First Grade - Ancient Greece and Life Cycles

Here is what we did fun this week!

We are studying Ancient Greece, and he got an Ancient Greece: Treasure Chests , filled with lots of really cool things.  They are hard to find, but I was able to score an unopened one for a decent price!

Cutting and pasting History Pockets: Ancient Civilizations  Both of the items are suggested resources for Pandia Press - History Odyssey Ancients I.

Frog Life Cycle and Metamorphosis - Complete (4 steps) v/s Incomplete (3 steps)

The cards are from Montessori Print Shop - Toddler Bundle (same I used for my tots)

We are also currently working on 2 products for review...so stay tuned!

C read:

I just recently purchased a wide range of chapter books for C in hopes to peak his independent reading interests a bit more (he likes to read but tends to shy towards the easier books, even though he can read harder books)....he has thumbed through a few, but has yet to actually read them...time will tell.  During the school week, I put several book choices that go with our topic for him to choose from for that week, some he reads quickly...others he takes the entire week (only reads a chapter a day).  I leave that to him, but encourage him to try and read at least 2 chapters.  

We read:

and they are almost done with the first Percy Jackson!

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Preschool Wrap-Up (Week 23)

This week was so much fun!  The kids could not get enough FROGS!

We started Handwriting Without Tears PreK this week,Left Z is banging Big Lines together to the song on Get Set for School Sing Along.  The wooden pieces were purchased from Handwriting Without Tears website  

We also started Happy Phonics this week....to start it's really simple, playing matching games, and distinguishing What is Different?  I printed several FROG/POND related What is Different Pages from the following FREE printable packs

2 Teaching Mommies

Homeschool Creations

Little Monkey Printables

We also have 2 preschool products we are working on right now for review - Math and Art!  I'm excited to share both of them with you soon!  

For links to the printables shown, and to see what else was in the workboxes this week, visit Weekly Workbox post from Monday.  

I'm linking up with Tot School and MANY MORE...see the right sidebar!

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Weekly Workboxes - Week 23 - FROGS

Books we read
Growing Frogs: Read and Wonder
Jubal's Wish
In the Pond (Picture Books)
Song of La Selva: A Story of a Costa Rican Rain Forest (The Nature Conservancy)
Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?

Counting Frogs - I found these little plastic frogs in the party favors aisle at Wal-Mart.  I made the cards, and you can get the mat my Teachers Pay Teachers Store, there is also a math mat for older children available.

Ff Tray

5 magnet frogs - to sign 5 speckled frogs.  I cut these out on my cricut and laminated them with magnet with my xyron.

Frog Life Cycle Cards from Montessori Print Shop Toddler Bundle and Life Cycle figures from Oriental Trading.

I found this cute idea at Living Montessori Now, transferring frogs to logs with chopsticks, she got the idea from The Adventures of Bear .  Both blogs have lots more great Pond/Frog activities!

Sorting Frogs and Turtles using the Safari LTD Frogs and Turtles Toob

Frog size sequence - I cut these on my cricut

Melissa & Doug See & Spell

Frog Food File Folder

Insect Lore Frog Giant Life Cycle Puzzle

Sorting jumping frogs by color - try to hop the frog onto the right colored circle.  I got the frogs in the party favor aisle, you can get the color sorting pages HERE

Frogs
From Tadpole to Frog (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
The Wide-Mouthed Frog (A Pop-Up Book)
I Don't Want to Be a Frog
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog!
A Frog in the Bog
Frog, Where Are You? (A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog)
If You Hopped Like A Frog
Frog and Toad Storybook Treasury (I Can Read Book 2)
Too Many Frogs

See our Weekly Wrap Up to see these boxes in ACTION!

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