4.1.2.

Today was another relaxed day, and I’m kind of liking the look and feel of my new plan, so I might stick with it a while. However, we might be able to breeze through the lessons lately because of Babe’s prior knowledge of phonemics. I don’t have to teach her the sounds of letters because she knows them already. So in the near future, I may be changing around my week plans again. But for now, this is good.

We started with Math, where Babe reviewed weight, length, equal parts, and holds more/less. I brought out some cups as I did in a previous lesson and had her pour water into both cups, then telling me which holds more and less. I also had her cut out some shapes into two equal parts, then four equal parts.

“Except for the heart, because that can’t be cut into fourths.”

Amazing.

We briefly reviewed temperature again, which she has a pretty good handle on. So after her worksheets, we were done with Math. Again, it rolled nicely into Science.

I asked all the kids to go dress as if it were snowing outside. About 15 minutes later, they came out in beanies, mittens, boots, two jackets each, and long pants. It was so great. I had them sit on the couch, where I read them a cute little Winter book called "One Winter's Day" by M. Christine Butler. Such an adorable story. After I read, they wanted to go outside to see if what they were wearing was appropriate for today’s weather. Seeing as how we live in Florida, it of course wasn’t appropriate, so they all came in and changed. I then sat Babe down and explained that our body has to stay a specific temperature to stay healthy, so wearing winter clothes when it’s cold helps our body stay warm. Otherwise we get sick. She learned a little poem from Calvert about things to do to stay healthy in the Winter. Then she cut out some winter scenes, glued them on her Winter sheet, and Science was over.

I then brought out a book for her to add to her reading log - her first book of December! “Let it Snow” by Maryann Cocca-Leffler. She somewhat struggled through this one, but after lunch, I had her read it again where she remembered the words she had trouble with, and it became a legit book to add. She was excited to start her new reading log!

After she read her book for the second time, we went over the short ‘a’ sound for a little bit. She told me some words that had the short ‘a’ in them, then I had her pick out some picture cards as well. When she did that with ease, it was time for a quick cat nap before dance.

And Tuesday was done.