sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Lily did an activity sheet about the different tastes there are. </div>
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We also discussed our other senses. We did a little experiment to show how the sound hit the ear drum, and creates vibrations.</div>
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Since we were talking about lemons, we made freshly squeezed lemonade. Lily loves lemonade, and she had a blast making it from scratch.</div>
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Thumbs up! SO much better than the powdered kind. :) </div>
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We also made lemon chicken and lemon bars. We got the recipes out of the FIAR cookbook. Lily loves to cook. Any time she sees me in the kitchen, she wants to help out. </div>
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Tasting the chicken-eh. She wasn't really impressed. (Mommy was! It was yummy!)</div>
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Tasting the lemon bars.</div>
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TWO thumbs up! They were delicious! Daddy said they weren't going to last long. They didn't. The whole pan was gone the next day.</div>
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In the book, Old Sneep liked to whittle. Lily wasn't sure what whittling was, so we looked up soap whittling on the internet. After looking at some pictures of different creations, she decided to try her own. </div>
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We talked about the illustrations in the book. The pictures in Lentil were drawn in charcoal. I gave Lily a piece of charcoal and she drew a few pictures. She tried smudging the charcoal, but didn't like that her fingers got dirty when she did it. </div>
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That was our week! It was a lot of fun. Next week, we will be rowing The Glorious Flight. Lots of talk about planes and flight coming up! :)Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-43428840535551085652015-05-01T19:30:00.000-04:002015-05-01T19:48:56.559-04:00Moving Beyond the Page Level 5-7, Concept 4, Unit 1-Changes on Planet EarthWe just finished our first unit in Concept 4 of Moving Beyond the Page, Level 5-7. It took us a couple of weeks to do all the fun activities in this one.<br />
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We talked about Cause and Effect. The book we read to teach the concept of cause and effect was "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff. Lily really enjoyed this book, and we read it several times. To make sure she understood the concept, Lily demonstrated a few things:</div>
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Kicking the ball to show cause and effect. The cause (kicking), and the effect (the ball moved)</div>
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Blowing a feather. (The air caused the feather to move)</div>
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Turning on the water. (When she turned the faucet, water came out)</div>
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We talked about fast changes vs changes that occur over a period of time. </div>
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Lily demonstrated a fast change by drinking her milk quickly.</div>
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She drew a tadpole and a frog to demonstrate a slow change. We are still watching our tadpole make the change into a frog. He is just starting to develop some bumps that will become is back legs.</div>
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We talked about the different ways things can change. We talked about how the number, color, size, temperature, location, position, sound and measurement of things can change. </div>
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Lily demonstrated some ways things change. She changed the amount of Cheerios in the pile.</div>
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She changed the color of her picture. </div>
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She changed the size of her cookie. </div>
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She changed the weight of her bag. </div>
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We discussed changes in the environment. We talked about changes in nature. To help with this discussion, we read the book "Look How It Changes!" by June Young. We talked about weather changes and the changes that occur in the different seasons. We discussed amounts of things. We talked about words like "few", "a couple", "a few", and "several." </div>
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To demonstrate the concept of amounts, Lily had counting bears in the cups. She had to put them in order from least to greatest. We talked about the cups that had a couple, a few and several bears in them.</div>
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We talked about changes in location. There was a worksheet, and Lily had to place the mouse in different places: In front of the TV, on top of the couch, etc.<br />
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We discussed living vs nonliving things. We talked about how living things change. She colored a picture of a lizard that camouflaged itself. We discussed the hare that has fur that changes color with the seasons.<br />
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Lily made the hare that changes it's fur color during the winter to camouflage itself in the snow. This was one of her favorite activities this week. She kept saying "This is fun!"</div>
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Lily was to draw something to demonstrate a change in a living thing. She chose to draw a kitten growing into an adult cat.</div>
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The next thing we discussed was plants and how they change. Lily's birthday is in a couple of weeks, and I had gotten her some Rock N Learn DVDs. One of them talked a lot about plants. Since we were learning about plants, I went ahead and let her open the present early so she could watch it. She LOVES Rock N Learn movies, so she was super excited about this.</div>
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I downloaded a free plant printable pack from <a href="http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/free-life-cycle-plant-pack/">http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/free-life-cycle-plant-pack/</a>, and Lily completed some of the activities in that. <br />
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We LOVE Rachel and the Treeschooler movies, and there is a great one about plants. There is a song about Photosynthesis in it, and it is super cute and catchy. We watched that movie, and Lily was singing the song for the rest of the day. Here is the song: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByDPSsCnB_4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByDPSsCnB_4</a></div>
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The next activity was to plant seeds in 4 cups. One was to go in the sun and be watered. One was to go in the sun and not be watered. One was to go in the closet and be watered, and one was to go in the closet and not be watered. Lily had to guess what would happen with each. We are keeping an eye on all 4 cups to see if her guess is correct.</div>
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Next up was a discussion on how heat changes things. One of the activities in this lesson was to measure a candle, light it, and measure it again periodically. Lily learned that the heat made the candle smaller. </div>
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We experimented with the 3 forms of water. Lily had to observe some ice cubes for a while and see what happened if they were left out at room temperature. Then, we put the water in a saucepan and heated it to see what happened when it got hot. </div>
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A SUPER fun activity to see how heat changes things: bake a cake! </div>
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Lily definitely approved of this activity!</div>
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We talked about chemical changes vs physical changes. We made scrambled eggs to help demonstrate this concept. We talked about how when the eggs were broken and mixed up in the bowl, that was a physical change. Then we discussed how the heat caused a chemical change in the eggs by creating a new substance. </div>
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Lily approved!</div>
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We use sensory bins a lot with our schooling, and Lily loves them. I got her a sand/water table as an early birthday present. She immediately turned it into a flower garden and was talking about plants, their parts and what they need to survive. :) </div>
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This was a fun unit. Lily really had the most fun with the food. Who wouldn't want to bake a cake to talk about heat? Next up-mathematical changes. I think Lily will enjoy that one. She loves math. Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-77787312820867250322015-04-17T12:51:00.001-04:002015-04-17T12:54:20.167-04:00FIAR-Andy and the CircusWe finished up our final unit in MBTP, which was Community. That was a lot of fun, but I didn't get many pics for some reason. It was more of a worksheet type unit. We finished up just in time to do a FIAR book that I have been wanting to do-Andy and the Circus, by Ellis Credle Why was it just in time? The circus was coming to town! What better time to read about the circus? :) We started our Row with a trip to Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey-Circus Extreme.<br />
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Lily got to get up close and personal with some clowns.</div>
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Practicing on the not-so-high wire! </div>
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After the circus, we decided to set up our own circus in the house! We hit the Dollar Tree for some fun items, and got to work.</div>
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A game-knock down the cups! </div>
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Circus animals!</div>
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Bean bag toss!</div>
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Jumping through the "flaming" hoop!</div>
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For art, we decided to paint with balloons.</div>
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A circus snack-circus peanuts candy, and popcorn! Lily approved!</div>
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The book talked about the circus train-how the animals and circus performers would travel from town to town by train. Lily made her own circus train. <br />
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In the book, Andy stopped to look at a circus poster. He imagined what it would be like to be in the circus-he loved the posters. I found some circus poster printables at <a href="http://www.instantdisplay.co.uk/circustheme.htm">http://www.instantdisplay.co.uk/circustheme.htm</a> and Lily painted them. We posted them all over the house. <br />
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I found a circus themed printable pack at <a href="http://www.homeschoolcreations.net/2011/09/circus-preschool-pack-free-preschool/">http://www.homeschoolcreations.net/2011/09/circus-preschool-pack-free-preschool/</a>. We loved the read, build and write mats. Lily used her Unifix word cubes to build the words. I laminated the mat, and Lily used a dry erase marker for the writing.<br />
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Lily is VERY hands-on. She hates most worksheets, so we try to use them as little as possible. We are using RightStart Mathematics Level B this year for her math. She is loving it! <br />
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We did some more of the activities from the circus printable pack. Lily was to separate the word families in this activity.<br />
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In the book, Andy has a breakfast of corn bread and fried ham. Lily and I fixed this for dinner one night. <br />
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Andy and the Circus is a much longer book than we are used to reading, so I let Lily play with Kinetic Sand while I read it, to keep the wiggles down. This activity ended up lasting ALL day!</div>
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There is a lot of talk about people saving money for things in the book, so Lily put some change in her piggy bank, and thought of things she could save her money for. A horse and a car are what we are saving for, apparently. </div>
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We did a few activities that used balancing. Poor Andy had to ride his bike and balance many items on his head and in his hands while doing it. This game was super fun. It is called Kilter. It's great to lean about weight distribution and to help with fine motor skills. <a href="http://www.simplyfun.com/publicstore/stores/TFredo/AM/product/Kilter,891,1.aspx">http://www.simplyfun.com/publicstore/stores/TFredo/AM/product/Kilter,891,1.aspx</a></div>
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We also used our pan balance to weigh and balance different things.</div>
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In the book, Andy's grandpa had some horehound candy as a treat. I found some on Amazon. I wasn't sure if Lily would like it-it isn't too sweet, but she tried it and said it was good!<br />
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The book talked about tadpoles and frogs. Andy's friend was entering a bull frog in a jumping contest. We discussed the life cycle of a frog, and even ordered a tadpole kit so we can watch it change into a frog!<br />
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We also talked about how things are more modern now. In the book, Andy had to bring his mom a block of ice every day for the ice box. His mom was saving for a refrigerator. Andy brought his dad a point for a plow. His dad was using a mule to do the plowing. He was saving for a tractor. Grandpa used an old push mower, but he had no use for "newfangled gadgets." We talked a little about sacrifice and being a good friend. This was a fun row, and it had lots of good lessons in it. Lily really enjoyed this week. Next week, we are going to start talking about change. Just a few more weeks, and Lily will be done with her kindergarten year! Time flies! It will be time to plan our first grade year soon! Where are you in your school year? Getting ready to take a break, or just starting? What grade? <br />
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<br />Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-73409516293804515162015-03-26T10:29:00.004-04:002015-03-26T10:31:30.455-04:00Moving Beyond the Page- Level 5-7 Concept 1, Unit 2-WeatherThis week we started learning about weather! Since the weather is finally starting to get warmer, the timing is perfect! There were lots of fun activities to do in this unit.<br />
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The first activity was one that I found on Pinterest. It was a water cycle in a bag. You draw a sun, a cloud and the ocean on the bag. Put a little bit of water in the bottom. Tape it to the window. The heat of the sun will cause evaporation, which will eventually cause "Rain" in the bag. It took a few days, but it worked! Lily was very excited to see the rain in her bag.<br />
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We got some more educational games, so we spent some time with those. We worked on even and odd numbers and learning to tell time.<br />
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We talked about temperature and thermometers. We measured the temperature of 3 different bowls of water. One was just tap water, one was water warmed in the microwave, and one was water with ice in it. We measured the temperature of each bowl and recorded it. <br />
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Our next project was to make a rain gauge. The timing was perfect-it rained that night! All we did was tape a ruler to a glass jar, then set it outside and wait for the rain. We discussed that this is one way to measure the amount of rain we get. We ended up with about 1 1/2 inches in our rain gauge. <br />
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We spent some time watching weather forecasts over the course of the week. We talked about meteorologists, and how they predict the weather. We talked about how we use those forecasts to help us make our plans for outdoor activities.<br />
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Another activity I found on Pinterest was a cloud viewer. I just Googled "cloud viewer." It is like a frame. The middle is cut out, and there are different kinds of clouds on the edges. This is a great way to look at the clouds, and determine what kind of clouds you are looking at. :)<br />
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We made a "cloud" in a bottle. We talked about how warm, moist air is needed for clouds to form. We put some warm water in the bottle, and lit a match. I dropped the match in the bottle, and closed it quickly. When you squeeze the bottle and let it go, you see the "cloud."<br />
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We continued talking about habitats, and how the weather can affect different animals and their environments. Lily made a cactus and pygmy owl from the desert habitat in the book "Animal Habitats." <br />
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I forgot to take a picture of our tornado in a bottle. Lily had a blast swirling her bottle around and causing a funnel to appear. :)<br />
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That was our week. It was full of fun activities and talk of weather. Next week, we talk about the individual seasons. See you then!<br />
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We began this week talking about measuring and tools. Lily was to go on a scavenger hunt for tools around the house-anything that we use to make our life easier.</div>
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After sorting the tools, we discussed what each tool is used for, and how it makes life easier for us, Lily picked a few to measure.</div>
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We talked about caring for our pets. Lily took a couple of stuffed animals and demonstrated how we can care for our pets. She actually is in charge of feeding our animals every night, so we talked about that, too.<br />
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After we discussed pet care, we read The Salamander Room, by Anne Mazer. We discussed what kind of environment the salamander would need, and whether or not the boy in the story could give the salamander the kind of habitat it had when it lived in the forest. Then we went outside and collected some materials to make a home for a salamander. A clay salamander. :)</div>
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We talked about how different animals have body parts that help them move. Lily acted out different animals and showed how their body parts helped them move in different ways.</div>
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Our next activity was to make the different animal habitats. I put circles of yarn on the floor, and labeled them with a card. Lily sorted her little toy animals into different groups. Then, we blindfolded her, and I moved some of them around. She found them immediately, and put them back where they belonged. </div>
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Lily was supposed to pick an animal to learn more about. She chose the starfish, or sea star. We went to the library and got lots of books about them. Lily decided she wanted to paint a sea star. Or four.<br />
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For her final project, Lily chose an animal to learn more about. She was to do a research paper about it. She chose the shark. We got lots of books on sharks and Lily and I read some. She got Daddy in on the reading, too! Then she got to work on her paper. <br />
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That wraps up our animal habitats and environment unit. Next week, we start learning about weather! Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-36106875457469295762015-03-09T14:31:00.000-04:002015-03-09T14:31:08.033-04:00Moving Beyond the Page 5-7: Unit 1: Habitats and Homes-week 2We just finished our second week of MBTP 5-7. We are working on Animal Habitats. Lily has enjoyed this unit. This week we spent a lot of time identifying different habitats and talking about how each habitat provides things for animals to be healthy and safe.<br />
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Lily had to identify each habitat and write the name in the box. Lily usually writes entirely too large for the space provided, so she did pretty good with this activity. </div>
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We talked a lot about the Arctic this week. Lily said that is her favorite habitat. We spent some time on a few animal websites, and discussed the habitats.</div>
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The websites we visited were: <a href="http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/link/415">www.movingbeyondthepage.com/link/415</a> <a href="http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/link/416">www.movingbeyondthepage.com/link/416</a> and <a href="http://www.movingbeyondthepage.com/link/417">www.movingbeyondthepage.com/link/417</a></div>
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We worked on some handwriting and number writing this week:</div>
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Lily isn't really big on drawing, so I was pretty pleased that she actually took the time to draw some Arctic animals for her habitat this week.</div>
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She drew a reindeer, and dictated a story for me to write down. </div>
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A little extra math was included in this week's lesson. </div>
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We talked about graphs this week. Lily made a graph out of animal crackers. She enjoyed this activity-she got to eat them when she was finished. :) </div>
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Part of the lesson this week was for Lily to research the animal of her choice, and write a story about it. Lily chose the reindeer for this. </div>
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We also got some extra handwriting practice in. We used the Draw Write Now book for this. It had a reindeer in it, and a little bit of information to trace for handwriting practice. </div>
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We LOVE the Wild Kratts series. We watched a few episodes this week. </div>
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Lily had to do a little role-playing this week. She was to act out the behavior of an animal, and we had to guess what she was. </div>
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We found a Leap Frog animal habitat sticker activity. It included the Aquatic and Rainforest habitats.<br />
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We finished out our week with a trip to the aquarium. This was a great way for Lily to explore the Aquatic habitat, and she even got to see a couple of other habitats represented. We discussed how coral keeps fish safe and healthy by providing shelter and food. She even got to see some of the smaller fish hiding out in the coral.</div>
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She got to see a couple of animals that live in a desert habitat. </div>
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She got to see some rain forest animals. </div>
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The rays were a very interesting part of the trip.</div>
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We found some aquatic animals at the gift shop. Lily spent the rest of the evening playing with those.</div>
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We finished up our week with another episode of the Wild Kratts.</div>
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Lily is really enjoying this unit on animal habitats. It has really sparked her interest in specific animals, and encouraging her to find out as much as she can about them. :) We will see where next week leads us!Coastal Breezes Academyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07551091958912256292noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806530334322380199.post-22007670478777431002015-02-28T07:35:00.000-05:002015-02-28T07:35:00.413-05:00Moving up! Moving Beyond the Page Level 5-7We moved up! Lily was enjoying Moving Beyond the Page level 4-5, but honestly, she was way past the material. I had 5-7 here and waiting, and when I started looking through it, I found that if I waited much longer, she was going to be past that, too! I didn't want that to happen-there are too many awesome things in 5-7 that I don't want her to miss. We scrapped the last 6 units of 4-5, and started 5-7. We are only going to do 2 or 3 concepts of 5-7, and she will be moving right into 6-8 this Fall! Wow!<br />
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Lily spent some time talking about her home environment, and how it keeps her safe and healthy. She labeled the different rooms of the house.</div>
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The next thing we did was talk about different animal habitats. We read the book Animal Habitats! by Judy Press. Lily had to choose a habitat to research and discuss in more detail.</div>
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We made a sensory bin out of the Insta-Snow from one of her science kits and the Arctic TOOB.</div>
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We talked about the snowy owl, and made owl puppets!</div>
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We talked about the Northern Lights in the Arctic. Lily thought they were beautiful. We looked up pictures of the Northern Lights online, then she did the Northern Lights project in the book.</div>
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Later in the week, we talked about the Forest habitat, and Lily made some of the crafts out of the forest chapter of the book. This was a Wooly Bear Caterpillar.</div>
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She made a caterpillar, a red bat and a dragonfly to go with her forest habitat.</div>
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Lily started Bible lessons this week. Since she is such a hands-on learner, it was hard to find something that she would pay attention to. I found this Hands-On Bible. It has little activities to do throughout each lesson to really help keep her up and active. The lessons are short, and written to where a child can understand them. It was really fun! </div>
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I found a company that sells educational games. Lily LOVES games, and these are great! We played a lot of math games this week. She had to add and subtract numbers up to ten. It was a great way to reinforce her school skills without feeling like I was adding extra work onto her day! The company even has a special deal for homeschoolers, so you can save on games to use as part of your curriculum! You can check it out here:</div>
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<a href="http://www.simplyfun.com/tfredo">www.simplyfun.com/tfredo</a> (This is my website-I signed up as a rep because I was SO excited!)</div>
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We got quite a bit of snow this week, so we took some time out to have fun with that, and build a snowman. :)</div>
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At the end of the week, our new math curriculum arrived. We are trying out RightStart math. Again-very hands on, and lots of games. This sounds just like what Lily will like. She squealed with excitement when the UPS man showed up. </div>
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We did the first lesson. We will know more about this curriculum next week, but I think it looks like fun!</div>
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That was our first week with MBTP level 5-7. We are going to continue our animal habitats unit next week. So far, Lily loves it!</div>
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Our first project was not in the manual. I had been saving this tube for a long time. I knew it would make an awesome rain stick! So, we coiled up some aluminum foil, and poured some rice in with it. I taped the ends on, and let her decorate the tube. Lily worked on the rain tube for over an hour!</div>
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For math this week, Lily added and subtracted rain drops. </div>
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Lily made a rainbow book, and colored the letter "R" rainbow colors. </div>
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Lily spent a lot of time with the die-cuts in this unit. She made different scenes with them. </div>
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Towards the end of the week, she made a more permanent scene.</div>
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We had fun with a couple of science experiments. Lily LOVES science, and would spend an entire day doing nothing but experiments. The first one was to put steaming water in a glass cup, then a plate and ice on the top. The cold mixed with the warm water produced "rain" on the sides of the cup.</div>
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The second experiment was to put a "cloud" on top of the water. (Shaving cream) We put "rain" (food coloring) on top of the cloud, and Lily got to see what happens when the clouds get too heavy. It rains!</div>
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Lily painted a rainbow. This was supposed to go outside in the rain, but it didn't rain this week. She sprayed it with a water bottle instead. I love how she is holding the plate of paint. She said she was an artist with her paint. :) </div>
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I made a fun little "cloud" snack for Lily to eat while she worked. </div>
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We have been working on Lily's reading and writing with McRuffy phonics. She is really enjoying the program. We are moving slowly through it, because Lily's fine motor skills just weren't there yet. Her comprehension is great, though!</div>
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A really exciting thing happened this week! Lily lost her first tooth! It has been loose for a few weeks, and it was finally ready! Such an exciting time for her. :) </div>
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That was our week. I probably could have added some more, but the restoration people were in and out finishing up the repairs from our leak that happened before Christmas. Oh, and I broke my toe by slamming it into a chair, so I really tried to sit as much as possible this week. :) Next week, we are going to be working on Night in the Country-by Cynthia Rylant.</div>
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I did something a little different this week, and included my daycare kids as much as possible in the activities. (No pics of them.) I am actually going to be using Before Five in a Row with them, and this just happens to be one of the BFIAR books. :) Most of the kids are 2 and 3 years old, so I just had to adjust and add activities to keep it on their level. They are getting old enough to tag along in our homeschooling adventure now, and this looked like a really fun book to start out with.<br />
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On our first day, we read the book and discussed it. We also had a book about bears to read later in the week.<br />
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Lily LOVED the first activity in the MBTP workbook this week-making Blueberry Freezer Jam. We talked about how the characters in the book were going to can some blueberries for Winter, and how this would be one thing you can make with the blueberries. <br />
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For our math this week, we made little "tin" pails, and counted "blueberries." Lily spent a good deal of time adding different amounts of blueberries, and figuring out different ways to make them add up to ten.<br />
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I added in a fun little craft that I had found on Pinterest: Blueberry pies. We used bingo daubers as our blueberries.<br />
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The second day was pretty fun, but it was mostly a conversational lesson. We talked about whether the book took place now or in the past. (The past) We pointed out the different items in the pictures that helped us figure that out. Lily also had fun with a movement activity. We looked through the book, and found all the different ways the characters moved. Lily got to move in the way that SHE interpreted those words. (A lot of them looked pretty similar.) ;)<br />
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We made dye out of blueberries and their juice. I had the kids crush up the blueberries and I added a bit of water. We put a white cloth in the juice, and let it sit overnight. The kids thought it was pretty awesome that the cloth was purple the next day.<br />
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We made some blueberry muffins for snack. Lily LOVED this. She just couldn't wait to try them, and she approved of the final product. <br />
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We made a bear craft. Lily is still developing her fine motor skills, so I found an outline of a teddy bear online, and we just tore some brown paper and glued it on. The tearing is good for developing fine motor skills.<br />
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I set up a variety of activities with the counting bears. The grabbers in the sensory bin, and the tweezers for the "feed the bear" game are also great for fine motor skills.<br />
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We had a couple of KinderBach piano lessons this week. Lily loves KinderBach days. KinderBach is a DVD based piano lesson program for kids age 3-7. There is cutting/pasting, coloring, piano practice and more. It's super cute!<br />
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Another activity that I found on Pinterest was these blueberry basket crafts. Just paint the berries on the paper, and glue craft sticks on them to make it look like a basket.<br />
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We have the Draw Write Now series, and I love when I find something that goes along with our theme. Lily drew a bear, and practiced the little handwriting paragraph that was in the book.<br />
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Our final activity was another snack-Blueberry Parfaits! Yum! Yogurt, blueberries and whipped topping. Lily definitely approved!<br />
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So, that was our fun week! Lots of fun activities. Lily also works on her Singapore Math and McRuffy phonics/reading every week in addition to the other activities. She is having a great time!<br />
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This week we read Harold and the Purple Crayon. This was a cute story about a boy who used his imagination. Since this was a FIAR story as well as a MBTP story, we started off by placing the story disk. Since the book didn't actually tell us where the story took place, I let Lily pick. She chose Pennsylvania. I think she picked it because on our map, PA is purple. :)<br />
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I put some butcher paper on the wall and let Lily go to town. She thought this was fun, because this is as close to drawing on the walls as she will ever be allowed. I told her to draw whatever she wanted. Lily is JUST now starting to get to the point where she will draw/color anything more than just a few lines.<br />
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We watched an episode of How It's Made: Crayons on Youtube. Lily found that pretty interesting, since she uses them all the time. :) You can find the episode here:<br />
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We also found lots of Harold and the Purple Crayon episodes to watch on Youtube. I didn't realize that it had been a series at one point, and it was really cute. You can find some episodes here:<br />
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Lily was still in dinosaur mode from last week, so we watched a Harold and the Purple Crayon episode with dinosaurs. (The dino is NOT eating the flying dino in the second pic-it just looks like that for some reason)<br />
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We discussed the color purple, and that it is a Secondary color. We talked about both Primary and Secondary colors, and Lily made a color wheel.</div>
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Lily took the purple materials in her MBTP kit and made a purple collage.<br />
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One of the activities this week was to draw a neighborhood map. Lily took a LONG time on this project. I wasn't allowed in the kitchen until she was finished-she said it was a surprise. (Yes, she was wearing a Belle dress while she worked on this project)<br />
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I found a transportation sorting activity on TeachersPayTeachers.com, and Lily sorted things by Air, Land and Water. <br />
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A Pie Picnic! It was pretty tasty! <br />
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Lily approved! Yum! <br />
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A busted water line in the sink upstairs kind of ruined our plans for the week. I was NOT trying to do school while this was going on.<br />
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Our Christmas unit didn't happen, because, well-Lily is 5, and the week of Christmas was just too exciting. The great thing about homechooling, is that when your kid is obviously not paying attention, you can just take an unplanned break. So we did. For a week and a half. And it was AWESOME!<br />
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After Christmas, when things were somewhat back to normal (I still have a hole in the ceiling), we were ready to learn about dinosaurs! <br />
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The first thing we did was have a dinosaur breakfast: dinosaur egg oatmeal. The eggs hatch when you add hot water, and little candy dinosaurs come out. Lily approved! Yum!<br />
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For our sensory bin, we had lots of different dinosaurs, shells, trees and sand. </div>
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We made dinosaur eggs for a snack. Lily loves hard boiled eggs, so this was fun.<br />
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This was our first day of the dinosaur unit. Then, we put it off for a week, because this happened:<br />
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When Lily felt better, she got to work on a dinosaur excavation kit. This was a lot harder than it looked, so we worked on that for a few days.</div>
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We had a dinosaur rock painting kit. Lily had fun painting her rocks to look like dinosaurs and eggs.<br />
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Before we got started on reading this weeks' book, I dug through our books and found a few more dinosaur books to go along with the unit. </div>
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We talked about the different dinosaurs, and how tall some of them were, and how short others were. We talked about the difference between height and length. We measured Lily to see how tall and long she is, then we measured out the length of some of the different dinosaurs.<br />
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We found a few episodes of "Walking with Dinosaurs" on Netflix. Lily's favorite dinosaur is the Brachiosaurus, so we tried to find some episodes with those in them. </div>
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One of the activities this week was to make "fossils" out of items around the house and play dough. Lily wanted to use her toy dinosaurs for this activity. This was a favorite activity this week.<br />
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Another fun activity was to make dinosaur feet, and act out the movements in a poem about dinosaurs.<br />
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We talked about weight and measurements, and about different kinds of scales. We made a balance, and measured out dinosaurs.<br />
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We used dinosaurs for math to add numbers up to 10. <br />
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We finished off our unit with a Dino-snack! I washed a couple of dinosaurs and put them in the bottom of the bowl. Then, I put a little chocolate pudding and graham crackers on top of them. Lily got to be a paleontologist and "dig" up her dinosaurs!<br />
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Yum! Lily approved of this snack. :)<br />
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This was a fun unit. Lily loved learning about the different dinosaurs, and she said that the Sauropod is her favorite, because of their long necks. <br />
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