Letters K, M, N, & O along with Creation!

Letter K, K is for Koala!


We are still going strong with our All About Reading PreLevel.



MARBLE PAINTING the letter 'K'

Our Book Theme: "The Three Little Pigs"



No PITURE!



Jordyn and her Dad built a house just so they could BLOW IT DOWN!



She wasn't strong enough to blow it down so she just knocked it down.
They had so much fun.

I forgot to take pictures of letter 'L' week. Our book theme for the letter 'L' was "Llama Llama Red Pajama!"

Letter M, M is for Mouse!



M is for MMMMMouse



Letter M Maze.
She is getting really good at these.



Always tracing.



She really wouldn't stop tracing this day.
In the back of her letter work notebook is this alphabet chart.
Once I saw she was super interested in tracing, I remembered the app called
'Letter School.' Below you will her using it.

Our book theme this week was "Mouse Paint." We had such a good time mixing paint to make new colors that I forgot to take pictures!



Letter N, N is for Newt!

'N' PUZZLES

Our new month is AUGUST!
This is Calendar Time!



These are a new part of our school day. They are called Shared Reading Poems.
Charley, being the awesome Kindergarten teacher she is, shared these with me.
I immediately made Jordyn one.

The purpose is for her to find the sight word(s) in the poem.
She found the sight word 'is.'
YES, WE ARE STARTING TO READ!
Of course very slowly, because I am following her lead.



Playdough



Very Good FINE MOTOR ACTIVITY



ABC Puzzle
Thanks Charley for passing this one down. She LOVES IT



Measuring Up



I LOVE TO TRACE!

Letter O, O is for Octopus!

Our new curriculum. Horizons Preschool for Three's. We use it as a supplement to what we are already doing. I first had to align this curriculum with ABC Jesus Loves Me. Since both walk through the bible and cover the same main stories/events it was pretty easy to do. Very Very EXCITED!

One of our first pages from Horizons. It was very age appropriate.



CALENDAR TIME
We are using an AB pattern here. She is really picking up patterns.



What's the weather?



Tracing Numbers.



FINE MOTOR again.
This time we used a coffee straw and glitter glue.



MORE GLITTER!! AWWW
She knows my rules and we have never made a mess with it....YET

IPAD APP
LETTER SCHOOL
My absolute favorite tracing APP yet!

SO PROUD
She found the word 'is' from a song sheet.
We were not on a word hunt, she just saw it and got so excited!

Finished O work!

Creation Days 1-7!

Memory Verse: Gensis 1:1

Lacing our Earth that God made!

Day 4 Coloring page from ABC Jesus Loves Me Year 3 Curriculum

Day 4 Craft
ABCJESUSLOVESME



Day 5 Craft Page



Day 6 Coloring Page



On Day 7 God RESTED!
Marshmallow (pillow) as a quick snack!
She remembers this day the best (b/c of the marshmallow) when she recited Days 1-7 back to me!



Day 7 Coloring Page
We added star stickers, and talked about how He created the HEAVENS and the EARTH!



Creation Wheel
This is such a neat idea from ABCJESUSLOVESME
Great Review Craft

Finished work!
This is how we review as well.



These are our creation boxes. She uses them to act out her 'Creation Fingerplay' for myself and her daddy!





VBS 2015

Well, it was VBS time once again and once again the availability of quality, Biblical faithful curriculum was hard to find. That is why we chose the only sure thing: Ken Hamm and the guys at Answers in Genesis. This year the theme was "Camp Kilimanjaro: An Epic Expedition Through Proverbs". The children hit many points of proverbs dealing with wisdom vs. foolishness such as: the power of the tongue to build up and destroy, the dangers of walking with fools, the benefits of walking with the wise, the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom, and the Word of God as the true source of it. Here is a link to Answers in Genesis for a look at future or past VBS curriculum.

Jordyn, of course, had an amazing time. Last year, we wondered how well she would do this year. In truth, we assumed she would still be too immature for a few years. We were wrong. She got way more out of VBS that we had thought or hoped. She had zero problems with discipline, learned her memory verses, and, even now, runs around the house singing all of the songs. We are very proud of her. I know she cannot wait for next year.

Camp Kilamanjaroooooo!!

Be sure to take frequent breaks from singing to get a bite from our Fruit Loop bracelet.

Every Expedition needs a guide...

That is a lot of Trekkers.

Such great little buddies!!



More Summer Fun

We had decided to make the most of this summer. It continues to be an eventful summer indeed. Here are some of the other happenings happening around the Elliott house.

Alvin made a wind tunnel for Jordyn. (Basically a large tarp, anchored on 3 sides, with air being funneled into one end) She was convinced that it was a cave and she was a bat the entire time. She had fun running from one end to the other.

 We through a little pool party for the twins, Ben and Beau. These guys are so cool!!

 This is one of the funniest thing that has happened all summer. Caleb has been cutting his front two teeth for nearly 7 years (it feels like it). It reached a fever pitch during and right after the Texas trip. When we got home, we noticed that he was incredibly fussy, so we gave him a dose of Advil. After we gave it to him, we noticed that he was uncharacteristically quiet. When we checked on him, first, he was just sitting in the hallway playing with his elephant. However, when we checked on him a second time (just minutes later), although it was nearly an hour before his nap, this is what we found. He was slumped over and passed out from the obvious relief brought by the medicine. So thankful we don't have to cut teeth as adults...

Next, was Jordyn's first haircut. Alvin did not think that there was that big of a change. He thinks haircuts should be drastic because his always are. I think she did great.



Before

After

One of our newest summer past times is skating. Apparently, since skates small enough to fit a child Jordyn's size are basically boots with stationary wheels, and since a child Jordyn's age usually tires of "skating" after about 18 seconds, Jack's Skateland offers to let people like Jordyn do it for free every Saturday morning. They even throw in some animal crackers from time to time. Jordyn actually really likes it, as does Caleb. She is getting a chance to see the "big kids" skate while she scoots around the rink at speeds that would rival most adult snails. She is not even really fast enough to overtake Caleb in a race, but I am not sure she even realizes. To be honest, I think her favorite part is hearing "Old McDonald Had A Farm" played loud enough that she can scream the lyrics without anyone noticing. At any rate, we sure have looked forward to our Saturday mornings.

Finally, one of our coolest things about being at the dinner table is watching all of the hummingbirds out of our dining room window. July is hummingbird viewing time.