MFW 1ST GRADE ~~WEEK 4~~

Welcome to our Weekly MFW 1st Grade Posts (we are using the first edition)!  If you haven't already, be sure to check out our daily school routine and curriculum choices here.

We are almost all better from our sickness and have been filling our days with school, giggles, and lots of cuddles. The weather here has been up and down, and we have tried to go outside when possible. I'm not sure who is looking forward to warmer weather more, the kiddos or me!

Here's what we did MFW 1st Grade~Week 4!

Calendar/Weather Chart:  Yay for a new month! Ladybug decided on a "Rainbow Theme" for coloring her calendar and chart. 

Check out these adorable weather charts/calenders here

Bible

Bible: Our Proverb for the week is Proverbs 21:23 ("He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from calamity).  We discussed using our mouths to speak kind and helpful words.  Ladybug and Buddy liked this song by Steve Green; and it went well with the Proverb.  It's an oldie, but very cute! Ladybug and Buddy giggled while they tried to hold their tongues and sing! 
On day 2 (beginning in week 3) of this week, Ladybug copied the Proverb on a handwriting sheet.  Click here for a cute handwriting practice sheet! 
We also did a Bible Activity to help Ladybug and Buddy understand who the real author of the Bible is (God). 
Side Note: Most MFW 1st Grade activities (that we've done) take little preparation.  This is helpful when you have young children and active babies!!  

Pumpkin, our sweet, active, socks don't have to match, Baby

Grammar: This week, we've started learning long vowels. The first day, Ladybug was a little confused.  I think because she has many long vowel sight words memorized (from Reading).  But after some review games (helpful games in teacher manual) and making sure she understood the long vowel "rules", we were able to move on.  That's the beauty of homeschooling, isn't it? Being able to move at our children's learning pace, stop when they've hit a "snag", and watch them grasp and master the hurdle. There is nothing more wonderful than being apart of that process!

Ladybug's MFW 1st Grade Workbook Page (Week 4)!

Also, as part of her phonics, Ladybug created a book called "Animal Tales".  She enjoyed reading/writing/illustrating the sentences each day!

I laminated each page and used two book rings.  Ladybug requested ribbon.  Here's a few of Ladybug's pages.

Math: We are using Complete Book of Math (CBOM).  It's part of MFW 1st Grade curriculum. We are slowly working our way through.  The reason: Ladybug likes to color.every.cute.picture.in.her.math.book.  This slows down our "progress", but I feel she is very advanced in Math at this point.  We also get a good dose of Math from our Classical Conversations Group (she can skip count all the way to the 15's!!...as in 15,30,45,60...etc).

Ladybug working on her CBOM Book

              Closer look of a CBOM Page             

Science: We are enjoying the Science Books that are included with MFW 1st.  This week we are studying trees in our "Things Outdoors" book.  
Unfortunately, the weather here has been on the cold side. We are hoping in the next few days to finish with our Science part.  Ladybug and Buddy have been learning how to figure the age of a tree, and have already picked out the perfect tree trunk to investigate. There is a beautiful birch tree outside our dining room window.  We've learned fascinating things about birch trees this week!! For instance, the most popular and well-known uses for birch wood are birch-bark canoes and indoor basketball court floors. A fully grown birch tree can produce over 1 million seeds in a year.  Who knew?!?
We are also watching our beans (from week 3).  Lady bug and Buddy draw a picture of the changes they see in the beans every few days.  I'll share more about that in the next few weeks.

Our Kidney Beans ~~Day 3~~

  Usborne Science Book

Week 4 has went by fast.  We are enjoying MFW 1st Grade and look forward to next week!