Monday January 25, 2010 Body Unit

Today we are starting our body unit. We will be discussing the five senses. Today is just an overview of the body. Here Greyson is reading his new site word book. New words are Look and See.















Lincoln trying to read a book too. He did get parts of it!!





















I was trying to find a fun way to teach the boys their phone number and found this game for them. They have to jump from number to number. It is really helping Greyson memorize it. Today we just worked on the area code.

January 25, 2010 cont.

For their writing lesson today they had to trace their name with watercolor paints. I did not help either one of them at all and I was super impressed at how well they both did.












For some reason they think they always have to say cheese when they get their pictures taken. That is why it looks like they are yelling at the camera!!












Lincoln being creative after his writing lesson.

January 25, 2010 cont.

Greyson during art time. (Water colors)












I traced each of the boys so we could add a body part to it each day. Greyson was my photographer here.





Grey being traced. Lincoln took this picture.

Greyson and Lincoln with their names up and bodies traced. They are both excited to start adding to it each day.

Monday January 25, 2010 cont.

We sang the Hokey Pokey and then the boys made their book that they had to draw their body in. We traced hands and feet and they drew their heads and whole body. They turned out really cute.


Our Question of the day was "Is my body the same as everyone else's?" We talked about how our body structure, bones, organs, muscles..., are all the same but we can have different features from our family and friends. We discussed what color each of our family members hair and eyes are.

This was Greyson's "finger" math. He did it all on hos own and did an excellent job. Lincoln practiced counting from 1-10 on his fingers.

Saturday, January 23, 2010 Space Unit: Day 6

Today was our last day of the space unit. I was kind of sad to finish this up because the boys had so much fun learning about the solar system. They now know the planets in order, what planets are made of of rock and gas, what a dwarf planet is, about asteroids, and Lincoln will tell you "Pluto is not a planet anymore". They really soaked everything up!

Here, Greyson is coloring in his 4th block of his book. This means he gets to move on to a new book next week.















Today, we talked about the Earth and why it is so special. We also talked about how we should care for our planet and why we celebrate Earth Day.

January 23, 2010

Greyson drew his solar system. He drew them in order and numbered them. He was so particular about coloring the planets the same color as his poster.









Working on his writing for the day. Words for the day: moon, gravity, crater.












Lincoln also tried tracing a few letters. He is getting there. He really does try and focus. I am pretty impressed, since he is only two.

We still need to finish our paper mache' planets and when they are done I will add them. We had a light last day of class. They did watch a Magic Schoolbus about Earth Day and they played a tic tac toe game on Playhouse Disney where they had to answer an Earth Day Question.

Friday, January 15, 2010 Day 5: Space Unit

Greyson was reading his book to Lincoln. I didn't have to help him figure out any of the words!!

We also read the book The North Wind and the Sun. It was really cute. The wind challenged the sun by saying that he was stronger than the sun. We found out in the end who was really the strongest!