This week we began our Ants unit for science. All week long we’ve been studying the world of ants, insect vocabulary and taking a moment to notice the tiny friends all around us. Jr. has been enjoying finding ants in the yard! Just today he brought me two ant friends so that we could look at their little bodies and see the antenna.
We’ve also covered another few lessons in our beginning math book. Its way to simple for him. He must have covered most of what is considered “preschool” math last year. But he’s having fun! We also have more challenging material coming up later after the school year really begins.
For handwriting we covered the first two letter (F & E). He’s not to keen on writing but the program Handwriting Without Tears is fast enough that we can get through the lesson before his enthusiasm wanes. He’s enjoying making chalk letters before his paper letter practice!
On the reading front its been an interesting week. On Wednesday we sorted through some flash cards. He identified various letters and we reviewed the vowels. He still get stuck on “U” and often says “qwuh” for the letter. I think the “Q” & “U” walk together idea is confusing him a bit. Dang leapfrog movie anyway. On Thursday and Friday though my somewhat reluctant reader read a BOB book that as far I am aware he hasn’t been read more than once. And he read them without a lot of help just a few helping sounds and blending for a few new words!! Spectacular 
That pretty much sums up the content of the week. We made some firework craft projects, he colored a few pictures, watch a couple of educational video (via united streaming) and we read a few books. As well as played trains, took care of the garden, made lego houses, rode bikes down the hill and so on and so on…….
What has Jr. been reading:
Hey Little Ant,
Thinking about Ants
The fascinating world of Ants
