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Weather Study: Part 1

25 Wednesday Nov 2020

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It’s weather week in our nature study so we started with marking the weather on our chart and then Elliot finished coloring his weather wheel I got from @magichomeschoolbus. We then continued to learn about temperature, precipitation, clouds and the various types of weather…

  • read Weather Words and What They Mean by Gail Gibbons
  • looked over worksheets from @habitatschoolhouse
  • completed a coloring page from @magichomeschoolbus
  • colored letter pages for SUNNY, RAINY and SNOW and pasted them in our nature journal, along with drawing a picture that matched and cut/paste illustrations from @magichomeschoolbus

There is so much to learn about weather! We will probably continue this a little longer than a week.

Lichen Study: Part 2

20 Friday Nov 2020

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Today Elliot and I learned more about lichen!

  • read about lichen in Nature Anatomy by Julia Rothman
  • used the Lichen Hunt page from @magichomeschoolbus, cut out the photos I took from our nature hike earlier in the week and pasted them in our journal
  • learned about different types of Lichen from cards by @twigandmoth
  • colored a LICHEN letter page

We also read Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant, practiced the letter I and size variations with some worksheets and more abc practice with our Battat letter game. It was a beautiful day so we went outside for a bit as well and enjoyed the sunshine. Hope you are all having a great day.

Lichen Study: Part 1

17 Tuesday Nov 2020

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Today we dove into our nature study with a few fun projects. It’s lichen week!

  • read about lichen in The Wonders of Nature
  • colored a bit using a forest floor page from @magichomeschoolbus
  • cut out different types of lichen by @twigandmoth and pasted them in our nature journal
  • met up with some friends for a nature hike and found lots of lichen and other cool earthy treats
  • read a season inspired book, Little Frog and the Scary Autumn Thing by Jane Yolen
  • watched a video on lichen from SciShow Kids
  • practiced the letter H and numbers with some worksheets

It was a busy day for sure. And someone even took a nap! lol. Looking forward to more lichen fun.

Moss Study: Part 3

13 Friday Nov 2020

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Today was kind of an off day for Elliot so I kept it low key and let him mostly do what he wanted. We were able to check off a few things on my list though:

  • practiced letters and numbers with a few worksheets
  • read two pieces from Fables by Arnold Lobel
  • studied Barn with Moss-Covered Roof by Vincent van Gogh and Elliot painted his own version with watercolors (that pink tree! And he included the sun and the moon, which is pink too)

I wanted to focus more on art today and I had another project to do but he said we can do it tomorrow, lol. So stay tuned.