This week we are learning all about the human body. This unit is science heavy and a lot of the science/art/language is interchangeable, but that is ok!! Other themes that we will do later may be more focused on geography or history or something else, so it all works out in the end.
As always, I have linked to where I got ideas or printables. You can get our homeschool theme schedule with our weekly focuses from the freebies section if you want to follow along or get our themes for the year. You do have to be a subscriber to access the freebies though.
Josephs Robe Comprehension Questions from ABCJesus:
-What did Jacob give to his son Joseph?
Joseph’s brothers were jealous of him. Do you get jealous of your brother/sister when he or she gets something and you don’t?
What was Joseph’s dream?
The brothers’ jealousy turned into anger. What did they do to Joseph?
Roll & watercolor Body Parts – I drew a picture of a body on a paper and assigned each body part a number 1-6 (1=head, 2=legs etc… you could do 1-12 if you want to use 2 die). I will have my daughter roll the dice and use watercolors to color the body part to the corresponding number.
This week is all about transportation!! As always I went to the library and picked up a few books that interested me to go along with the theme. I have activities here for both my 4 & 2 year old. Hope you get some good ideas if you are doing a transportation theme as well. If you are following along please tag me on Instagram so that I can see what you’re doing!!
Books Ideas for Transportation Theme: The Little Engine That Could – Watty Piper; The Airport Book – Lisa Brown
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Religion
Fingerpaint Noahs Obeys God Worksheet, noah wreath
Put animal stickers on Noah Gathers Animals Worksheet
Use noah stamps on Noahs Ark worksheet and glue blue tissue paper for water
Use primary colors to paint a rainbow, add cotton balls for clouds
Make different ramps with blocks and experiment with cars – can talk about speed, velocity & friction
Learning how to read a map – cardinal directions, key, roads etc…
Talk about road safety: Wearing seatbelt, crossing the street, passing driveways etc…
Airplane wing case matching – Cut out an airplane body out of cardboard. Label clothespins with uppercase and lowercase letters C, B, T, S, A, M (can do letters of first & last name too for more). Have the child pick an uppercase clothespin and put it on one side of the airplane body for a wing, then find the corresponding lowercase clothespin to match for the other wing.
Train Sequencing – Put stickers labeled 1-7 on 7 trains. Have your child order them, then give each train the corresponding number of math beads.
This week we are focusing on community helpers. I have rented over 20 books from the library to have on our shelves this week and I am ready for my kids to want to do lots of dress up and imaginative play after learning about all of the different members in a community.
Some of our favorite booksfor community helpers include: Last Stop on Market Street – Matt de la Pena; Whose Hat is This – Sharon Katz Cooper; Tinyville Town Gets to Work – Ryan Biggs
Here is what my lesson plan looks like for this week. I linked where I got each idea/resource from too so you could check it out.
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**Another idea would be to do some ‘dramatic play’. I made a DIY mail carrier set for my girls, you can see the whole tutorial here. You can download the letter and stamp template freebie here. (The settings my be off in the online version, but once you download it to your computer and open in Word it should be correct and ready for printing).**
Make a map of your community (draw or build with blocks)
Bake treats to deliver to community helpers in your area
Hammer Letters – Write letters of name on a thick piece of cardboard (not in order) and have them say the sound of the letter as they hammer golf tees into the cardboard.
Hope this helps give you some ideas for community helpers theme and saves you a little time in the researching department 🙂
School is starting again here at my house and what better way to kick it off then with an All About You theme! I love this theme to start the year because it gives you a snapshot of who your little ones are at this moment in time.
I have a 2 year old and a 4 year old this school year. In the language department, I’m working with my 2 year old on recognizing her name. My 4 year old pretty much knows all her letters and the sounds that they make, but I want to take this first couple weeks to review them and make sure she really has them down as we start the journey toward reading. For math, I working on the number and concept of 0 with my 2 year old. With my 4 year old I will be reviewing numbers 1-20.
Here is my lesson plan for the week and I provided the sources for the activities and printables that I found elsewhere. Hope this helps you on your homeschooling journey 🙂
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Creation day 1
Creation day 2
Creation day 3
Creation day 4
Creation day 5
Language (2)
Write name on board & show it
Use sandpaper letters to talk about each letter in their name
Sing BINGO with their name
Draw name in bubble letters and have child tear tissue paper and glue in the lines
I get a lot of my Bible Activities from here and some of my other ideas from here
Creation Day 1 – Use a piece of black construction paper as the background. Cut a piece of white construction paper in half. Glue the half white sheet vertically on the black sheet. Write “Day” on the white piece and “Night” on the black. Add the number “1” to the page.
Creation Day 2 – Use a piece of blue construction paper. Add cotton balls in the sky for clouds. Make waves with shaving cream and blue paint at the bottom. Add the number “2” to the page.
Creation Day 3 – Print out an outline of a tree and have kids color it and add flower stickers
Creation Day 4 – Make Sun,moon,stars mobile from ABCJ y2w3
Creation Day 5 – On a light blue piece of construction paper place birds in the sky. Add a darker blue half sheet to the bottom of the background piece for water. Add a fish to this section. Add the number “5” to the page.
Name Magnet Bin – Put magnets of the letters of child’s name in a sensory bin and dig them out with tongs, then place them on a mat where you have written their name. You can write their name multiple times if you have enough magnets
Dry Erase Game – write letters on a glass or dry erase surface with dry erase markers (2 letters at a time for young ones, many for older). Then have children stand a few feet away and call out a letter. They race to the correct letter and erase it.
2023 Plan for All About You Theme
In 2023, I have a 3 turning 4 year old that I am homeschooling. My 2 year old takes naps around the time when we homeschool, so this year I am not planning lessons specifically for her. That being said, sometimes we have to fit in school at a time she is awake, or sometimes she just wont sleep, so I have a few activities from the above plan (and new ones added this year) that I will have ready in case she joins us.
All About Me Theme Books – Like Myself – Karen Beaumont; Parts – Tedd Arnold; We’ve All Got Bellybuttons – David Martin; Marvelous Me – Lisa Marie Bullard
Religion Focus – Learning the Hail Mary
2 YR Options – Count stairs as you go up or down, talk about colors and their favorites, learn to say their name & age, baby size sorting from last year
Language
Write & walk through letters of first name (can also trace with sandpaper letters)
Name Magnet Bin*
Draw name in bubble letters and have child tear tissue paper and glue in the lines
Name dry erase game*
Math
Do an initial 0-5 number recognition assessment. Then practice quantities and counting with 0-5 spindle box
Use math beads to show quantity of 0-5. Ask math questions*
Talk about numbers in address (even if over 0-5)
Trace hand and write numbers 1-5 on each finger. Have child add counters corresponding to the number
Name Magnet Bin – Put magnets of the letters of child’s name in a sensory bin and dig them out with tongs, then place them on a mat where you have written their name. You can write their name multiple times if you have enough magnets
Dry Erase Game – write letters on a glass or dry erase surface with dry erase markers (2 letters at a time for young ones, many for older). Then have children stand a few feet away and call out a letter. They race to the correct letter and erase it.
Math Questions – How old are you? How many pets do you have? How many brothers do you have? How many sisters do you have? How many wheels are on your bicycle? How many teeth do you have? How many teeth have you lost? How many candles will be on your next birthday cake? What is your bedtime? How many eyes do you have? How many shoes are in your cubby? How many pillows are on your bed?
