Cain, Abel and Jabal

On Monday, we reviewed math with the game, "calculating math", using the calculator, and also with Grant rolling his math dice to get equations to work out.  We also continued to work on spelling 5-10 words every day.  We practiced the penny whistle, and did our French lesson.  So far, during French lessons I have been teaching the kids through the use of songs and games for such words and phrases as: hello, how are you, hi, good evening, good night, I love you, see you soon, and good bye. We have also been learning the words for walk, fun, stop, fast, slow, high, and low as I tell the kids to do these actions in French.  Once they knew those words, I added in another little verse with a slow walking snail, and a fast walking ant....who goes right for the belly button. (The girls love that one!) Next, we will begin to learn the words for hands and some of the different actions, such as touch and scratch, that they can do.  Again, using a fun verse.

We also went outside and I drew the form drawing on the driveway for Grant to walk, and then we practiced drawing little ones. 

After that, we came back into the school room, and I read Grant the story of Cain and Abel.

After I read the story, we drew pictures in our lesson books.

Mom's Picture

Grant's Picture 

We also used a fun verse to review the period.

We also started making a wooden boat with Johanna, as how else would a seed son like Johanna get to the island of Lono? Johanna and I traced the pattern for the boats onto wood. (With Grant's help.) We made enough for two bigger boats, and two mini boats, because it was very important that everyone had at least one boat of their own.

On Tuesday, Grant and I reviewed the comma with this verse:

After that review, Grant re-told me the story of Cain and Abel and we came up with a summary together.  Not only did we try to include adjectives, but also commas.

I decided to re-write the summary onto the chalkboard to do our language arts exercises so we could keep Grant's lesson book work neater.

Grant has started back with knitting his elephant.  Hopefully he will get that done within the next couple weeks.

Cory also cut the pieces out for the boats, and we glued them and let them sit overnight.

On Wednesday, Grant wanted to get a picture with the elephant ears on our way into the school room. They weren't quite as elephant sized as they were last year. It was just too hot this summer!

Once inside, we played a new math game and introduced some new French words. We also reviewed the question mark.

Afterward, I told Grant the story of Jabal, who was one of Cain's sons.

After I read the story, Grant and I modeled horses out of clay.

Grant was definitely more focused on his modeling today, but he was in a bit of hurry so he could get to work on finishing his boat.

First, we sanded the boats,

Then we colored them with our beeswax crayons,

After that we put them into a 200 degree oven for about 15 minutes, then we rubbed some beeswax polish on them.

Once we were finished with that, the kids took them straight up to try them out in the tub.

Success!

On Thursday, Julia had a fun time dancing on the walk.

Once inside, we reviewed the exclamation mark with this verse:

I also had Grant re-tell me the story of Jabal, and we came up with a summary together.  We were still trying to make sure we used plenty of adjectives, and now, also trying to use all the different punctuation.  Grant copied the summary into his lesson book.

Grant also copied the form drawing for the week into his book.

Just to review all the punctuation again, I wrote a few sentences on the board, and then had Grant decide which type of punctuation should end each sentence.

Next week our stories will be about two of Cain's other sons, and we will also get a head start on making some fun Halloween crafts.