My Father's World Kindergarten: I is for Insects

Insects are always such a fun theme for young kids! I decided not to deviate too much from the lesson plans in MFW because I feel like they're complete just as they're written - but there are so many fun things you can add on to this theme.

Every day we add to his 100 chart and calendar, saying the days of the week and months of the year. 

MONDAY:

We talked about ants today. We read in the A-to-Z book about insects, and I pulled out our jumbo plastic ant to talk about the different parts of an insect - the three body parts, six legs, and antenna. It helps Zeke to have visuals, so I'm glad I kept up with this set!

We read about ants in Proverbs and talked about how hard they work. We also started memorizing Colossians 3:23 in the NIV translation.

I found a cute math page with an ant on it, so I printed it out for Zeke. He had to read the numbers, add one and two and subtract one and two from each one. This was good practice and it counted as math for him today.

He also colored and cut apart his word cards, placing them in an envelope like he does each week, completed two pages in his Rod and Staff workbook, and then we called it a day!

TUESDAY

We started off with his handwriting page and sound discrimination page. 

I had a ladybug symmetry worksheet for Zeke to complete. He did a fantastic job! We used the jumbo ladybug from the insects set to talk about the parts of an insect again. 

For math he did a ladybug addition worksheet and one page in Abeka. 

I made an Insect Rescue with our plastic bugs, a wooden tray, some yarn, and some tongs. I simply poured the bugs on the tray, tied off the yarn, wrapped it around the tray every which way, and then tied it off again. Zeke loved doing this! He rescued them all and then asked to do it again. Of course, I said yes! Then he sorted them by type, and we discussed which were insects and which ones weren’t. 

WEDNESDAY:

Today Zeke completed a ladybug craft that doubled as a math activity! He had to color the lady bugs and put an even number of dots on each side. Then he cut out a leaf and glued the ladybugs to the leaf.

He also did his math worksheet from My Father's World and the cut and paste reading worksheet.

We had to cut school short because we ran some errands in town. It was pouring rain and the roads were beginning to flood, so we went ahead and did what we had to do. I planned to do some math when we got home, but it didn't work out!

THURSDAY:

Today we did the blend ladder page and read his word list. He’s getting a little better at sounding out the CVC words.

 

He also did an insect/not insect sorting worksheet that I found for free.

He did two pages in Abeka math and two pages in his Rod and Staff workbook. He loves those cut and glue activities! 

FRIDAY:

Today Zeke did his drawing page. This is always my favorite! He drew an igloo, insect, inch, and inchworm! 

He also completed a math page in Abeka and one from the Rod and Staff workbook he likes so much. We reviewed letter sounds and he read the words “on” and “in” and glued them to the correct picture. I didn’t get a picture of that side of the worksheet!

I feel like Zeke needs a little more reading instruction than he is getting. I’m not sure exactly what I’m going to supplement with - maybe just some games and hands on activities - but I have the weekend to plan it out! 

Again, we don’t do a few of the activities I had planned, like painting a ladybug rock and playing with hexagons, but it was still a fun week of kindergarten!