Homeschool week: letter T activities and CC week 20

I didn't get around to posting last week, but I wanted to mention some fun letter S activities we did last week.  First of all...Dr. Seuss!  We didn't do much with it, but the possibilities are endless.  We went another route on our school day.  I bought some soil and some seed packs and we planted some little seeds!  I had saved some of my K cups from my Keurig, emptied out the coffee grounds and cleaned them a little and used them as seed planters.  It was perfect!  You can even write on the outside with a sharpie...their name and what type of seed they planted.  The kids loved it!  I also let them pick 4 different seeds and glue them on their paper and label them.  It was a great way to talk about different types of seeds and different types of plants.

I also wanted to remind you that on Friday of this week I'm having a giveaway of the book Must-Have Marvin.  Look here to get more info!

We started off the week today with letter T in our preK class.  We had such a great time today!  I thought a fun way to teach this letter was to have a tea party : ).  I made some hot chocolate and gave it time to cool, some drop biscuits this morning, took some jelly, and we had some powdered donuts to top it all off.  I brought my daughter's little tea set and a plastic tablecloth...it turned out great!  I also brought our little fold up tents, we read "The Little Engine That Could" and "Thomas the Tank Engine". I also had "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly," but the kids' interest was fading quickly!  : )  They had a great time.

We also had a gentleman come share with us this morning about his stepfather who had just recently passed away.  He was 100 years old when he died and he had served in WWII.  He earned two purple hearts and three bronze stars.  He was truly a man who showed so much bravery, courage, and patriotism.  We have so many men and women who have served our country that we need to honor.  In light of all of the wars we've been studying, I thought it would be a good idea to not only learn about some of our soldiers, but to minister to them as well.  I put it out there on facebook and got a good response.  Some ideas:
*contact the local VA and ask how you can minister to veterans
*wounded warrior project
*get connected with a serviceman/woman and see if they know how to minister to some of the troops
* WW Getaway in San Antonio, Apr 24-27, sponsored by Joni and Friends...they would love hand-written notes. Send to: Joni & Friends Texas/SanAntonio, 6351 Rittiman, Suite 3, San Antonio, TX 78232. Or phone 210-481-5664.  This idea was sent to me by Debbie Guisti...author of several military novels and Georgia resident.  She really loves to minister to the troops and this is a great way that any of you could be a part...and very soon!  I'm encouraging our little homeschool group to participate in this.

Now for our Classical Conversations material for the week...
History: Vietnam War
*This video is a great summary.  We love Tim and Moby on BrainPop.


Science: Second Law of Thermodynamics


*I thought this was a good experiment idea.  From this site


Geography: South Central Asia
*We'll probably try out some of our Asia geography songs from the book/cd Geography Songs by Kathy Troxel.

And yay!  We're talking about Thailand!  <3 live="" p="" there="" to="" used="">
English: appositives




Fine Arts: Beethoven

 
*Beethoven color sheet and info. 
That's all for now!  : )  Hope you all have a great week!