{Bible}

We’ve been spending time reviewing our monthly memory verses for this past year during our Bible time each morning.

{Handwriting Without Tears K}

We’ve done the first part of Handwriting Without Tears (Frog Jump Capitals) and I love the way HWOT teaches letter formation! It is put so simply for the kids using just 4 strokes that are easy for little ones to remember: big line, little line, big curve, little curve.

Little Bug, of course, still insists on making certain letters “her way”, which is fine. I tell her if I can read the letter I don’t care how she makes it. Sweet Pea, on the other hand, is learning to form her letters correctly through this program!

It is wonderful practice for Little Bug and wonderful instruction for Sweet Pea. It takes just about 10-15 minutes to complete a lesson, which has been perfect for our summer schedule. We begin by me showing them how to write the letter correctly on the little chalkboard. Then, they get a turn to write the letter on the little chalkboard which both girls really enjoy doing. From there, we move to the table where they each complete the worksheet for the day which takes them 5 minutes tops.

{History for Little Pilgrims}

We all enjoyed reading this book. It was a perfect overview of World History and American history for little ones!

{The World God Made}

We also enjoyed reading through this little science book about the 7 days of creation. It was just right for summer reading.

{Blob Mapping}

We haven’t done blob mapping as much as I thought we would this summer, but we have done it some and Little Bug has made progress from the first time she drew a blob map at the end of the school year. Both girls enjoy drawing blob maps, I am sure we will continue to perfect our skills in the coming school year!

{CC Review}

We’ve done some CC Review (of Cycle 1) by playing some of our Review games. I’d say the girls’ favorite game right now is “Beach Ball Review”. I wrote the 7 subjects on a big beach ball. I throw them the ball and they catch it. They look where their thumbs landed on the ball and they can choose either subject their thumbs are on.

{Little Bug's Reading & Math Skills}

We haven’t done much with AAR Level 2 this summer, which is totally fine by me because Little Bug has turned herself into quite the little bookworm. She has had plenty of reading practice every day this summer so I am fine with not continuing on with her reading curriculum through the summer. We will pick right back up next month.

She has done some pages from the Dollar Store math books I picked up to keep her working on those math skills through the summer.

{Read Alouds}

We finished Farmer Boy and we are now reading the 3rd book in the series, On the Banks of Plum Creek.

June is coming to a close and then we will start the new school year on July 11th!

- Elaine