First week of school

This was our first week of school. We are now in the throes of Preschool and 2nd grade. This week, Tater learned her 1 family addition facts, she is still working on Scripture memorization, and she is working on nouns and verbs. Jr Bug learned about the color red, the square, the number 1, and the letter Aa. Its has been quite a busy week. Together they are both learning science and Social Studies. In science we learned basic properties of water. We got to experience how water acts in wind, and on wax paper in comparison to other liquids. We took a field trip on Friday where we walked around the neighborhood that we lived in. We also were able to distinguish between good and bad neighbors, houses vs apartments, and types of communities. 

Tater is working on a letter to give to someone that she is planning on interviewing, a community official.

Jr Bug showing the different ways we use water: at the beach, and rain. 

Jr Bug learning the big and little letter A.

Tater working on her reading...reading the word brass.

This is Tater's very first mat test. She worked very hard at learning the 1 family. And for her hard work she received a 100%.

I allowed Tater to grade her own test paper. She graded it in pen. This way I can reinforce honesty and her math facts all at once. 

This picture is us learning how water reacts to wind. On one side of the paper the paint was poured on the paper, and the other side the paint was mixed with water. We say that the watery paint was blown much farther than the paint by itself.  No matter how hard we blew. 

Tater working hard on her math test. 

Tater wrote the word brass, and then read the word. 

Jr Bug learning the shape of squares. I was ble to buy some colorful foam shapes, so we are able to work on colors, numbers, and shapes all at once. 

Jr Bug learning to write. 

Like Jr Bug, Tater also made a picture of the different ways we use water. Hers said that we wash dishes, we go to the beach, and that we drink water.

Jr Bug being "wind." As you can tell, e blew really hard on the watered down paint. 

One of the other properties that we learned about water is how water reacts to wax paper. As you can tell, water will bubble up and not soak through the paper. We also had a regular sheet of paper to tell the difference between the two. This was pretty cool and we got to add different liquid substances such as juice, oil, and water to also see how they would react to the wax paper. 

Jr bug writing the big letter A. He did a lot better with mommas help, but at least he is working and learning. I couldn't ask for much more than that.