I got to teach a “Baking Week” at our Summer Camp. I had about 20 kids Kindergarten-5th grade. I had 4 groups of kids in the kitchen, each with 1 older child to help the younger ones. Each day we made a food from one of the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” books.… Continue reading Mouse Cookie Baking Week
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Memorial Day 3: American Flag
J is fascinated with the American flag so we decided to take this last day and learn some more about it. We had a yummy flag breakfast, reviewed the symbols of the flag, made a flag craft, and learned how to show respect to our flag. American Flag Discuss: The American Flag is red, white and… Continue reading Memorial Day 3: American Flag
Memorial Day 2: Memorial Stone
For the second day of our Memorial Day unit study we studied a Bible story of memorial. We read about and made our own memorial stones like Joshua and the Israelites did after crossing the Jordan River. We also made another Memorial Day art project. Memorial Stone Discuss: In the Old Testament of our Bibles God’s people… Continue reading Memorial Day 2: Memorial Stone
Memorial Day 1: Order
J has been asking me for the last few years why we celebrate Memorial Day so for day one of our Memorial Day Unit Study we learned some of the history of Memorial Day. We also learned with our toy army men, Venn Diagrams, art projects, geography and some math. Memorial Day Order Discuss: Memorial Day,… Continue reading Memorial Day 1: Order
Memorial Day Unit Study
In this unit study we learned more about Memorial Day and the American Flag. This unit study has 3 days of lessons. I did this study with my 1st grader and would recommend it for Kindergarten through 3rd grade. Memorial Day Book List Book can be read by the child or by the parent to… Continue reading Memorial Day Unit Study
Rainbows Day 5 -What Makes a Rainbow
Today we talked about the science behind rainbows. We learned that all a rainbow needs is light and water so we went outside to try to create some or our own rainbows. Today we included more rainbow crafts, science, math, literature, and snacks. What Makes a Rainbow Discuss: A rainbow needs light and water for us… Continue reading Rainbows Day 5 -What Makes a Rainbow
Rainbows Day 4 -Double Rainbows
Just last week we saw a double rainbow and I actually got a picture of it with my phone, so we decided to make that day 4 in our rainbow unit study. We had a rainbow breakfast and lunch and did some more rainbow crafts, math, and science. The kids loved the mini fruit rainbow… Continue reading Rainbows Day 4 -Double Rainbows
Rainbows Day 3 -Color Wheel
For the third day of our Rainbow Unit Study we learned that the rainbow colors make up the artist’s color wheel. We learned about primary colors, secondary colors, and complementary colors. We did some color mixing science and made some more yummy rainbow snacks. I also introduced a fun sensory tub today. The Color Wheel… Continue reading Rainbows Day 3 -Color Wheel
Rainbows Day 2 -God’s Promise
Today we learned why we have rainbows. We reviewed the story of Noah’s Ark focusing on the end where they have the promise from God to never destroy the earth again with a flood. We played with some Noah’s Ark toys and did some Noah’s Ark Crafts.. We also has some more yummy rainbows and… Continue reading Rainbows Day 2 -God’s Promise
Rainbows Day 1 -Colors
We spent the first day of our rainbow unit study learning the colors of the rainbow. We had fun with baking, crafts, reading, science experiments, similes, and math. The favorite activity for the kids today was definitely the rainbow flower cookies that we made. The three older kids can now recite all the colors of… Continue reading Rainbows Day 1 -Colors