Science
Went to the Tallahassee Museum with friends.

Reading
Faith read the second half of The Case of the Hungry Stranger, by Bonsall.
Reinforced learning of the "ee" sound as in "Mrs. Meech" and "teeth".

Madeline In London, by Bemelmans.

Reading, Writing
Worksheet: Name each picture. Color the picture if you hear the long "e" sound as in "leaf" or "bee".
Worksheet: Name each picture. Write the missing letters and trace the vowel letters "ee" or "ea".

Math
Worksheet: Draw the correct number of circles in the boxes under each numbered truck.

Exercise: I handed Faith a pile of pennies and had her count how many. (20) I then asked her to divide the pennies in to two equal groups (in half). I asked her how many pennies were in each group. (10) and then showed her that 10 plus 10 equals 20.

Math
Dividing in Half: I brought home a pile of pennies that I'd found on my jog through the neighborhood. I had Faith divide them into two equal groups so that she could have some and her sister could have some.

Reading
A House for Hermit Crab, by Eric Carle.

Faith read pgs 1-44 of The Case of The Hungry Stranger, by Bonsall. She has really enjoyed this book so far. I think that is because it's a mystery and has a more complex plot that the usual easy reader books that she has read. She can't wait to turn the page. Yea for Faith being excited about reading a book!

Science, Bible Study
Currently, I'm reading Case for Creation, by Lee Strobel. Faith asked me what the book was about. This opened up a discussion about evolution and creation. From there, we began talking about space, the solar system, galaxies and the universe. I showed Faith several short videos on the internet that depict what it would be like to travel (visually) from our planet, through the solar system, our galaxy, our galaxy cluster, and into the outer reaches of the universe. She was fascinated by this. We looked at many pictures of what our galaxy (a spiral galaxy) is shaped like, and compared it to other galaxies. We also discussed what a theory is.

Science
Faith observed more new growth of our seeds. Now the sunflowers have sprouted, also the oregano.

Reading, Science
Plant, by Eyewitness Books. Discussed what is a plant, the parts of a plant, how plants make food from sunlight, chlorophyll, parts of a flower, pollination, varieties of flowers, how seeds go from seed to fruit, carnivorous plants, etc.

Faith read My "L" Sound Box, by Moncure.

Writing, Reading
Practiced writing the letter "G" in upper and lower case.
Worksheet: Write a "g" if the picture begins with the /g/ sound.

Bible Study
The story of Daniel and his friends when they chose not to eat the king's food.

Science
Faith noted as she was watering today that the seeds were beginning to sprout. We discussed how some plants grow faster than others. One container of zinnia and both pots of thyme sprouted today.

Math, Writing, Art
More fraction introduction.
Worksheet: Circle the foods that show equal parts.
Worksheet: Glue strips of paper onto each item to divide them into equal parts as indicated (2, 3, 4). Write the proper fraction on each part of the item (1/2, 1/3, 1/4).
Worksheet: Decide which fruit in each box is equally divided in half. Color the correct choice.

Using colored shapes of construction paper, and glue, Faith created a turkey sandwich. We discussed different ways to cut the sandwich that would make equal halves. Then we cut the sandwich and glued it to a sheet of paper. Faith wrote "1/2" on each piece.

Art
Drew a large picture of a fairy castle complete with fairy, mermaid, fish, island, and rainbow.

Math
Fractions introduction. Learned about 1/2 and 1/4 by cutting pieces of paper. Faith practiced writing the symbols.

Measuring excercise. Faith measured pictures of various widths with her ruler and wrote the answer underneath. Some of the answers involved writing and measuring in halves.

Worksheet: Swim along with Ariel. First subtract all the problems. Then draw a line along the path with the answers that are 10.

Reading
If I Ran the Zoo, by Dr. Seuss.
Faith read In a People House, by LeSieg.

Geography
Faith asked, "Where is Spain?" while watching me fix a spanish fan that a friend brought home from a trip to that country. So, we got out the globe and identified Spain. We reviewed the difference between a state and a country. Faith learned to identify islands as a landmass completely surrounded by water. We did an exercise with her finding different islands on the globe, and also with me asking her if particular places were islands or not.

History
We discussed how the spanish language came from Spain and eventually spread over most of Central and South America. Then we identified Portugal and Brazil and discussed the spread of Portugese in a similar manner.

Science, Geography
We reviewed where the Equator and the North and South Poles are. Then we discussed whether a country's climate was "warm" or "cold" by it's proximity to these areas.

Math, Geography
Exercise: Using a piece of string, measure the distance between Tallahassee, FL and Spain, Hawaii, the Equator, and the North Pole. Then draw each distance using the string on the chart provided. Measure each line in inches using a ruler and write the answer next to it. Which place is the farthest away from Tallahassee? Which place is closest?
Faith also learned how to write the term "1/2" while doing the exercise.

Math, Art, Writing, Reading
Exercise: Using your ruler, find something that is 3 inches long in your room. Draw a picture of it and label the picture. Faith found a shell and drew an excellent representation of it. She spelled the word "shell" on her paper.

Science
Worked some more on our garden project. We found more containers to use for planting seeds. Faith filled them with soil, chose two kinds of seeds, sowed them, and watered them.

Science
Gardening project: Went and bought a variety of seeds today. We cut the bottoms off of juice bottles and drilled holes in them for seed pots. Talked about why the hole is necessary for water drainage. Then Faith filled the pots with organic gardening soil. We sowed each type of seed in it's own container. Faith noted the variety of shapes, sizes, and colors of the seeds. We made labels for the plants by writing the names on popsicle sticks and poking them into the soil. Faith watered them with a spray bottle and then we set the containers on a tray (a lid to a large bin) for easy transportation in and out of the house. We also added the coleus cuttings that we made in the fall to the group.

Vocabulary: sow, annual, herb, decompose, impatiens, chives, oregano, zinnia, thyme

Math
Review worksheet: Write in the missing numbers on the clock face.
Clock search: Find and circle all of the different kinds of clocks in the house picture.

Reading
Faith read pgs. 37-44 of Happy Days With Our Friends, by Montgomery & Bauer.

Writing
Practiced writing and spelling her first and last name.

Math, Art
Worksheet: Addition dominoes. Adding numbers 1-10
Worksheet: Write the addition sentence by counting the number of blocks shown in each space. Write the sum.
Worksheet: Subtraction. Subtract and find the number in each area of the butterfly. The color each part of the butterfly by the color of the number.
Worksheet: Subtraction by counting the number of birds on the branch and how many have flown away. Using numbers 1-10.

Reading
Faith read Max & Mo Go Apple Picking, by Lakin.

Instruction on when to use "an" or "a" before a noun.

Josefina Javelina: A Hairy Tale, by Lowell.

Reading
A Book of Lullabies: Dreamtime, by Hollyer.

Faith read Dora's Sleepover.

Reading, Writing
Worksheets: Read each sentence. Circle the word that completes the sentence. Write the word on the line.

Reading
Oscar Otter, by Benchley.

Faith read Nina, Nina Ballerina, by O'Conner.

Math
Disney Princess Workbook:
-addition worksheet (recognizing equations that are turned around)

Reading, Writing
Worksheet: color the pictures that begin with the /k/ sound
Worksheet: write the letter K or k on the lines if the picture begins with the /k/ sound

Practiced handwriting upper and lower case K. (Doing much better with lower case k than before!)

Reading
Listened to CD8 of Heidi.

Reading, Writing, Math, Geography, Art
Began work on My Book About Me (a Dr. Seuss book). Read pages 1-19 and answered the questions. Some answers are written (fill in the blank). Some pages are for drawing an illustration (what my nose looks like). She also did counting and addition to figure out the amount of certain objects in her house (how many forks, how many windows). She practiced writing her name and address, her phone number, and used a globe to remember what country she lives in.

Played in the rain.

Played with friends at the park this morning.

Reading
Faith read My "k" Sound Box, by Moncure.

Listened to the (CD7) of Heidi.

Math
Disney Princess Workbook:
-solve the addition problems, then use the code to match the numbers with letters. Write the letters in the boxes below to find what the witch took to Snow White.
-circle the lamp that has the correct sum for each problem below.

Went to the library this morning. Faith decided to learn about the letter K this week. We had a discussion about what words start with /k/.

Life Skills, Art
Worked on her sewing project, the purse (box stitch).

Reading
Faith read Kids: The Sound of K, by Flanagan.

Worked on recognizing the /k/ sound of "ck" and the /n/ sound of "kn".

Listened to Heidi (CD6).