Old McDonald Had a Farm . . . . . We have been learning about the differences between farm animals and other animals. The biggest difference we discovered was that farm animals make food for us or help provide clothing for us.
In lieu of wool, we stretched and rolled cotton balls into thin threads and then observed threads in each other’s clothing. We also studied cows and made our own butter!
FYI: I used the term “made” when referencing animals and their food products. Cows “made” hamburgers, pigs “made” bacon, chicken “made” fried chicken. I will leave it up to your discretion as to how to present the killing aspect of how we get food on our tables for when you feel your little one is ready for such a concept.
Our letter focus this week was the letter Dd. Our classes are getting better every day at hearing and then identifying the beginning sounds of words. I can’t believe how far they’ve come in such a short time.
Show and Tell is really becoming such a big hit. I love to see them all wiggling with their item hidden behind their backs. They confidently jump up to share what their item is, why they like it and then some other piece of information. Question Day has lead to some truly fascinating questions, sometimes involving the hows and whys of things and other times we have discussions about fairies and other such creative topics. (I believe in fairies.)
Next week we will continue our lessons on farming, focusing more on crops.
If your child has come home talking about his “peanut butter” hand, please know that I will say this a zillion times to help students identify the letters p, b, q and d. P and b both have bellies on the right side of their sticks. The letters d and q both have bellies on the left side. If student sees a letter with a belly on the right side, it’s either a p or a b. The peanut butter hand!
Thank you for your support!
Megan Millington
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