Kindergarten: Pumpkin Week Sneak Peek

Take a peek into our Pumpkin Week, here is the overview:

Posterboard for Circle Time:
Letter: Pp
Color: Yellow
Shape: Hexagon
Number: 7, seven
Verse: Matthew 6:22
Vocab: Pumpkin

Letter Activities:
- Letter of the Day Interactive Computer CD
- Letter P Word Hunt and Song
- Beginning Sounds Game
- Letter P Craft
- "p" pumpkin blends

Language Arts:
- Hickory, Dickory Dock rhyme
- My "ck" book
- "ck" word family pumpkin patches
- Highlight "ck" words
- "ck" Bingo

Vocabulary:
- Pumpkin Spelling File Folder Game
- Seek and Find Game
- Hopping Floor Pumpkins
- Journal: pumpkins

Sight Words:
- words of the week: look, jump, for, help
- Playdough mats
- Connect the dots
- Tracing worksheet
- Pumpkin Roll Game
- Assessment
- Certificate

Writing:
- Letter P Practice Daily
- Write Letter C
- Write Letter K
- Write "ck" digraph
- Say it, Build it, Write it Worksheet
- Sentence Writing

Math:
- Number 7 Worksheet
- Most, Least, More, Less
- Pumpkin Addition
- Journal: Number poem, writing, drawing

Color:
- color mixing with yellow
- color hunt
- color poem and journal

Shape:
- hexagon poem & journal
- how many shapes fill a hexagon?
- hexagon rubbings
- resist painting
- drawing hexagons

Art:
- pumpkin lanterns from milk jugs
- 5 Little Pumpkins craft
- Fall free choice from craft box

Science:
- Pumpkin Observations
- Erupting Pumpkins
- Bubbling Pumpkins

Verse:
- Daily Writing
- Seek and Find game
- Marching Chant
- Actions and Chant
- Fill in the Blank Game

Bible:
- Luke 3 Bible Study and Fruit of the Spirit
- Fruit Song
- Craft (added to daily)

Family Fun Night:
- Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin Movie
- Pumpkin Cookies Decorating
- Boo Bath

Will post up our activities and hands-on activities as we cover them, we have LOTS!!! My son is really looking forward to science and his boo bath!

What do you have planned for this coming week?

Have Fun and Be A Blessing!
~Bekah

Kindergarten Overview: Week 2

As we set to begin Week 2 of Kindergarten, I'm going to share what we plan to do...

Circle Time:
Discussions this week - Birthdays, Holidays, Big/Little, Size, When I Grow Up
Morning Work (Independent Time)
Prayer, Pledges, and Songs
Calendar and Weather

Bible Time:
Undercover Heroes of the Bible for Ages 2&3

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Hero of the week: Amos (Amos 7:14-15)
Bible Verse: "I will obey your word." Psalm 119:17
Crafts: Macaroni Sheep; Shepherd's Staff

Math Time:
Classifying by color, shape, and size - I have a variety of teaching trays I will use, will post pictures later.
Shapes - squares, rectangles, polygons, trapezoids, 2-Dimensional shapes - we have a shape journal to start!

Language Arts Time:
 - Tale: The Enormous Turnip
    - Sequencing using the print outs from HERE.
    - Anchor chart from HERE.
 - Rhyme: Pease Porridge Hot
 - Now I'm Big Story
    - All About Me Biographies 2 pages we will create (1) When I was little... (2) Now I'm big and I can...
 - Mice Squeak, We Speak Book and Activities
 - Wordless Books and Activities
 - Rhyme Time - center activities, will post pictures later
 - Vocabulary - BIG and LITTLE, SIZE - starting our journal this week!
 - You Can Read Unit #3 from 1+1+1=1 (CLICK HERE)

Writing Time:
 - Letter Crafts J, K, L, M, N
 - Writing Center Activities
 - Begin our First Writing Journal this week!

Art Time:
 - Crayons & Paint
 - Crayon Rubbings

Science Time:
 - Growth
    - "Me" Timeline
    - Comparing what grows and doesn't
    - Growing Capsules
 - Five Senses: SIGHT
   - Size Tray Game
   - Five Senses Song HERE
   - Sight Sense Book

Games & Activities:
 - Discovery Walk and Exploration Journal
 - Running Race
 - Me Book and Add Ons

State Study
 - Introduction to Texas
 - State Symbols
 - State Facts
 - Fun Places to Visit - Virtual Field Trip
 - US Capitals Song by Animaniacs (CLICK HERE)
 - State Journal (Get HERE for free)

What are you doing this week?

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!
~Bekah

First Week of Kindergarten

Our first week was a success and transitioning into our new routine was a breeze! I'm actually amazed at how much we got done and how much my chunky monkey fell into a nap routine, so we could get stuff done.

He wants to be a Monster Truck driver when he grows up! 

Here is an overview of what we covered:
- Bible
  Discovered an undercover hero - Aaron
  Theme: helping hands
  Verse: "If one falls down, a friend can pick him up." Ecclesiastes 4:10

- Circle Time
  Lakeshore Learning CD's (Circle Time and Letter of the Day)
  Calendar/Weather
  Morning Message/Discussion
  Independent Work

- Math
  Concepts: over/under; top/middle/bottom; inside/outside; left/right
  Sorting Skills (shape/size/color)

- Language Arts
  Tales: 3 Little Pigs; Goldilocks & the 3 Bears; Henny Penny; 3 Billy Goats Gruff; The Little Engine that 
  Could; Lion and the Mouse; Tortoise and the Hare
  Rhymes: Hey Diddle Diddle; 3 Little Kittens; London Bridge; Eensy Weensy Spider; Hickory Dickory
  Dock
  Story Mapping
  Story Retelling/Sequencing

- Writing
   Letter Practice (A-I)
   Sentence Practice
   Drawing Practice

- Science
   Body Parts (Animaniacs Bones Song, Body Puppet, Body Song)

- US Geography
   State Discovery: Michigan (symbols, capital, nickname, region)
   U.S. Capital Song (Animaniacs version) - learned 1st verse

- Reading
  You Can Read Unit 1 & 2 (1+1+1=1)
  Guided Reading
  Independent Reading (BookIt Program!)

I will be posting up posts of our different studies from this week soon.  That is an overview of our first week.  I have our second week overview post coming tomorrow.

Have Fun and Be a Blessing!
~Bekah