Learning Together at Travelers' Academy: Week in Review

This was a slower week for schooling, and I can't even tell you why, but we seemed extra busy with life in general. Anyway, here were our goals:

Theme/Lesson: Thank You, God, for Making Me

Bible Story: Creation - Day 6 People

Memory Verse: Psalm 139:14 You made me in an amazing and wonderful way.

Poem: Where is Thumbkin?

Song: Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Book of the Week: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Letter: L-P

Number: 1-4

Self-care & Manners: Undress Self and Name Clothing

Fine Motor: Pick up things with thumb and index finger

Color: Purple

Shape: Triangle

Information: First, Middle, Last name

Gross Motor: Crawl and climb over large pillows or cushions

Monday was our last day of Monday School for this term. Isaiah and Nadia both had a blast at Monday School (and that's an understatement). The time with the other kids helped Nadia learn how to have fun without Mama having to be there, yet she was always extremely happy to see me again! Isaiah continued to learn how to interact appropriately with other kids his age. He LOVES to be with other boys.

At home we actually almost accomplished all our goals! I can hardly believe it.

While learning about how God made people, we glued pictures of people from magazines onto purple paper (yes, multitasking). We get a magazine from Compassion International, and I love how I was able to get pictures of people from all over the world!

Both the kids did well with counting to 4. Isaiah has been able to string numbers together with a little assistance for a while now, but this week was the first time that he obviously counted objects! He touched each apple as he counted all 4 of them! I was so excited!

We found Chicka Chicka Boom Boom at the library, thankfully. It was a smaller version of the book, which I think worked better for us. I made palm trees and letter cards that we enjoyed playing with. I tried to focus on the letters L-P, but we really just looked at all the letters. I found the letters that I used here, and the tree here. I love that the ABC Jesus Loves Me curriculum already has all the links for me! I'm not very good at searching for things online.

We colored lots and lots this week. I tried to get them to color with purple crayons and markers as much as possible to introduce this new color. We colored lots of purple triangles, and Nadia identified a triangle at the end of the week! They both still need prompting on the color purple.

Isaiah and his classmates got to tell all the parents from our co-op about the days of creation. They did a great job at our Showcase!

At the end of the week, both kids were sick, so I was easy on them as far as school went. The did get lots of fine motor practice though as they did one of their favorite activities: Playing with marbles and buttons. They did this for a LONG time!

We didn't do a whole lot of crawling, but both the kids had their different therapies this week, so we're working on gross motor skills, believe me!

Each week the kids get better at trying to sing our verse with me. I LOVE it! (have I used caps lock enough yet in this post?) I can't wait to see how God blesses their efforts in learning His word.

And now a few of my favorite pics from the week:

On our last day of Monday School, I took in a special treat for Isaiah's class. I love that Isaiah got right down to business: Why bother taking the time to pick this cookie up when it comes ready made for biting?