This week in Nature/Science we will read "The Toad" in our Christian Liberty Nature Readers. We will also read Frog Hunt, All Night Near the Water, and Butternut Hollow Pond. We are having fun with the amphibian nomenclature cards, and the children are all keeping a close watch on the tadpoles in Science Center.
In Phonics/Language we will read The Frog Prince. We will learn about keeping promises and create a Frog Prince with a golden ball. We'll practice sorting objects beginning with "A" and "B" into letter tubs and making our letters with clay. We are also working with Montessori metal insets. The children place the insets on a special tray and practice tracing them. This develops pre-writing skills.
In Music we will hop like frogs to Mozart's Flute Concerto No 1 in G major and we will learn the sign language vocabulary to "Up Went the Spider." In Art we will finish our picture study of "Vincent's House in Arles.
In Social Studies the children are enjoying "Alone in the Woods." We're reading about how Johnny brought food to the animals, ate berries in the forest, counted the stars, and worked in an apple orchard as a child. We will continue our narration this week.
In Math we will dot paint number 2 and make a number 2 book. We willa also play a counting game with frogs in circle.
We will have our Bible lesson outside this week. We will sit outside near the gardens as we read Genesis 1 and talk about the clouds and sky that God created on Day 2. We will also fingerpaint a Day 2 page for our Creation book.
Our field trip is this Thursday, September 24. Please send a car seat or booster seat for your child (state law now requires this for children 8 and under). We will eat lunch in the cafeteria before leaving. Please meet at the school at 11:30 if you will be accompanying us.
