Balian does "circle time" with Bella and I. He sits on the carpet (on his circle or star...which he loves to show me where they are on the carpet) while we do days of the week, months of the year, today's date, counting, memory verses, a Bible story, and other stuff. Even though he can't say the days of the week, he can hum along to the song. He wants to count, but so far only says number 2. Bella did the same thing...so no biggy. He also sings the tune of the ABC song, but isn't saying the letters yet. It'll come in time. That's why we do lots of repetition.
With Balian, I pretty much just let him do whatever at this point. If he wants to take part in circle time, great. If he gets distracted or wants to do something else, that's fine too. I don't expect him to sit still and pay attention at this point - that's just not possible. Right now, for him, play is much more important. And if he learns something in the midst of play - that's even better :)
Here's what Bella did this week:
Bella put her numbers (1-10) in order
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| or...not so correct...I think #3 has 2 counters and #8 has like 18. o well. |
I started introducing her to the basic concepts of addition, using the same counters...which she looked at me like "duh mom...2 and 2 is 4 - see...1, 2, 3, 4"...so apparently we need to step it up a bit, or I need to figure out a better way of teaching.
She practiced writing her capital letters A, B, C, D, and E
We worked on learning the sight words: the, is, a, & and...as well as words with the "short a" sound.
AND...Bella officially read through her first Phonics Reader!! Woohoo!
Our memory verse for the week:
"Serve the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs" Psalm 100:2
Our Bible time:
God Creating the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1.
I'm working on a lot right now to get our "school room" ready. More to come on that...
