Preschool Week 5

We finished our study of North America this week.

I got caught up on a couple of the activities that I haven't had time for. We did a sticker activity in Adventures Around the Globe and talked about New York City. We learned about Canada. We did a little activity in Adventures Around the Globe where we were supposed to find the differences between two pictures. Rhonda was surprisingly good at it! There was one that neither one of us could find, though--I guess finding differences isn't my strength!

I skipped some of the crafts we were supposed to do, but we did make a Statue of Liberty torch. That was fun for Rhonda because she got to cut the little pieces of paper to go in the top to make "flames." (She likes to cut paper, but she's not very good at cutting particular shapes yet.)

We finished Little House in the Big Woods. I think Rhonda really enjoyed it. I had so much fun sharing one of my childhood favorites with her.

We read a book about Sitting Bull, A Boy Called Slow. I didn't know much about Sitting Bull, so this was an interesting read for me, too.

We finished Thirteen Moons on a Turtle's Back. 

Rhonda finished her North American animal project this week. We looked at pictures of baby deer and she drew a picture of one.

Rhonda had fun using the flag stickers in the Flags Around the World book. It was fun to see some of the different flags of North America.

Here are some of the supplemental books we read this week:

Too Many Tamales
We the Kids
The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico
Coyote and the Firestick: A Pacific Northwest Indian Tale
Arrow to Alaska

On another note, Rhonda memorized her part for the Primary program: "Go to church on Sunday." We had a practice during Primary this week and she did such a great job speaking her part loudly, clearly, and without any help. I think she might have been the only kid who had her part memorized (yet--we still have two more weeks before the program). I'm so sad I won't be able to see her in the program this year (we'll be in London), but her grandparents will take her so at least she'll still be able to participate.