Language Arts

For these two weeks we finished our last 

block of language arts.  This time was dedicated 

to word families and consonant blends.

I brought this to the children through 

fairy tale stories.  We did our traditional rhythm...

We start out our days with a big walk or bike ride and explore 

our natural world

New Blooms

Exploring the creek

biking around the lake

 We have been keeping a keen eye on all the wildlife.

The geese and loons have all laid their eggs and 

have been incubating for these weeks.  We watch everyday

for signs of new ones.  We are also watching the turtles, a

muskrat we named "Lucky"

and trying desperately to catch an elusive bull frog :)

After our walks we really work on the phonics of 

the word families and blends.  We listen for beginning

sounds like SH and CH.  Then, ending sounds of 

IP and OG.

 Some examples..

Frogs on a log

We played games with all the phonic sounds we learned.

For added lesson we did paintings these weeks too.

 

 Really big news around our house is the 

tree house Tom started!!

Our baby

 

Next two weeks are nature study and the last two weeks of 

our curriculum!!

until then

~blessings