Aesop Fables

Want to know what little extras we'll be working on this week and next?

Another new book from me.

There are 9 days worth of work inside { I only need nine days worth, after that we'll be on holiday }.  Four copy work passages, four vocabulary pages, and five creative writing pages.  I also added a matching secondary writing page in case they need the extra space for writing.

We'll start off with some reading, vocabulary, and copy work on day one. 

 

Then the next day we'll do the creative writing component.  It's basically a re-tell / narration asking for more details and dialogue.

Then we'll just rotate through the remainder of the fables in the pack until they are done.

I double sided printed the creative writing worksheet with some more lines/clipart etc.... just in case they needed more room for their writing.  It looks really good.

Feel free to pop over to my TpT store to find out more.  It is currently on sale for only $1.00.  Bargain, if I do say so myself.

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Farm Animals - Interactive Notebooks

I have been BUSY,  very B.U.S.Y!

This afternoon Hannah was also busy, trying out my busy.  I thought that it came out pretty good, considering her attempt was done unassisted.  So, would you like to see our "busy"?

Interactive Notebook on a Bird.

So, what do you think?

It came out of one of my new books:

I've got it on super sale at the moment since it's super new.

It is currently listed for only $1.00 { which seems ridiculously too low in my humble opinion. } 

Just click the cover to go to my TpT store to get more information on it.

Edited to add:

I went and upgraded the book { and the others in the series } to include worksheet versions as well, since I think that would be very useful!  So now the pack is 40 pages and currently still set at $1.00.  I can't wait for the girls to do a whole heap.  

The worksheet version { note taking }.

Just have the child write down "key" words.

 The worksheet version { writing }.

Each "key" word becomes a sentence or two.

I also added blanks and a secondary writing page for those little writers who discover that writing isn't so hard after all, and that they've been super star book authors all along.

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{ Letter b }

Another full week here!

Butterfly Hats and Baa Baa Black Sheep Bracelets.

Writing the letter { b }.

A variety of worksheets.

Letter { b } recognition.

{ b } is for buttons.

{ b } is for butterfly.

First we have to paint the leaf, and colour the butterfly.

Then we tape the butterfly to the leaf, with it's wings open so that it can flap.

We also took the girls out to the local Gymkhana on the weekend.

Charlotte on a pony.

{ b } is for bee.

Here's a few worksheets to help with your letter { b }.

Just click each one separately to download.

Today I'll be linking up with:

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{ Week 15 }

This week we came to the END of our character text book.  Finally.

Now, we'll just cycle through them all again.  :)

49 characters over 49 weeks.

These two downloads are FREE here via the blog/store.

Character Worksheets

Character - What it Looks Like

I also started a new read aloud with the girls:

I finally got a photo of Noah smiling.  He's 5 months now.

The girls spied one of Charlotte's projects this week and decided to join in:

And the amazing thing is that today we actually found a caterpillar dragging it's cocoon up the dining window to find a secure place to latch onto while it does it's little metamorphosis.

Nothing like seeing the real deal in real life.

We also took the girls out to the local Gymkhana on the weekend.

It was a lovely overcast day and crossing the bridge gave us this sight.

The girls on the day.

They had a great time, especially when they got to hop on a pony and join in with the games.

An exciting mail day also occurred with a new addition to the library this week with a 1948:

But more on this little book in the future, after I've had some time with her.

I try, really try hard, to encourage the girls to get their work done before lunch.  The theory is so that we'll have time for the cherries on top.  For time to follow personal interests etc...

This afternoon the girls did these in their leisure time { while Phebe worked on making game pieces to go with their Aztec game in the back of one of the books - which by the way you can see in the background }.

Today I'll be linking up with:

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Preschool - { a }

Welcome to my version of Preschool - Letter of the Week for Charlotte { 3 }.  I have had a couple of false starts with her already, but that is mostly because I've been too busy with other children.   So hopefully this is the ticket, this time.  :o)

This week Charlotte and I did up this little craft for the letter { a }.

Her scissor skills are really starting to improve.  She did the letter { a } part and the gluing.

Some writing practice.

Another craft - scissor and gluing practice.

Find and circle the { a } sounds.

If you'd like a copy of this worksheet below just click the worksheet to download.

An ant on the apple.  First she painted the apple.  Then cut it out.  After that, we finished it off with an ant with googly eyes.

Sorting.

Another craft: Ambulance.  It was mostly free styled by myself, but then glued up by Charlotte.  I used some clipart for the little people.

Matching.

Another thing that starts with { a } is "axe" and so that became a craft as well.

Counting and Matching.

Another free styled apple by Charlotte.

She was copying this one as she went.

Counting and Matching.

And finally, some more writing practice.

If you'd like a copy of the worksheet below, just click the worksheet below.

Today I'll be linking up with:

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